by David Brooks | Mar 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
A personal note: This week marked the 40th anniversary of my first staff newspaper byline, which ran in a now-defunct daily in Virginia. I’ve worked as a beat reporter – and for a couple years as a copy editor – in small daily newspapers ever since,...
by David Brooks | Mar 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The Virginia Institute for Marine Science has launched a website with a series of “report cards” on sea level rise for 32 dozen U.S. coastal communities. It includes Boston and two Maine cities: Portland and Eastport (which is way up by Canada). Updated by...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s been a lot of attention given to ARMI, the Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute being established in the Manchester Millyard, partly because it’s cool but mostly out of hopes that it will be a tech niche where New Hampshire can dominate. Or...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2018 | Newsletter
It’s boring but true: Finance and policy are at least as important as technology when it comes to reshaping energy. So it’s a big deal that the IRS has said that batteries added to home solar systems are eligible for the 30% federal solar tax credit: The...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2018 | Newsletter
A small ski area in Plymouth called Tenney Mountain that shut in 2010 reopened last week. It is very weird to have a ski area opening day in March, when the season is winding down. Does this indicate some cool new technology? Nope. As I reported, it’s a business...
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