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Is there really a lobster shortage? We'll take a look at the exhorbitant prices causing problems for consumers and purveyors of the popular crustaceans. |
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They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention. in the multi billion dollar package. PLUS. |
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Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. AND LATER. |
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Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring. the vernal pool. |
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We're here at the State House. where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'mRichard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. In just under two months, the state will have a new budget. The final numbers haven't been decided yet, but a few things are clear. It will be a record amount and some taxes and fees will increase. In April, the House passed a budget that would spend 10.4 billion. That amount exceeded the Governor's budget by about $180 million. Now it's in the hands of the Senate. |
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The proposed budget would also increase the car registration fee by $6 - and if you're buying or selling a house, you'd pay more in the real estate transfer tax - with the proceeds going to the LCHIP land and historic site conservation program. Coming up next. find out how the Senate tackles the bill from here. |
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Following the Senate public hearings on the budget, I spoke with Senators Lou D'Allesandro and Bob Odell about the process and the importance of hearing from the public. |
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The Senate has a month to deliver its budget to the House. Both will then meet in a committee of conference to create a final budget to send to the governor. Up next. the underwater secret to the high price of lobsters AND their shortage in the marketplace. |
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Where have all the lobsters gone? It's typical for lobsters to be in short supply in spring. But many seafood purveyors say they haven't seen anything like this in years. fewer lobsters selling - or not selling - for up to $20 a pound. Outlook's Phil vaughn has more on the conditions leading many to ask, why? |
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Coming up next. we'll show you a perpetual sign of spring. |
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Finally, take a moment to appreciate a transient sign of spring. Naturalist Dave Erler takes us into the woods to show us a vernal pool. As he explained to us a few years ago, vernal pools are a phenomenon that are here today. and gone before we know it. |
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That wraps up our program from the State House. Thanks watching. I'm Richard Ager. We'll see you around New Hampshire. |
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Lowi script N1- Few states have a political history as rich as New Hampshire's. Presidents and those who want to be cozy up to anyone old enough to vote in the primary. Republican and Democratic candidates come here early and often. We are after all First in the Nation. But there are other parties -- Green, Reform and Libertarian to name a few. How prominent are those parties in national politics? Not very says this man. Shot/sound of Lowi speaking in auditorium N1b- Ted Lowi is a man who speaks frankly. He teaches politics at Cornell University. Lowi is also an author and a long-time critic of America's two party political system. Lowi115 Phil - "How long preaching 2 party reform? I'm not 2 party reform, I'm anti-2 party. I don't think there's a way to reform our 2 parties, it can't be constitutionally done." Sound from speech N2- Speaking before an audience at UNH, Lowi condemned the system - the way the two major political parties control the electoral process. This criticism is not new, but Lowi believes it's mighty important. Lowi310 - "Political science, the priesthood tells us that the 2 party system is sacred and that's dumb just plain stupid. It's a good old 19th century institution that has no meaning in the 21st century at all. It's artificial that all good things come in two's like nay and yea. Issues begin with multi meanings not just two sides to the thing." Lowi345 Phil- "Those diverse opinions is that the value of a third party system? We get more representation with a three party system especially if we combine it with at-large districts. The biggest abuse of democracy in America is districting." N3- Redistricting occurs after every census. States redraw congressional and legislative maps. With the exception of Iowa, legislators do the re-drawing. Many critics say it's done to favor the incumbents - it helps them get re-elected. Lowi535 Phil- "Why does it continue? Because the parties can agree on one thing - to protect the two parties. That's why in each state the legal counsel of each party get together and they write new arrangements and redistrict and the leaders agree on their mutual advantage and keep other parties out." Sound from speech - shutting out third party N4- Third parties have occasionally played roles in presidential politics - including the Southern Democratic Party, the Progressive Party and even the Socialist Party of the early 1900's. More recently, there's been Ross Perot of The Reform Party, Libertarian Harry Browne and Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate. Lowi1120/1240 "But they didn't get anywhere and couldn't sustain beyond one election because they couldn't stay on the ballot by being able to nominate some of their own members for office. Parties live on running candidates." Lowi1335 Phil- "In 92 did you believe Ross Perot was going to bring about change? I knew he couldn't survive - he spent a lot of money and saw he had no candidates running with him. You know the coattail effect where the head of the party brings along the election of other people? There is a reverse coattail effect - parties can't exist without the lower levels of people running for office. Ross Perot looks out there and finds that he had no one running with him." Sound speech N5- Supporters of the two party system contend that there's enough diversity within those parties. Adding more choices, they say, would make the process convoluted. Lowi 900/915 "And they might say well it would look like Israel or France where there are ten parties. That wouldn't happen here because the election chief executives in states and the nation force parties to coalesce. There are social movements like unions and religious groups who have large social movements that could become meaningful political parties. Were afraid of how religion has dominated the Republican Party. It's not unusual in Europe for there to be a Christian Party. So, there's no reason groups like that whether it be religious or black parties - they should have the opportunity to form and get their own people elected in a proportional type of representation." N6- Another beef of Lowi's is that with the absence of a legitimate third ballot choice, the two major parties often control each other. Sound from speech - how Nixon was controlled by the Dems and had to push the Dem agenda Lowi 2248 "And same with Bill Clinton. Almost everything he got credit for came off the republican slate. He was the last republican president of the 20th century. He had to govern by republican terms, they dominated our politics and they still do. The question is about 2008 - I see the Republican Party collapsing it already has started. I enjoy looking at the esthetics of it all, I have no stake in the outcome of the election. I care about the change itself so I'm waiting and watching and salivating over what happens next year." N7- New Hampshire's Primary will be the first litmus test to help answer that question. For NH Outlook, I'm Phil Vaughn. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/6/2007 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 9:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. In just under two months, the state will have a new budget. The final numbers haven't been decided yet, but a few things are clear. It will be a record amount and some taxes and fees will increase. In April, the House passed a budget that would spend 10.4 billion. That amount exceeded the Governor's budget by about $180 million. Now it's in the hands of the Senate. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Craig Welch\ LCHIP Board Chair, John Dumais\NH Grocers Association, Jeff Jones\Granite State Independent Living Client, Ed Kirby\Father, Michael Kirby\Son, Carmine Sarno\M&S Logistics Owner, Bob Sculley\NH Motor Transport Assoc. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/6/2007 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 9:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. In just under two months, the state will have a new budget. The final numbers haven't been decided yet, but a few things are clear. It will be a record amount and some taxes and fees will increase. In April, the House passed a budget that would spend 10.4 billion. That amount exceeded the Governor's budget by about $180 million. Now it's in the hands of the Senate. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Craig Welch\ LCHIP Board Chair, John Dumais\NH Grocers Association, Jeff Jones\Granite State Independent Living Client, Ed Kirby\Father, Michael Kirby\Son, Carmine Sarno\M&S Logistics Owner, Bob Sculley\NH Motor Transport Assoc. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/06/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. In just under two months, the state will have a new budget. The final numbers haven't been decided yet, but a few things are clear. It will be a record amount and some taxes and fees will increase. In April, the House passed a budget that would spend 10.4 billion. That amount exceeded the Governor's budget by about $180 million. Following the Senate public hearings on the budget, I spoke with Senators Lou D'Allesandro and Bob Odell about the process and the importance of hearing from the public. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\Chair - Senate Finance Cmte., Sen. Bob Odell\Chair - Senate Ways & Means Cmte. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/06/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. In just under two months, the state will have a new budget. The final numbers haven't been decided yet, but a few things are clear. It will be a record amount and some taxes and fees will increase. In April, the House passed a budget that would spend 10.4 billion. That amount exceeded the Governor's budget by about $180 million. Following the Senate public hearings on the budget, I spoke with Senators Lou D'Allesandro and Bob Odell about the process and the importance of hearing from the public. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\Chair - Senate Finance Cmte., Sen. Bob Odell\Chair - Senate Ways & Means Cmte. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/06/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. Where have all the lobsters gone? It's typical for lobsters to be in short supply in spring. But many seafood purveyors say they haven't seen anything like this in years. Fewer lobsters selling - or not selling - for up to $20 a pound. Outlook's Phil vaughn has more on the conditions leading many to ask, why? PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jack Newick\Owner Newick's Restaurants, Win Watson\UNH Professor of Zoology |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 5/06/2007 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:00 Now on New Hampshire Outlook: They're rolling up their sleeves in Concord to hammer out a state budget, we'll take a look at some of the key points of contention in the multi billion dollar package. Plus: Where have all the lobsters gone? We'll find out what's behind the soaring cost of those tasty crustaceans. And later: Naturalist Dave Erler shows us how to appreciate the fleeting harbinger of spring -- the vernal pool. We're here at the State House, where legislators are hard at work on the business of drafting a spending and revenue plan for the next two years. Hello, I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. Where have all the lobsters gone? It's typical for lobsters to be in short supply in spring. But many seafood purveyors say they haven't seen anything like this in years. Fewer lobsters selling - or not selling - for up to $20 a pound. Outlook's Phil vaughn has more on the conditions leading many to ask, why? PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jack Newick\Owner Newick's Restaurants, Win Watson\UNH Professor of Zoology |
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Ethanol could fuel price hikes Posted Saturday, March 31st 2007, 4:00 AM An ethanol-fueled boom in prices will prompt American farmers to plant the most corn since the year the Allies invaded Normandy, but surging demand could mean consumers still might pay more for everything from chicken to cough syrup. Corn is a key ingredient in many foods, from corn syrup found in candies to feed used in meat production. With more corn being used for ethanol production, that could raise prices in other areas where corn is used. Farmers are expected to plant 90.5 million acres of corn, according to the Department of Agriculture's annual prospective plantings report released yesterday. That would be a 15% increase over 2006 and the most corn planted since 1944. The move to plant corn is in large part due to a rush to produce corn-based ethanol, which is blended with gasoline. The corn rush was sparked by President Bush's initiative for support of flexible-fuel vehicles and his administration's plan to cut gas consumption by 20% in 10 years. The Associated Press -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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n New West Energy Grok ‘Ethanol Binge’ Hikes Corn Prices By Richard Martin, 3-23-07 Last week US BioEnergy had a ground-breaking ceremony at a new ethanol plant in Dyersville, Iowa, bringing to 78 the number of ethanol plants under construction, with 113 already operating. And that’s not good news for the ranchers and poultry farmers of the Rocky Mountain West. Amid the “ethaphoria” currently gripping agribusiness and certain parts of the nation’s capital, a growing chorus of voices is pointing out an unintended consequence on the reliance on corn and grains as the raw material for ethanol production: prices for feed fo livestock are rising, sending prices at grocery stores up as well. “This ethanol binge is insane,” Paul Hitch, president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn., told BusinessWeek. Corn prices have doubled over the last year, reports the Earth Policy Institute, while wheat futures are trading at their highest level in 10 years. The diversion of corn to fuel ethanol uses “is creating unintended consequences throughout the global food chain,” a Bloomberg analysis finds – not to mention increased use of pesticides and fossil fuels to grow all that corn. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has slapped a 54-cents-per-gallon tarrif on ethanol from Brazil – which is grown from sugarcane. Wonder what’s going to happen to rum prices. In other energy news: -- In a man-bites-dog story, Xcel Energy has applied to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for an electricity rate decrease of $13.6 million thanks to lower costs of fuel, such as natural gas, and purchased electricity predicted for upcoming months. If approved by the PUC, the new rates would take effect April 1 and continue through June 30. Meanwhile, the Colo. attorney general has announced his support for HB 1208, which would alter the state’s Unfair Practices Act to allow big chain stores to offer big gas discounts. -- As Colo. Governor Bill Ritter’s legislative package to boost renewable energy, and increase oversight of the oil and gas industry in the state, moves closer to signing, Big Energy is faced with a dilemma: oppose the measures, and be seen as obstructionists and anti-environmentalists, or swallow hard and go along? So far the Colorado Petroleum Association is against House Bill 1341, which would reform the board of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, while oil giant BP—the state’s No. 1 natural gas producer—says it will take a wait-and-see approach. -- Earlier we reported that, despite the Bush Administration’s ambitious goals for technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from organic material other than corn, the research budget for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, which is leading the way on cellulosic science, had flatlined. That’s no longer the case: the Energy Department announced Friday that the NREL will get an additional $99 million in funding this year, a 47-percent jump. Comment By dukeco1, 3-23-07 Big Energy is not accustomed to going along. They are, in Colorado at least, accustomed to getting their way. They just need to sidle over and make room for all their chickens moving back in to the roost. Comment By Hal Herring, 3-23-07 Brazilian ethanol tariff shows the world that all our free market talk is just like all that talk about WMD. How much more credibility can we stand to lose? As we pump out the last aquifers to water the chem-corn.bust the last prairie for the GMO variety, importing as much oil as we can to drive those tractors that make the corn ethanol binge.keep those Wahabbis happy, don't you know, keep the money flowing to them as leaders pretend to "get off the product," wreck the land, keep the annuities for the families of the Islamic suicide bombers healthy, line some US pockets, and witness the end of the greatest nation on earth. Dang. Hal Boy, it ain't a pretty picture is it? Comment By Chris, 3-23-07 Not only that, but the plants that make the stuff are awful-smelling blights too. Last week I was working literally in the shadow of an ADM plant in Cedar Rapids, IA, that processes corn syrup from corn, and is in the process of building an ethanol plant. I don't know what was in the exhaust belching into the sky, but it sure smelled raunchy. I wouldn't wish that in anyone's backyard. Comment By pete geddes, 3-23-07 When we subsidize things that trade in the market, we benefit the well off and well organized at the expense of the most vulnerable members of society. This holds true whether in Bozeman, Boston, or Birmingham. Princeton Ph.D. George Will said it well: “The world is divided between those who do and do not understand that activist, interventionist, regulating, subsidizing government is generally a servant of the strong and entrenched against the weak and aspiring.” Comment By Francesco DeParis, 3-23-07 I think we should start supporting cellulosic ethanol in the same manner we support corn-based ethanol. There will come a point when corn prices are too high to consider this an economic alternative to petroleum. I comment about cellulosic ethanol onEnergy Spin: Alternative Energy Blog For Investors Served Daily Cheers, Francesco DeParis Comment By bearbait, 3-25-07 One result of NAFTA was that corn from USA was so cheap and available that it drove tens of thousands of small Mexican farmers off the land and to town to find work. Now that corn has doubled in price, tortillas have also doubled in price. The poorest in Mexico now have a harder time eating, and more incentive to move north. The end result, of course, is how much energy independence do you gain by having your country supporting another million or more illegal aliens in need of medical, financial, housing and education subsidy, all of which come with energy demands? Corn ethanol comes with costs, many of which are hidden. Again, a hero move supported by liberal midwestern politicians financed by MegaAg companies, comes with unintended consequences. The ones in Mexico have happened, and the ones here are on the conveyor belt to realization. Meat prices will have to rise, and we all will pay that price. Even the vegans will pay a higher price as soy beans are replaced by corn in the farm fields. Comment By cc, 3-26-07 That Xcel Energy news item relates to the monthly ECA which adjusts, up or down, for the commodity cost of natural gas feedstock, primarily. Thus, it is not that unusual to see a downward ECA result in an overall decrease in electrictiy rates for the following month. Incidentally, the same mechanism is found on the natural gas bills but it is called a GCA. Thus, this is not a "man bites dog" story, but something that occurs when natural gas prices decline. 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Michael Briggs UNH biodiesel group msbriggs@unh.edu http:/www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/goals_index.html http:/italy.thestudentzone.com/article/21801 story on biodiesel buses at unh |
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Anchor lead in: Is New England ready for its energy future? The peaking of easily available oil may force us to change our addiction to petroleum and its byproducts. Peak oil may result in working closer to home, buying local food, and finding alternative energy resources. We will face these challenges as peak oil means the end of cheap oil. Keene State College professor and Outlook reporter Rose Kundanis takes us to one view of New Hampshire's energy future. |