News & Updates
Thanks to the No Coal No Gas campaign - supported by the Climate Disobedience Center and 350 New Hampshire - the last coal plant in the region is set to become a “renewable energy park.”
Clean, renewable energy is more reliable and more affordable now than ever before - and it’s outpacing coal and fracked gas. To claim that taking environmental justice into account will cost ratepayers more is a false narrative. Flooding and tornadoes cost much more than climate solutions.
CONCORD, NH - New Hampshire residents and community advocates called on Eversource and NH Legislators to prevent more utility rate hikes and end electricity shut offs. Advocates called for sensible legislation to protect ratepayers, and business policy changes to put customers before shareholder profits.
No Coal No Gas Campaign activists blockaded a CSX unit train carrying over 10,000 tons of coal to Merrimack Station in Bow, NH. After the train was safely stopped in accordance with railroad safety procedures, two No Coal No Gas activists locked themselves to the freight rail tracks with a banner that read "Worker, Community, and Planet Health over CSX profits" as allies stood nearby at Forge Pond.
No Coal No Gas activists elected a slate of climate activists and allies to the Coordinating Committee of the Consumer Liaison Group (CLGCC) of the regional grid operator, ISO New England (ISO-NE).
There once was a quiet, beautiful state called New Hampshire, known for its beautiful White Mountains. While pretty on the outside, one needed to only look into a golden-domed building in the capital of Concord to reveal the horror within. What’s spookier than climate denial?
CONCORD, NH -- After a three day trial in Merrimack County Superior Court and four hours of deliberation, the jury reached a decision regarding the 2019 Hooksett coal train blockade.
In closing statements, Attorney Kira Kelley said “my clients believe that catastrophic climate change is increasing at an ever accelerating rate. My clients believe that doing whatever we can to intervene responsibly with a culture of care, with an inviting and powerful action is a matter of human survival. My clients understood that coal is a particularly disastrous fossil fuel in terms of the amount of emissions it produces. Other similar campaigns have successfully shut down coal plants with bold acts of physically stopping shipments.”
Around 4:00pm on January 8th, 4 activists entered the property of the coal-fired Merrimack Generating Station, which was running at the time. Two scaled the inactive smokestack and dropped a banner reading "Shut It Down," while two locked themselves to the base of the stack.
