Environment & Science
New Bottle Bill Would Put the Onus on Producers, Not Municipalities
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A new version of a “bottle bill” would transfer responsibility for redeeming bottles and cans to their producers, help municipalities and reduce litter.
Business & Economy
PFAS Continue To Be a Priority Among Some NH Lawmakers
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In the months that followed the sudden announcement that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics would be closing their Merrimack plant, the fight against PFAS pollution continued.
Environment & Science
Mason Won’t Seek Another Term As Fish and Game Head; New Officers Sworn In
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Change is coming to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department as Executive Director Scott R. Mason of Stratford told InDepthNH.org he will not seek another four-year term when it expires in August 2024.
Environment & Science
New Hampshire Lags New England in Renewable Energy
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The chair of the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, Rep. Michael Vose, R-Epping, will introduce a bill in the 2024 session to establish a clean energy portfolio standard that would include nuclear power from Seabrook Station which provides 56 percent of all the electric generation in New Hampshire.
Energy
Twin State Transmission Project Through Vt., NH Picked for Federal Help
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A proposed 1,200-megawatt transmission line through Vermont and New Hampshire has been included in a federal program to improve the nation’s electric grid.
Energy
Burgess Power Plant Likely to Close as Lawmakers Back Governor’s Nine Vetoes
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The legislature made quick work of Gov. Chris Sununu’s nine vetoes Thursday, sustaining all nine, although the House overrode one of the governor’s vetoes, but not the one for the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin.
Environment & Science
Mahoosuc Highlands Project Will Protect 3,700 Spectacular North Country Acres
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The North Country’s rugged beauty along Route 2 from the shores of the Androscoggin River up to the ridges of the Mohoosucs will be forever preserved.
Business & Economy
‘Lifting Our Eyes to the Future,’ Forest Society Meets in Bethlehem, Charts New Course
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About 240 members of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests gathered at The Rocks for the unveiling of its new North Country headquarters during its 122nd Annual Meeting at The Rocks here Saturday.
Business & Economy
As Conn. Lakes Headwaters Advisory Meeting Nears, 2 GOP Councilors Speak Out
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Executive Councilor Joe Kenney said he met recently with the new owners of the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract to convey his concern about their ownership objectives and impacts to logging in the Great North Woods.