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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NH farmers described how recent cuts to farming grants have hurt their incomes and asked that state officials prioritize policies requiring public institutions to buy from local sources. -
Jason Riddle decided to reject President Trump’s pardon earlier this year. Sen. Maggie Hassan’s office has since helped him put forward an official pardon denial request. -
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire are using solar-powered tags to track salt marsh sparrows and collect data which can better inform marsh restoration and preservation efforts across New England. -
The volunteers met at the Jackson Estuarine Lab in Durham as part of a project that supports oyster farms and restoration sites across coastal states. -
The report also found signs of improving pH levels in most sampled sites. -
‘We’ll start from scratch again’: Changes to NH’s landfill rules will have to wait till next sessionDisagreement between the House and Senate this year sank a proposal that would have included a moratorium on new landfills and the creation of a site evaluation committee, a body that would oversee where landfills could be placed. -
Concord broke temperature records two days in a row. On Tuesday, the city reached 100 degrees, breaking a previous 1870 record. On Monday, the city reached 97 degrees, breaking a previous 2020 record. -
Older people, outdoor workers and those experiencing homelessness are some of the groups more vulnerable to extreme heat. -
Unitil’s 4.9-megawatt project is now the biggest in the state, generating enough energy to power 1,200 homes per year. -
The storms this past month worried farmers who still remember the losses of 2023 caused by intense flooding and rainfall. While this season is looking up in comparison, farmers still face challenges to plant and harvest crops.
