Climate change: Integrate natural cooling through trees

Re: “Green Lake library in Seattle closing until 2024 for seismic retrofit” [Jan. 29, Local News]: Seattle is getting used to treelessness. The Green Lake library had seven full-day closures and 14 closures for part of the day last summer for heat, and…

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Ex-Bank of Israel chief slams PM for ignoring warnings on overhaul’s economic danger – The Times of Israel

Ex-Bank of Israel chief slams PM for ignoring warnings on overhaul’s economic danger  The Times of IsraelIsrael’s controversial legal reform plan: What are the proposals?  Al-MonitorJP Morgan warns of growing risk to investing in Is…

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Housing crisis: Leaders lack foresight, common sense

Re: “Inslee wants WA to borrow $4B to build housing and shelter. How would that work?” [Jan. 30, Local News]: What took so long? We’ve been dealing with a homeless crisis for years. Adding insult to injury, interest rates have skyrocketed over the past…

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s management theme in 2023 is the “Year of Efficiency” and emphasizes the role of AI in driving the company forward (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s management theme in 2023 is the “Year of Efficiency” and emphasizes the role of AI in driving the company forward  —  Meta is all-in on becoming a lean, mean cash-p…

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Report into Alice Springs unrest recommends urgent alcohol ban in central Australian communities

NT chief minister met with prime minister on Thursday afternoon to discuss report, which will be released after it is considered by cabinet next weekFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, fr…

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