by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The question of whether the fight against climate change is helped or hurt by burning wood rather than using other fuels is complicated. I noted in a recent column that I have become convinced that burning wood solely to produce electricity is not a good idea from a...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
As Maine continues a legal struggle over the same issue, New Hampshire legislators will soon be discussing the possibility of reinventing the voting system with ranked-choice ballots. The proposal, House Bill 1540, would allow voters in a race with more than two...
by David Brooks | Nov 16, 2017 | Newsletter
Yes, everything looks different this week. The Concord Monitor has switched the service hosting its newsletters (not our idea – somebody bought somebody else) and we’re still fiddling with the appearance. Next week I may try a layout based on...
by David Brooks | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A study just released by the U.S. Geological Society is casting doubt on the idea that toxins released by cyanobacteria blooms cause or contribute to neurological disorders such as ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease – an idea that has been put forward in recent...
by David Brooks | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
When a damaging windstorm raced through New Hampshire right before Halloween, lots of information was quickly available about what had happened to our electricity supply. There were live reports of a number of outages, expected times for reconnections, even some...
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