by David Brooks | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The month-long BioBlitz project (which I previewed here) has wound up with people taking pictures of almost 7,000 plants and animals in more than 100 communities as they explored local town-owned lands. NHPR has a quick recap.
by David Brooks | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A new online tool called Airport Tracker, a joint project by the non-profits International Council on Clean Transportation, ODI, and Transport and Environment, says annual takeoffs at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport produce as much CO2 as the annual pollution of...
by David Brooks | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The largest rooftop solar array in New Hampshire was unveiled on Wednesday and is going to make a big impact on the state. But not for the right reason. “Just to put it in perspective … these 3,400 panels will add an entire 1% to New Hampshire’s total fleet of...
by David Brooks | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s nothing new about growing produce for New England markets inside a big greenhouse, but the huge expansion coming to Loudon’s high-tech hydroponic operation reflects not only the industry’s growth but also this unavoidable fact: California is a long way...
by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Capitalism is incredibly effective because it makes all decisions based on one quantifiable measurement: The dollar cost of an action and potential return. Nothing else matters. In my lifetime this hyper-focused approach has overwhelmed all competing economic systems...
by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The NH Geological Survey has an interesting online project called the Stone Wall Mapper that wants to map all the tens of thousands of miles of stone walls in the state. But the project doesn’t involve crawling around with a GPS – it finds walls on LIDAR...
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