by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Back on March 6, 2011, more than 4 million plastic disks were accidentally discharged from the wastewater treatment plant in Hooksett into the Merrimack River. Known as biofilm chips, the disks helped with water treatment by providing additional surface area for...
by David Brooks | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The Alliance for Green Heat is an organization that supports burning wood for, as you might suspect, heat. Among other things, it sponsors an annual competition to build a better wood stove. This year’s competition, the fourth, has an added wrinkle: Part of it...
by David Brooks | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Out-of-state company wants to build a big energy project. Some people object, some celebrate. Media get involved. Fight ensues about state regulation versus town control. Meetings are held, money is spent, egos are bruised,...
by David Brooks | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Here’s some good news for New Hampshire fishers: In the past three years it has gotten easier for trappers to kill them. Wait, that’s not very scientific. Let me try again. Here’s some good news for New Hampshire fishers: In the past three years, capture-per-unit...
by David Brooks | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
In a recent column I lamented the lack of a makerspace in Concord, as part of a general discussion of the difficulty of creating a startup north of Manchester. Her presto, turns out there’s a group trying to start one. I’d like to take credit, but it was...
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