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U.S. Mint Honors Game Developer Ralph Baer

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The New Hampshire American Innovation coin, which recognizes the first in-home video game console, mimics an arcade token. On the other side, the words New Hampshire and Player 1 are engraved on a stamped background. He brought his idea to Sanders Associates—now part of BAE Systems —a defense contractor in Nashua, N.H.,

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NEESC releases 2015 hydrogen & fuel cell development plans for eight Northeastern states; power generation and transportation

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Broadly, NEESC observes, demand for new electric capacity is expected to increase, due in part to the replacement of older, less efficient, base-load generation facilities. million ZEVs between 2018 and 2025, 1.24 New Hampshire. New Jersey. Earlier post.). 54 to 73 MW. Massachusetts. 234 to 312 MW.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He was part of a team there developing missile and rocket systems, including the Atlas missile, which was used in Friendship 7. He closed the business in 2018. Patton received the 1986 Young Engineer of the Year Award from the New Hampshire Society of Professional Engineers. Johnson served in the U.S.

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

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Early last February, at the Mount Washington Backcountry Ski Festival in New Hampshire, the organizers faced an increasingly common problem: Terrible snow. days per decade between 1931 and 2018 and snowfall totals have declined by just over eight inches per decade over the same period. Investing in a dying sport?

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline.

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