Julia Vaz
Summer Intern 2025I pursue stories about the science and social impacts behind climate change. My goal is to innovate the way we tell stories about climate change, exploring multimedia approaches to highlight local communities and their relationships to nature. Before NHPR, I covered climate policy and environmental justice for Heatmap News and Inside Climate News. I recently graduated from Brown University with degrees in Political Science and Modern Culture & Media.
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The new law, signed by Gov. Ayotte earlier in August, guts state resources targeted at exploring and boosting offshore wind in New Hampshire. -
The law, which allows for off-grid energy providers, might protect consumers from higher energy rates while still encouraging these power-hungry businesses to set up in the state. -
It’s unclear how the Constitution Pipeline, which is set to run from Pennsylvania to New York, would affect New England’s access to gas. -
The heat will start to ramp up on Sunday and peak on Wednesday, with temperatures ranging mostly from the low to mid-90s. But because of humidity levels, temperatures will feel much higher. -
Air quality specialists in the state are starting to more closely monitor wildfire activity in Canada. Because of climate change, those fires are becoming more intense and reaching areas closer to the Northeast, leading to worse air quality in places like New Hampshire. -
Most of the state will see some improved air quality levels on Wednesday. But levels will still be unhealthy for Grafton, Sullivan and Cheshire counties.
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The 1879 structure sits in a spot prone to flooding, and recent floods destroyed the building’s heating system and inundated its basement. To save it, the group had the building moved 200 feet down the road. -
The Grey Rocks Conservation Center is the new home of the Newfound Lake Region Association. It was unveiled to community members last Thursday. -
Just about half of the hudsonia-silverling plant community sites along the Saco River have disappeared in the last several decades, likely because of climate change, say two state botanists. -
By Friday, real-feel temperatures in Southern New Hampshire could reach 100 degrees. But the heat won't linger long, as a cold front will knock temperatures back down by the weekend.
