Fighting chemicals with chemistry
This past summer, barrels upon barrels of firefighting foam were collected around New Hampshire and sent off to Ohio. But last month, remnants of the foam returned to New England for testing.
Energy and Environment
Aldermen remove Commuter Rail Feasibility Study from ‘package deal’ resolution in split decision
On Jan. 7, Nashua Community Development Director Matt Sullivan said that, while he would prefer the commuter rail project move forward to maintain momentum, it could wait until the next budget process.
Net metering in limbo
Net metering allows customers to receive credit for excess electricity they generate and then add back to the electrical grid. The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in an early December decision let net metering stand at its current rate but left no assurances of what the future — if any — there is for continuing net metering.
New Hampshire receives $997,000 grant for Merrimack River watershed conservation
Almost a million dollars is headed to New Hampshire for conservation work in the Merrimack River watershed.
Lawmakers aim to give New Hampshire residents harmed by PFAS more time to file lawsuits
Lawmakers to consider: how much time should those harmed by a persistent class of man-made chemicals have to sue polluters?
A call to action
Climate change demands business leadership
Knock on wood
Coos County officials say the owner of a 146,000-acre forest once controlled by the state is not abiding by a management plan to harvest timber.
NH PUC’s decision could shake up energy industry
New Hampshire’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a decision on the state’s net metering policy that could have ripple effects for the state’s renewable energy industry.
Lawsuit filed against owners of Seabrook nuclear plant over alleged project sabotage
Energy company Avangrid is accusing NextEra Energy of sabotaging the development of a transmission line meant to bring Canadian hydropower onto the New England grid
New heat pump compressor tech developed in NH is out of this world
A New Hampshire company will use a federal grant to bring space-worthy compressor technology down to Earth to better heat and cool people’s homes.
