Brian Anderson investigates the energy and environmental costs of commercial pot grows. He flags a 2011 study (pdf) by researcher Evan Mills: Mills looked at energy consumption within the cannabis industry, and found that indoor pot production uses about $6 billion worth of energy annually, or enough electricity to power two million average-sized homes. That accounts for one percent of total national energy … Continue reading Cannabis Isn’t So Green, Ctd
In 2008, Katie Arnoldi volunteered for a team in charge of cleaning up emptied marijuana sites on public lands in California. On one single operation, they “pulled out 27 miles of irrigation pipes, and over 2,000 pounds of fertilizer, pesticides, rodenticides and hundreds of bags of trash.” In the first of a five-part series, she … Continue reading Cannabis Isn’t So Green, Ctd
A reader complements a recent post on the environment hazards of unregulated pot growing: My city, Chico, California, tried to develop regulations for the growing of medical marijuana by individuals and for the establishment of dispensaries. California state law has provisions for both. The city approached the issue as a land-use issue, just as the city or county might regulate … Continue reading Cannabis Isn’t So Green, Ctd
Josh Harkinson considers the environmental impact of grow sites in California’s Humboldt County: In this video [above], made with hi-res satellite images from Google Earth, Anthony Silvaggio, an environmental sociologist with Humboldt State University’s new Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, exposes the extent of the devastation wrought on private forest land by industrial-scale grows: Maggie … Continue reading Cannabis Isn’t So Green
Yesterday we made one final bleg requesting “your favorite moment of Dishness” – and you delivered in spades, as you always do. It’s hard to disagree with this reader’s pick: Your wedding, plain and simple. The photos, the setting, the dogs, the look in your faces: I’ve been reading you for 10+ years and you kept me looking forward and to … Continue reading Your Moments Of Dishness
Wouldn't have predicted this 5 years ago: @nytimes calls for federal marijuana legalization http://t.co/Tr4SmmBB68 — Joshua Green (@JoshuaGreen) July 26, 2014 Over the weekend, the NYT editorial board declared that the “federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana”: There are no perfect answers to people’s legitimate concerns about marijuana use. But neither are there such … Continue reading The Grey Lady Endorses Legal Weed
Keeping tabs on Colorado’s newfangled marijuana industry isn’t an easy task: Savvy business owners know that keeping an eye on the pot is about much more than merely complying with state law. Diligence discourages employee theft, pinpoints choke points in production procedures, and helps calibrate inventory to consumer demand. As [Pure Medical Dispensary owner Frank] Quattrone puts it, … Continue reading Growing A Legal Market
Nov 30, 2013 @ 9:49am The above video shows children reacting to the “news” that their parents ate all their Halloween candy – a prank. Sam Harris takes offense, insisting that “anyone who takes pleasure in all this exploited cuteness is morally confused”: My daughter is nearly five, and I can recall lying to her … Continue reading Always Tell Kids The Truth?
Here are all the guests that have been featured in our Ask Anything interview series. They first appear alphabetically below, then reverse chronologically after that. Andrew’s Ask Anything answers are here. Guests: [one_half]Spencer Ackerman Reza Aslan Josh Barro Bruce Bartlett Shane Bauer Peter Beinart Jesse Bering Kate Bolick Mark Bowden Steven Brill Tina Brown Charles … Continue reading Ask Anything Archive
Below are our posts regarding the Dish going independent, beginning with Andrew’s original announcement on January 2 and then followed by our coverage of the resulting commentary and conversation among readers and the blogosphere. To skip to the more detailed explanation of “The Dish Model” click here. Join us as a founding member here. Another … Continue reading Dish Independence
