by David Brooks | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Note; This is a lightly edited version of a press release from Vermont Law School – I cut out the gratuitous quotes – but it seems pretty legit. Mascoma Meadows, a 50-unit resident-owned manufactured-home cooperative in Lebanon, N.H., will soon use solar...
by David Brooks | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Want some good environmental news? Sure you do! How about this: “After 14 years of effort, we have successfully converted winter moth, a major new defoliator invading eastern New England, into a non-pest, presumably on a permanent basis. … We have averted...
by David Brooks | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The state will be rolling out tablet-based voting systems for New Hampshire’s sight-impaired voters at Tuesday’s election and that should make it easier for them to cast ballots privately and independently – but maybe not too quickly. “You can read everything at once,...
by David Brooks | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Schools are an obvious place to put solar panels, since they use most of their power during the day and have big, flat roofs. But upfront funding is a problem. A national database (here) lists 19 New Hampshire schools with installed solar, a couple of them private but...
by David Brooks | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Eversource is rolling out a program where it uses quadracopter drones to do some transmission-line inspections. As I note in my story (read it here) these are replacements for helicopter inspections because they have to flown within line of sight of the ground...
by David Brooks | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Awards, drew a standing-room-only crowd to Science Cafe NH in Concord last night – in fact, we had to turn a few people away. I can’t take notes while moderating so I can’t give you a blow-by-blow of the two...