Human activity is warming the planet. This change is already reshaping how we live and interact with our environment in New Hampshire, across New England and beyond.
From NHPR, By Degrees is a climate change reporting project that tells stories of the people grappling with the challenges of our changing world, and exploring possible solutions. By Degrees explains the science – and the historical context – of our changing climate and why it’s impacting Granite Staters in unequal ways. We’ll answer your questions, hold decision makers accountable, and explore how our state and region are living through this major transition and responding to it.
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The new plans are mostly the same as current programs, with small changes. -
Casella Waste Systems submitted new permit applications for a landfill in Dalton, but a lawyer for the North Country Alliance for Balanced Change says the state should wait until court cases are resolved and new waste rules are adopted before reviewing applications.
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The USDA cautions against using the plant hardiness zones, which are based on 30-year averages, as indicators for climate change. But gardeners say the maps reflect one of the ways they’re experiencing a warmer world.
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The state’s climate plan is getting its first update since 2009, and Granite Staters can have their voices heard through a series of community meetings in December and January.
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Climate change is already causing expensive problems for people and towns in the Northeast, according to the latest National Climate Assessment. As a whole, the United States is now experiencing a billion-dollar weather or climate disaster every three weeks, on average.
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Climate change is pushing back cold temperatures in New Hampshire to later in the fall.
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With climate change driving warmer, wetter weather in New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire researchers are studying food crops that can withstand difficult conditions.
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The Twin States Clean Energy Link is one of three transmission projects selected to be part of the federal Department of Energy’s $1.3 billion grid investment. The project still needs approvals from regulators before construction could begin.
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In the Gulf of Maine, normal wind conditions could power New England up to 70% of the year, if large energy storage projects were also included.
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Eight people were arrested for criminal trespassing, after paddling kayaks and canoes in the Merrimack River near the plant.
