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  • Small New Hampshire Coastal Community Takes Big Steps Forward (Stormwater Center)

        The town of Newfields has recently done some very exciting work for climate preparedness. Since spring 2012, partners from CAW with funding from the New Hampshire Coastal Program have been helping Newfields to create an action plan to prepare for the effects of extreme weather.   Newfields, New Hampshire, residents developed an action plan to prepare for impacts of extreme weather on people, infrastructure, and natural resources.
    Gulf of Maine Times, 04/30/2013
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  • Coal Tar Industry Fights Bans on Sealants

    Published Thursday, Apr. 04, 2013
    Chicago Tribune, 04/04/2013
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  • Failure Becomes an Option for Infrastructure Engineers Facing Climate Change

    A University of New Hampshire civil engineer thinks infrastructure must be designed to fail safely.
    Scientific American, 03/21/2013
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  • Bay State leaders tackle the problem of climate change

    BOSTON — Warning that the Massachusetts coastline could face water levels at least two feet higher within 30 years, a group of leaders in government and science met Tuesday to discuss plans to change building codes, slow greenhouse gases and develop disaster plans for future calamities similar to Super Storm Sandy.
    Milford Daily News, 03/06/2013
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  • City Infrastructure Design in a Changing Climate

    As our climate changes, the way we engineer our cities must, too. That’s the message from University of New Hampshire professor Paul Kirshen, an author of a recent report that assessed Bostons vulnerability to coastal flooding.
    Smart Energy Advisory, 02/18/2013
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  • Exeter Developing Climate Change Adaption Plan

    Portsmouth Herald: Exeter developing climate change adaptation plan (Paul Kirshen)
    Seacoastonline, 02/12/2013
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  • Sandy's ruin prompts climate-change forum

    Sandy's ruin prompts climate-change forum
    The Boston Globe, 11/25/2012
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  • UNH: Pavement Sealcoat A Source of Toxins in Stormwater Runoff

    New research indicates that sealcoat may contribute to increasingly significant amounts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons entering waterways from stormwater runoff.
    Campus Journal, 04/08/2009
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  • Seasonal Performance Variations

    Storm-Water Management Systems in Cold Climate Condition
    Journal of Environmental Engineering, 03/01/2009
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