Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017
San Diego Union-Tribune: Homeland Security waives environmental rules for San Diego border wall
The Oregonian: Portland heat wave: Worst-case scenario sees 109 degrees
The Guardian: Utilities companies won't let you sell your own solar power. Why not?
The Guardian: Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico
LA Times: Covered California premiums will rise 12.5%, and Anthem Blue Cross cuts coverage
Huffington Post: The McMansionization Of America’s Forests Is Hurting Rural People
Monday, July 31, 2017
The Guardian: Amtrak's $630m Trump budget cut could derail service in 220 US cities
Seattle Times: Port Townsend startup helps neighbors buy, sell backyard produce
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Washington Post: WTF? At EPA museum, climate-change displays are out and coal may be on the way in
SF Chronicle: Bob Weir auctioning off Dead & Co. Tesla for charity
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Washington Post: We live in a dirty world, and there are a lot of gross microbes on our money
Digg: Video: Grandpas Get High As Heck Smoking Weed For The First Time
LA Times: California has too much pot, and growers won't be able to export the surplus
Palm Beach Post: Canadian cannabis company pays $40 million for licensed Florida pot grow
Press Democrat: Editorial: A slow start for county’s ‘green rush’
Press Democrat: Lawyer behind 2,000+ ADA suits focuses on Mendocino County
SF Chronicle: California reportedly growing eight times as much marijuana as people are actually consuming
Friday, July 28, 2017
Santa Barbara Independent: Cannabis: Cash Is King
IB Times: How California Can Utilize Surplus Marijuana Other Than Smoking Weed
LA Times: The cannabis industry's favorite to be California's next governor
LA Times: A new gold rush is on, sparked by California’s post-drought snowmelt
NY Post: High Times is gearing up for an IPO
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Del Norte Triplicate: The "Great Old Broads" descend on the wilderness
Press Democrat: Numerous businesses in Willits, Ukiah face new legal threats over disabled access
The Intercept: 100,000 Pages Of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust In An Oregon Barn For Decades — Until Now
The Guardian: Rule that patients must finish antibiotics course is wrong, study says
Washington Post: These college students lost access to legal pot — and started getting better grades
LA Times: More California inmates are getting paroled because the board is focusing on this one question
LA Times: Should California start its own bank to serve marijuana companies?
Press Democrat: 30 pot gardens raided on Pomo tribal land near Willits
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Berkeleyside: Medical cannabis grow sites are now almost legal in West Berkeley
The Sun: Inside Chicago’s psychedelic Church of CANNABIS
The Guardian: Loved to death: Sequoia national monument faces wildfires and logging
Seattle Times: ‘Textalyzer’ lets police see if motorists using cellphone while driving
Seattle Times: Woman, 71, lost in Olympic National Park with dog, built shelter, ate ants
Press Democrat: Local plane, 560 pounds of meth tied to Aussie in alleged smuggling scheme
SF Chronicle: 79 wildfires in Northern California in last 24 hours, most likely sparked by lightning
SF Chronicle: Straus Family Creamery powered by cow gas
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Digg: Put in zip code: Here's what eclipse will look like from home
The Guardian: How a father's tragedy moved the Teamsters to fight an opioid distributor
Press Democrat: King of Beers triggers fear among local craft brewers
Press Democrat: Trump’s move to shrink coastal protection from oil drilling prompts broad protest
Sonoma Magazine: SONOMA’S “SOIL MY UNDIES CHALLENGE” GOING VIRAL
Monday, July 24, 2017
NY Times: Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll
Sunday, July 23, 2017
SF Chronicle: State bill aimed at “Big Weed” marketing hits small businesses too
LA Times: Republicans finally got that fire-prevention fee scrapped, but at what price?
Saturday, July 22, 2017
The Guardian: Anthrax anyone? All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws
LA Times: A veteran pot farmer mourns the passing of a more paranoid, more profitable way of life
Seattle Times: OpEd: The peril of mining the pristine headwaters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay
San Jose Mercury: Giant California solar project cut back after environmentalists oppose it