Does reducing pollution make you feel cold, alone, and poor?
An out-of-state organization is spending thousands trying to convince you that it should.
The group, American Action Network, is running television ads targeting Congressmen who voted for a bill that would have – get ready – put a cap on carbon pollution. Oh the horror!
The...
During my four years at Concord High School, I passed this plant on Pleasant St. countless times. It seemed so out of place; with its smokestack spewing who-knows-what into the air, it looked like the poster-child for air pollution and big, scary, environmentally-harmful industry.
But the plant, owned and operated by Concord Steam Corporation, isn't what it appears....
Despite accounting for one-third of carbon dioxide emissions, the transportation sector still lacks any major program to bend the CO2 emission curve downward, according to NH DES Climate, Energy, and Transportation Programs Manager Rebecca Ohler. But just as the states of the Northeast created the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to reduce utility emissions,...
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its economic analysis of the American Power Act, the comprehensive climate and energy bill crafted by US Senators Lieberman (I-CT), Kerry (D-MA) and Graham (R-SC).
Without taking into account any of the likely positive economic benefits of creating a new clean energy economy and greater energy independence, the study...
On Wednesday, May 26th, a panel gathered at the Portsmouth Public Library to discuss climate change and energy with local residents. It was not your average group of environmental activists. Rather, attendees were given a sobering look at the cost of America's addiction to fossil fuels to those at the front lines of defending the...
Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a report which concluded that in 2008, New Hampshire sent $59 million to Venezuela for the purchase of coal. New Hampshire is #8 among the states in international coal imports, and #1 in coal imports from Venezuela.
Politico reported on Wednesday that a group of US Senators sent an open...
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) produced a series of new reports on Wednesday, May 19th, at the request of congress, that strengthens their previous position that climate change poses significant risks and calling for immediate action to curb use of fossil fuels. Read More »
New Hampshire voters overwhelmingly believe that the United States should be a world leader in addressing climate change by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, according to the results of a recently conducted poll.
Conservation New Hampshire and Clean Air-Cool Planet commissioned the UNH Survey Center to conduct a poll of New Hampshire voters in order to gauge opinions surrounding...
While most talk about the economic crisis continues to be concerned with risky loans and misbehaving banks, more people in higher places have been citing our addiction to fossil fuels as a possible brake on our eventual recovery. With this in mind, NH, with the support of grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has created a...
In a late evening session on Wednesday, the New Hampshire State Senate narrowly voted against attaching a controversial amendment to a popular energy reform bill, hopefully killing a proposal that has drawn criticism from environmental organizations, small businesses, and many concerned New Hampshire citizens.
The amendment, offered by Manchester Democrat Betsi DeVries, would have earmarked $5 million over...
