Authorities in Australia’s Queensland and New South Wales states on Monday declared a state of emergency as the country’s eastern region prepared for “catastrophic” fire conditions.
AUGUSTA, Maine -- A wastewater treatment plant in Maine's Somerset County that discharges into the Kennebec River accepted more than 250,000 gallons of liquid runoff from a New Hampshire landfill that was potentially contaminated with the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
MERRIMACK — The Saint-Gobain contamination zone now under investigation by the state has more than quadrupled in size.
CONCORD — Grocers and other retailers squared off against environmentalists Tuesday before a House committee considering whether to ban single-use plastic bags and force merchants to charge a new fee for consumers to buy recyclable ones.
MERRIMACK — Local residents say they do not trust that requirements in a newly proposed air permit for Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics will fully eliminate contaminated emissions from its smokestacks.
State Rep. Peter Spanos has submitted legislation that if adopted would provide $1 million annually over six years to advance the redevelopment of the former Laconia State School campus.
In a move that backs a term used to date mainly by climate activists and left-leaning politicians, a new study by 11,258 scientists in 153 countries from a broad range of disciplines warns that the planet “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency,” and provides six broad policy go…
According to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, a major conservation easement could be completed this month.
As wildfires raged in Northern California, Bay Area residents checked websites and apps last week to nervously monitor an approaching smoke plume roughly the size of Rhode Island. What some people found were multicolored maps showing contradictory information, or in some cases no information…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday it filed paperwork to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the first formal step in a one-year process to exit the global pact to fight climate change.
The 17 goals established by the United Nations in 2015 include ending poverty and hunger.
President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized California’s Democratic governor for his handling of wildfires and made a vague threat to cut aid as blazes continue to burn in the northern and southern parts of the state. The comments are the latest installment of the President’s long-standing g…
WASHINGTON — One of the first things Hollywood star Jane Fonda did in jail was give up her red coat.
Warehouse being razed for hydroponic greenhouse that could employ 30 people.
LOS ANGELES — The wildfire that forced celebrities and thousands of others to flee some of the poshest neighborhoods in Los Angeles this week also forced a hasty roundup of scores of horses in the area.
NEWINGTON — Larry Spriggs worked as an aircraft mechanic at Pease Air Force Base from 1973 until 1980.
After a day of relative calm, Northern California is bracing for another windstorm that could complicate efforts to contain the immense Kincade Fire, which has forced nearly 200,000 wine country residents to evacuate and is moving steadily toward the city of Santa Rosa.
LOS ANGELES — Wind-whipped flames chased thousands of residents from wealthy Los Angeles neighborhoods and threatened the city’s famed Getty Center museum on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wildfire season that has triggered mass evacuations and power outages across California.
Democratic presidential candidates Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and billionaire activist Tom Steyer sat down with Stonyfield Organic founder Gary Hirshberg at the Stonyfield facility Friday afternoon for a forum on climate change.
California’s governor declared a statewide emergency on Sunday as wind-fueled fires spread across Sonoma County and prompted mass evacuations.
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — The southward march of a Northern California wildfire toward the more populated areas above the San Francisco Bay led officials on Sunday to raise the number of residents ordered to leave their homes in the area to 180,000.
LOS ANGELES — California firefighters raced against time on Saturday as they cut defensive lines against a wildfire in Sonoma County’s famed wine country and as authorities ordered 50,000 people to evacuate, ahead of winds that are forecast to pick up at night and spread the flames.
SEABROOK — People who work on the water are ecstatic that emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor is happening.
MERRIMACK — Following Sunday’s protest outside Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the company’s CEO says a Community Advisory Committee could be beneficial to bridge the gap between the company and local residents.
Plants produced fruit from early July into November in both years of the study. Traditionally, the season for locally grown strawberries is four to six weeks in June and July.
MERRIMACK — Protesters gathered outside Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics on Sunday, saying they are frustrated more hasn’t been done to stop contamination after it was discovered at the plant more than three years ago.
The drive to turn products more eco-friendly is sweeping through the U.S. beverage market, with plastic being replaced in everything from red Solo cups to Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo water bottles.
BEDFORD — With new water regulations now in place, additional testing will be conducted on about 250 private wells in Bedford to determine if the water is potentially contaminated.
GOFFSTOWN — Fall may be synonymous with pumpkins, but in Goffstown so too is a regatta involving giant hollowed-out gourds retrofitted as boats and piloted down the river that flows through the center of town.
TAMWORTH — Over the last four decades, Geoffrey Burke has gone from a student of nature who paddled Alaska’s rivers in his 20s to a master boat builder.
Despite concerns about unmarked graves, no bones were found.
If you’ve noticed being in the outdoors has become quieter and the landscape a little more drab, you are not alone. Entire species of birds have disappeared from our forests, fields and backyard feeders, experts have noted.
CONCORD — State health officials are asking for the public’s help to find a Massachusetts man who came in contact with a rabid baby raccoon in Conway.
CONCORD — Fish and Game Executive Director Glenn Normandeau lashed out upon learning the Fish and Game Commission held a private meeting last month and voted against recommending him for another term.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services will not be asking Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics to temporarily halt operations, despite a request made by local officials last month.
CONCORD — A federal judge said he’ll likely decide by the end of the week whether to block the start of construction of Eversource’s $84 million transmission line that would cross the sensitive Little Bay estuary on the Seacoast.
NEW CASTLE — A great white shark named Murdoch is swimming off the coast of New Hampshire and the joke is he’s looking for an Adam Sandler-sized snack.
CONCORD — Farmers, lawn service scientists and educators supplied stinging criticism Tuesday of legislation that activists are pursuing to ban the use of pesticides that can be toxic to bees.
MERRIMACK — State officials have set a date next month for a public hearing on a draft permit for the installation and operation of air pollution control equipment at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation in Merrimack.
City officials say homeowners will have to pay for 20% of the project.
BRENTWOOD -- The state is taking the first steps toward removing an aging dam along the Exeter River this week following a legal battle that began after the owner failed to address the deficiencies.
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