PORTSMOUTH – A New England-wide environmental and public health organization on Tuesday named Schiller Station as one of the reasons Public Service of New Hampshire deserves to be on a list of the region’s most egregious polluters.
The local coal- and wood-powered plant, along with PSNH’s Merrimack Station in Bow, is included in a report released by Toxic Action Network naming the power company as one of top 12 toxic polluters in New England.
The public health and environmental nonprofit selected PSNH as one of the recipients of the “Dirty Dozen Awards,” making it one of the companies it says has failed to take appropriate action to address their pollution problems.
The Dirty Dozen Award winners were selected from a group of nominees by a 13-member panel of environmental and public health professionals.
The report – “25 Years of the Dirty Dozen: Past and Current Pollution Threats in New England” – states that Schiller Station is one of the top toxic polluters in New Hampshire. It has been five years since the organization released its last Dirty Dozen Awards. Claire Miller, senior community organizer for Toxics Action Network, said this year celebrates the organization’s 25th anniversary.
This year, Miller said the organization decided to start fresh and take a new look at companies in New England.
Miller said a common thread among companies on the list is that they are relics of the past.
“The Dirty Dozen Award winners are dinosaurs,” she said.![]()
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