Questions Raised About Offshore Wind at Meeting
Mark Sanborn, in his new role with the state Department of Energy, asked those attending a hearing at the Pease International Tradeport for their concerns about a proposed offshore wind project in the...
View ArticleDHHS: First Person Infected with Jamestown Canyon Virus This Season
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is announcing an adult from Dublin, NH tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV), a...
View ArticleRestoring the ‘Redwoods of the East’- the American Chestnut
Doug McLane is a resident of Plymouth and in my view one of New Hampshire's environmental heroes. His work in the battle to halt climate change is well-known and acknowledged, but he has also been...
View ArticleSununu Signs New Laws Ranging From Religion To Environment
Gov. Chris Sununu signed 30 bills into law Tuesday from the recently concluded 2021 legislative session ranging from environmental changes to making church essential services during a state of...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Motions In Casella Lawsuit
A civil lawsuit against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., making its way through the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire since May 2018, will proceed after Judge Paul J. Barbadoro’s denial of the parties’...
View ArticleNHDES Warns Coastal Rockingham County About Air Pollution
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is expecting air pollution concentrations to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals in Coastal Rockingham County on...
View ArticleHenri Makes Landfall; NH Experiencing Heavy Rains, Power Outages
The most recent forecast predicts Henri crossing New Hampshire on Monday as a tropical depression but residents and visitors should not let their guards down. The post Henri Makes Landfall; NH...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Code Red on Global Warming
“The really, really scary thing about the climate crisis is that every single achievement of every human society on Earth occurred under a climate that no longer exists.” The post Op-Ed: Code Red on...
View ArticleCouncil Backs More Funds for Media Encouraging Getting Vaccinated Against...
The state is shifting its COVID-19 vaccine media focus and spokesmen away from political figures like Gov. Chris Sununu to citizens who have received the benefits of receiving the shots, the Executive...
View ArticleNH DHHS Identifies Season’s First Positive Test for West Nile Virus in Salem
The batch was collected in the town of Salem on August 3, 2021. The post NH DHHS Identifies Season’s First Positive Test for West Nile Virus in Salem appeared first on InDepthNH.org.
View ArticleDowngraded Henri Brings Heavy Rain, Winds To NH
The National Weather Service predicts Henri will weaken Sunday night with winds gusting 20 to 30 mph in some places in New Hampshire especially in southern and coastal areas with high surf through...
View ArticleFDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine
. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and...
View ArticleWater Has a Memory – Strawbery Banke Documents Sea Level Rise
In a new exhibit, Strawbery Banke is documenting sea level rise here in New Hampshire. The post Water Has a Memory – Strawbery Banke Documents Sea Level Rise appeared first on InDepthNH.org.
View ArticleState Seeks Amendment To Casella Wetlands Application
The Water Division of the Department of Environmental Services has asked Granite State Landfill, LLC, a Casella-owned company seeking a wetlands permit for its proposed new facility in Dalton, to...
View ArticleCasella Protesters: We’re Not Going To Take It
CONCORD — Punctuated by the chorus of Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Going To Take It,” a grassroots crowd of North Country residents and members of the Sierra Club, Community Action Works, Forest Lake...
View ArticleCOVID Shakes Up Recycling Trends; NH Establishes New Solid Waste Reduction Goals
Amidst the COVID waste disposal shakeup, Lebanon logged their best revenue year for recycling in 2020, and by July of this year they’d already reached their recycling revenue estimates. The post COVID...
View Article‘Environmental Justice’ To Be Part Of Offshore Wind
As the Commission To Study Offshore Wind and Port Development approaches a deadline for submitting recommendations to the governor and the legislature, questions about the role of fishermen and others...
View ArticleDES Attempts To Connect With The Public At Dalton Landfill Session
CONCORD — Describing the proposed Dalton landfill as the largest project that the state Department of Environmental Services has dealt with in the past 50 years, members of the bureaus reviewing the...
View ArticleDems Claim Governor’s Policies Fail To Lower Energy Costs
CONCORD — With New Hampshire residents facing skyrocketing energy costs this winter, Democrats said Thursday the governor’s energy plan has left the state unable to blunt the impact on families and...
View ArticleCurrent Use Board Endorses New Tax Rates
The Current Use Advisory Board has endorsed proposed changes in current use rates for tax year 2022-23 that represent modest increases in the forest land categories. Farmland would remain at its...
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