Environment
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Everything you need to know to manage your allergies in New Hampshire this spring
Granite Staters, it is that time of year when excess pollen in the air could trigger your allergies. While New Hampshire isn’t the worst state for allergies, here’s what you need to know so you can nip them in the bud.
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What to know about the bird flu outbreak in the US
What is going on? The U.S. Food and Drug announced earlier this week that traces of bird flu were detected in commercial samples of milk. This strain of bird flu is known as the “highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1)” and only a small number of H5N1 cases have been reported in humans (only two…
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Biden marks Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in solar grants
Forty-nine of these grants are state-level awards, five are multi-state awards, and six are going to Native American tribes. The administration also announced its plans to expand its American Climate Corps green jobs training program on Monday.
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How to check your air and water quality in NH
Earth Day is April 22 and it’s a great time to check in on our state’s environmental health. In New Hampshire, you can check air quality data and air quality forecasts online every day. Here’s how to do that:
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Stricter PFAS limits set to safeguard New Hampshire’s drinking water
President Biden’s new EPA PFAS limits, coupled with NH House Bill 1649, set a historic standard for cleaner drinking water and safer consumer products in New Hampshire. Discover the significant changes ahead for Granite Staters.
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Op-ed: Save the Planet – Support Local Floriculture
The next time you head out and are tempted to purchase a flower bouquet out of season, please rethink this. That bouquet may be inexpensive to purchase, but it comes at a high price to the environment. About 80% of the flowers sold in the US are imported from Columbia, Kenya and Ecuador. These flowers…
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Rare 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattles NH residents
Some reported shaking lasted as long as 20 or 30 seconds. According to the United States Geological Survey, this event was a shallow earthquake—which has more severe shaking than deep quakes. The agency stated that in the northeast, 23 million people felt light shaking, 300,000 experienced moderately shaken, and 9,000 felt strong shaking.
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Biden administration announces $20 billion in clean energy grants
The EPA says grant recipients, whose work promises to promote clean energy developments in underserved communities, could collectively reduce carbon emissions by 40 million metric tons over the next seven years.
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NH’s state butterfly is an endangered species
Karner Blues became the official New Hampshire state butterfly in 1992, but by 1995, there were only an estimated 50 Karner Blue butterflies in the state due to habitat loss.
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Op-ed: The Kids are Angry
The kids are angry. Last summer I was approached by climate advocates from 350NH, a New Hampshire-based climate justice organization. “Could we work on a bill that would create a more robust climate change curriculum in New Hampshire?” It was a good idea. I sat down with some of the youth leaders and we went…
