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February 20th, 2009
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) twistedchick | 10:12 pm
If you live in California, you might want to think about water. A lot. Or, rather, the lack of it. And how the prices of vegetables, fruit, nuts and other things grown by California farmers to go up, while the amount of produce available declines this year. Details here, here and here, as well as from the NYTimes.. And, since California is the number one agricultural area in the country for several kinds of produce (oranges, almonds and strawberries, to start with) everyone should expect to see rising prices in the produce aisle, no matter where you shop.
I have not seen anything on how dairy farms will be affected, but I suspect happy cows will not live in California, despite what you might see on cheese commercials.
Also, for the moment, you might want to avoid the water in San Francisco Bay.
And, from Mother Jones, nobody knows how dry we are -- which is about all of us, not just California.
Obama's closing Gitmo, but he says the prisoners at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan do not have rights. Say what?
In other matters, the EPA has been ordered to determine whether carbon dioxide is officially a pollutant -- which would make it liable to regulation under the Clean Air Act.
However, a US Circuit Court in Virginia (not the most liberal or forwardthinking state) has overturned a ban on mountaintop removal coal mining. Start waving farewell to any parts of the Blue Ridge that aren't parkland.
Why we immunize.
Whose military is it, anyway?
I do like the idea of a high-speed railroad as opposed to more planes -- railroads are far more energy efficient.
Where is your money going in the recovery?
The economic troubles aren't ignoring Dubai.
How Obama's plans for doubling alternative energy will work. Meanwhile, some Alaskan villages are using wind energy.
A history of cookbooks.
The world's most innovative companies, according to Fast Company Magazine. Since the list includes WalMart, take it with a few dozen grains of salt.
The dying art of the crime blotter -- which I well remember from several stints as a police reporter at very small and small newspapers.
Detentionslip.org -- the site for news about schools.
Why pop music sounds "perfect". And let me say, as a musician, that I'm disgusted.
The secrets behind place names.
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