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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Dec. 19

OPB: The rewilding of the Elwha River: 12 years after dam removal

Ecoticias: Forget solar panels, the future is this sphere for your garden: Free electricity even at night

NY Times : The Design Trend Taking Over Rural America: Barndomonium

KPTV: Lawmakers announce high-speed rail to link Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, BC

Washington Post: Amazon hit by Teamsters strikes during holiday rush

Washington Post: Biden drafting plan for construction of AI data centers on federal lands

The Atlantic: America Is Suddenly Getting Healthier. No One Knows Why.

BBC: The secret to long-lasting connection? Shared rituals

NPR: Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?

NPR: How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state

The Hill: Bernie Sanders blasts ‘President Elon Musk’ for derailing spending deal

Politico: In rare move, Republican senators call for Hegseth’s FBI report

Smithsonian Magazine: Officials Ward Off 20,000 Crows With Flares and Lasers in Upstate New York, an Annual Battle Waged in Cities Nationwide

The Guardian: ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off

AP News: The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative

The Guardian: Two California house cats die from bird flu as three more appear to be infected

Courthouse News Service: Montana judge asked to harpoon federal trout-swapping plan

Courthouse News Service: California ports partnership pushes offshore wind plans forward

Courthouse News Service: Montana Supreme Court upholds kids’ landmark climate victory

AP News: Takeaways from AP’s story on Everglades restoration efforts

BBC: The mega trade deal that has French farmers in uproar

BBC: Congress in disarray and shutdown looms as Trump, Musk slam spending deal

AP News: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Science & Environment Number of salmon returning to Columbia River Basin stays flat over last decade

The Guardian: Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Does that mean I’m hideous?

The Guardian: Bird flu sweeps through zoos with ‘grave implications’ for endangered animals

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Judge dismisses $33M timber lawsuit against US Forest Service over 2020 wildfire response

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tiny Oregon community works to protect wildlife and water along Cape Meares — the ‘land that walks’

The Oregonian: How a Portland couple developed Super Dreidel, a modern twist on the classic Hanukkah game

The Oregonian: Invasive ‘murder hornets’ declared eradicated from Washington state and U.S.

Sacramento Bee: Caviar capital: Sacramento County acquisition combines two major US caviar producers

KTLA: 28 arrested in Southern California retail theft bust

KCRA: EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

KRCR: Bobbie Simpson talks historic swearing-in as CA's first transgender school board member

KRCR: Proposition 36 takes effect, sparking debate on inmate influx and county impacts

AP News: Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France

LA Times: Cannabis conundrum: Legal doesn’t mean clean; illicit isn’t always dirty

LA Times: More L.A. cats appear to be infected with H5N1 bird flu

LA Times: California’s cannabis supply chain: Hidden pesticides and no public monitoring

SF Gate: Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

Press Democrat: Court order forces Sonoma County to suspend non-emergency well drilling

KRON: California man messaged Wisconsin school shooter, planned his own attack: authorities

East Bay Times: PG&E says $15 billion federal loan package can save money, but some are skeptical

East Bay Times: Sutter Health plans huge South Bay medical hubs in $800-million project

SF Chronicle: How did cars with California sheriff decals wind up in Europe? The answer is wild

SF Chronicle: These California counties have the worst home insurance nonrenewal rates in the U.S.

SF Gate: Wealthy Bay Area women arrested on shoplifting charges at Tahoe ski resort

SF Gate: Miles of new hiking trails open at Bear Creek preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains

SF Chronicle: California’s fourth-largest home insurer to drop all condo, rental policies

SF Chronicle: ‘Family’ of atmospheric rivers to unleash wet and stormy conditions across Northern California