IndepthNH has an op-ed that says what I said about the nuclear dreams in New Hampshire, although their piece has more background and details, If the Governor really wants to drive down consumer electricity and energy costs and create more “energy independence”, she...

A while back, federal and state biologists spent 12 years —12 years! — studying the reproductive cycles of mice and voles, seeing how they interact with the amount of seeds and nuts that trees produce each year. Why? Because because small mammals are a major route for...

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 in the week through April 11. Predictive Multidimensional Search and Selection Tool...

Estimated rooftop solar in New England topped 7 GW yesterday (Wednesday) for the first time, one year after it topped 6 GW for the first time. Utility solar is creeping up toward 1 GW (992 MW today). 7 GW (7000 MW or 7 million KW or 7 billion watts) is equal to the...

I was delighted to hear Gov. Ayotte and other New England governors recently push for ways to strengthen our energy independence through increasing use of modern technology. Because we do need more solar, wind, batteries and non-wire alternatives to keep New Hampshire...

From University of Vermont. The original research paper can be accessed here. Why Do Trees Fall in the Forest? The Answer is Changing. New research suggests that in just 15 years, the causes of most tree loss have flipped from human hands to a handful of natural...

Firefighters in Merrimack spent Monday pouring 60,000 gallons of water on the car involved in last Wednesday’s fiery accident at the Bedford tolls, demonstrating the biggest downside of electric vehicles: After a crash their batteries can re-ignite without much...

Lobstermen are more like farmers than hunter/gatherers, in the sense that they return regularly to the same patch of the world to harvest a crop, while fishermen roam the high seas seeking prey. More or less. So it makes sense to use lobster traps to gather...

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 in the week through April 4. Actively Actuatable Valves for Aerostat Buoyancy Control...