EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency says it's terminating awards from the Solar for All program, according to New Hampshire officials. The state was planning to use its award towards solar infrastructure in lower-income communities.

The group NH Healthy Climate successfully applied for a grant to work on rural flood mitigation, but the EPA is withholding funding for the program.

The amicus brief, filed by the Conservation Law Foundation on behalf of almost 20 community organizations and local governments, including one in New Hampshire, urges the Environmental Protection Agency to release grant money that was abruptly terminated this spring.

The funding, about $2 million total, will go towards assessing and cleaning up sites including a former stable and a former textile processing mill.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tapped Mark Sanborn to be the next regional administrator for New England. Sanborn will be in charge of advancing the Trump administration’s environmental agenda across New England states and federally recognized Tribal Nations.

Mark Sanborn previously served as the assistant commissioner for the state’s Department of Environmental Services.

The town has been putting partially treated wastewater into the river since late 2021 because of operational issues.

In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella applauded the ruling.

Designated as one of 28 estuaries of national significance under the EPA’s National Estuary Program, Great Bay has experienced water quality issues for years as a result of nitrogen pollution.

The move by the Environmental Protection Agency could be especially helpful for sites designated as federal priorities in the Superfund program, like the former Pease Air Force base.