Real Results For New Hampshire's Environment
1. Curbing Global Warming Pollution
Global warming-related pollution will be reduced in New Hampshire, thanks to our staff’s advocacy in 2005, which helped convince Gov. Lynch to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to lower pollution from the state’s worst power plants.
2. Banning Toxic Chemicals
Environment New Hampshire helped win a ban in 2004 on MTBE, an additive in gasoline that has leaked from storage tanks to contaminate more than 200 public water supplies and 40,000 private wells in New Hampshire so far.
3. Countering Sprawl
New Hampshire’s environment and cultural heritage were defended when Environment New Hampshire advocates worked with a coalition of town planners and others to help pass a bill to counter sprawl and strengthen downtowns.
4. Conserving Our Ocean Legacy
In 2006, our staff’s advocacy and activism at the federal level helped convince Congress to renew the historic Magnuson-Stevens Act, which protects vulnerable wildlife populations from over-fishing.
5. Funding Land Protection
Along with other conservation groups, our staff supported funding of the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program, helping to protect valuable open space, farmland, forest and historic buildings.
6. Preserving The Arctic Refuge
Working alongside a broad coalition, the support of our members has helped prevent Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling every time it has been proposed.
7. Protecting Our Coast
In 2005, we held the line on coastal protection, maintaining the moratorium on new oil and gas drilling off New England’s coasts, and pushed Congress to address rising gas prices and our dependence on oil with cleaner cars and more fuel efficiency.
8. Stopping Mercury Pollution
Because we fought for tough legislation to cut mercury pollution from our state’s dirty power plants, the Legislature was forced to address the issue and passed a compromise bill that is an encouraging first step.
9. Fighting For Clean Air
In 2005, together with our coalition partners, we won a key committee vote to stop the industry-backed “Clear Skies” Initiative, a cleverly-packaged attempt to weaken the Clean Air Act.
10. Promoting A New Energy Future
In 2006, Environment New Hampshire called on candidates to support our New Energy Future platform, which will reduce our state’s dependence on oil and gas, and promote investment in clean, renewable energy. Our advocacy paid off when newly-elected Rep. Paul Hodes endorsed our plan.