
Mara Hoplamazian
Reporter, Climate ChangeMy mission is to bring listeners directly to the people and places experiencing and responding to climate change in New Hampshire. I aim to use sounds, scenes, and clear, simple explanations of complex science and history to tell stories about how Granite Staters are managing ecological and social transitions that come with climate change. I also report on how people in positions of power are responding to our warmer, wetter state, and explain the forces limiting and driving mitigation and adaptation.
Please get in touch with story ideas or questions about climate change in New Hampshire. mhoplamazian@nhpr.org.
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The company is proposing remediation options that include monitoring pollution and limiting the use of the site moving forward, instead of actively cleaning up the PFAS chemicals present at high levels. State regulators are pushing for different options.
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Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the atmosphere, their support systems are changing.
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Traffic is expected to be heaviest on Wednesday, July 2 and Sunday, July 6.
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‘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.
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The cancer registry provides data on every new case of cancer in the state. Advocates and physicians say without it, cancer research won’t look the same.
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The Conservation Law Foundation says New Hampshire regulators did not consider a state rule meant to protect fish and people from toxic chemicals when approving the permit.
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The organization lost $8.4 million between August and January, forcing them to dip into financial reserves. Now, the coalition, the state’s second-largest electricity supplier, has higher rates than New Hampshire’s other utility companies.
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At a Mount Sunapee advisory meeting Tuesday, members of Newbury’s Conservation Commission presented their findings on potential contamination coming from the resort’s wastewater system. But state regulators say the system’s conditions show no cause for concern.
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The funding, about $2 million total, will go towards assessing and cleaning up sites including a former stable and a former textile processing mill.
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The proposal illustrates two new dynamics in New Hampshire’s energy world: the rise of community power and the uncertainty of electricity prices.