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It was 10 years ago, but when Lori Mathieu thinks about extreme weather events, she remembers Hurricane Irene. “Which was a hurricane that turned into a tropical storm, but hit us pretty hard,” she said. “And then we had that incredibly odd snowstorm that hit us while the leaves were still on the trees.” And…
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PFAS chemicals are everywhere — woven into the fabrics of modern life as components of carpeting, clothing and cosmetics. They’re also in cookware, food packaging, drinking water and personal hygiene products. This family of long-lasting “forever chemicals” can accumulate over time in the body and may lead to certain cancers, according to the Centers for…
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Danielle Jensen spent two years working on Mars — not the planet, the offshore oil rig. Her job was to keep the crude flowing for Royal Dutch Shell. She operated the platform’s pumps and compressors, clocking two-week shifts with a mostly male crew. Workdays were long, and walking around in a flame-retardant suit all…
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President Biden is re-imposing fishing limits in a vast undersea mountain range that conservationists say plays a vital role in the health of North Atlantic ecosystems and fisheries. That reverses efforts by former President Trump to roll back protections there and in two other national monuments in Utah. President Obama established the Northeast Canyons and…
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One day this past summer, trail designer Mariah Keagy bushwacked up a hill in Waitsfield, Vermont. She stepped over logs and under branches and double-checked her GPS. “So, what I’m aiming to do is be on just enough of a side slope to make sure we have proper drainage,” explained Keagy, who’s a partner with…
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New research shows creatures like chipmunks, mice, voles and shrews help maintain the health of New Hampshire’s forests, according to findings from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire. These animals help foster the special fungi that help trees thrive, said Ryan Stephens, the lead researcher on a recent study…
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Leading up to the pandemic, the Vermont Youth Lobby was staging big demonstrations — even holding a Youth Congress at the Statehouse — to call for adults to take bold action on climate change. Now, as the state prepares its first ever Climate Action Plan, a new generation of leaders is ready to re-launch their movement. Dozens of…
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Biologists say that puffin chicks that hatched on several of Maine’s offshore islands this year struggled with storms, predation and food shortages, and most were unlikely to survive. After near-extirpation from the U.S. during the 1800s, Maine’s puffin population is the only one that’s been re-established in the continental U.S. Linda Welch, a wildlife biologist…
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A group of teen climate activists gathered in Concord, N.H., Friday to take a stand against climate change, as part of an international movement of youth climate strikes. Packed into a building on Main Street on a rainy afternoon, the young strikers carried signs opposing the Merrimack Generation Station in Bow, the largest coal burning…
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