Environment
Finding Quiet in the White Mountains is Hard to Do, But One Man’s Trying to Crack the Code
Dennis Follensbee took a hike in the White Mountains about a month ago. He wanted to get away, to find some peace and quiet. Or, as he puts it, “nature sounds and not people sounds.”
Read MoreProposal To Turn Rock Quarry Into Reservoir Faces Mountain Of Opposition
In Connecticut, a debate is underway about what to do with a protected stretch of watershed land between a public drinking water supply and an old stone quarry.
Read MoreProtecting Land And Storing Carbon: Nature Conservancy Taps A New Market For Conservation Projects
A Nature Conservancy project in northern Vermont will store carbon to meet California’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. The group says proceeds from the sale of these “carbon credits” will pay for future land protection projects.
Read MoreConnecticut Town Ponders Plastic Bag, Straw Ban
The town of Stonington is considering a move to ban all single-use plastic bags and straws. It wouldn’t be the first Connecticut town to contemplate bagging the bag — Greenwich recently passed a ban and Westport did away with them years ago.
Read MoreResearchers: Acid Rain Success Story Shows Value Of Science Informing Public Policy
Remember acid rain? In the 1970s and ‘80s, scientists found that rain 100 times more acidic than normal was harming the mountain forests of New England and New York. The pollution was linked to fossil fuel plants in the Midwest. Now, a new study shows red spruce trees are recovering thanks to tighter pollution laws.
Read MoreIs Mount Washington’s Peaking Popularity Putting It At Risk?
A long-running debate is heating up on top of New Hampshire’s highest peak. It’s attracting more visitors every year, but some fear its delicate ecosystems are at risk from proposed development and overuse.
Read MorePlum Island Residents Weigh ‘Green’ Or ‘Gray’ Infrastructure In Struggle Against Erosion
On the northern tip of an island surrounded by river, marsh and sea, a few dozen volunteers sink shovels into a mound of sand, digging 10,000 holes to plant 20,000 stalks of beach grass.
Read MoreCollecting The Disappearing Artifacts Of The Wild Atlantic Salmon
Atlantic salmon used to live in rivers and streams across New England. But, the population of wild Atlantic salmon has essentially disappeared, except in Maine. And one man has witnessed the decline firsthand.
Read MoreA Microgrid System On Isle au Haut Could One Day Be A Model For The Entire Nation
Now, tiny Isle au Haut is the laboratory with a big solution: islanders and engineers are using artificial intelligence, complex algorithms and a bootstrapping attitude in an urgent effort to design what they are calling the next, next electricity grid.
Read More‘Welter Of Jurisdictions’ Complicate Efforts To Clean Up Connecticut River
A very old sewer system is still in use at about 800 wastewater treatment plants in the U.S., including along the Connecticut River. It’s called “combined sewer overflow,” or CSO. What overflows into waterways is a mix of storm water, street runoff and raw sewage.
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