by David Brooks | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a hearing Wednesday (March 12) at 1:30 in Concord on a mild-sounding bill that has the potential to give anti-vaxxers a tool to limit or even shut down childhood vaccination programs. The full text of HB679 i: “This bill provides that no childhood...
by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
From New Hampshire Bulletin: A Republican-backed proposal to eliminate New Hampshire’s mechanism for purchasing vaccines was approved by the state House of Representatives Thursday. The House voted, 189-181, in favor of House Bill 524, which seeks to terminate the New...
by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2025 | Newsletter
If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter and want to subscribe, add your email at the Granite Geek blog: granitegeek.concordmonitor.com Suggestions or comments? Drop me a line: dbrooks@cmonitor.com I’m on Bluesky and Mastodon (the newsie.social server) these...
by David Brooks | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
This winter has been a little colder than average but much less snowy in Concord, which has been fine for winter sports but done nothing to help the state’s drought. The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, which covers New Hampshire, says the average...
by David Brooks | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
ISO-New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid, saw a new record for utility-scale solar last week: On Saturday there was 816 MW of “front of meter” (not rooftop) solar power entering the grid in early afternoon. Although it’s a full 40%...
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