by David Brooks | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
For the first time, the coal-fired power plant in Bow has failed to win funding from an annual program designed to guarantee future electricity supplies. Bids from two coal generators at Merrimack Station were passed over in the forward capacity auction...
by David Brooks | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
People are seeing a lot more bears in New Hampshire these days and bear hunters are having a lot more success, to the point that Fish and Game wants to change the way they oversee the season. Among a set of proposed changes to hunting regulations that will be the...
by David Brooks | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Last week’s dramatic rescue of a skier who was buried in snow for 6 minutes in Carter Notch was a reminder, if one is needed, that paying attention to avalanche forecasts is vital in the White Mountains backcountry during winter. But that raises a question: How do...
by David Brooks | Mar 20, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through March 19. *** Methods for Serving Interactive Content to a User YIELDMO, INC., Nashua, New...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
By small margins of 6 to 10 votes (out of 400 lawmakers), the slim GOP majority in the New Hampshire legislature killed pretty much every bill trying to ease the state into the 21st century’s energy economy. Net metering, greenhouse gas emissions, RECs, solar...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Bangor Daily News has a story about how erratic winters and shrinking forestry workforce is threatening the state’s industry of cutting cedar for log homes and fence posts. Cedar is rot-resistant and has long been favored for these jobs. Northern white cedar...