by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
By small margins of 6 to 10 votes (out of 400 lawmakers), the slim GOP majority in the New Hampshire legislature killed pretty much every bill trying to ease the state into the 21st century’s energy economy. Net metering, greenhouse gas emissions, RECs, solar...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Bangor Daily News has a story about how erratic winters and shrinking forestry workforce is threatening the state’s industry of cutting cedar for log homes and fence posts. Cedar is rot-resistant and has long been favored for these jobs. Northern white cedar...
by David Brooks | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Audubon: Early returns from NH Audubon’s annual Backyard Winter Brid Survey point to fewer birds at feeders this winter. Why? It turns out the answer is not that simple. According to Dr. Pamela Hunt of NH Audubon, “there are many factors that influence the...
by David Brooks | Mar 16, 2023 | Newsletter
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by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The idea of “forest carbon” is pretty straightforward – trees store carbon so it doesn’t help heat up the world! woo-hoo! – but has a lot of complicated elements. Northern Woodlands, a terrific magazine about forestry and forests...