Posts Tagged ‘oil’

More Work, Less Waste – Looking for Low Carbon Fuels

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,...

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The Price of Energy Insecurity (VIDEO)

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...

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How NH loses $2.6 billion every year

In case you haven’t noticed, New Hampshire isn’t rich in the sources of the fossil fuels we rely upon.

In fact, since we do not have any oil, propane, coal, natural gas or uranium, one would have to say our energy supply is extremely vulnerable to situations outside our control.  More than...

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