Energy.gov
Transforming U.S. energy systems away from coal and toward clean renewable energy was once a vision touted mainly by environmentalists. Now it is shared by market purists. Today, renewable energy resources like wind and solar power are so affordable that they’re driving coal production and coal-fired generation out of business. … more »
OC Register
Last week, the federal government announced that it would audit California’s high-speed rail project. This is welcome news for those who have believed from the very inception of the project that it was doomed to failure. … more »
Public Domain
A crested macaque living in an Indonesian reserve purportedly took several photos of itself in 2011 when wildlife photographer David Slater left his camera unattended. PETA argued the monkey owned the copyright. … more »
USGS - Arnold Genthe
Clustered around the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower are a collection of high rises built on the soft soil and sand on the edge of the bay. They represent a bold symbol of a new San Francisco, but also a potential danger for a city that sits precariously on unstable, earthquake-prone ground. … more »
Marin Post
I would have headlined this "Marin Tax Watchdog Nails Supervisors." With her extensive financial background, Mimi Willard of CO$T goes far beyond the news that yet another Marin rate hike will likely be rubber-stamped by our supervisors. She exposed the dirty little secrets behind this rate increase to shore up the general fund. … more »
The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Ri
Since 2016, coral bleaching events have killed off approximately half of the Great Barrier Reef, the largest and most extensive reef system in the world. The heat and acidity devastating are killing corals around the globe. Without coral reefs, there could be a rippling ecosystem collapse in the oceans, with devastating consequences for us. … more »
Leah Nash - The New York Times
Oregon — like many other states and cities, including New Jersey, Kentucky and Connecticut — is caught in a fiscal squeeze of its own making. Its economy is growing, but the cost of its state-run pension system is growing faster. … more »
CVP-CityWatch
SACRAMENTO — A sweeping bill that would have given the state unprecedented power over local development failed in its first committee hearing, crushing the hopes of those who saw it as the key to making housing in the state more affordable. … more »
bu.edu
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles. … more »
Visme.com
There’s evidence that people do try to treat tasks in accordance with what they believe to be their learning style, but it doesn’t help them,” says Daniel Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia. In 2015, he concluded that “learning styles theories have not panned out.” … more »
