Annie Ropeik
Reporter: Climate, Energy, Environment, SeacoastAnnie has covered the environment, energy, climate change and the Seacoast region for NHPR since 2017. She leads the newsroom's climate reporting project, By Degrees.
Annie has spent a decade reporting for public radio stations and collaborations across the country, including in Indiana, Delaware and Alaska. Her work has aired on NPR programs, the BBC, CBC and CNN, and earned national honors from the Public Media Journalists Association and state press clubs.
Annie studied classics at Boston University and grew up in Maryland. Her favorite outdoor spot in New Hampshire is Adam's Point on Great Bay in Durham. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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Climate change has increased precipitation, extreme rainfall and river flooding in places like New Hampshire, and this trend will very likely continue.
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There's a history of wildfire across America, a threat made worse by the warming climate. And more people are moving to fire-prone areas without realizing the danger.
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The state says current wind patterns are again blowing high concentrations of fine particle air pollution across the country and into New England, from huge ongoing fires in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
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The Nature Conservancy project, slated to open in October, will be one of just a few accessible trails in the state.
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As the trash company Casella waits for a permit to disturb wetlands in the North Country, New Hampshire regulators say Casella didn't do enough to prevent a leachate spill at its Bethlehem landfill in May.
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Heavy rain missed the areas of New Hampshire that needed it most, after more than a year of drought.
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After Saint-Gobain’s PFAS use in Merrimack caused contamination in hundreds of nearby water wells several years ago, state regulators ordered the company to install the new air emissions treatment system by July 30, 2021.
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A smoke advisory was in place in New Hampshire through Wednesday morning, while Merrimack Station burned coal to generate electricity.
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The report said energy employers in New Hampshire are more optimistic than most about restoring those jobs in the coming year, but the efficiency sector is still concerned that an ongoing regulatory delay in the state could hold them back.
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The six former military trucks from a government surplus program will help New Hampshire fire departments fight wildfires.