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Climate Change Program

The Earth’s climate has changed many times during the planet’s history, with events ranging from ice ages to long periods of warmth. Historically, natural factors such as volcanic eruptions, changes in the Earth’s orbit, and the amount of energy released from the Sun have affected the Earth’s climate. DES’s Climate Change Web site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in New Hampshire in a way that is accessible and meaningful to communities, individuals, business, and state and local government. more …

Hot Topics (Complete List)

• Climate Action Plan
• NH’s Greenhouse Gas Registry: Voluntary GHG Reporting for North America
• NH's Energy, Environmental and Economic Development Benchmark Report
• NH Energy and Climate Collaborative
• Emissions Reduction Fund
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Publications (Complete List)

• NH's Energy, Environmental and Economic Development Benchmark Report
• Global Climate Change and Its Impact on New Hampshire (Fact Sheet ARD-23)
• Global Climate Change and Its Impact on New Hampshire Skiing (Fact Sheet ARD-24)
• Global Climate Change and Its Impact on New Hampshire Fall Foliage and Maple Sugar Industry (Fact Sheet ARD-25)
• Global Climate Change and Its Impact on New Hampshire Cold Water Fishing (Fact Sheet ARD-26)
• Global Climate Change and Its Impact on New Hampshire’s Forest and Timber Industries (Fact Sheet ARD-27)

Rules/Regulatory

• House Bill 1434 – relative to the regional greenhouse gas initiative and authorizing a cap-and-trade program for controlling carbon dioxide
• New Hampshire Administrative Rules Governing the Control of Air Pollution
• New Hampshire Statute, Title X: Public Health CHAPTER 125-O: Multiple Pollutant Reduction Strategy

Education/Outreach (Complete List)

• Air Emissions Trading Program
• Climate Change Education
• EPA Climate Change Science
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• The Pew Center Climate Change 101
• UNH Cooperative Extension's 'Energy Answers' toll-free information line

Related Programs

• Coastal Hazards and Adaptation
• Energy Programs

Partnerships

• EPA Climate Leaders Program
• New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers Regional Climate Change Plan

Commissions/Task Force

• Climate Change Policy Task Force and Development of Climate Change Action Plan

Volunteers

• NH Carbon Challenge

Resources/Links (Complete List)

• My Energy Plan - Tools for Household Energy Efficiency
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast – New Hampshire (Union of Concerned Scientists)
• Global Warming and New Hampshire (National Wildlife Federation, October 2007)
• EPA’s Basic Information
• New Hampshire – Confronting Climate Change in the Northeast (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2007)

FAQs

• IPCC Frequently Asked Questions

Contact Us

• Rebecca Ohler
  Transportation and Energy Program Manager
  NH Department of Environmental Services
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-6749
  (603) 271-1381 (fax)
  rebecca.ohler@des.nh.gov

 

 

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