Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023
Washington Post: Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry pushback
Washington Post: Rescue teams race against the cold as quake death toll rises to nearly 8,000
SFGate: Laptop battery fire forces United flight to land, hospitalizes 4
SF Chronicle: California's fir trees are dying at an alarming rate
NY Times: Americans Flunked This Test on Online Privacy
The Atlantic: I Bought a CO2 Monitor, and It Broke Me
Washington Post: Rural America has homeless people too. But they’re hard to find.
The Atlantic: THE REAL OBSTACLE TO NUCLEAR POWER
NY Times: About Those 2,500 Dogs That George Santos Claims He Saved
NY Times: How U.S.-China Tensions Could Affect Who Buys the House Next Door
Washington Post: New French law will blanket parking lots with solar panels
Washington Post: Buy Nothing groups and the culture of free stuff
Washington Post: Electric vehicles can now power your home for three days
Politico: Inside New York’s struggling weed real estate experiment
Politico: Pot is making people sick. Congress is playing catch-up.
Seattle Times: Catholic health care restrictions lead WA Legislature to eye changes
The Hill: Allies defend Harris after critical New York Times piece
The Hill: ‘Tripledemic’ infected nearly 40 percent of households, survey finds
The Hill: Pentagon ‘did not detect’ previous Chinese spy balloons: US general
The Hill: Texas governor unveils plan for statewide TikTok ban
KOMO: Abbott says Texas is building its own border wall amid record number of illegal crossings
KOMO: Lawmakers consider options to change Washington drug laws and require rehab for offenders
The Guardian: Ohio officials to release toxic chemicals from derailed train to avert explosion
The Guardian: Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining
The Guardian: Hunters shoot dead 54 wolves in Sweden’s largest ever cull
The Guardian: Turkey and Syria earthquake: Erdoğan imposes three-month state of emergency as death toll passes 5,000 – latest
LA Times: Can bighorns, a bullet train and a huge solar farm coexist in the Mojave Desert?
LA Times: Video shows police fatally shooting double amputee who was holding knife
KTLA: Intruder breaches base of Air Force One, shot fired
KTLA: Why contraband eggs are piling up at border of U.S. and Mexico
AP News: Retailers try to curb theft while not angering shoppers
KRCR: Trinity Alps Unified School District honors local Native nations in new curriculum
KRCR: California tribes to gather at State Capitol to raise awareness for MMIP Day of Action
AP News: UK energy company BP’s profits double to $27.7 billion
AP News: Lucky player in Washington wins $754.6M Powerball prize
Marin Independent Journal: Marin rain spell drops nearly 3 inches on Mount Tamalpais
AP News: Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio
AP News: Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors
San Jose Mercury News: Major violations found at Santa Clara County’s main hospital
East Bay Times: State cannabis task force says large bust in Hayward, Oakland yields $35 million in pot
East Bay Times: Poll finds plummeting support for national assault weapon ban
SFGate: Bay Area pest control company removes 700 pounds of acorns from Airbnb
SFGate: MedMen, California's 'Apple Store of weed,' is on the verge of collapse
SFGate: Private landowners bar access to 500,000 acres of California public land
SF Chronicle: End to pandemic assistance leaves Bay Area food banks on edge
SF Chronicle: ‘It’s never been like this’: Latest Bay Area crime wave is targeting $50,000 power tools
SFGate: Yuba County child, 10, killed in dispute between families, sheriff says
SF Chronicle: Fake environmental reviews are killing good housing projects. Here's what California can do about it
SF Chronicle: San Mateo County officials warn of Orbeez toy guns as reports surface of teens shooting people in San Carlos
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