by David Brooks | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From US Geological Survey: Earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains can cause noticeable ground shaking at much farther distances than comparably-sized earthquakes in the West. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake in 2011 in Mineral, Virginia, was felt up to 600 miles from the...
by David Brooks | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s considerable debate as to the environmental value of burning for heat or power. I’ve written about it, and we hosted a Science Cafe NH in Concord about it. The conclusion is: It depends. Don’t clear-cut mature forests just to make chips for...
by David Brooks | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Electrify America, a portion of the settlement program from Volkswagen’s diesel cheating scandal, said today it will build an electric vehicle supercharging network across the U.S., to rival Tesla’s. Construction is promised to be finished by June 2019....
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
New England College in the town of Henniker started a dockless bike-share system this month, joining an intriguing trend. New Hampshire has a few bike-share systems, such as this one in Manchester, that require returning bicycles to one of various docking stations in...
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
A Hanover firm that collects organic garbage from Upper Valley households without the space or time to do composting will be expanding to Concord next month, using the Concord Food Co-op on Main Street as a drop-off point while it considers whether to start curbside...
by David Brooks | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Warmer winters might be hurting, or at least confusing, a lot of species, but not white-tailed deer – as I reported in the Monitor on Thursday: New Hampshire hunters killed more bucks – adult male deer with antlers – last season than in any other hunting season...