Department of Environmental Services

New Hampshire is facing a lawsuit for permitting landfill expansions without having an updated plan for reducing solid waste.The suit, filed Thursday in…

Advocates are challenging the state’s approval of a plan to expand the North Country’s largest private landfill, in Bethlehem.New Hampshire gave…

A new state aid program has already gotten more than 60 requests for bottled water from people whose wells have run dry as a result of the drought, which…

The state is offering emergency aid and bottled water for low-income homeowners whose drinking water wells are running dry due to the ongoing drought.The…

The state has approved an expansion for the North Country’s largest private landfill, allowing the Bethlehem facility’s owner to add six acres or about…

More than 10 percent of New Hampshire is now in an extreme drought, with Lake Winnipesaukee and other reservoirs at record low levels and an increasing…

The state has denied a request from the Saint-Gobain plastics factory in Merrimack for extra time to make upgrades that will control PFAS chemical…

Casella has filed its first formal application to build a new landfill in the North Country – a major step forward for a controversial project that’s been…

The state is out with a first-of-its-kind report on the health of New Hampshire’s lakes, showing the effects of climate change, population growth and a…

State agencies say there’s room for improvement in a construction permit process designed to protect endangered species – but they’re still debating who’s…