Joanne Morin

NH Department of Environmental Services

Joanne O. Morin is the manager of Climate and Energy Programs for the Air Division of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. In this capacity, she is responsible for many initiatives to promote cleaner energy sources, energy efficiency, and energy conservation in
the transportation, power generation, commercial, industrial and residential sectors.  She facilitated a stakeholder process to develop a renewable portfolio standard for New Hampshire which was passed in the summer of 2008 by the NH General Court.  For the past three years, she
has served as the New Hampshire representative on the staff working group for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (known as RGGI), a proposed "cap and trade" program for limiting carbon dioxide emissions from major electric power plants in 10 eastern states.    She is currently working on legislation to implement RGGI in New Hampshire. Her previous experience includes twelve years as an environmental consultant and four years as a Corporate Environmental Manager for The
Timberland Company.  Her previous environmental work ranged from Superfund litigation to monitoring overseas labor and environmental conditions.