Top Priority Campaign

Protect New Hampshire's lakes

New Hampshire's lakes are the pride and treasure of our region. Unfortunately, the health of New Hampshire's lakes, rivers, streams and coastal waters are at risk.

Over the last ten years Clean Water Act protections have been weakened, allowing polluters to dump unlimited pollution in the streams and wetlands that feed New Hampshire's lakes. Congress is taking up a bill right now that will restore Clean Water Act protections to all U.S. waterways.

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Latest News

Environment New Hampshire Calls for Passage of Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act 7/15/2010

Today, Senators Jeff Merkley, Tom Carper and Tom Udall introduced the Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act. Environment New Hampshire’s Federal Global Warming Program Director Nathan Willcox issued the following statement in response.

Our Latest Reports

Building Better: How High Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming 4/09/2010

We can save money and help solve global warming by reducing the amount of energy we use, and the best place to start is in the buildings we live and work in every day. We have the technology and skills to drastically improve the efficiency of our buildings, and we should set a goal of reducing our overall building energy consumption 35 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050.

Environmental Scorecard of 2009 3/29/2010

Over the course of a politically-charged and gridlocked Congress, the House and Senate voted dozens of times on key environmental initiatives. Environment New Hampshire uses these scorecards to publicize the voting record of our elected officials.

In the News

Shea-Porter accepts environmental award in MUB 3/30/2010

New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter explained her pro-environment voting record in the House of Representatives as voting for future generations when she accepted an award from Environment New Hampshire yesterday at noon in the Memorial Union Building.

A new chance to protect our waters 2/04/2010

Protections for the streams that feed our great waterways and the wetlands that clean them are crucial to maintaining our quality of life. Our waterways like the Connecticut are hallmarks of our state. Unfortunately, recent Supreme Court decisions have excluded thousands of streams and millions of acres of wetlands from protection. Our representatives must stand up for our clean water and pass the Clean Water Restoration Act.

Pollution Down in New Hampshire 11/12/2009

A new report from Environment New Hampshire found carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation declined by 14 percent from 2004 to 2007, as the state moved from highly polluting oil to cleaner forms of electricity.