According to Elizabeth Burakowski, an assistant research professor at the University of New Hampshire, this warming trend was reflected across New England.
Gov. Chris Sununu signed an executive order last week barring officials in the New Hampshire Retirement System from investing in funds “solely” based on “environmental, social, and governance criteria” (ESG).
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services projects that if Granite Staters keep trashing their waste at the same rate, without changes to existing landfill capacity, the state will run out of places to put its refuse in about 10 years.
One-thousand acres of New Hampshire’s Great Bay were once covered by live oyster reefs. Today, because of pollution, disease, and harvest, 90 percent have disappeared. But the tidal estuary is now the site of a celebrated revival.
The cost of heating with wood can be cheaper and less volatile, but wood heat experts say it can be an uphill battle to convince people to switch to a less mainstream fuel.
