by David Brooks | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
As regular readers know, there are two ongoing efforts to restore the American chestnut tree to our forests after it was virtually exterminated by disease. One cross-breeds it with resistant Chinese chestnut trees, the other uses genetic modification and is getting...
by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Wholesale power prices in New England rose more than 10-fold for a while on Christmas Eve, apparently because an unnamed power plant stopped producing as much as expected and we couldn’t import as much electricity from New York and Canada – presumably...
by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Three times in 2022 it looked like I might be able to finally stop wearing that annoying face mask in public. In late February, the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New Hampshire, which is the best metric for the spread of the disease, plummeted downward...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Hubbard Brooks Experimental Forest is one of the hidden scientific gems of New Hampshire. There’s an interesting-looking art/science exhibit about it opening at Plymouth State that could be worth checking out. Here;s the press release: Plymouth State...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Two reporters with the Granite State News Collaborative took a long look at why Merrimack Station in Bow is still burning coal for electricity – the last plant in New England to do so. (Spoiler alert: Capacity auction.) The story doesn’t cover anything...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 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 Jan. 1 *** Sanitization Device and Adaptor for Use With the Same SOCLEAN INC., Peterborough,...