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Climate Change Efforts in New Hampshire
Below is a list of on-line resources for information and activities specifically related to climate change/global warming in New Hampshire. Additional groups or organizations may be actively concerned with climate change, but may not have a dedicated web page on the subject. If your New Hampshire group has on-line climate change information and you would like to be listed here, please contact James.Martin@des.nh.gov.
 

Office of the Governor

Executive Orders
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 2007-3: An Order Establishing a Task Force To Develop a Climate Change Action Plan for the State of New Hampshire
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 2005-4: An Order For State Government to Lead-by-Example in Energy Efficiency
Climate Change Policy Task Force
Climate Change Policy Task Force and Development of Climate Change Action Plan
Press Releases
12/06/07 Governor Lynch Announces Members of Climate Change Task Force
10/03/07 Governor Lynch and Executive Council Proclaim October 3rd ‘ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Day’
05/11/07 Governor Signs The Renewable Energy Act
04/26/07 Governor Applauds Passage of The Renewable Energy Act
More Press Releases …

State Agencies

Department of Environmental Services
Climate Change/Energy Programs
 
Press Releases
10/07/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force Meeting Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
09/26/08 Public Listening Sessions on Climate Change Action Plan
09/24/08 Public Listening Sessions on Climate Change Action Plan - September 25 in Keene and Lebanon Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
09/16/08 Public Listening Session on Climate Change Action Plan - September 18 in Manchester Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
09/10/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force To Hold Public Listening Sessions on New Hampshire Climate Change Action Plan Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
09/05/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force Meeting Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
07/31/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force Meeting Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
05/14/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force Meeting Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
02/14/08 New Hampshire Climate Change Action Plan Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
01/15/08 State Launches Climate Change Web Portal Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
01/18/07 Climate Change Policy Task Force Kick Off Meeting Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol

Department of Resources and Economic Development
Energy Efficiency Programs

Department of Transportation
NH Rideshare Information
Office of Energy and Planning
Climate Change Library
Renewable Energy Initiative
Public Utilities Commission
Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Board

Colleges and Universities

University of New Hampshire
Climate Change Research Center
AIRMAP (Mapping New England’s Changing Climate and Air Quality
Climate Change Information
Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol
The New Hampshire Carbon Challenge
UNH Office of Sustainability
Plymouth State University
Center for the Environment

New Hampshire Municipalities

NH Community Energy Project
Dover
Epping
Hopkinton
Keene
Nashua
Portsmouth (article in seacoastonline.com)

Other Links

Carbon Coalition
Clean Air-Cool Planet
Environmental Protection Agency Community Energy Challenge
ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability)
GasNetworks
ISO-New England
Keyspan Energy
NHSAVES.com
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Northern Utilities Inc.
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests – New Hampshire Residents Concerned About Climate Change
New Hampshire Audubon
The Jordan Institute
The Nature Conservancy – New Hampshire
New Hampshire Climate Coalition
Union of Concerned Scientists

Major Studies/Reports

“Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast,” Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol Clean Air-Cool Planet
“Fourth Assessment Report” (2007), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
“Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: A Report of the Northeast Climate Impact Assessment,” Union of Concern Scientists, 2006
“Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions,” Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol (UCS, 2007)
“Global Warming in New Hampshire – Our Climate, Economy, and Health” Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol (UCS, 2005)
“Global Warming and New Hampshire” Adobe Acrobat Reader Symbol (US Fish & Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Federation, 2006)

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