Climate Change

A student quoted in the study told researchers, “People will talk about the polar bears dying before they talk about brown people breathing in dangerous air.”

The new Union of Concerned Scientists study says projected temperature increases by mid-century will give New Hampshire at least one day a year with the kind of heat that prompts federal agencies to call for safety precautions or a stop to work in outdoor jobs.

Sununu has lately been a vocal supporter of wind as a climate change solution, but hasn’t issued the mandates many other East Coast states have used to require their utilities to buy into planned offshore projects.

The state says current wind patterns are again blowing high concentrations of fine particle air pollution across the country and into New England, from huge ongoing fires in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

A smoke advisory was in place in New Hampshire through Wednesday morning, while Merrimack Station burned coal to generate electricity.

The report said energy employers in New Hampshire are more optimistic than most about restoring those jobs in the coming year, but the efficiency sector is still concerned that an ongoing regulatory delay in the state could hold them back.

Rivers, brooks and streams swelled throughout the Monadnock Region as heavy rains caused flooding and washed out roads.

The warming climate is raising the risk of wildfires across the entire U.S., even in states like New Hampshire. Now, forest managers in the White…

Researchers at UNH will use a new federal grant to study the frost cycle of soil, which is changing with the climate and drives the frost heaves that…

After more than 24 hours of occupying the Waltham offices of Canadian energy giant Enbridge, three environmental activists were arrested Wednesday…