For more than 150 years, the Concord Monitor has been committed to providing the coverage that’s most important to our readers and the health of our communities and state. Based on our conversations with readers, and what we hear from folks across the state, environmental reporting is a critical issue that we need to cover more deeply than ever.

We are setting out to launch the Monitor’s Environmental Reporting Lab, a long-term project that will focus on climate change, energy policy, renewable innovation, our pristine wildlife and a whole lot more. Coverage of these issues and our dedication to government and corporate accountability are crucial to the future of our state and our region. The health of our environment impacts the physical health of our most vulnerable residents, the health of our economy, and the spiritual health of those who see this issue as fundamental to the world we leave to future generations. Our world is changing, and our ability to give shape to these often abstract short-term and long-term shifts will help us better understand our state, our world and our options. To do this right, we need your help.

If you believe that local journalism must play a greater role on the issue, please donate to the Environmental Reporting Lab’s 2021 Local News Fund, via Local Media Foundation. Contributions to this fund will help pay for the news resources needed to dig deep on the New Hampshire environment.

Thank you so much for your support.

Steve Leone
Publisher
Concord Monitor

Concord Monitor Environmental Reporting Lab — 2021 Local News Fund is a program administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association. Funds donated to this program support local journalism projects to inform and educate the public on critical local issues. Through this program, LMF provides funds to this news organization and many others to support these important efforts. Contributions to this program are tax-deductible to the full extent of U.S. law; please consult a tax advisor for details. No goods or services are provided in exchange for contributions.