On a postcard-perfect winter day, Kris Blomback, general manager at Pats Peak in Henniker, is pondering the future of snow.
Friday, February 09, 2024
Forty years ago, New Hampshire had hundreds of commercial fishermen filling their nets in the waters off the state’s 13 miles of coastline.
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
KIMMERIDGE, England — There was this thing on the beach. It looked like a tree trunk? But when they saw the fangs, the lethal grin of an apex predator, they knew.
Sunday, February 04, 2024
Forest fires in Chile have killed at least 51 people, officials said Saturday, warning the death toll is expected to rise, as unusually high temperatures and droughts fan blazes across South America.
Saturday, February 03, 2024
Time was, you didn’t think about where your electricity came from. You flipped a switch and the lights went on.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
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Friends from around the country mourn Chris Roma, the accomplished hiker who died in a storm Jan. 17
Chris Roma grew up in the shadow of the White Mountains. He knew the trails intimately and had hiked them in all kinds of conditions.
Four Boston councilors say the state’s mattress disposal ban has put a “tremendous strain” on city resources, and has left beds on densely-packed streets for weeks as employees struggle to keep up with the backlog of mandated recycling requests.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Although it’s spotty and inconsistent in many places, wastewater testing is pointing to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with as many as one-third of Americans expected to contract the disease by late February.
Friday, January 19, 2024
The Greenland ice sheet has lost 20 percent more ice than scientists previously thought, posing potential problems for ocean circulation patterns and sea level rise, according to a new study.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef has been discovered off the East Coast: a massive 6.4 million acre seascape that stretches from Miami to Charleston, South Carolina, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Exploration.
Monday, January 15, 2024
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court this week is set to hear a bid by commercial fishermen to avoid costs associated with a government-run fish conservation program in a dispute that gives its conservative justices another chance to curb the regulatory powers of federal agencies.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
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Fire officials Sunday were still investigating the cause of an inferno at North Atlantic Fuels in Epping Saturday afternoon that drew firefighters from 30 surrounding departments to help.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
WASHINGTON - Truck engine maker Cummins Inc agreed to settle a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Justice Department and California and pay a record-setting fine of about $1.65 billion for installing defeat devices on hundreds of thousands of engines.
Saturday, January 06, 2024
Mike O’Neil already was looking into adding solar power and battery storage at his home when he heard about a pilot program his electric company was launching.
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission is considering how much power companies should pay solar customers who send the excess electricity they generate back to the grid.
Wednesday, January 03, 2024
On New Year’s Day, Joe Hollins celebrates his ancient buddy, Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal. Jonathan is now 191 years old — or so.
Tuesday, January 02, 2024
HARTFORD, Conn. — The multimillion dollar threat to the lower Connecticut River from the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla has attracted attention from around the country, as scientists work on ways to contain it.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld Casella Waste Systems’ permit to expand a Bethlehem landfill, allowing the project to proceed.
When a whale washes ashore, it’s often in a sorry state — bloated, decomposing, stinking to high heavens.
Monday, December 25, 2023
MOSCOW - Russia said on Monday that emergency workers had put out a fire on a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo-icebreaker ship and the state company which runs the vessel said there had been no casualties and no threat to the security of the reactor.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
OTTAWA — All over Canada, a giant northern country known for its biting winters and drifts so deep they can swallow a car, people will wake up this Christmas with a simple question: Where is the snow?
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The most ancient trees still standing in America's national forests would get new protections under a proposal the Biden administration will announce Tuesday that would ban most logging in groves that play a vital role in fighting climate change.
Monday, December 18, 2023
CONCORD — State officials are recommending Dartmouth College conduct an 18-month feasibility study of the impact of “forever” chemicals from the Saint Gobain Performance Plastics plant or other environmental exposures on an unusually high rate of kidney cancer in Merrimack.
Over the past two decades, as San Antonio and surrounding Bexar County, Texas, grew by more than 600,000 people, some 17% of the city’s blocks experienced a decrease in population.
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of feet underground, in a long-dormant portion of Chiquita Canyon landfill, tons of garbage have been smoldering for months due to an enigmatic chemical reaction.
ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Some lawmakers across the country think the future of climate policy looks like this: A growing network of states forming a carbon market, forcing polluters to pay by the ton for the greenhouse gases they emit and reinvesting the revenues into clean energy and electrificati…
Sunday, December 17, 2023
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Merrimack Generating Station in a 2019 lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club and Conservation Law Foundation against the company that owns the plant, Granite Shore Power, claiming it polluted the Merrimack River with heated wastewater and violated a permi…
Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Fish and Game's conservation officers watch out for NH's wildlife and connect with its people
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Twenty-five land conservation and historic preservation projects across the state have been approved to receive $3.7 million in matching grants from the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program.
Record rains and a late-season frost cost New Hampshire growers nearly $13 million in lost crops this past spring, according to a recent survey.
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CONCORD — The rate for an overnight stay in most state park campgrounds would go up about $10 under a proposal from officials who say current fees are much lower than at private campgrounds and other states’ parks.
DUBAI - Nations reached a breakthrough climate agreement Wednesday, calling for a transition away from fossil fuels in an unprecedented deal that targets the greatest contributors to the planet's warming. The deal came swiftly - with no discussion or objection - in a packed room in Dubai fol…
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Ford Motor Co. is cutting 2024 production goals in half for its F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup truck - its signature electric vehicle - due to slowing demand for battery-powered models.
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
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The new owners at Noel’s Tree Farm in Litchfield took the previous owner’s advice and hired a police detail to direct traffic on Black Friday.
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
It's hard to imagine a more appropriate setting for Amanda Joy Ravenhill's first psychedelic experience than Burning Man, the Nevada desert festival that is to fans of hallucinogens what a bouncy castle is to rambunctious toddlers. In September 2009, while lying in an art installation resemb…
Saturday, November 25, 2023
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In the battle against climate change, nature can be a fickle partner.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
States and urban areas will be required to set goals to reduce carbon emissions from cars and trucks on their roads under a new federal rule issued Wednesday, part of the Biden administration's efforts to link tens of billions of dollars in highway funding from the infrastructure law to its …
Monday, November 20, 2023
CONCORD — The company seeking to create a new landfill on a controversial site in the North Country town of Dalton has filed a new application with the state Department of Environmental Services.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials have told lobbyists and corporate executives in recent days that the agency’s long-anticipated climate rules may scale back some of the most demanding greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirements that it had proposed.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Although it’s spotty and inconsistent in many places, wastewater testing is pointing to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with as many as one-third of Americans expected to contract the disease by late February.
Friday, January 19, 2024
The Greenland ice sheet has lost 20 percent more ice than scientists previously thought, posing potential problems for ocean circulation patterns and sea level rise, according to a new study.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef has been discovered off the East Coast: a massive 6.4 million acre seascape that stretches from Miami to Charleston, South Carolina, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Exploration.
Monday, January 15, 2024
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court this week is set to hear a bid by commercial fishermen to avoid costs associated with a government-run fish conservation program in a dispute that gives its conservative justices another chance to curb the regulatory powers of federal agencies.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
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Fire officials Sunday were still investigating the cause of an inferno at North Atlantic Fuels in Epping Saturday afternoon that drew firefighters from 30 surrounding departments to help.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
WASHINGTON - Truck engine maker Cummins Inc agreed to settle a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Justice Department and California and pay a record-setting fine of about $1.65 billion for installing defeat devices on hundreds of thousands of engines.
Saturday, January 06, 2024
Mike O’Neil already was looking into adding solar power and battery storage at his home when he heard about a pilot program his electric company was launching.