by David Brooks | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When New Hampshire House Democrats meet Thursday to choose their leader for the upcoming legislative session, they’ll use ranked choice voting for the first time. So says WMUR in this story, which also says this is “unique to New Hampshire,” a puzzling...
by David Brooks | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
New England’s goal to cut economywide carbon emissions to near zero by 2050 would require electric power supplies to more than triple, as vehicles and building heating switch from fossil fuels to electricity, E&E News reports on the story (here, paywalled...
by David Brooks | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
You know things are going badly with COVID-19 when it’s not worth the effort to warn people anymore. New Hampshire public health officials announced last week that they would cut way back on contact tracing, the process of alerting people who have been in contact with...
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A solar farm many times larger than any currently operating in New Hampshire is being eyed for more than 100 acres near the Webster-Hopkinton border. The project, not far from the two-town transfer station, will be discussed Monday evening by the Webster Select Board....
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
Eric Orff, a wildlife biologist who used to work for the state and is well known in New Hampshire, is a rocket-launching buff. He tells me that he heads out to Odiorne State Park in the New Hampshire coastal town of Rye to watch them. This Sunday’s launch of...
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire doesn’t have municipal electric utilities – city-owned providers of electricity – but other New England states do. They have a lot more flexibility than large corporate utilities or even regional co-ops. And here’s an example: 21...
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