State Rejects Carbon Credit Co. Plan To Reduce Logging Conn. Lakes Headwaters...
The state has rejected a 10-year forest management plan for the massive Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Tract in Pittsburg, Stewartstown and Clarksville from its new owner, Aurora Sustainable Lands. The...
View ArticleState Senator: NH Could Benefit From Offshore Wind Leases Announced for Gulf...
An announcement Wednesday from the Biden Administration that it is on track to offer a lease auction for commercial scale offshore wind for the Gulf of Maine this year, "puts the state on notice" that...
View ArticleSaint-Gobain Denies NHDES Requests for More Sampling of PFAS-Contaminated Sites
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services confirmed that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, whose manufacturing facility in Merrimack became known for contaminating drinking water in...
View ArticleBrake For Moose Campaign: Watch Out For These Behemoths
Just off the exit ramp at Tripoli Road in the foothills of the White Mountains on Interstate 93 last June 1 where trucks, cars and motorcycles were zipping along, a moose was seen wandering on the...
View ArticleSenate Votes to Ban PFA Added Products from the State
The Senate approved a bill that would ban products coming into the state that have PFAs intentionally added to them as other states have done. The post Senate Votes to Ban PFA Added Products from the...
View ArticleSenate Trashes Landfill Restrictions
Legislation seeking to greater restrict landfills, halting permitting, banning out-of-state waste or using scientific measures to determine their locations, was largely trashed by the Senate Wednesday....
View ArticleGroup Files Lawsuit to Challenge Logging in White Mountain National Forest
Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental Advocacy Clinic filed suit today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on behalf of forest protection group Standing...
View ArticleCoos Commissioners Want 3 Public Sessions on Carbon Credit Impacts On Logging
The forest culture of the state, honored for generations, "will be dead and we will become outsiders to our own forest" if a "carbon first" culture replaces it, the Coös County Commissioners said in a...
View ArticleSelect Lawmakers Back in Concord This Week to Finish Up Bills, Including...
With more than 60 bills this session still alive - including legal adult cannabis sales - select lawmakers came to Concord Monday to see if they could make deals across chambers with the clock ticking...
View ArticleNHDES, Advocates Wait on Action From Saint-Gobain; New PFAS Superfund Ruling...
A new EPA classification of two PFAS chemicals as hazardous under the Superfund Law has also entered the conversation about the cleanup of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics site in Merrimack, a...
View ArticleYup. It’s Still Hot and Going to Get Hotter
Find the forecast for your town or city by going to the National Weather Service website. Then in the upper left hand corner, type in where you live. The post Yup. It’s Still Hot and Going to Get...
View ArticleTemperatures Dangerously Spike in Southern New Hampshire Under Heat Dome
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for southern New Hampshire, with “heat index values up to 105 expected.” The post Temperatures Dangerously Spike in Southern New Hampshire...
View Article3 of 4 Top Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Business Concerns at Concord Forum
Before an audience of business owners and executives, three of the top four candidates for governor took the stage together to introduce themselves. The post 3 of 4 Top Gubernatorial Candidates Talk...
View ArticleBeavers, developers and community can-do celebrated at Rumney’s Quincy Bog’s...
At the Quincy Bog Natural Area Saturday, the story was told and cake was enjoyed, marking an amazing story of community can-do, which began with a developer trying to blow up dams to drain the...
View ArticleNH: Prepare for Severe Storms Sunday, Possible Damaging Winds, Hail, Isolated...
The NWS said there is the potential for winds in excess of 70 mph, and the Storm Prediction Center has issued a 10% risk for tornadoes across New Hampshire for Sunday. The post NH: Prepare for Severe...
View ArticleSignificant Severe Weather Risk in NH, Maine: ‘All Hazards on the Table’...
There is a slight to enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms across the area today, especially in New Hampshire, with the risk of a few tornadoes and damaging winds being the primary concerns. The post...
View ArticleUpdates: As NASCAR Gets Underway, NH Faces Severe Weather Threats Until 10...
The state has activated its Office of Emergency Management in part because of impending severe weather but also had planned for it to be opened as the state is hosting a NASCAR race in Loudon. The post...
View ArticleState Sinks Floating Oyster Crate Farm Request for Great Bay
A proposal to allow a floating oyster farm in the Great Bay Estuary in Broad Cove for the next 10 years has been sunk by the Fish and Game Department after numerous people and agencies opposed it. The...
View ArticleCouncil OKs Mount Washington Environmental Study; Hears Concerns About NH...
Work will begin immediately on the summit of Mount Washington to assess its environmental condition and make recommendations to minimize the negative impacts on the fragile alpine zone into the future....
View ArticleCyanobacteria Warnings Down on Lake Winnipesaukee; Lake Groups Take Notice
Cyanobacteria warnings and watches have the attention of many lake associations across the state as New Hampshire faces its worst summer ever dealing with toxins emitted from the blooms of blue green...
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