by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Photovoltaic electricity is great stuff and we need lots more of it – but it does have shortcomings. A snowy December, when the sun is low on the horizon, has shown me (a new owner of PV rooftop panels) just how big the shortcomings can be. The chart below shows...
by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
A major study of skiing injuries brought to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from 35 ski areas in New Hampshire and Vermont shows that, despite what some people think, wearing a helmet doesn’t make you invulnerable: One conclusion of the study: despite...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
We got 385 ballots mailed to the Monitor for our ranked-choice voting mock election – at least three times as many as I expected. Want to know more? Of course you do – so click right here and read!
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Center for Urban Research at City University of New York has put out an interesting mapping tool that estimates how hard it will be for the 2020 census to reach various parts of the country. The estimate is based on how many households in each area mailed back...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hs set up a sort of mini-X-Prize for ideas to help bats threatened by white-nose syndrome, the fungus that has wiped out entire populations of bats throughout the country. What’s interesting about this challenge, which offers...
by David Brooks | Dec 10, 2019 | Newsletter
Regular readers know that there’s no easy answer to the question “is it good or bad for the environment to burn wood for heat and/or power?” Inside Climate News took a gander at the issue through the lens of Vermont, which is pushing wood-as-a-fuel....
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