A Walking Tour of Millinocket Stream

Leaving the mill, we see a part of its power-producing facilities. Brascan has recently been approved to sell electricity to the New England power grid, which I believe to be its chief interest in the acquisition of Great Northern Paper Company.

There’s no crime in that, but as a power company they won’t employ as many people as would a paper mill. Will the levels of pollution decrease, or will they increase as the abandoned paper mill operation deteriorates? Will the fact that what was once the Great Northern Paper Company no longer employs a significant number of workers lead to increased oversight of environmental problems that have been ignored in the past?