Last year, Governor Sununu proposed dividing the Department of Resources and Economic Development and creating the Department of Business and Economic Affairs. Since its creation, this new agency has been a catalyst for increasing opportunities for New Hampshire to modernize…
Toward the end of June, I attended an important community engagement event sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address the challenge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our environment. In an effort to promote a greater understanding,…
On behalf of their customers, solar developers request fair compensation for energy produced locally that supports NH’s economy
Net metering creates more tangible benefits than costs, and those benefits accrue to everyone
To the editor: I’m writing in response to the opinion piece by Bill O’Brien and Greg Moore, “Hey solar industry, why the subsidy?” Let’s get this straight. There was NO subsidy for the solar industry in Senate Bill 446. SB…
There were three major issues before the Legislature in 2018 that the NH Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA) identified as the most critical to addressing our state’s ongoing mental health crisis: Medicaid expansion reauthorization; workforce shortages in the behavioral health…
Oct. 17, 2016: “PepsiCo Inc. today announced an ambitious global sustainability agenda designed to foster business growth in a way that … creat(es) a healthier relationship between people and food … contribute(s) to a more sustainable global food system and…
On any ordinary day in New Hampshire, these things are happening: • Volunteers at soup kitchens are serving meals to hundreds of men, women and children in need. • At the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, sixth-graders are discovering…
Medicaid expansion change an example of unintended consequences
Change is inevitable, despite the efforts of outside interests
We should not be trying to artificially grow an industry by holding ratepayers hostage
The plant’s economic benefits far exceed any additional costs for the power it produces
The Union Leader has praised the recent update of the 2014 state energy strategy. This update was principally the product of two of Governor Sununu’s staffers, neither of whom had prior expertise in energy policy. Praise for the 2018 strategy…
Today in New Hampshire, our county jails house many people who have not been convicted of crimes. They’ve lost their freedom and stand to lose much more — their jobs, homes and cars — simply because they cannot afford to…
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