On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"Change persists whether we asked for it or not. Wishing and insisting won’t get us back to a world that’s static."
(Seth Godin)
Transport
- How school buses will get electrified. (arstechnica.com)
- Royal Dutch Shell is planning to build a network of chargers in the UK. (ft.com)
- Richard Branson's 'space flight' nearly went very, very wrong. (newyorker.com)
Energy
- Energy traders are now turning to carbon emissions. (wsj.com)
- A cool new design for a floating, offshore wind power generator. (dezeen.com)
Heat
- Cities are banding together to research cooling solutions. (axios.com)
- The city of Athens, Greece just named a 'chief heat officer.' (fortune.com)
Shorelines
- The New Jersey shore is facing climate threats that will make it difficult to maintain. (bloomberg.com)
- Why it's impossible to protect all the shorelines in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
Climate change
- Due to 'rapid intensification' Louisiana didn't have much time to prepare for Hurricane Ida. (theatlantic.com)
- Climate change makes fleeing from natural disasters more difficult. (wired.com)
- Climate change is now a national security issue. (techcrunch.com)
- Why climate migration in the U.S. is inevitable. (theatlantic.com)
Environment
- Are carbon offsets a flawed vehicle for reducing emissions? (ft.com)
- California's new (green) building codes are upping the costs of new homes. (nytimes.com)
- How Jerome Powell became an advocate for the environment. (theatlantic.com)
Travel
- Airlines are struggling to hire ground workers. (chicagobusiness.com)
- Some hotels are mandating vaccinations. (nytimes.com)
- In the age of Covid, people are again turning to travel agents. (wsj.com)
- RV camps are going upscale. (nytimes.com)
- Why you shouldn't fill your vacation with scheduled events. (wsj.com)
Public health
- Accidental shooting deaths rose in 2020. (npr.org)
- The opioid overdose problem worsened in 2020. (scientificamerican.com)
Health
- An experimental HIV vaccine failed in a large South African trial. (nytimes.com)
- The pandemic has proven out the case for wastewater epidemiology. (slate.com)
- The future of birth control could be 'anti-sperm antibodies.' (wired.com)
- Why more Americans who could use them don't use hearing aids. (nytimes.com)
- Why do hospital mergers keep getting approved? (statnews.com)
Fitness
Food
- Service workers don't want to have to check vaccine records. (vox.com)
- Eventhough we cook less, kitchens have become more important to houses. (ft.com)
- Winemakers are really just beginning to feel the effect of climate change. (nytimes.com)
- Why do we humans get off on heating hot peppers? (wsj.com)
Sports
- Why are American men absent from the top ranks of pro tennis? (gq.com)
- Want to play college sports? It helps to come from money. (sciencedaily.com)
- Netflix's ($NFLX) “Drive to Survive” has driven interest in Formula 1. (wsj.com)
- College football teams are largely vaccinated but their fans are not. (frontofficesports.com)
- Tony Dungy is not a big fan of sports gambling. (frontofficesports.com)
Entertainment
- The best TV shows of 2021, so far, including 'Hacks.' (cnet.com)
- The seven best TV shows of the Summer including 'Reservation Dogs.' (washingtonpost.com)
- The best movies of 2021, so far, including 'No Sudden Move.' (cnet.com)
School
- Covid has put the school bus shortage in relief. (gothamgal.com)
- Students across Illinois will be able to take up to five excused mental health days starting in January. (npr.org)
- Five insights from "How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting—from Tots to Teens" by Melinda Wenner Moyer. (nextbigideaclub.com)
College
- Parents don't want to hear it, but college isn't for everyone. (humbledollar.com)
- Colleges are soon going to face a falling pool of high school seniors. (bloomberg.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: expert disdain. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: origin stories. (abnormalreturns.com)
- September ESG links: independent paths. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
