Opinion

Ignore the Northern Pass fear and rhetoric

Last October, the New Hampshire Building and Construction Trades Council joined Gov. John Lynch in announcing our support for the Northern Pass transmission project.Citing overwhelming economic benefits to New Hampshire and countless local communities, we believed that the project would…

In defense of wood energy

There is a growing mythology among some who profess a concern about healthy forests and our energy future that wood is bad as a fuel for energy, and that we in the northeastern United States are foolish to include wood…

Quit RGGI and boost the economy

Recently, a group of state lawmakers introduced legislation to withdraw New Hampshire from participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is an agreement by the governments of 10 northeastern and mid-Atlantic states to impose a regional cap-and-trade program on…

Facts wrong in 'Obamacare' op-ed

To the editor:Bad research usually leads to bad conclusions. The recent "Obamacare" op-ed of Peter Angerhofer of the Josiah Bartlett Center ("Costly 'Obamacare' is a sucker's game," Dec. 17-30 NHBR) is a prime example.Mr. Angerhofer attacks the health-care reform bill…

An unacceptable tax cut measure

The federal tax compromise is unacceptable on moral grounds and is equally unacceptable politically.It is simply wrong to allow Congress to cut unemployment benefits on which families depend. Too many good, honest people are out of work for reasons not…

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