by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The Appalachian Mountain Club, the 80-pound gorilla of outdoors recreation in the Northeast, has laid off a bunch of folks for a variety of reasons, including rising costs and changing habits. The Boston Globe has a big story on it (the article is here) with this...
by David Brooks | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The district geothermal pilot in Framingham, Mass., that I wrote about two years ago goes online this week, reports Canary Media: On Tuesday, utility Eversource will flip the switch on the country’s first utility-operated underground thermal energy network. The...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
It takes a honkin’ big battery to power an EV fast-charging station, but that’ s how a two-vehicle station in Weymouth, Mass., works, according to this Boston Globe story. Using a battery lets them sidestep a shortage in transformers. The battery can be...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through June 2. Malicious Homoglyphic Domain Name Detection and Associated Cyber...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Forest Health Bureau: Browntail moth caterpillar winter webs have been located and removed at the Isles of Shoals off of the New Hampshire coast, the N.H. Forest Health Bureau announced today. This is the first confirmed incident of the species in the Granite...
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