by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
One of these summers on a really, really hot day, Eversource might present its customers with an odd-sounding proposal: Let us make your house warmer. The state’s largest electric utility is seeking permission in New Hampshire and its other New England markets to...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
After a two-month hiatus, caused when the bar where we’ve been holding sessions decided to make different use of its extra room, Science Cafe NH is returning to Concord next month. Yippee! We’ll be at Makris Lobster and Steak House on Route 106, a...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Putting sand on roads instead of salt is better for the environment but not ideal. Sand has its issues, too. It tends to wash off into ditches and then streams/lakes, where it can carry pollutants or clog plants and other aquatic life. One solution? Use very small...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Planting grass turf in tilled agricultural soil greatly reduced the ability of new growth of the invasive shrub glossy buckthorn to establish itself in a new area by seed, according to researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
EchoRidge, a Concord startup company, wants to do something that might strike a lot of people as a terrible idea: Make it easier for people to hire political lobbyists. Hold your criticism, says Jeff Allan, the company’s CEO and founder. “Lobbying is associated with...
by David Brooks | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
LIDAR mapping found that Mt. Tecumseh in New Hampshire is only 3,995 feet tall, potentially* removing it from the list of 4000-footers/ Or so says this article by the Appalachian Mountain Club. *I added the “potentially” after the comment below noted that...