As presented at our Annual Legislative Breakfast, please be sure to catch up on the best bills of 2012 for NH's environment!
HB 1481 To Improve Water Quality in Great Bay and other Impaired Water Bodies
Nitrogen pollution from non-point sources has led to a degradation of the water quality in the Great...
Please join Conservation NH on January 17th at the Grappone Center in Concord for our 5th Annual Environmental Policy Breakfast – a news-making, thought-provoking morning and the greenest political event of the year! Free and open to the public! Doors open at 7:30 am. Register now.
Join a diverse group of Granite Staters – public officials, advocates,...
Conservation NH asks all New Hampshire voters to request their elected representatives consider a New Year’s Resolution on behalf of New Hampshire’s environment and quality of life: cleanse the legislative calendar early in the session of the dirtiest dozen bills introduced in 2012.
“Legislators have proposed dozens of bills that weaken, and in some instances eliminate, bedrock environmental laws that are...
Conservation NH's founding Executive Director leaves an organization recognized in the New Hampshire Statehouse as a leading voice for the protection of New Hampshire's environment. Recently named Director of Government...
The New Hampshire conservation community is losing one of our top advocacy voices to Vermont.
Joel Harrington, the Government Relations Director for the Nature Conservancy, announced today that he is leaving the organization for a position with Vermont Law School. We are very happy for Joel and wish him only the best in his...
Earlier this month, our Executive Director Jim O'Brien visited Washington D.C. for a lobby day with counterparts from state conservation leagues around the country. While there, Jim attended the League of Conservation Voter's annual dinner gala event where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson delivered the keynote address.
While in Washington, Jim had the opportunity to meet with...
If you have been following the ongoing debate over the state budget, you may be surprised to find that one of the most controversal issues on the table is a provision offered by the Senate calling for the leasing of the Cannon Mountain Ski Area.
The Senate plan has created quite a stir, and now Conservation...
Yesterday, the House Finance Committee voted to attach an amendment to a bill that would, in their words, eliminate NH's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The move was designed to give the House leverage in negotiations to repeal the program with the Senate. House leadership has made no secret that repeal of...
On the Opinion page in today's Concord Monitor, Republican House Majority leader D.J. Bettencourt argues that the GOP should not ignore conservation issues, and should not allow the Democratic Party to be the only ones to champion environmental protection.
Bettencourt writes, "For too long, the conservation of our natural resources has been perceived as a Democratic...
