Grist published a study today on how temperature changes impact tick behavior. All you dog owners, PAY ATTENTION! Quote: “A new study from the University of California-Davis shows that climate change may prompt these tiny-headed, eight-legged blood bags to start choosing people … Read More
Bloomberg pointed to this Vice article and it scares me at a deep fundamental level around privacy and personal safety. The article is long and a bit technical, and if you choose NOT to read it, do this at least: … Read More
From a recent investment article on REITs and their legal guardrails for solar power generation, a very interesting technology surfaced within the investor comments (typically the most valuable area of a good investment post). There are two parts of this … Read More
NYT put out a piece on Gillian and David and it is VERY good. Two more grounded musicians playing together for this long (and making some remarkable timeless music) is amazing in today’s world. Their website – and they have … Read More
While the article did not start out being about Oregon, both of the companies mentioned in the Grist post ARE from OR and very interesting. The Grist Post: https://grist.org/sponsored/how-hyperlocal-hydro-energy-can-empower-communities Quote, “The current moment, for all its upheaval and uncertainty, presents … Read More
In a new report, IEA updated it’s projections so that the baseline assumption scenario increases solar and wind capacity above the combination of gas and coal. Here’s Carbon Brief’s post on the report. Quote, “Last year, Carbon Brief analysis of the IEA’s … Read More
These 7 simple actions from Cornell Lab are logical and fairly straightforward. Safer Windows Cats indoors Reduce grass and plant native Avoid pesticides Drink shade-grown coffee Plastics Watch and share The surprise was the shade-grown coffee, quote: “ The challenge: Three-quarters … Read More
Grist pointed to this data repository from Yale – just a massive data set on opinions – answers to different questions. For data-dogs, that is a great site to poke around. For those who want a more compressed view, check … Read More
National Geographic article From Nation Geographic, and that ended up in at least several news feed platforms (including Science), continued evidence that ~10k years ago women were hunters, but were always assumed to only gather. Men were the hunters. That … Read More
Grist picked up an article published by Portland NGO, New Building Institute (NBI), about how one can ‘future-proof’ a building making it more sustainable and less impactful to environment. Part of this future proofing involves creating energy rather than just … Read More