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Bay Area Bike Share getting ready to launch in San Francisco on August 29th

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.




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San Francisco Bay could become chemical soup without new regulations

An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern."




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SOAK in a shipping container spa in San Francisco

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.




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Eco-conscious clothing maker opens brick-and-mortar shop in San Francisco

San Francisco readers can now find local and green clothes at Amour Vert’s new shop in Hayes Valley.




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Infographic shows why San Francisco is a food lover's dream

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.




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Multifunctional loft system expands small San Francisco apartment

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.




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Man lives in tiny 8 ft. box to avoid paying San Francisco's high rents

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.




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San Francisco becomes first major US city to mandate rooftop solar on new buildings

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.




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One man's DIY conservation effort helps rare butterfly rebound in San Francisco

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.




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San Francisco may ban delivery robots. Good for them.

Pick up your Marbles and go home




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San Francisco introduces "Vision Zero" fire trucks

Finally, fire departments are buying equipment designed for the city instead of designing the city to fit the equipment.




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San Francisco refuses bioplastic straws

By next year at this time, all straws in SF will be made from paper, bamboo, wood, metal or fiber.




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Rich people in San Francisco mad that they have to look at people living on boats

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.




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Study finds that e-bike riders get as much exercise as riders of regular bikes

E-bikers use their bikes more, go longer distances, and often substitute it for driving or transit.




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San Francisco Solar Map Lets You Spy on Your Neighbor

This cool, interactive solar map put out by the San Francisco Department of the Environment lets you identify exactly where and how many solar panels are on houses in San Fran. Even better than that, the site has a search




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Pilates, not pills: Doctors are writing exercise prescriptions

Family doctors are acknowledging that there's only so much medicine can do, and sometimes a walk in the park is just what a person needs.




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Pope Francis asks oil companies for a 'radical energy transition'

The leader of the Catholic Church used his strongest language yet to call for 'decisive action, here and now.'




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Celebrate Pi Day tomorrow at precisely 3.141592653 (about 9:30 AM)

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).




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BPA could be affecting desire to exercise

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.




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How design decisions on materials are "disproportionately damning the world to further climate change"

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.




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Yes, that's Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the subway

It remains to be seen how green (or not) new Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be, but this photo of him riding the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, certainly makes a good ad for public transportation.




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Hangar One makes vodka from San Francisco fog

It might cost $125 a bottle, but it tells a cool story about sustainability.




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Gratitude exercises don't help with depression or anxiety

Telling people to be grateful for what they have doesn't help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety, according to new research.




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Will Hooping Green Your Exercise Routine?

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?




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Breast milk or formula? "Milk" documentary explores sticky politics behind the decision

This fascinating film reveals disturbing facts about malnutrition and infant mortality, and the role of insidious corporations in perpetuating these problems.




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Airbnb to Owe City Hotel Tax in San Francisco

The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?




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Bike lane conspiracists are not crazy. They are devious.

For all the kooky and outlandish conspiracies, there is a serious battle going on about how we define our future. Demonizing the cyclist is a part of that war.




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European Bison free to remain in the wild after court decision

Ruling protects the organization behind a unique project to re-establish European bison in the wild




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New Program Informs Teachers' Ethical Decision Making - ProEthica™ Training Program

New program offers educators techniques and strategies for improving awareness of professional risks and vulnerabilities, and for the application of professional ethics in daily decision making.




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Abbott's iDesign System Creates 3-D Map of the Eye for Precise, Personalized LASIK Vision Treatment - NASA’s Newest Space Telescope is Calibrated by the Same Technology Used in LASIK

Years ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope launched with an error in the telescope’s mirror, which blurred its images for its first years in orbit. For NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope that is traveling much farther out in space, there can’t be a mistake. Abbott scientists created a technology to calibrate the mirrors on NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, which is now the same technology used in the iDesign System that allows ophthalmologists to map the human eye with great precision for a highly personalized LASIK treatment.




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San Francisco targets May 18 for some businesses to resume as California unveils reopening guidelines

Covid-19 has infected 3.7 million people globally, and killed at least 264,111 as of Thursday.




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Elon Musk: 'I wouldn't exercise at all if I could' — inside his personal wellness routine

The Tesla CEO and co-founder admitted that he's not into running, and wouldn't care to exercise if he had the choice. From lifting weights to fasting before bed, here are the habits that he uses to stay lean and healthy.




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Elon Musk says orders to stay home are 'fascist' in expletive-laced rant during Tesla earnings call

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lashed out at government stay at home orders as "fascist" in an expletive-laced rant on Tesla's Q1 earnings call.




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NYT: EU bows to pressure to soften criticism of how the Chinese government pushed disinformation about the coronavirus

New York Times reporter Matt Apuzzo discusses his piece on how Beijing moved to tamp down criticism from the West over its response to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tesla's biggest bull says Wall Street skepticism is 'a wonderful wall of worry'

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood said on "Squawk Box" that demand in China and falling battery costs will continue to boost Tesla's stock.




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Futures Now: Here's how the 10-year yield could change on the Fed's rate decision

"Futures Now" Scott Nations, NationsShares, and Anthony Grisanti, Tickertocker, discuss what the Fed rate decision could mean for U.S. futures with CNBC's Eric Chemi.




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Choosing Medicare is one of the most high-stakes decisions in retirement. How advisors can make sure clients get it right

Turning 65 is a big milestone in retirement due to Medicare eligibility. But if clients don't get their enrollment decision right, they could face costly penalties or higher medical expenses. Here's what advisors need to keep in mind — and what they need to think about if they want to loop in third-party expertise.




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Co-CEO of footwear company Allbirds on decision to return PPP loan

Footwear company Allbirds announced this week it has returned its Paycheck Protection Program small business loan. Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.




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San Francisco targets May 18 for some businesses to resume

CNBC's Dominic Chu reports that San Francisco is targeting May 18 to reopen some businesses.




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Smiths Night in San Francisco (Saturday Jan. 29)




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GST update on landmark decision granting exemption to ancillary supplies in relation to supply of electricity

Recently Gujarat High Court ([TS-858-HC-2018(GUJ)-NT-Torrent Power Ltd]) has held that when a company is engaged in the business of supply and distribution of electric power which is principal supply, the ancillary and related supply such as application fee for release of connection, meter testing f




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GST Update on landmark decision that interest cannot be recovered without adjudication proceedings

The delay in retrospective amendment regarding computation of interest liability under GST regime has led to flood of writ petitions in High Courts seeking relief from recovery proceedings initiated by the government. The revenue authorities have consistently held that interest liability gets automa




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Shortcuts in COVID-19 Drug Research Could Do Long-Term Harm, Bioethicists Worry

Compassionate use of experimental medicine needs to coexist with scientific rigor to help patients, researchers write in the journal Science

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Physicists Criticize Stephen Wolfram's 'Theory of Everything'

The iconoclastic researcher and entrepreneur wants more attention for his big ideas. But so far researchers are less than receptive

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