Patagonia, well-known for its environmental activism and green stewardship, has created community engagement called the New Localism. The company conveys this new mantra most strongly through film. On Oct. 21 in collaboration with Alpenglow Sports four environmental films will be shown on the North Shore. “The Fisherman’s Son”, “Defined by the Line”, and “Mile for Mile” […]
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By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times With the first primaries of the 2016 presidential campaign just months away, the national healthcare debate is poised to enter a new phase, more focused on consumers’ pocketbooks than on re-litigating the 5-year-old Affordable Care Act. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is campaigning on a detailed program to crack […]
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By Kathryn Reed In some ways staying at Basecamp Hotel is like glamping, only every room has at least four walls. In some ways it like a hostel – because of the communal venues – but there is no need to share a room with strangers. In most ways it is redefining what casual, relaxed, […]
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By John Tierney, New York Times If you live in the United States, you probably do some form of recycling. It’s likely that you separate paper from plastic and glass and metal. You rinse the bottles and cans, and you might put food scraps in a container destined for a composting facility. As you sort […]
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By Kia Croom, San Francisco Chronicle Freelance work is on the rise, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reports more than 15.5 million people in the United States are self-employed and working independent contractors. The Bureau anticipates that by 2020 more than 40 percent of American workers (60 million people) will follow suit. […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Vail-based East West Partners and Denver’s KSL Capital Partners, the owner of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski area, are partnering to purchase and complete development of the base village at Snowmass. Details of the deal with seller New York-based Related Companies’ Related Colorado were not disclosed. One of the few […]
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By Gabrielle Canon, Mother Jones When the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines are released later this year, they’re sure to make waves in the nation’s food economy. Updated every five years, the rules—the government’s official line on what Americans should eat to stay healthy—inform decisions on everything from agricultural subsidies to government food assistance programs to school […]
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By Michael R. Blood and Judy Lin, AP Gov. Jerry Brown signed an ambitious climate change bill on Wednesday, aiming to increase the state’s use of renewable electricity to 50 percent and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient by 2030. “The goal is clear, and California is in the forefront,” Brown said at a signing […]
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By Edvard Pettersson, Michelle Cortez and Shruti Singh, BloombergBusiness Big Sugar and Big Syrup are heading for a showdown. After years of bickering, U.S. sugar companies and their rivals, the makers of high-fructose corn syrup, are going to trial over what exactly constitutes a “natural” sweetener. Big Sugar argues high-fructose corn syrup doesn’t qualify. Big Syrup, […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s main operating division has adjusted the way it intends to emerge from bankruptcy and wants to prolong its period of exclusive control over its restructuring plan by four months. The division, known as Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. or CEOC, announced today that it filed an amended […]
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