by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Hurricane Florence was large played out by the time it made it to New Hampshire on Tuesday, but still dumped an impressive amount of rain. The best graphic representation is seen above: An automated streamflow gauge run by the U.S. Geological Survey recorded it at the...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH Today: UNH will lead a five-year EPSCoR project funded by the National Science Foundation to develop innovative approaches in the development of biomaterials, such as those used in implants and tissue engineering, which hold the potential to save patient...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Remember when carbon was just another listing on the periodic table that nobody mentioned unless they were geeks making a “carbon-based life form” joke? Ah, those were the days. Now we can’t move without bumping into news about carbon dioxide or carbon equivalents or...
by David Brooks | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
As you may have heard, there is great debate at the moment about how and whether to support biomass energy, a fancy term for burning chopped-up trees to generate heat and power. The debate centers on a complex tangle of economic questions involving jobs and costs. But...
by David Brooks | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Note; This is a lightly edited version of a press release from Vermont Law School – I cut out the gratuitous quotes – but it seems pretty legit. Mascoma Meadows, a 50-unit resident-owned manufactured-home cooperative in Lebanon, N.H., will soon use solar...
by David Brooks | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Want some good environmental news? Sure you do! How about this: “After 14 years of effort, we have successfully converted winter moth, a major new defoliator invading eastern New England, into a non-pest, presumably on a permanent basis. … We have averted...