From UMass Amherst:  In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new type of bacteria related to a group of pathogens that can cause sometimes...

The nonprofit Northeast Resource Recovery Association has a very cool interactive map of where and how to compost in New Hampshire, including places with home pickup, farms that will take your food waste and town drop-off sites, usually at transfer stations....

Few activities get more public support than picking up litter from the side of the road. But to mark Earth Day, I’m about to argue that we shouldn’t do it. Wait – don’t go! Hear me out. This idea has been percolating in my head for a while and coalesced...

The craft beer industry is undergoing a shakeout after years of growth, so if you’re going to expand your small brewery it helps to have some help. Like 182 solar panels. “It’s the idea of sustainability but I would almost say it’s now survivability,” said David...

As the Trump administration goes all-in with efforts to reinvigorate the nation’s use of coal, the owners of the region’s last coal-fired power plant say they still plan to eventually replace the Bow facility with solar panels and batteries. In a statement released...

Interesting look at New Hampshire's dam situation from New Hampshire Bulletin (story is here), talking about a long-running problem: it costs money to keep dams in shape, we don't want to spend the money so lots of dams are in bad shape, and most of them serve no...

VTDigger reports: "Native lake trout has returned to thrive in Lake Champlain. Severely affected by overfishing and habitat destruction in the 1800s, the lake trout in the lake have benefited from a restoration program that cooperating fish and wildlife agencies have...