by David Brooks | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
“Science-based wildlife management, based on a set of principles developed in the 19th century, brought New England wildlife from its darkest days into an era in which state agencies are pleading for hunters to eat more animals.” That’s a line from...
by David Brooks | Apr 16, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The New York Times has a long article about a startup called Beta at Burlington International Airport (Canadian flights make it sound bigger) that’s developing an electric piloted airplane with the idea of carrying cargo on short trips (batteries don’t...
by David Brooks | Apr 16, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Three of six defendants – including the one who legally changed his name to Nobody – have now pleaded guilty in the case of what prosecutors have alleged was an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange based in Keene that skirted rules against money laundering....
by David Brooks | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
When talking about nitrogen in the ecosystem, the problem is usually an excess caused by human activity, such as runoff into New Hampshire waterways. But on a global scale, the problem might be too little nitrogen entering the ecosystem due to the usual culprit: the...
by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
More than a decade ago, Maine said it wanted to generate 3,000 megawatts of electricity from onshore wind by 2020. That was a very aggressive goal and the state has fallen well short, even though it’s the Northeast’s leader in wind power: It generates...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Amanda Gokee, New Hampshire Bulletin: The Public Utilities Commission has approved new rates for charging electric vehicles for those in Liberty and Unitil coverage areas. The decision advances what’s called “time-of-use rates,” which means the price you pay for...
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