by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s taken 20 years and $96 million or so to clean up a closed copper mine in tiny Strafford, Vermont. Two other closed mines in the region are still a problem. The Valley News has a story here. Old mines can be a real environmental disaster. Yet another thing...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By MIKE DUNBAR/ Citizens Count HB 116 is a such bill that would regulate how ground-based delivery robots would be allowed to operate in New Hampshire. New Hampshire wouldn’t be the first state to invite delivery robots to our sidewalks. Last week in Austin, Texas,...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
When electric drones came on the scene they seemed to be one of those technologies that were going to change everything because they’re so cool. But reality isn’t science fiction; quadracopter air taxis and drone pizza delivery remain far off. The main impact I’ve...
by David Brooks | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The vaccination rate is getting close to stalling out in New Hampshire: only about 4% of the state population has become fully vaccinated so far this month by the state’s reckoning and barely 1% got their first shot. Even viewed from the most optimistic angle, looking...
by David Brooks | Jun 18, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire Bulletin is a new reporting group in the state, featuring some very experienced former Concord Monitor reporters among the small staff. I figured it would be all-politics-all-the-time, because that’s the easiest high-impact topic, but they’re...
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