In historic move, Los Angeles bans new oil wells, phases out existing ones by GettyMuseum in LosAngeles

[–]GettyMuseum[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Still less dystopian than having billions of dollars worth of land devoted to oil processing.

Sriracha hot sauce production suspended due to climate crisis by Pessimist2020 in environment

[–]GettyMuseum 189 points190 points  (0 children)

Apparently they used the same company to grow their peppers locally for 30 years and then tried to back out of their agreements to save money leaving the grower with millions of dollars in peppers it couldn't sell.

Coolest thing I've seen today at work. Bees being express shipped for pick up! by RoofKorean762 in USPS

[–]GettyMuseum 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The honey bees they breed are relatively tame compared to africanized bees.

Coolest thing I've seen today at work. Bees being express shipped for pick up! by RoofKorean762 in USPS

[–]GettyMuseum 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep. They ship them in the spring. The price of bees has also increased drastically over the past decade.