One of the priority issue for the conservation community this legislative session is the preservation of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority. It now looks like the ongoing advocacy of the New Hampshire business community to preserve this important group is starting to pay off!
Begun in 2007, the NHRTA is the agency that is working hard to...
"The environmental challenges we face ... will not simply go away if we turn our head. That is not the New Hampshire way."
With these inspiring words, Republican Senate President Peter Bragdon kicked off the 2011 Environmental Policy Breakfast. The "Green Eggs and New HAMpshire" event drew more than 300 people for delicious food and fascinating conversation on...
Preserving the New Hampshire Advantage means making the right choices now to maintain our quality of life at the lowest cost possible. With that in mind, the state's environmental community has identified five key policy priorities for 2011. These issues were selected because they strike at the heart of NH's Yankee values: Independence, frugality, ingenuity, and an...
Sure, it's been a hot summer so far, but the weather forecasters assure us that pleasant temperatures and lower humidity will greet us in the days ahead. It seems like it might be the perfect time to lace up the walking shoes or tune up the bike, and try a self-powered commute to work.
But if beautiful weather...
Many of you are already aware of the benefits of buying local. It is well known that when buying local, a greater percentage of the money circulates throughout the surrounding community and helps create, you guessed it, local jobs, rather than being shipped across the country to the accounts of business people and shareholders who...
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,...
Americans have long viewed the ability to drive as a cornerstone of personal liberty and individualism, both of which are tenets of the now proverbial American Dream. When I turned sixteen and the realization hit me that I was no longer confined by what rides were available or what was within biking distance, I heartily took advantage...
A new website was launched today by the New England Rail Coalition (NERC). The group is a broad-based alliance of over 40 organizations- including Conservation New Hampshire and several other state based organizations - that recognize the importance of substantially reinvesting in passenger and freight rail in order to enhance New England’s economy,...
House and Senate negotiators seemed to come to an agreement this morning on a new license plate design to support New Hampshire's struggling state park system.
New Hampshire has the only state park system in the country that is 100% funded by user fees, meaning the park system received no general fund appropriation from the state budget. This...
