Seacoast NRG

Portsmouth Green Drinks is an open social event for those interested in building a sustainable society, and in meeting and making new friends along the way.  Events are held every third Thursday of the month.  July’s event will feature both a presentation by Green Alliance, and a teleconference call with Sierra Club Executive Director Carl […]

Following up on his announcement of support last month, on Wednesday Governor John Lynch signed into law a bill (NH HB1434) to implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in New Hampshire.  New Hampshire is now the tenth state in the Northeast region–including the New England states, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York–to actively participate in […]

Via the Boston Society of Architects website, the second in a series of syposia on cities and climates change, entitled Cities and Systems: Strategies for the Future, will be held at MIT on June 9.
The Boston Society of Architects and MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning are initiating two open symposia, gathering leading urbanists from the United States […]

Both the New Hampshire House and Senate have passed New Hampshire House Bill 1434, which would commit the state to a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.  New Hampshire and nine other member states of the RGGI have agreed to propose laws and/or regulations by the end of 2008 […]

I am shocked, shocked to find that meddling is going on here.
A Senate committee today narrowly voted to overturn the EPA’s decision blocking California and more than a dozen other states (Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Rhode Island and Washington–hmm, what happened to New Hampshire?) from limiting greenhouse gas […]

I had read this in numerous online sources, and had hoped that it wasn’t true.  But it does seem, at the very least, that the claims by Greenpeace and the NRDC are at least partially true:  namely, that Kimberly-Clark, the world’s largest manufacturer of paper tissue, has mislead the public with regard to its use of processing […]

Currently worldwide consumption of oil is roughly 85 million barrels per day, and worldwide consumption of coal is approaching 15 million metric tons per day.  The burning of these two fossil fuels alone emits more than 6 billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere annually.  Add in the burning of natural gas and the […]

The World Wildlife Federation is sponsoring a worldwide event, Earth Hour, on March 29 from 8 to 9 pm.  The objective of Earth Hour is to encourage as many households and businesses as possible to turn out their lights, shut off their tv sets, and enjoy an hour of quiet darkness.   Created to take a […]

Via the Boston Society of Architects website, a symposium entitled Cities and Buildings:  Architecture for the Green City, to be held at MIT on Friday, March 28.
The Boston Society of Architects and MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning are initiating two open symposia starting in March 2008, gathering leading urbanists from the United States and overseas to […]

New Hampshire House Bill 1434 would commit the state to a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.  New Hampshire and nine other member states of the RGGI have agreed to propose laws and/or regulations by the end of 2008 to establish a framework for implementing RGGI in their respective states.
Although […]