by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you should make lemonade when life hands you lemons, what should you do when life hands your big project a pandemic lockdown? Make ventilation. “We had broken ground and one week later everything shut down. We literally put up a (construction) fence and a week...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You don’t want to hear this, I know, but there are signs that we’re headed for something of a COVID resurgence. On Thursday, the New Hampshire Hospital Association reported more COVID-19 patients than at any time since April. Alice Peck Day Hospital in Lebanon...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
NHPR took a look at the wasp being released in New Hampshire and elsewhere to attack the emerald ash borer, which is in the process of basically wiping out a couple of species of ash from North America. As with all biocontrols, the wasps can kill off the pest but may...
by David Brooks | Aug 10, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I have mostly stopped writing about “here’s another thing that climate change is damaging” studies because they’re too numerous and depressing. I try to focus these days on things being done to respond to the climate emergency. But here’s...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You can’t move large amounts of electricity without substations to control the voltage, so it’s significant that America’s first offshore wind substation has been built. It will serve Vineyard Wind 1 south of Cape Cod, which will have a capacity of...
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