Read the full article by Claire Sullivan (New Hampshire Bulletin)
“This story is the first in a series examining how the top four gubernatorial candidates would lead on energy and the environment.
Consensus in politics can be rare, but on one issue, the gubernatorial candidates say they agree: The state should not allow a landfill to be built just half a mile from a pristine North Country lake.
But, in interviews with the Bulletin, they split on whether other new landfills should be allowed. The four top candidates – Republicans Kelly Ayotte and Chuck Morse, and Democrats Cinde Warmington and Joyce Craig – first told WMUR in June they opposed the landfill proposed near Forest Lake in the 900-person town of Dalton.
In wide-ranging conversations, they expressed concern about the out-of-state trash dumped in New Hampshire to the tune of about 900,000 tons a year and offered their plans for addressing PFAS pollution in the state.”…