Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, April 8, 2017
NY Times: How China Came to Dominate the Solar Power Industry
Washington Post: How Sessions wants to revive the war on drugs
Bloomberg News: Cannabis Two-Step: Raise Cash in Canada, Spend It in U.S.
Press Democrat: Democrats are trying to get marijuana regulated at the federal level
LA Times: How you can tell Trump cares nothing about water: He's supporting the ridiculous Cadiz project
LA Times: California's environmental crusaders helped save our state. Now, they face down Trump
Friday, April 7, 2017
Cannifornian: Women entrepreneurs urged to enter cannabis industry
San Jose Mercury: California storms: This rainy season now ranks 2nd all time in 122 years of records
The Oregonian: 'Everyone is affected.' Immigration raids turn Oregon city into ghost town
NY Times: Mud Erased a Village in Peru, a Sign of Larger Perils in South America
The Guardian: Rich Americans live up to 15 years longer than poor peers, studies find
Press Democrat: Police object to California marijuana regulation revamp
Thursday, April 6, 2017
The Guardian: Pot on a plane? TSA reverses course after briefly saying it's OK to fly with cannabis
Washington Post: More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults infected by high-risk HPV, report says
Press Democrat: California moves to unite conflicting cannabis laws
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Reuters: U.S. coal companies ask Trump to stick with Paris climate deal
Washington Post: Study finds IRS confiscated legal money 90% of the time
You Tube: Dude Smokes Weed with his Grandma for the First Time
Huffington Post: Lead Locally: New Environmental Group Is Taking Bernie Sanders’ Revolution To Your City Council
LA Times: WTF: IRS is about to start using private debt collectors
Washington Post: Popular pesticides found in treated drinking water for first time!
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Seattle Times: Inventor of World Wide Web wins computing’s ‘Nobel Prize’
Seattle Times: Outdoors enthusiast Mary Anderson, who co-founded REI, dies at 107
The Oregonian: 200 of Portland's bicycle sharing fleet vandalized
The Oregonian: Bill would shift marijuana taxes from school fund to mental health, addiction services
The Guardian: American expats ruining areas for indigenous Mexicans
Bloomberg: Denver's pot industry leads to shortage of restaurant workers
LA Times: Major Highway 1 landslide closure south of Big Sur to continue at least four more weeks
Press Democrat: Petaluma couple’s political satire video goes viral
Washington Post: A childhood epilepsy treatment’s biggest hurdle: marijuana laws
Monday, April 3, 2017
Forbes: Science Has Cracked The Flavor Genes In Weed
LA Times: Leg found in Whiskeytown Lake that of missing woman
Huffington Post: Funny: John Oliver Goes Off On America’s Most Absurd Marijuana Laws
NY Times: Tribes That Live Off Coal Hold Tight to Trump’s Promises
The Guardian: Big Pharma's anti-marijuana stance aims to squash the competition, activists say
Sunday, April 2, 2017
New Yorker: Colorado River: Where the Water Goes
California Sunday Magazine: Dirty Birds: An Alaskan town beset with bald eagles
NY Times: Using Art to Transcend Prison Walls in Calif
The Walrus: Polluted Waters: The Case Against Eating Fish
Press Democrat: April a no-go for North Coast abalone hunters
LA Times: Editorial: Our Dishonest President
Saturday, April 1, 2017
LA Times: Police arrests are plummeting across California, fueling alarm and questions
Huffington Post: Godfather Of Israeli Marijuana Research Says He’s Never Even Tried The Stuff
Willits News: Willits conference will bring cannabis growers together
NY Times: NorCal Not Alone: A Real Estate Boom, Powered by Pot
Friday, March 31, 2017
The Guardian: Can you dig it? Badger captured on camera burying cow in Utah
Press Democrat: Price of cigs goes up $2 on Saturday
Press Democrat: Sick of Green Rush: Advertisements openly lure marijuana growers in search of land
Press Democrat: Solar jobs surge in Sonoma County