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Energy bill could clean up state's gasoline more quickly

By Garrett Young on Monday, August 15, 2005.

Thanks to the new federal energy bill, gas stations in New Hampshire will no longer be required to sell gasoline with MTBE.

MTBE is added to gas to help reduce air pollution.

But it has contaminated public water supplies and thousands of private wells.

NHPR’s Garrett Young reports that eliminating MTBE, however, should not result in an increase in smoggy days.

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Autism in Three Acts

By Shay Zeller on Monday, August 15, 2005.

A new children's production from Andy's Summer Playhouse takes on autism and other complicated issues, like self-identity and the human desire to "civilize" those who are different from us. We'll meet the play's creators, Writer Robert Lawson and Director Henry Akona, and they'll explain the complex structure of their multifaceted production.

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Education Funding Challenged, Again

By Laura Knoy on Monday, August 15, 2005.

Eighteen towns and school districts say the latest school funding formula is unconstitutional and want the Supreme Court to chime in. We’ll look at the most recent chapter in the long education funding debate. Laura is joined by Nate Greenberg, Londonderry School Superintendent, Doug Hall, Co-Executive Director of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, and Ted Gatsas, Republican State Senator from Manchester.

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