Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 30, 2017
BBC: New Evidence on The First People Who Populated The Americas
BBC: The Small Scottish Isle Leading The World In Electricity
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa heroin dealer agrees to forfeit more than $1 million
Washington Post: Disabled or just desperate? Rural Americans turn to disability as jobs dry up
San Jose Mercury: EPA refuses to ban controversial pesticide popular in California
LA Times: A record number of West Coast whales are getting caught in crab gear
CNN: As more Americans fail drug tests, employers turn to refugees
NY Times: Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much.
NY Times: Climate Change Denialists in Charge
NY Post: Bob Dylan archives open, public center planned
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
LA Times: Insurers keep denying claims by using — or maybe misusing — cellphone-tower data
Ukiah Daily Journal: Grow house in Ukiah goes up in flames
Willits News: Mendo County Ag dept. struggling to fill marijuana positions
SF Weekly: California Leads Nation in Legal Marijuana Sales
The Hill: House votes to restrict EPA’s use of science
The Atlantic: Fascinating: Germany Is Taking Away Kindergarteners' Toys to Curb Future Addiction
Huffington Post: DEA Takes Billions In Cash From People Not Charged With A Crime, Can’t Say How It’s Helping
The Guardian: The wild west of weed: will legalisation work for Canada?
The Guardian: 'Climate change is real': companies challenge Trump's reversal of policy
Press Democrat: Mendo Sheriff called over Grange vs Guild dispute in Ft Bragg
Press Democrat: Cannabis dispensaries pulling products over pesticide worries
Washington Post: Westinghouse files for bankruptcy, in a blow to nuclear power industry
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa shelves ban on pot gardens
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
NY Times: Editorial: President Trump Risks the Planet
Washington Post: Good-bye internet privacy…
Vice: The Conservative Christian Moms Pushing for More Legal Weed in Texas
Huffington Post: Drones Are Bugging Seals Pupping On A California Sanctuary Beach
The Guardian: Is the US facing an epidemic of 'deaths of despair'? These researchers say yes
The Guardian: I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations
Del Norte Triplicate: Illegal breach?
Press Democrat: Bill McNamara is Glen Ellen’s ‘Indiana Jones’ of rare plants
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa may ban outdoor cannabis growing
Washington Post: How eliminating two EPA programs could affect large parts of America
Monday, March 27, 2017
NY Times: Addiction Specialists Ponder a Potential Aid: Pot
Washington Post: Trump order to take major step to wipe out Obama’s climate record
The Guardian: Canadian government aims to legalize marijuana by 1 July 2018
Press Democrat: Cannabis a college major? HSU & SSU considering
Sunday, March 26, 2017
The Oregonian: The 20 poorest ZIP codes in Oregon, according to IRS data
Seattle Times: WA and Ore governors vow to fight Trump's environmental proposals
Philadelphia Inquirer: PA neighborhoods grapple with rules for locating cannabis businesses
Daily Beast: MMJ Loophole: Colorado’s War on Black Market Weed
Christian Science Monitor: Why is Colorado risking hundreds of millions to protect its marijuana industry?
Press Democrat: Proud tradition at risk with new demands on volunteer firefighters
LA Times: Congress votes to allow controversial hunting practices in Alaska
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Press Democrat: Plan to regulate groundwater supplies draws big crowd in Petaluma
Press Democrat: Forestville man jailed in brother's slaying
Washington Post: Russians organize first ever ‘car curling’ tournament and it’s amazing
The Guardian: Journey to the heart of Mozambique’s hidden forest first found in 2005
Bloomberg News: America’s Farmers Say There’s a Conspiracy to Steal Their Milk Money