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New Hampshire’s environment and energy resources

While New Hampshire is not rich in home-grown energy resources, our environmental beauty and clean natural environment is admired around the country. How can our future energy needs as a state be met in harmony with our attractive natural environment while addressing the climate crisis? In a ...

Baby boomer backyard birthday parties: Pin the Tail on the Donkey, anyone?

It’s springtime in the early 60s. President Kennedy is in the White House, the Space Race is on, the Cold War is freezing over, Fidel Castro is making noise again, and John Birchers are rifling through closets and attics and looking under beds for “Commies” intent on turning the good old ...

Rex, ties and videotapes

... THE POOCH: A Canadian fire rescue service was called out last month by reports of a dog driving a car down the road. It was determined that “Rex,” a Labrador mix, had been left alone in the car and accidentally shifted it into neutral, allowing it to roll along the road. They were able ...

Moving forward, working together for New Hampshire

A little over a year ago, New Hampshire began facing a public health crisis that changed the way we lived and the way we worked. That proved challenging to everyone, and the Legislature was no exception. From the onset of the Governor’s Stay at Home and Safer at Home guidelines, to today ...

Critical energy challenges ahead require serious, qualified leaders

Energy policy and energy costs are critical issues for Granite State families, for our economy, our environment, our health and our future growth. We have real challenges ahead of us as we determine how to best improve energy efficiency, transition to clean, renewable energy sources, develop ...

Harm reduction programs work, and really can work here in New Hampshire

Based on the Center for Disease Control’s latest provisional data on drug poisoning deaths, it is projected that the United States may be losing 90,000 American lives to drug poisoning every twelve months. The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized populations is not ...