by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A transmission line that would bring Canada hydropower into New Hampshire and also let New England send power north is one of three projects to get federal support, part of a $1.3 billion commitment designed to increase the nation’s ability to move electricity around...
by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Oct. 29. *** Flow Meter and Related Method DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...
by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The New Hampshire town of Hanover, home to Dartmouth College, has always been a New England skiing hotbed. So it says something that a new Nordic (i.e., cross-country) ski area is going to have snowmaking. The hotbeds are getting too hot to count on snow, I guess: Tom...
by David Brooks | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Attention, residents of New Hampshire’s capital city: If you have ever winced at hearing a presidential candidate pronounce the Capital City’s name as “kon-KORD” rather than “KON-kerd,” there’s a piece of legislation you may be interested in. A proposed bill...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
In mid-summer I wrote a piece called “With all the flooding, should we still be removing dams? Yup!” Here’s a specific followup from SevenDays Vermont: How a long desire to remove four small dams on the Winooski River is getting a new push after the...
by David Brooks | Oct 25, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The couch in my living room is against an outside wall, right under a window. I have spent three decades trying to eliminate the draft against the back of my neck when I sit there. WindowDressers might have an answer. Better than that: They go about it in an...