Gov. Sununu quietly signed a bill that was sponsored by industry and passed to NH’s GOP leadership by Americans for Prosperity (AFP). The bill puts a roadblock between NH’s Department of Environmental Services and their colleagues in other New England.
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A bill that would require New Hampshire to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 got a first hearing in a state legislative committee Friday, earning support from state officials and the public, but meeting with skepticism from some members of the Republican majority.
The goal is the same as that used by states like Massachusetts and several countries, and it s required by the Paris Climate Accords, which the U.S rejoins this month. United Nations scientists say the target is necessary to avert catastrophic impacts from global warming.
This bill, sponsored by House Democrats with a corresponding version in the Senate, would have New Hampshire make a statewide plan for cutting its emissions through new policy- and market-based approaches to heating, electricity and land use. It suggests strategies ranging from renewable energy procurement to transit-oriented development to enhanced forestry.
State lawmakers heard hours of testimony Tuesday on a bill that would significantly expand access and funding for school choice in New Hampshire.
The bill, HB20, would establish an Education Savings Account program, which allows families to use taxpayer dollars to educate their children outside of their local public school, including in homeschool and private school settings.
The bill is named after former House Speaker Dick Hinch, who died of COVID-19 late last year. If passed in its current form, many say it would be the most sweeping such program in the country.
In a virtual hearing, the bill s supporters said it would help families who can t normally afford private school, including those whose children have special needs and differences not accommodated by their public school.
Students push state spider status for daring arachnid
By HOLLY RAMERJanuary 27, 2021 GMT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Third graders urging lawmakers to adopt yet another state symbol presented a compelling case Wednesday for a creature that embodies everything from New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” motto to its famed fall foliage: The daring jumping spider.
The House Environment and Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on a bill to designate the fuzzy, quarter-sized arachnid as the official state spider of New Hampshire. Tara Happy, a science teacher at Hollis Primary School, said the legislation grew out of a weeklong unit designed to reduce fear of spiders.