Casella Encourages Pemi Board To Extend Contract
Kevin Roy of Casella Waste Systems urged the governing board of the Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District to consider reopening its contract with North Country Environmental Services to extend it for the...
View ArticleN.H. Focusing on Front-End Solutions For Solid Waste
The state Department of Environmental Services is moving forward with plans to realign its waste management efforts to focus on reducing the amount of trash that ends up in landfills. The post N.H....
View ArticleState: Higher Than Expected Kidney and Renal Cancers Found in Merrimack
The Department of Health and Human Services' press release Friday saying higher than expected cases of kidney and renal cancers were detected in Merrimack didn’t surprise those who want Saint-Gobain...
View ArticleHouse Committee Hears Testimony On Solid Waste Bills
The theme during a day-long session of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee on Tuesday was solid waste and ways to reduce the amount of trash heading to New Hampshire’s landfills. The post...
View ArticleCasella Withdraws Dalton Wetlands Application
John Casella, chair and chief executive officer of Casella Waste Systems, Inc., has withdrawn Granite State Landfill’s application for a wetlands permit for the company’s proposed landfill in Dalton,...
View ArticleOur ‘Precarious’ Grid: Trouble This Winter With Rolling Blackouts?
You don’t need a Kremlinologist to understand my perspective on these things in my capacity as the state’s official advocate for residential utility customers. Rolling blackouts are a small but real...
View ArticleMount Carberry Landfill Expansion Near Berlin Wins Praise
BERLIN — A public hearing on the proposed expansion of the Mount Carberry landfill in the town of Success brought only one comment, and that was largely in praise of the operation. The post Mount...
View ArticlePreparing for the New Normals in New Hampshire’s Climate
Warmer winters, recurrent droughts and increased flooding are all signs that climate change is reaching New Hampshire. Join us as two prominent experts from UNH – co-authors of New Hampshire’s most...
View ArticleA Conversation with Green Energy Pioneer Paul Popinchalk
In a candid and soul searching conversation, this Podcast brings us a rare look at the "ground-level" experience of scientists who chose to take a risk that they could help bring about a better future...
View ArticleLawsuit Settled Over Bethlehem Landfill Leak
Community Action Works (formerly Toxics Action Center) and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) have settled their federal Clean Water Act lawsuit against Casella Waste Systems, Inc., and North Country...
View ArticleLegislature Looks At N.H.’s Landfill ‘Crisis’
When testifying in support of his bill to create a waste management fund, Sen. David Watters, D-Dover, referred to the “solid waste capacity crisis” in New Hampshire. According to a 2019 report by the...
View ArticleN.H. Reaches $25M Settlement with Monsanto for PCB Contamination of State
104 water bodies in the State have become impaired with respect to PCBs requiring the State to issue numerous fish advisories. The post N.H. Reaches $25M Settlement with Monsanto for PCB Contamination...
View ArticleWhat Others Do: Preparing For Solid Waste Plan Update
Recognizing that other New England states are further along in addressing ways to reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills, New Hampshire’s Solid Waste Working Group met virtually with...
View ArticleTom Wessels: In the Footsteps of Abbey, Muir, and Whitman
It's interesting that for someone for whom evolution, natural selection, and succession became the (early) hallmarks of his professional life it all began at an early age when he would escape to a...
View ArticleClimate Activists Put Coal on Trial in Concord
It was a frigid morning, and a train carrying 80 carloads of coal was on its way to Merrimack Station, New England’s last major coal-fired power plant. The post Climate Activists Put Coal on Trial in...
View ArticleCasella Aims To Open Dalton Landfill, With Lawsuit If Necessary
Joe Fusco, vice-president of Casella Waste Systems, Inc., said the company is “committed to fighting” legislation that would prevent it from opening a landfill in Dalton, New Hampshire. The post...
View ArticleGroup Focusing In On Solid Waste Issues
As the Department of Environmental Services prepares for a barrage of new legislation surrounding solid waste issues, the state still has not received a definitive legal opinion on whether new laws...
View ArticleDudley Dudley, The N.H. Woman Who Sent Ari Onassis Back To His Yacht
50 Years ago, Dudley Dudley, with a small dedicated group of women, led the fight to stop the development of the largest Oil Refinery proposed for development in America from destroying the Seacoast of...
View ArticleOp-Ed: NH Senate Democrats: Please Support Environmental Protections
HB 1454 is not about preventing landfills from being developed; it’s about preventing bad landfills from being developed too close to your town’s drinking supply or your family’s favorite recreational...
View ArticleDraft Outline Of Solid Waste Plan Aired
The Department of Environmental Services has set out seven goals in its efforts to meet waste reduction targets in a draft outline it presented to the Solid Waste Working Group on May 27. The post...
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