Climate & Infrastructure

A 145-mile transmission line bringing electricity from Canada into the New England grid through Maine began commercial operations Friday. It’s an alternative to the Northern Pass, the failed proposal to run power lines through northern New Hampshire.

People who experience disasters often turn to federal or local governments for help. Officials say increasingly intense and frequent events bring heavier demands on resources and time.

“We didn’t know how long 'temporary' was going to be,” said Janine McLauchlan, head of the Robert Frost Public Charter School in Conway, which lost its first-floor classrooms during the flood.

This phase will provide a framework to develop charging stations along major travel corridors of Interstate 93 and Route 16.

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.

On a sunny day in October, the house was lifted 10 feet into the air so a new climate-resilient foundation could be constructed.

If the agency is awarded federal funds, it would potentially develop an electric vehicle charging grant program. The agency is holding listening sessions in October to gather input.

A culvert replacement project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help with resilience to flooding, and could help salt marshes migrate as sea levels rise.

Climate change is making New Hampshire wetter, and increasing the threat of flash flooding.

A summer’s worth of rainfall last month is responsible for the new high.