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California’s sustainable transport incentives leave other States in the Stone Age

California’s sustainable transport incentives leave other States in the Stone Age

2 October 2013 at 11:17 Comments are Disabled

California has more electric vehicles per capita than any other state in the nation, in part because policymakers seem to love them. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a whole sheaf of bills intended to hasten their adoption, and the city of Palo Alto — home to Tesla Motors — will require every new home toRead More …

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As pot laws shift, Oaksterdam U continues to educate

As pot laws shift, Oaksterdam U continues to educate

20 September 2013 at 15:42 Comments are Disabled

The school is America’s first “cannabis college” for pot business, science and politics. As marijuana continues to be legalized in increasing capacities across America, Oaksterdam University in Oakland, Calif. has a question: Do you take us seriously yet? Founded in 2007 by medical marijuana activist Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University is an unaccredited trade school thatRead More …

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Master growers’ cultivating a higher grade of marijuana

Master growers’ cultivating a higher grade of marijuana

5 December 2012 at 13:16 Comments are Disabled

Behind the bolted steel doors of an old brick warehouse, Big Wes meets a nutrient company scientist to see if he can increase his crop yield. Rows of hydroponic marijuana plants soak up solution flowing through plastic troughs and light blazing from high-pressure sodium lamps. Big Wes has spent more than half his life calibratingRead More …

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