by David Brooks | Apr 22, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you’ve been outside in any snow-free location lately, it doesn’t take an analysis of 14,252 ticks collected from all over New Hampshire to tell you that everybody’s least favorite arachnid is back – in fact, it never left. But if you want confirmation, BeBop Labs,...
by David Brooks | Apr 21, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m sure the “perfect is the enemy of the good” environmentalists will look for more legal blockades, but good news from Maine: A jury has unanimously ruled that the the Quebec hydropower line through that state the one that was proposed when we...
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I love cats but they are wildlife-slaughtering machines that should not be let outdoors. Even your cute will Fluffball who has never brought a dead bird or chipmunk into the house – she kills things, too. I’ve made this argument several times over the...
by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From Dartmouth News Service: Over the past 25 years, the Northeast has experienced the largest increase in extreme precipitation nationally. Prior research has shown that the amount of extreme precipitation— rain or snow that results in one- to two inches of water in...
by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You blog/newsletter readers have already seen me rant about state efforts to mandate cursive education, but that earlier item didn’t run in the Concord Monitor. So I wrote a longer rant that ran in Tuesday’s paper, shown below. As of right now my email is...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From the Union-Leader: State transportation officials are designing the replacement bridge on Route 1A spanning the Hampton River between Hampton Beach and Seabrook with climate change on their minds. “They are incorporating 4 feet of sea level rise into the design of...
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