by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Over the past century, northern New England ecosystems have undergone numerous changes in land cover, from forest to farmland and back to forests. As lands once used for agriculture revert to woodlands, they impact the process through which nitrogen—a nutrient that...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Any big city exhibits aspects of William Gibson’s famous line that the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed – but few take it as far as Beijing. (Yes, folks, this is an example of that fine journalistic tradition: the “What I did on my summer...
by David Brooks | Sep 16, 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 Sept. 15 *** Connecting Plasma Arc Torches and Related Systems and Methods...
by David Brooks | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Bans on sending food waste into landfills haven’t worked in any state except Massachusetts, according to a new story, and even there the result wasn’t overwhelming. The Washington Post has a story. The study identified several factors that could explain...
by David Brooks | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The Department of the Interior Monday announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas have a potential capacity of...
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