Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Yesterday
ABC: China closes its Mount Everest base camp to tourists because of garbage, waste
Click2 Houston: Couple accused of flying from California to Houston with 66+ pounds of pot
NY Daily News: Recreational marijuana may soon be legal in New Jersey: report
Huffington Post: Most Americans Can’t Pass A Citizenship Test On Basic History Questions
Huffington Post: Wisconsin Governor Pushes Decriminalizing Marijuana, Legalizing Medical Use
The Walrus: The Untapped Promise of LSD
Pacific Standard: Inside The Resistance Movement Opposing Daniel Ortega's Trans-Nicaragua Canal
Outside Online: Urban Organics Wants to Fix Food
Washington Post: Can’t stomach bread? Alterations to the carbs, gluten and fiber in wheat could change that.
Washington Post: Inside the race to replace farmworkers with robots
NY Times: Saving the Bats, One Cave at a Time
NY Times: How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop
Daily Beast: Interior Official Steered Contracts to Longtime Friend and Employer
Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier starting to take shape
Huffington Post: Why Do We Still Pick Up Dog Poop With Plastic Bags?
Salt Lake Tribune: Now there’s a $50 million plan to save Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats, but will it work?
NY Times: Crystal Meth Is North Korea’s Trendiest Lunar New Year’s Gift
Seattle Times: Washington handles runaway foster kids with handcuffs, shackles and jail. Is there a better way?
The Oregonian: Hagg Lake Mud Runs: Hundreds brave the muck for ultra 50K and 25K (photos)
LA Times: PACE loans were set up to boost energy efficiency. Instead, it's being used to build 'granny flats'
SF Chronicle: Here's what we found at the SF cannabis wedding expo
Sunday, Feb. 17
NY Times: You’re Addicted to Plastic. Can You Go Cold Turkey?
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Homelessness in the Bay Area — it’s worse than we thought
The Guardian: Popular book on marijuana's apparent dangers is pure alarmism, experts say
LA Times: This LAX-adjacent ghost town is now ‘priceless coastal real estate’ for rare owls
SF Chronicle: Japanese town's remote setting attracts drone fans
Saturday, Feb. 16
Seattle Times: Seattle’s last buffalo soldier, 98, doesn’t want black regiments’ history to ‘fade out’
Washington Post: At least 20 abortion cases are in the pipeline to the Supreme Court. Any one could gut Roe v. Wade.
Washington Post: As dollar stores move into cities, some say they are not just a response to poverty — but a cause
Huffington Post: Ocasio-Cortez Slams The ‘Racial Injustice’ Of The Cannabis Business As White Men Profit
LA Times: Officials have a $1.9-million plan to rid state marshlands of nutria
LA Times: More snow in Redding than Boston? This winter is already ‘bonkers,’ and another storm is coming
San Jose Mercury: California lost nearly 10,000 solar jobs in 2018 due to tariffs
Press Democrat: North Bay Credit Union takes rare step of opening business accounts for cannabis operators
Press Democrat: Records show Healdsburg police officer fired for lying about marijuana gift
The Guardian: We ignored the evidence linking cigarettes to cancer, let's not do that with vaping
The Guardian: What the pesticides in our urine tell us about organic food
The Guardian: Toxic black snow covers Siberian coalmining region
NY Post: Barneys aiming to be the ‘Hermès’ of weed
USA Today: Payless ShoeSource closing all 2,100 U.S. stores, starting liquidation sales Sunday
Friday, Feb. 15
NY Daily News: Judge dismisses butterfly sanctuary lawsuit against border wall across its property, makes restraining order moot
Daily Beast: 4th Navy Nuclear Electrician Pleads Guilty To LSD Posession
Huffington Post: Trump Vowed To Wipe Out National Debt; Deficit Soars 41.8 Percent
LA Times: Trump doesn’t let environmental laws stand in the way of border barrier construction
The Guardian: Spirited away: Canadian thieves steal more than $9,000 in iceberg water
Press Democrat: Editorial: Let cannabis businesses open bank accounts
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa Police searching for missing 11-year-old girl
Thursday, Feb. 14
Reuters: Nearly 1,000 Madagascar children dead of measles since October - WHO
The Oregonian: Portland median home prices fall for first time in nearly 7 years
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