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At 54.5 mpg, a big step forward.

On July 29, President Obama announced the outline of new clean car standards covering cars and light trucks through 2025, which will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming. Nathan Willcox, our federal global warming program director, had the honor of thanking the president in person.

Report | Environment New Hampshire

A Record of Leadership

Over the last decade, northeastern states have built a track record of successful action to reduce global warming pollution. By working together across state lines and partisan divides – and developing innovative new policies to hasten the transition to a clean energy economy – the Northeast has succeeded in cutting emissions while safeguarding the region’s economic health.

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News Release | Envronment New Hampshire

Clean Energy Program is Working

Environment New Hampshire releases a report that highlights the role clean energy and environmental policies have played in moving states toward meeting targets to reduce carbon emissions, while challenging claims that actions to reduce emissions undermine economic growth. The New Hampshire Legislature is considering legislation to repeal the cornerstone clean energy program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Inititiative (RGGI).

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News Release | Environment New Hampshire Research and Policy Center

1,788 Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into New Hampshire’s Waterways

Industrial facilities dumped 1,788 pounds of toxic chemicals into New Hampshire’s waterways, according to a new report released today by Environment New Hampshire.

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Report | Environment New Hampshire Research and Policy Center

Wasting Our Waterways

Industrial facilities dumped 1,788 pounds of toxic chemicals into New Hampshire’s waterways, according to a new report released today by Environment New Hampshire. Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act also reports that 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals were discharged into 1,400 waterways across the country.

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News Release | Environment New Hampshire

Every County in New Hampshire had a declared weather-related disaster in 2011

This was a record-breaking year for extreme weather. Every county in New Hampshire was hit with a federally-declared weather disaster according to the latest FEMA data. Environment New Hampshire released a new report, which details how many people lived in a county that was hit with a weather-related disaster. The report also looks at how global warming is fueling global warming that will likely lead to intensified weather.

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