What's New
Victory on Clean Energy! On April 26, the New Hampshire State Senate voted unanimously to pass the Environment New Hampshire-backed Clean Energy Standard. Governor Lynch has publicly stated he would sign the bill into law. House Bill 873, which also passed unanimously through the Senate Energy, Environment and Economic Development Committee on April 17, will make sure that the generation of new, clean electricity such as solar, wind, clean biomass and small hydroelectric increases to nearly 20 percent by 2020, and neary 25 percent by 2025. Environment New Hampshire worked closely with bill sponsors Rep. Suzanne Harvey and Sen. Martha Fuller Clark to ensure passage of the bill in the House and Senate. We now turn our efforts to Congress to make sure a 20% by 2020 Clean Energy Standard passes on the federal level.
How You Can Help
Please call your State Senator and thank him or her for supporting HB 873, the Renewable Energy Act.
Summary
New Hampshire
has the technological know-how and the resources to move away from our
dependence on fossil fuels and toward clean power that is environmentally friendly
and safe for public health. This spring
and summer, New Hampshire can begin to meet the state’s ever-growing power
needs with cleaner, safer, home-grown energy like solar, wind, bio-fuel, and
low-impact hydro-electric, while moving away from dirty and dangerous sources like
coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear.
For decades, fossil fuels and nuclear power have dominated New Hampshire’s energy
picture. Still, over three-fourths of New Hampshire’s
electricity comes from nuclear power, and coal and gas make up most of the
rest. New Hampshire’s appetite for electricity is
increasing, raising the specter of more power plants burning more fossil fuels
to meet that demand.
There’s no question that New Hampshire has the ability and ingenuity
to dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Wind turbines and solar panels can supply
power to millions of homes and businesses. We can make high-performance
products and buildings that use a fraction of the energy we use today.
With war raging in the Middle East,
oil and gas prices surging, and global warming threatening our future, we
cannot wait. We need to start now. And a
lack of action on the federal level means that every state must do its part. That’s why we’re asking citizens to join us in
calling on state leaders to approve a strong Clean Energy Standard to bring 10
percent new, clean energy to the state over the next ten years and to move our state
toward a bold, new energy future.
