- What is Geothermal Energy?
- Executive Councilor Sununu's Report
- LGC Study
- Environmental Issues
- Parental Rights
- Right To Work
Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.
It's clean and sustainable.
Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.
Read more at: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/tech/geothermal-energy
TO: All Third District Cities and Towns
FROM: Executive Councilor Christopher T. Sununu
DATE: September 28, 2011
The Governor and Executive Council met on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, Nashua, NH and considered an agenda of approximately 134 items.
The next scheduled Governor and Executive Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Milford Town Hall, Milford, NH.
The following Authorized items might be of interest to District Three constituents; the items in BOLD denote items with direct impact to District Three:
By Elizabeth Dinan
CONCORD — By unanimous and bipartisan vote, the House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill Tuesday to establish a committee of senators and state representatives “to study issues regarding the New Hampshire Local Government Center.” House Bill 655 calls for a committee of two senators appointed by the senate president and five state representatives appointed by the speaker of the house. The bill was sponsored by Deputy House Speaker Pam Tucker of Greenland, House Majority Leader David “D.J.” Bettencourt of Rockingham County, Speaker of the House William O'Brien of Hillsborough County and Sen. Raymond White of District 9, all Republicans.
WASHINGTON, DC, August 24, 2011 (ENS) - Eliminating $380 billion in subsidies to industries that damage the environment could go a long way toward resolving U.S. budget challenges, a coalition of groups from across the political spectrum said today in a new report.
The report, "Green Scissors 2011," identifies cuts to "wasteful spending that harms the environment," that would save $380 billion over five years, the groups said in a statement.
That amounts to about a quarter of the savings the new congressional Super Committee has been charged with achieving, in half the time, the groups point out. "The place to start trimming government spending is where Congress is putting money into the pockets of polluters," they say.
SUPPORT STRONG FOR ADVANCING PARENTAL RIGHTS
By PAMELA TUCKER and PETE SILVA
Recently the House took an important step toward advancing the natural rights of parents to raise their children. HB 329, known as parental notification, requires abortion providers to notify parents of children, under the age of 18, 48 hours before the child receives the procedure.
In 2007, New Hampshire gained the distinction of being the first and only state to repeal a parental notification law. Doing this sent a terrible message that New Hampshire was not interested in ensuring that parents know what is going on in the lives of their minor child, especially when it involves something very sensitive and difficult...
"There has been much talk of New Hampshire becoming the 23rd state to enact a Right to Work law. Below is an Oped I wrote back in February on Right to Work. Additionally, I would like to add Oklahoma was ranked 42nd in per capita personal income in 2000, the year before it passed Right to Work. In 2010, it was ranked 33rd. It's gone from 81.1% to 89.7% of the national average of wages.
If you would like to read more on Oklahoma's progress, please follow this link:
Right to Work Law is Helping Oklahoma Turn Into an Economic Leader