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Letter

Root of the problem

The financial cost and property damage from the recent violent storms is reaching astonishing totals, and officials have yet to make the final assessment. The tallies are millions of dollars in some towns. While it is important to understand the proper protocol for emergency response to violent storms, we are not highlighting the root of the problem. Carbon emissions continue to… 35

March 14, 2010

Letter

Dirty amendment

It is outrageous that members of Congress are allowing powerful lobbyists in Washington to run away with lawmaking privileges. The act in questions in the U.S. Senate is an amendment sponsored by Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska that would roll back the Clean Air Act - a law with a proven track record of cost-effectively cutting dangerous pollution to protect our health… 9

January 20, 2010

Letter

Important vote

Sometimes little-heralded, arcane votes in Congress affect people's lives and livelihoods more than the ones that are easier to report. Such a vote occurred on Sept. 24 in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen helped save our beaches and ocean from offshore drilling damage. She defeated an effort by Big Oil and its allies to fast track a hastily drawn up Bush-era drilling plan that… 0

October 11, 2009

Letter

Temporary fix

Re "Unemployment offices to open this weekend" (Monitor Local & State section, Aug. 28): The extended hours are only a quick remedy to a larger problem. Rather than opening the unemployment office on weekends to correct computer backlogs, we should provide Granite Staters with jobs to reduce the number of those seeking out assistance in the first place. The priorities of repowering… 7

September 1, 2009

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