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My conversation with Dan Weeks was a refreshingly optimistic moment in these troubling times. He’s no Pollyanna about the challenges that we face but he definitely sees the magnificent and expansive view from the summit, even as he recognizes the mountains still to climb.
– The Supreme Court has handed down a decision that will significantly limit the federal government’s power to regulate pollution from power plants and other industrial sources.
Grant funds are available for projects that support and promote programs and partnerships that protect, restore, and enhance the state’s valuable natural resources.
Meeting at the Owl Brook Hunter Education Center, the commission learned that the cost of buying farm-raised pheasants is up, those hunter numbers are down and the state is also losing willing private property owners to host the stocking sites.
At our Summit this Saturday, June 18, 2022, there will be speakers on climate and business, health, solid waste, plastics, policies from the State House, and the response of faith-based groups… plus opportunities for break-out groups.
FRANCONIA – The public will be asked to weigh in on a draft master plan for Mount Washington State Park this summer, which may look at limiting access and climate change concerns.
Working on Waste, a grassroots group that helped to kill a proposed expansion of the Wheelabrator trash incinerator in Claremont, has taken the state Department of Environmental Services to task for not adequately addressing the dangers of “forever chemicals” and other toxic substances.
The state’s moose population will be observed by drones and 140 cameras in the woods in the next few years to help determine their population numbers and better understand their health, which is being stressed by climate.
Engineer John Gay has notified New Hampshire’s Solid Waste Management Bureau that Granite State Landfill, LLC, a Casella-owned company, is formally withdrawing its permit application for a landfill operation in the town of Dalton.
“In severe events, system operators may be forced to call for controlled power outages to protect the overall grid,” the officials said. “Climate change has caused weather to become more volatile and less predictable, increasing the potential for system operators to resort to these actions.”
