by David Brooks | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
When NH Public Radio’s Peter Biello asked me, in our weekly chat, whether I thought stores would start selling “ugly fruit” – produce that doesn’t look perfect – I said not a chance. We were talking about my Monitor column, which...
by David Brooks | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog
Ten states – Nevada, Hawaii, California, Arizona, North Carolina, New Jersey, Vermont, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Colorado – accounted for 88 percent of U.S. solar capacity at the end of 2015 (but only 26 percent of the country’s population), according to a new...
by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
Genetic modification to improve crop yields is a good idea, but it’s far from the only good idea in that field. A Boston area firm called Indigo Agriculture just got $100 million in funding for its efforts to improve yields in sort of the same way people try to...
by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
Concord Steam, which burns wood chips to provide steam heat for 96 buildings in downtown Concord, including much of the state government office complex, has been struggling with financial and technical issues for years – and today it threw in the towel. If the...
by David Brooks | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
Much to my irritation, I haven’t been allowed up on the scaffolding surrounding the State House dome as they regild it (something about safety – pfffft!) but I did get a chance to talk to the foreman of the crew doing the work and to see what gold leaf...