National Parks Service
Trees are renewable, but "a recent study suggests that top conservation priority should be given to the older trees in the upper canopy owing to their exceptional drought tolerance and carbon storage capacity. Furthermore, a diverse forest structure and composition could boost their ability to withstand future droughts under climate change." … more »
Tien Le
"Light pollution is when artificial light washes out the night sky and makes it hard to see stars. Studies have indicated that exposure to light at night can disrupt the body's biological clock." ...and the world loses all its wonder. … view media »
city of mill valley
1. MV PLANNING MEETING: RICHARDSON TERRACE/E BLITHEDALE The Mill Valley City Planners met 11/17 to discuss the unsafe and overly massive proposal. It was a marath... … more »
CSPP
"Pension systems in California’s state and local government agencies today have achieved a precarious stability, thanks in part to PEPRA, and for the most part thanks to dramatically higher contributions demanded, and gotten, from taxpayers." … more »
48 Hills
San Francisco's own feasibility analysis shows that the entire "Yes In My Backyard" (Yimby) narrative is based on fundamental economic falsehoods. … more »
Karen Holly
Having safe and reliable ways for Mill Valley residents to evacuate our town AND for emergency response vehicles to come to our aid in the event of wildfire, earth... … more »
Cove
"It’s the first of its kind to be made from a blend of PHA, a type of bio-based plastic that’s designed to break down when it’s composted—or, in the worst-case scenario, if it ends up in the ocean." … more »
City of Amsterdam
"Amsterdam has an ambitious goal to be fully circular by the middle of the century. Now, it’s figuring out how to get there." … more »
VettaFI
"The National Association of Realtors released the October data for their Pending Home Sales Index. According to the National Association of Realtors®, "Pending home sales slid for the fifth consecutive month in October." … more »
Natalia Lukiianova/Alamy
"Mother turtles wait nearby in the river, calling to their babies to guide them to safety, away from predators: the first scientific evidence of parental care in turtles, which were previously thought to simply abandon their eggs." … more »
