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By DAN WEEKS

Dan Weeks is a co-owner and vice president at ReVision Energy. He lives in Nashua with his wife and kids. I recently met with the owner of an advanced manufacturing company here in southern New Hampshire to discuss energy independence. His operation...

By ELIOT WESSLER

Eliot Wessler of Whitefield works with a number of grassroots environmental organizations in New Hampshire’s North Country. The NH House Environment & Agriculture Committee has essential work to do next week — it needs to fix a Senate bill badly in...

By AGNES MACY

Agnes Macy of Dublin currently attends Bowdoin College in Maine. I did not think twice when I drove two hours to get on snow in New Hampshire to ski. My 6 a.m. alarm went off, and, coffee in hand, I started driving west toward Mount Washington from my...

By TOM IRWIN

Tom Irwin is vice president and director of Conservation Law Foundation New Hampshire. It’s no secret that New Hampshire is lagging far behind the rest of New England in the build out of clean energy like wind and solar. The state ranked 40th in solar...

By JASEN STOCK

Jasen Stock is the executive director of N.H. Timberland Owners’ Association. In a recent opinion piece (“We can’t burn our way out of the climate crisis,” Concord Monitor, 4/2) readers are warned that New Hampshire is facing a climate crisis and that...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With a new 10-year solid waste management contract with Casella Waste Systems approved by the City Council on Monday evening, the future of recycling remains uncertain for the city.The existing contract with the company includes no additional cost to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With limited space and rising costs to bury trash in New Hampshire landfills, burning solid waste to generate energy is often hailed as a better environmental option.However, there’s a tradeoff – burning trash typically costs less, and frequently...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At Hopkinton’s Work Song Farm, a sustainable approach to farming has taken root through the use of household food waste. Every day, residents in town and nearby areas drop their white buckets filled with food scraps which are then turned to compost to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Among the proposed landfill safety legislation circulating through the State House this session, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services supports only one bill.Senate Bill 61, which has earned DES’s support, gives the agency the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission and Jack Daniel’s have partnered to launch “Bring Back Jack,” a recycling program to promote sustainability and address supply-chain disruptions. The initiative promotes glass bottle recycling and aims to raise...

By JEAN STIMMELL

Jean Stimmell, retired stone mason and psychotherapist, lives in Northwood and blogs at jeanstimmell.blogspot.com. I love New Hampshire and always will. But, I have to admit, living in the Bay area of California this winter opened my eyes to a few...

By JEANNE CUSSON

Jeanne Cusson lives in Concord. There is a story about puppies floating down a river in baskets. People are seen frantically trying to pull them out, one by one. Then one gal decides to go upriver and find out where they are all coming from. She finds...

By SEDDON SAVAGE and HEIKO POHL

Seddon Savage MD, MS, of Concord is a physician, educator, and board member of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action. Heiko Pohl MD, of Lebanon is a gastroenterologist and chair of the Sustainability Work Group of the Alliance on Climate and Health...

By MATT STEIN

Matt Stein is a North Hampton resident and CEO of climate analytics company Salient Predictions. We didn’t realize it at the time, but when my family and I moved from California to New Hampshire in 2021, we also traveled back to the stone age on...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After a 10-year deal with Casella Waste Systems, Concord is on track to shift from burying its trash to burning it.Under the terms of their new contract set to begin on July 1, 2024, Casella will continue to collect and transport the city’s waste, but...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Concerns about landfill safety in New Hampshire and industries wielding too much power in environmental regulation decision-making have taken root in the North Country town of Dalton.Residents have been fighting against Casella Waste Systems, a...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For Jeanne Robillard, living on a waterfront property has been a long-held dream that became a reality in 2020 when she purchased a house on the far end of Burns Pond in Whitefield.Before that, she served four years on Bethlehem’s select board and was...

By ADAM M. FINKEL

Dr. Adam M. Finkel is a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a former senior executive in the Clinton and GW Bush administrations.  He lives in Dalton and has been an alternate member of...

By ANN PODLIPNY

Ann Podlipny of Chester is a member of the NH Network’s Plastics Working Group. The forecast, sung by the legendary Bob Dylan, is simple: “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” What does it predict for New Hampshire?Eric Orff,...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As New Hampshire strives to improve its solid waste management, state lawmakers have debated a number of bills aimed at strengthening landfill safety and promoting waste reduction.Bills related to landfill siting regulations and food waste disposal...