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Bristol Broadband Now Ready To Connect
Targeting Methane
What is purportedly the largest crane in the state has set in place the “box” that will hold a series of smooth rocks that will create an artificial wave in the Winnipesaukee River in downtown Franklin. The crane is capable of reaching across the entire width of the river to help set in place the interlocking panels that form the box.
A wooden cofferdam was installed to allow the team to pump out the water while doing the work on the river’s bottom this summer, and the final sections of the underwater enclosure were being set in place on Sept. 16.
The work is part of a whitewater park project that eventually will create three artificial features to create stationary waves where canoeists, kayakers, boogie boarders, surfers, and others will be able to practice their skills. Even though incomplete, the whitewater park is already attracting kayakers from as far away as Tel Aviv, Israel, and is boosting real estate values in the Three River City.
Bristol Broadband Now Ready To Connect
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Sept. 16 to mark the completion of the second phase of the fiberoptic network known as Bristol Broadband Now.
The network is ready to connect some 400 business and residential users to the fastest internet available, with Hub66 setting up an operations center at the Bristol Town Offices to handle the business. The company eX2 installed the infrastrucure for the network under federal CARES Act and Northern Borders grants, along with municipal contributions.
The network is the first step in an ambition plan to extend broadband coverage to every town in Grafton County. Bristol Town Administrator Nik Coates, who spearheaded the effort for the town, is serving as chair of the Grafton County Broadband Committee that is planning the network expansion.
Targeting Methane
President Joe Biden spoke at a virtual Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate on Sept. 17, ahead of the scheduled United Nations-led climate negotiations this November in Glasgow, emphasizing the need to cut emissions of methane which is more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat.
Several heads of state joined in what is described as a candid assessment of the threats of climate change. Biden administration officials have been working for weeks to get the EU and others to pledge to address methane emissions.
The Global Methane Pledge, as it is known, does not set specific targets for each country, instead calling on countries to support the effort to reduce human-caused methane emissions by at least 30 percent globally by 2030.
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