GOP in NH legislature kills a slew of new energy bills
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...Workforce and weather threaten Maine’s cedar-log industry
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...Where are all the birds?!?!
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...Northern Woodlands looks at forest carbon
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...
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.