The growing climate divide
While global players are making progress, the U.S. is retreating from regulation
Author: Zeina Eyceoz
NH Possible: Granite Staters driving local solutions
Nonpartisan initiative aims to bring diverse communities together to provide solutions to statewide issues community
Charting sustainability progress
New Hampshire businesses are increasingly prioritizing sustainability, and the recently published Measure What Matters (MWM) Impact Report by New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsiblity offers valuable insights into their progress.
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(Opinion) From mill town to river town
New Hampshire has more than 10,000 miles of rivers, many of which flow through downtowns.
Sustainability from an interior design perspective
It is easy to forget that people are part of this ecosystem, that we are neither separate from nor owners of it. Just as the health of the forest depends on a system of relationships, human well-being is influenced by the environments we inhabit.
Navigating New Hampshire’s new solid waste site evaluation committee
Anyone who has taken a transmission line or a wind farm through New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee knows the process is long, expensive and can be fraught with complication.
Jaffrey couple cut energy costs with NHSaves
Evan Clements and Precia Harthcock of Jaffrey love their 1926 home, but they acknowledge the drawbacks of houses built in that era. The room that is now their sitting room, for example, was once a porch that had been enclosed and is noticeably colder than other parts of the house. The second floor was much hotter than the first floor, and their kitchen was drafty.
(Opinion) NH knows the playbook for prudent energy policy
Energy reliability and affordability are of paramount importance in New Hampshire.
In NH, U.S. energy secretary says clean energy is expensive; urges approval of natural gas pipeline
With gasoline near $4 a gallon and healing oil prices expected to jump this winter, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday said clean energy initiatives are partly to blame for high prices of energy. Wright, the founder and former chief-executive of a Denver-based oil-services and fracking company, spoke within eyesight of a small solar array at the Raymond district office of the New Hampshire Electric Co-op.
Rochester looks to block data centers with zoning law. Will it work?
City officials are taking steps they hope will prevent data centers from locating in Rochester.
New state law empowers homeowners with ‘balcony’ solar panels
With a new state law set to go into effect with the dawn of a new year in 2027, Granite Staters will be able to install so-called “balcony solar” panels for home use.
Landfill-siting bill praised and panned
House Bill 707, signed into law by NH Gov. Kelly Ayotte, promotes expanding existing landfills, rather than building new ones, and also establishes a seven-member committee to evaluate landfill sites.
