Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Dec. 31, 2018
Daily Beast: National Parks Struggling to Deal With Human Waste, Vandals Amid Shutdown
Daily Beast: Netflix’s ‘Murder Mountain’: Where Marijuana Can Kill
Associated Press: Original Woodstock site to host 50th anniversary concert
ProPublica: District of Despair: On a Montana Reservation, Schools Favor Whites Over Native Americans
ProPublica: When the Calendar Requires the Release of Insanity Defendants in Oregon, Harm Often Follows
MelMagazine: FENTANYL IS EXPLODING — AND HEROIN ADDICTS ARE BECOMING RELIANT ON A NASAL SPRAY TO REVERSE ODS
Bloomberg: What We Learned From a Year of Americans ‘Risking It’ Without Insurance
NY Post: NY retail unions plan to invade marijuana industry once it’s legalized
Washington Post: A year of unprecedented deception: Trump averaged 15 false claims a day in 2018
The Oregonian: Crab season set to open in Oregon, Washington state
The Guardian: California's coastal habitats face existential threat from rising seas
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018
The Guardian: 'Throwing things out gives you time to look after yourself' – how to get better at decluttering
Bloomberg: The Moral Horror of America’s Prisons
NY Post: Border Walls: Russia builds 37-mile wall around annexed Crimea territory
LA Times: When professionals sell out, we get a president like Trump
LA Times: How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day
Press Democrat: Discarded pot poses risk to animals
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018
The Guardian: Stop adding cancer-causing chemicals to our bacon, experts tell meat industry
KRCR: Rockslide closes both lanes of Highway 299 in Junction City
The Oregonian: Christmas trees from big box stores could infect Oregon forests
LA Times: These California beaches have long been off-limits. But public outrage is changing the tide
NPR: Trump EPA Says Mercury Limits On Coal Plants Too Costly, Not 'Necessary'
The Guardian: 'War on transparency': Interior Dept. plans crackdown on information requests
Press Democrat: A year after the Tubbs fire ravaged Fountaingrove, only six homes have been rebuilt
Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
NY Times: New E.P.A. Plan Could Free Coal Plants to Release More Mercury Into the Air
LA Times: These California beaches have long been off-limits. But public outrage is changing that
SF Chronicle: BLM says too much trash was left after Burning Man event
SF Chronicle: Stanislaus sheriff slams California sanctuary policies after arrest in officer’s slaying
Washington Post: Sears chairman’s hedge fund submits $4.4 billion bid to save struggling retailer
Washington Post: Profits of Misfortune; As a grocery chain is dismantled, Worker pensions are short millions.
NY Times: What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.?
NY Times: ‘I Feel Invisible’: Native Students Languish in Public Schools
NY Times: A Forest of Ancient Trees, Poisoned by Rising Seas
The Oregonian: Spraying weed killer near retiree homes on Oregon coast spurs outrage, call for state changes
LA Times: Newsom's choice: delay the bullet train, or stick with Brown's plan and find $50 billion somewhere
Santa Cruz Sentinel: UC Santa Cruz is No. 1 in drug-related student discipline
San Jose Mercury: Born on drugs: Babies from addicted moms are increasing at an alarming rate in California
Press Democrat: Habitat for Humanity plans local factory for pre-fab homes
Press Democrat: Cannabis industry’s hope for California public bank dashed
The Guardian: New brew: the Native American women upending craft beer
SF Chronicle: Marin County hit by whooping cough outbreak
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018
The New Yorker : How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success
USA Today: Depression, anxiety, nicotine withdrawal: Trying to quit vaping 'was hell'
SF Chronicle: Santa Clara Co. sues mushroom grower for $67 million alleging hazardous waste dumping
SF Chronicle: California's plan for pot bank goes up in smoke
Daily Beast: Power Plant Explosion Turns NYC Sky Neon Blue
NY Times: In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska
NY Times: 78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
NY Times: Michael Pollan: How Does a Writer Put a Drug Trip Into Words?