by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
This story appears in today’s Monitor. As a longtime fan of composting I was attracted by the accomplishment but what really hit me was the “de-packaging” machine. I’d love to visit it! One of the region’s biggest supermarket chains says it is...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2021 | Newsletter
The FCC is encouraging people to use its internet speed mobile app to get accurate broadband data across the United States. As The Register notes (article is here): “For years, Big Cable has been manipulating the data it is obliged to send the FCC over the...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A Maine town and an island are part of an interesting-looking federal Department of Energy program to help “remote and island” communities with the energy transition, mostly by figuring out renewable alternatives to shipping is tons of diesel for...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A study in Northern Michigan (where the emerald ash borer first appeared in North American) looked at tree health and EAB numbers is some woods that been hit by the invasive bug for a decade found some white trees healthy and persisting. Abstract from the U.S. Forest...
by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
I don’t usually link to articles with no obvious New England connection, but this NY Times story (paywall, maybe) gives a terrific rule of thumb for deciding how to stay safe as COVID-19 eases: In every situation, she makes sure she’s meeting two out of three...
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