The Green Hiker

Hiking trails and all our outdoor resources are impacted by decisions made in response to climate change. An occasional topic post, today’s installment peeks at the eco-friendly (or not) happenings in New Hampshire.

The next three excerpts present opposing reactions to Gov. Lynch’s Climate Change Task Force:

• Observed Climate Change in New Hampshire …. In December 2007, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed an Executive Order calling for the establishment of a “Task Force…

• The green police state coming to New Hampshire …. John Lynch created the New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Task Force to work in conjunction with DES to develop policy options designed to address global warming. The DES, in turn, hired a global warming alarmist group called Carbon …

• Global warming deniers aim to hold New Hampshire back …. New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has struck a climate change task force to craft an action plan with the goal of finding ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are good for the state’s economy. Great news for New Hampshire, …

Yes, New Hampshire does have an ocean coast line:

• Project to Help NH Coastal Communities Adapt to Climate Change …. New Hampshire Estuaries Project launches program the help coastal communities adapt to climate change.

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Newsletter …. A useful resource

Please comment if you have any climate change insights from a New Hampshire point of view.

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Hiking trails and our backpacking experiences may be severely impacted by decisions made in response to climate change. In this occasional series, we’ll peek at the eco-friendly (or not) happenings in each state. Today:  Wyoming.

Living Within Your Climate

Since then, I saw people in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California all trying to grow the same grass lawns that people try to grow in Minnesota. Those grasses don’t grow well in Minnesota without significant watering, …

Wyoming Solves Climate Change With Coal. Wait, what?

A team of researchers from the University of Wyoming says they’ve created a carbon capture device capable of trapping 90% of CO2 at low cost. Traditional attempts to suck CO2 out of emissions are expensive due to the cost of materials …

Wyoming Considers Climate Change

More than 130 biologists, scientists, policy-makers, sportsmen and members of the media came together in Cheyenne on Monday, June 16 to learn more about climate change and how it could potentially affect Wyoming’s resources. …

USGS study tracks climate change’s effects on wildlife in Wyoming

A two-year US Geological Survey will use satellite imagery and information obtained from scientists’ field operations in Wyoming to track what effect, if any, climate change is having on elk, moose, mule deer and pronghorn antelope. …

Climate Change Effects on Wyoming Rangeland Part of Cheyenne Symposium

8, 2008 — How climate change may affect rangelands and the scientific background for making management decisions for the long-term sustainability of grazing systems will be presented during a September symposium in Cheyenne.

Wyoming has the right to preserve special places

Casper Star-Tribune: As gasoline prices continue to rise, Americans are changing their opinions about how to solve the current energy crisis. A Pew Research Center report in February found that 35 percent of the public wanted to expand …

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