by David Brooks | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
In recent years, as I’m sure you know, drug overdose deaths have soared in the U.S. and spread to pretty much all segments of society, thanks largely to opioid use (painkillers and heroin). A new study confirms what most suspected: The overdose death rate in our...
by David Brooks | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
(Don’t trust my reporting? You can look at the whole presentation on the ISO-New England web page here.) There’s an “elegant and simpler” way for New England’s power grid to deal with concerns about running out of fuel during a cold snap while meeting...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Back in 2015, a dozen deer were found dead in South Hampton, NH, due to over-feeding during winter – an extreme case of how well-meaning attempts to help deer in winter can backfire. Northern Woodlands magazine – which is, by the way, a great magazine; you...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
We all know road salt is bad for plants and waterways, and that doesn’t even count what it’s doing to my car, but new research in New Hampshire based in part on citizen-science work says it’s worse than we realized, or at least more complicated. An analysis of water...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Do you want to hear me talk about my column this week, which concerns new research correlating road salt usage with toxic metals moving out of the soil into our water, with a side order of “hooray for citizen science”? Sure you do! Well, you have a choice!...
by David Brooks | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Every three years international national (see comment) bodies update suggested building codes to incorporate new technologies, new techniques and processes. States then have the option of adopting those codes, which would have to be followed by towns and cities. New...