Climate Change

Join NHPR’s for the 3rd Annual By Degrees Climate Summit: Healthy Connections, in partnership with New Hampshire PBS, on Friday, May 2nd at St. Anselm College!

Consejo Ejecutivo de NH aprueba fondo federal para agencias de reasentamiento de refugiados del estado.

The state’s Department of Environmental Services said this week that they’re able to access all federal funding. Money for the state's Solar for All program also appear to be available, according to an email from the federal government.

School groups from Lebanon High School in New Hampshire and Fajardo Academy in Puerto Rico visited the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest on an exchange trip focused on science.

Money from Biden-era laws was aimed at efforts in every part of New Hampshire: water quality improvements, flood resilience projects, electric school buses, and repairs on hydroelectric dams, among others.

The move comes after federal officials announced they were pausing funding approvals while they review the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program.

In mostly party-line votes, Republicans rejected efforts to study how much climate change is costing the state and how to recoup those costs, among other proposals.

So-called "rare earth elements" like Neodymium and Dysprosium are important parts of the clean energy supply chain, but they’re mostly produced in China. Phoenix Tailings says their technology can make production safer and bring it to the U.S.

Advocates say Trump’s early executive actions on climate change and energy were not a surprise. But they are a source of uncertainty as leaders try to assess ripple effects.

A variety of efforts that could shake up the state’s energy landscape are underway.