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Environment Legal, Laws, and Regs

Andy Johnson EPA Consent Decree

Previous coverage here and here.  Andy Johnson created a “stockpond” by building a dam on a creek that is covered under the Clean Water Act. The EPA issued a violation to him for not getting a permit for unauthorized dumping in said creek. The solution outlined in the violation was to work with the agency to […]

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Technology

Nest: Don’t toss it on the Smart Home dead pile just yet

Having heavily invested in Nest products, it’s disconcerting to read articles with titles such as Nest, Google’s $3 billion Bet, May Be in Trouble, or With $340 million in revenue, Nest is underperforming, and its future at Google is at risk. If Google dumps Nest, then who is going to maintain my Nest Protects (smoke and […]

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Documents Legal, Laws, and Regs

Excerpts from Court Documents for the 2012 Cliven Bundy Court Case

Today, a Judge ordered that Cliven Bundy be held pending trial. In the request to hold Bundy, the prosecutor, Charles Groder, wrote: Bundy is lawless and violent. He does not recognize federal courts – claiming they are illegitimate – does not recognize federal law, refuses to obey federal court orders, has already used force and […]

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Political

Hillary Clinton: You’ve got Mail

update And then there’s this. Earlier There was a great deal of noise about the State Department’s release of Hillary Clinton emails yesterday, including the fact that 22 were kept back because they’re now deemed “Top Secret”.The timing couldn’t be worse because of the Iowa caucus on Monday, but in defense of the State Department, […]

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Technology

Smart Home, Older House, Cold House

Update: Several publications have come out today, including one from the New York Times, about a software update being responsible for the battery drain. That’s one bad bug, and Nest is going to take a major credibility hit because of it. We also had problems with our Nest Protects (smoke/carbon monoxide detection) a few weeks […]