by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Today’s ironic/funny/painful story of life in the Climate Emergency: A long-running weather station on Cape Cod that gathers data to study the climate is being abandoned because the land its sits on is falling into the sea....
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
This article of mine isn’t exactly geeky but I thought it might be of interest nonetheless: With lumber prices going through the roof from demand driven by pandemic changes, it seems like forest-filled New Hampshire should be reaping a windfall. But issues from...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Three years is a long time to look ahead in an era when most of us can’t see beyond getting that second vaccine shot (on Thursday for me – hooray!). But it’s not too long if you’re an eclipse fanatic. “The hospitality industry, they need to be preparing! We’ve got to...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2021 | Newsletter
This ran Monday in the Monitor. By the time you read it in the newsletter, I’ll have gotten my second Pfizer vaccine. In my age group virtually everybody has now gotten one COVID jab and many are in the “fully vaccinated” category, which has created a weird...
by David Brooks | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The Valley News reports that a Maine firm called Stored Solar has bought wood-burning power plants in New Hampshire that have shut down because their electricity is too expensive to compete in the deregulated market. The whole story is here. It’s a good story...
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