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| Environment New Hampshire released a new report documenting that the average temperature in Concord in 2007 was 0.6°F above the historical average. The year 2007 tied for the second warmest year on record globally and was the 10th warmest year on record in the United States. These record temperatures are part of a trend toward rising temperatures resulting from global warming. | |
| The nation's first auction of pollution permits under a global warming emissions cap was launched today by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is a collaboration of ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states that have united to establish a program to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants to 10 percent below current levels by 2019. | |
| Governor Lynch today signed into law a landmark 10-state program, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants throughout the region. | |
| Global warming pollution is on the rise and New Hampshire is not on track to meet pollution reduction goals set seven years ago by New England governors, according to new report released today by environmental groups, scientists and legislative leaders. | |
| Scientists have said for years that global warming was “loading the dice” when it comes to increasing the frequency of severe storms, and a new Environment New Hampshire report makes it clear that New England is already experiencing extreme downpours and heavy snowstorms much more frequently. Specifically, the new report found that storms with heavy rainfall or snowfall are now 61 percent more frequent in the New England than they were 60 years ago. | |
| A regional Report Card released today by a coalition of environmental advocates in the New England and Eastern Canada gives New Hampshire a C- for its actions to reduce global warming pollution. The state received a D+ in 2006 and a C- in 2005. The improvement this year came mainly from passing key legislation to encourage cleaner energy sources and Governor Lynch’s commitment to issue an executive order to set up a task force to produce a climate action plan next year. | |
