Bad Assumptions
LOCAL · WEATHER · CLIMATE
May 16, 2026
El Niño begins in the Pacific.
In New England, it shows up
where the region thinks it is
safe…
The Wrong Kind of Winter
CLIMATE · LOCAL · WEATHER
May 13, 2026
The tide doesn’t have to roar
into Portsmouth to make its
point.
Some mornings it just arrives a
little too high, stays a little
too long, and pushes through a…
The War Ends–Now What?
ENERGY PRICES · INFLATION · CLEAN ENERGY
April 9, 2026
The damage to our economy from
energy shortages doesn’t end
when the war does.
The man on the loading dock in…
Which Energy Gets an Escort
ENERGY · CLEAN ENERGY · POLITICAL POWER
April 2, 2026
The wind was coming hard off
the Atlantic that morning,
rattling the loose siding on a
half-finished seafood shack in…
The Cost of Staying Warm
ENERGY PRICES · COST OF LIVING
March 18, 2026
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a
colder winter and a sharp jump
in electricity rates exposed
the complicated machinery…
The Distance a Day Can
Collapse
WAR AND SECURITY · TRADE · COST OF LIVING
February 13, 2026
When a missed bus becomes the
first sign that a country is
running out of power…
Snowfall
EXTREME WEATHER · CLIMATE CHANGE · GRID
January 26, 2026
The polar vortex is at our
doorstep — at least I think the
doorstep is under all that
snow…
If AMOC Goes Amuck
CLIMATE CHANGE · OCEANS · CLIMATE POLICY
January 21, 2026
The first sign rarely looks
cinematic. It looks like a map
that refuses to behave.
On an oceanographer’s screen…
After the Wreckage
CLIMATE POLICY · ENVIRONMENT
January 14, 2026
The Environmental Protections
Trump Broke—and the Path Back
The first thing you notice in
the NOAA building isn’t the…