by David Brooks | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Let’s face it: Salmon are never coming back to the Merrimack River. But don’t despair, you fans of fish with weird life cycles: Herring are doing so well that we might be seeing them in Concord again. Plus, shad aren’t doing too badly, either. And American eels, which...
by David Brooks | Dec 18, 2018 | Newsletter
Two big news items this week in the region’s attempts to moderate our complete and utter destruction of the planet: Leases to build offshore wind farms south of Cape Cod drew bids totaling $405 million, which is oil-drilling-platform levels of money. Story here....
by David Brooks | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
(Oops; I forgot to post this yesterday – the Portland Press-Herald’s excellent energy reporter Tux Turkel did a story about it today) From ISO New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid: For the first time since at least 2000, and possibly...
by David Brooks | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The National Weather station in Gray, Maine, which also covers most of New Hampshire, puts some interesting stuff on its Facebook page. This is from today (Dec. 14): Mount Washington isn’t that tall by global standards, or even U.S. standards, but its relative...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve seen loons a few times while kayaking around New Hampshire, but I’ve never seen one take off. I have, however, seen ducks take off from the water – and it’s a long, laborious process, whereas a robin can take leap right off the ground and...
by David Brooks | Dec 12, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Tiny Charlemont, Mass. (population 1,250 or so) has rejected an offer from Comcast to provide broadband in town and will instead pursue a $1.4 million town-owned broadband system, reports the local paper. Community-owned Internet has long been a goal for a subset of...
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