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• The author of the book “Sidewalk Nation” reports that many cities do a terrible job of maintaining sidewalks, but some are improving. Siloed departments’ areas of oversight overlap, property owners are put in charge of repairs, and municipal budgets are tight. Michael Pollack advocates for cities to create departments of sidewalk and institute funding mechanisms like sidewalk improvement fees. (Governing)
• Rep. Rick Larsen, the ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said a bipartisan consensus is emerging around a multi-year funding bill involving safety improvements and freight connectivity. (Transport Topics)
• Amtrak unveiled the new Freedom250 next-gen Acela train (Railway Age) and, separately, a new train wrap celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (Axios).
• Short-hop flights of less than 250 miles are on the decline. (NPR)
• A federal bill encouraging transit-oriented development would bolster transit agencies’ bottom line by adding more riders. (Transportation for America)
• On the Seams goes inside Amazon’s vast distribution and delivery network.
• “Just one more lane, bro,” transportation engineering textbooks still say. “Just one more lane, and I promise, no more traffic.” (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
• San Antonio found a way around Texas’ ban on rainbow crosswalks by painting sidewalks instead. (New York Times)
• A Minnesota bill would consolidate Twin Cities transit agencies. (streets.mn)
• Empty Waymos are circling aimlessly around Atlanta cul-de-sacs. (WSB-TV)
• Saratoga is taking public input on a Complete Streets makeover for Main Street. (Saratoga Magazine)
• The fast-growing Arkansas village Cave Springs is also redesigning its Main Street to make it more pedestrian-friendly. (CNU Public Square)
• A think tank is urging the British government to lower speed limits to avoid an “energy shock” due to the Iran war. (The Guardian)
• Fox News reporters are probably so used to being able to park illegally with impunity that they were shocked when an automated camera ticketed them within two minutes in Beijing — ironically, while they were there to do a negative story about Chinese surveillance. (X)

hambachforest.org – Tangandewa is more than just a game; it’s an adventure that combines strategy, skill, and a touch of luck. As players dive into this captivating world, they often find themselves swept away by the thrill of the competition. However, before you jump in headfirst, taking a moment to conduct some research can make all the difference in your gaming experience. Understanding what Tangandewa has to offer not only enhances your enjoyment but also boosts your chances of success. Let’s explore why doing your homework before playing Tangandewa is essential for both new and seasoned players alike!

Benefits of Conducting Research Before Playing Tangandewa

Researching before you play Tangandewa opens up a world of opportunities. It allows players to familiarize themselves with the game’s mechanics, which can significantly enhance gameplay.

Understanding various strategies is another perk. Knowing different approaches gives you an edge over opponents who might dive in without preparation. You’ll be more equipped to adapt and make smarter decisions during intense moments.

Additionally, research helps identify reliable platforms for playing Tangandewa. With so many options available, finding trustworthy sites ensures a fair gaming experience.

Gathering insights from experienced players provides invaluable tips that can elevate your skills. Learning from others’ successes and mistakes is a shortcut to mastering this exciting game!

Understanding the Rules and Strategies of the Game Tangandewa

Tangandewa is a captivating game that demands familiarity with its rules for an enjoyable experience. Players must grasp the core mechanics, as these lay the groundwork for effective gameplay.

Understanding how to navigate turns and make strategic moves can significantly elevate your chances of winning. The dynamics change based on the number of players involved, so it’s essential to adapt your strategy accordingly.

Moreover, mastering specific strategies can set you apart from others. Whether it’s bluffing or forming alliances, knowing when to act is crucial in gaining an advantage.

Pay attention to opponents’ moves; reading their intentions often reveals potential openings for attack or defense. With practice and keen observation, you’ll find yourself becoming more adept at maneuvering through challenges presented by Tangandewa.

Why Research is Essential for Success in Tangandewa Sites

Success in tangandewa sites hinges on the depth of your research. When players invest time to understand various aspects of the game, they position themselves ahead of their competitors.

Knowledge about different strategies can be a game-changer. Players who familiarize themselves with tactics and gameplay nuances often find it easier to adapt during intense moments. This adaptability not only enhances decision-making but also increases winning potential.

Moreover, researching Tangandewa helps identify reputable platforms for play. Not all websites provide the same quality or security features, so understanding which ones are reliable makes a significant difference in your gaming experience.

Being informed allows you to engage with fellow players more effectively. Sharing insights and discussing strategies fosters a sense of community that enriches everyone’s experience within the Tangandewa universe.

By dedicating time to research before diving into gameplay, you’re setting yourself up for success and creating an enjoyable journey through this exciting world.

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California Can’t Lead the World While Leaving Workers Behind

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California enters this May Revision in a moment of unexpected abundance—and familiar avoidance. 

Tax revenues are more than $16 billion above forecast. The state’s cash position has hit record highs. California dominates the global technology economy, leading the world in IPOs, artificial intelligence, Fortune 500 companies and innovation. But California cannot claim to lead the world while its teachers, nurses and essential workers are being priced out of the communities they sustain. Dominating in technology while losing ground on economic security for working families is not a strong legacy—it is a contradiction that demands solutions. The question this May Revision must answer is not whether California can dominate. It already does. The question is who that dominance works for.

California already knows how to build the things families need—the governor’s commitment to increasing per-pupil funding, investing in our educators, and expanding community schools proves that. When the state chooses to invest directly, boldly and consistently, it changes lives. Community schools are doing that now, in the communities that need it most. 

Housing and transit deserve the same commitment—not threats, not red tape reduction alone, but direct state investment that meets the scale of the crisis. Without substantial and sustained funding for affordable housing, low-income Californians will continue to struggle, regardless of how much development streamlining or local government oversight the state pursues. Meanwhile, the state’s basic protections against rent gouging and arbitrary evictions, the Tenant Protection Act, will expire in 2030 unless a governor with the courage to fight for and strengthen it steps forward. At the same time, without an infusion of state money, our public transit network is in danger of collapse. 

Abundance is not the same as security—AND it is not the same as justice. The working families at the center of our state’s story are experiencing a cost of living crisis that no IPO can solve—and they are waiting to see whether California’s record revenues will reach them, or pass them by once again. The question is made more urgent by federal cuts stripping millions of Californians of healthcare, food assistance, and housing support, and a proposed restructuring of Cap-and-Invest revenues that could cut affordable housing, transit, and clean air programs in half—redirecting dollars from low-wealth communities to fossil fuel companies. Seven years ago, the governor promised to fix the state’s boom-and-bust tax system. The boom is here. The question is whether he will use it for the Californians who built this state—and can no longer afford to live in it.

Education: A Legacy Built, A Problem Unaddressed

“Governor Newsom’s historic community schools investments will cement one of his enduring legacies, just as LCFF defined Jerry Brown’s,” said John Affeldt, Managing Attorney for Education Equity. “The research is showing that California’s community schools have cut chronic absenteeism by 30% compared to similar schools, reduced suspensions by 15% overall and delivered learning gains in English equivalent to 151 extra days of instruction for Black students.”

“But the governor’s May Revise failed to address one of the key equity challenges remaining for him—the state’s unconstitutional discrimination against low-wealth school districts in modernizing facilities. The State’s program for renovating dilapidated schools substantially favors high-wealth communities who are able to raise much more in matching funds, leaving students in poor districts in overheated portables and leaky classrooms amidst black mold and unremediated asbestos. The governor has acknowledged ‘you can’t look in the eyes of these kids,” but today, he chose to look away—and to keep fighting them in court,” added Affeldt, a lead counsel in a Public Advocates’ lawsuit suing the State over the issue.

“As far as moving forward into the future, our state cannot continue to rely on temporary AI stock market bubbles. To his credit, the governor proposed some modest new taxes, but to build a budget that will enable our residents to thrive, California needs more robust permanent revenue streams to support our schools and healthy communities. We cannot ask teachers to transform students’ lives while those same teachers are being priced out of the communities they serve.”

Higher Education: Affordability Crisis Threatens College Access & Completion?

“California’s economy is growing because generations of students had a path to affordable higher education. But too many low-income students are still being left behind as the cost of education and living continue to rise. If we want a future powered by innovation, we need to make sure opportunity isn’t reserved for those who could afford college anyway. We call on the governor and the legislature to strengthen and expand Cal Grant to keep the door to economic mobility open for the students coming after us—and ensures California’s future includes everyone,” said Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton, Director of Higher Education.

“For low-income Black and Latinx students, affordability is the difference between access, completion and attrition,” said Jetaun Stevens, Deputy Director of Higher Education Equity & Senior Staff Attorney. “Housing is the largest cost students face when pursuing higher education, and California’s housing crisis makes higher education out of reach for many low-income students. With 60% of community college students facing housing insecurity and nearly a quarter of community college students facing homelessness, we need greater investment in housing. We call on the governor and legislature to invest in additional projects through the Higher Education Housing Grant program—including reinvesting funds from withdrawn projects—and open up access to part-time community college students. We encourage the governor and legislature to make greater investments in affordable housing and homelessness prevention to improve economic opportunity for all low-income Californians, including supporting the Senate’s proposal to invest $1 billion in Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program 7 (HHAP) and an additional $1 billion for HHAP 8.”   

Housing Relief Deferred, Renters Left Behind

We welcome the inclusion of $500 million in HHAP 7 funds—California’s primary homelessness assistance program—in the governor’s proposal, but we are concerned about new requirements to receive that funding. Requiring a local funding match will shut out many jurisdictions. Requiring a Prohousing Designation is even more limiting: only 47 jurisdictions would currently qualify. Further, a Prohousing Designation is substantially based on how friendly a jurisdiction’s development environment is for market-rate developers—a standard which should not impede aid to people experiencing homelessness. Consistent, predictable funding is what moves people from the streets to stability. The Senate’s “Foundation for the Future” budget priorities letter reflects this, committing $1 billion for HHAP 7 and $1 billion more for a subsequent 8th round of funding. The governor should match that commitment—without the barriers.

Governor Newsom’s proposal also fails to address what his administration’s proposed changes to Cap-and-Invest would do to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant program (AHSC), the largest source of affordable housing funding in the state. When asked directly, the governor said it wouldn’t be addressed in his proposal. That is not an answer. Redirecting Cap-and-Invest money away from affordable housing and transit to fossil fuel companies and other polluters is a choice—and it demands a response.  Now is the time, however, for Governor Newsom to propose funding to backfill the affordable housing and transit funding that will be lost if his proposal to redirect AHSC money to polluters moves forward.

The human cost of inaction is not abstract.  More than half of California’s 6.1 million renter households spend more than 30% of their income on rent. Nearly a third spend more than half. Evictions have now surpassed pre-pandemic levels. “Housing is the largest item in a family’s budget and the governor’s housing proposals in his final budget do not address the problem or deliver the help renters desperately need,” said Michelle Pariset, Director of Legislative Affairs. “Governor Newsom will leave office without securing his legacy on rent stabilization and just cause for eviction, as the state’s basic protections against rent gouging and arbitrary evictions are set to expire in 2030. He could have worked with the legislature to remove this sunset on the Tenant Protection Act—permanently shielding renters from gouging and no fault evictions. Instead, renters will face that fight with a new governor and a legislature freshly-drenched in real estate industry campaign spending.”

Transit: When Transit Fails, Working Families Pay

The future of public transit in California hangs in the balance at the same time the rising costs of transportation is hurting low-income families. Citizens in multiple regions are collecting signatures for ballot initiatives to maintain critical service, but the state must do its part. “The governor’s proposed CARB regulations for the Cap-and-Invest program would eliminate over $600 million a year in critical state transit funding—funding for service, lower fares for seniors and students, electric buses, and infrastructure upgrades. These are cuts that the Californians who depend on transit cannot afford,” said Laurel Paget-Seekins, Senior Transportation Policy Advocate. “This governor’s proposal would leave a massive multi-year budget hole for transit and affordable housing at a time when Californians need additional investment to address rising costs of housing and transportation.” 

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VANCOUVER — Joanna Kyriazis, director of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to newly released federal vehicle sales data for March:

“We knew March would be an important month for EV sales: it was the first month that fully captured the return of the $5,000 federal EV rebate in February, and it was the month the war in Iran began driving up gas prices. 

“The anecdotal evidence that Canadians were increasingly looking to go electric was strong, but today’s numbers are unmistakable: Canada saw a 75% increase in EV sales in March compared to the same month last year.

“Regionally, this was a phenomenal 136% year-over-year increase in Quebec, a 53% increase in B.C. and the territories, and a 40% increase in Ontario.

“That amounts to 12.2% of new vehicle sales in Canada (compared to 6.5% last March), but provincial numbers tell another story. Roughly a quarter of British Columbians and those in the territories (23.5%) purchased an EV in March, 21.8% of Quebecers did likewise, while Canada’s largest province, Ontario, continues to catch up with EV sales at 8%.

“While price matters, clarity is similarly important. Last year’s EV rebate pause caused many would-be EV buyers to wait on the sidelines, artificially deflating normal EV demand. That is now being rectified.

“To build on this momentum, Canada must ensure that it’s not only providing consumers with rebates but also access to affordable models. The introduction of a limited number of Chinese EVs is already having an impact, with Tesla recently significantly dropping the price of its popular Model 3 after shifting production back to Shanghai. Hopefully, new models from Chinese companies will give Canadians even more budget-friendly options and, critically, keep other automakers on their toes. The forthcoming $35,000 import price quota for a sizable percentage of these vehicles can help realize this important goal.

“Likewise, ensuring Canada’s forthcoming tailpipe standards are designed to achieve roughly 75% EV sales by 2035 is the other, massive piece of this puzzle. Like improving competition, the regulation will compel automakers to meet the market with more affordable EVs.

“Affordable EVs exist, and Canadians are hungry for good options that make financial sense in the short term as well as the long term. Recent Clean Energy Canada analysis found that EVs still save typical drivers about $23,000 to $32,000 over 10 years of ownership. But not everyone can afford to save money a few years down the road. Upfront price matters, and where it works, Canadians are ready to hit the accelerator.

“The proof is in the numbers.”

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TORONTO — Evan Pivnick, associate director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the release of Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy: 

“Today’s strategy sends an important signal that electrification and growing our electricity system is the nation-building effort we need to enhance our country’s economic competitiveness and energy security in a rapidly changing world. But while the strategy highlights the strength of Canada’s existing and relatively clean and affordable electricity system, it overstates the role of natural gas and understates the long-term energy security and affordability benefits of clean energy.

“We are pleased to see Canada’s focus on doubling Canada’s electricity grids.  Electrification offers a transformative opportunity to improve the lives of Canadians: it underlies affordability, energy security, and competitiveness. As consultations proceed, it’s critical that Canada does not lock in its exposure to fossil fuels as the rest of the world takes fuller advantage of the affordability and energy security benefits of clean power.  

“Clean electricity accounts for the majority of new demand growth globally not because it’s clean, but because in most markets around the world, solar or wind represent the cheapest available source of new electricity generation. Renewables are set to meet about 95% of global electricity demand growth between 2025 and 2027. Backed by the rapidly falling price of batteries, these resources are able to meet an ever-increasing share of the growing demand for electricity. The government’s focus should be on maximizing the cheapest resources available.

“The strategy contains some strong signals regarding forthcoming initiatives for everyday Canadians. We welcome the commitment to introduce measures to retrofit and electrify one million Canadian homes. Clean Energy Canada analysis consistently finds that Canadian households across the country can save hundreds of dollars per month by switching to clean energy options, including  heat pumps. These measures must apply broadly across households and heating types to help more Canadians access cost savings and cooling in a warming world. Young families must also not be forgotten in policy design, which should be careful not to exclude them, for example by setting overly strict income or housing type requirements.

“We also welcome the government’s commitment to provide further financial support to help double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 at the lowest cost to ratepayers. The inclusion of demand-side measures (also known as distributed energy resources) such as heat pumps and two-way EV chargers is critical. As our research shows, these technologies play an essential role in meeting growing power demand and lowering the costs of grid build-out by allowing the electricity we have to be managed smarter, especially during peak periods.

“Transmission is rightfully prioritized in the strategy, and we welcome the referral of a new Transmission InterConnect Investment Strategy to the Major Projects Office, alongside the extension of the Clean Electricity ITC to major high-voltage intra-provincial transmission ties, complementing existing support for provincial interties. The strategy also gets the details right about the role the federal government must play in supporting new interties between provinces.

“Doubling the size of Canada’s electricity system is also an economic opportunity in its own right. Underpinning this goal are the wires, components, and technologies that a modern electricity system requires. Supply chains that Canada’s manufacturing sector could feed into. It is vital that the government move quickly on its planned analysis of Canada’s electricity component supply chain and on its commitments of further support for domestic manufacturers.

“But the details will be important. The strategy includes a worrying focus on natural gas, including proposing major changes to the Clean Electricity Regulations. Natural gas has a specific short term role, but only after we’ve maximized clean power solutions. “Renewables offer greater security and lower cost and, when paired with batteries and transmission lines, can address many of our energy system needs. Natural gas prices are subject to continental and global price fluctuations.

“This strategy will work in tandem with the further details promised tomorrow on the government’s plan to strengthen carbon pricing and incentivize industry to electrify. We look forward to Budget 2026 announcements supporting this strategy.

“As Prime Minister Carney recently stated, ‘Canada has a clean energy advantage.’ Let’s make sure the implementation of this strategy adequately capitalizes on it.”

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Saving the planet is serious business — but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun along the way.

Twice a month cartoonist Tom Toro contributes single-panel environmental cartoons to The Revelator’s weekly newsletter. These exclusive cartoons use Toro’s uniquely odd way of looking at the world to skewer some of the issues threatening life on Earth — from climate change to pollution to the extinction crisis.

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But the published cartoon is just part of the story. After the finished cartoons are released into the wild, Toro also shares process videos detailing how he created them. The videos, posted to Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube (and perhaps some other social networks that haven’t descended into chaos), offer unique insight into how each cartoon is composed.

 

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“I make these process videos as a way to invite people into my studio and to enjoy the creative process,” Toro says. “But I also make them to celebrate the art of cartooning at its most fundamental, and fun, level.”

Sometimes making the videos even provides Toro with a few other opportunities to be creative. Or just to make silly voices.

 

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One great aspect of these videos is seeing the art build — from initial sketch to hand-drawn black-and-white line art, and then through the addition of incredibly detailed, painted gray tones.

 

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It’s all a welcome reminder of the power and effectiveness of physical art — and cartooning — in our digital age.

“Over the years I’ve made concessions to technology in my artistic process, sketching on digital tablets and making edits in Photoshop,” says Toro. “But I always draw my final cartoons with pen and paper. Nothing beats the tactile feel of creating something by hand. The way the ink soaks into the vellum; the momentary sheen before it dries, as if the lines are winking at me; the unpredictable bloom of watercolor across a wet patch. It’s incredibly fun. I feel as if I’m in conversation with the cartoon, as if we’re co-conspirators trying to figure things out on the fly.”

Sometimes the videos show things change as Toro layers on the details.

“Whenever mistakes happen — and they happen all the time — there’s no quick fix, no Control-Z undo,” he says. “I need to find a way to cope with the accidental mark, the sloppy daub, the errant splash. Or maybe I don’t try to correct it? Maybe I let it guide me in a new, unexpected direction? Maybe the mistake isn’t a mistake at all, but a discovery? One that I never would have stumbled upon in the digital realm.”

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This op-ed ran in several Kentucky papers in May 2026.

Over the past several decades, rural Kentucky has faced significant changes. In Eastern Kentucky, a shrinking tax base, population loss, and the decline of long-standing industries has made resilience an ever-changing challenge. Through it all, our communities have adapted and searched for new ways to build a stronger, more diverse economy.

Increasingly, a new crisis has emerged: the soaring cost of keeping the lights on. For small businesses and farms that are essential to our local economy, electric rates for commercial facilities have more than doubled over the last 20 years. When you layer in historic inflation, the math becomes overwhelming. Overhead costs eat away at already thin margins, forcing owners to choose between a new hire, a new piece of equipment, or simply paying the utility bill.

At Mountain Association, we have been supporting small businesses since 1976 and saw this energy crisis coming early. In 2008, as costs began their steep climb, we launched an energy savings program. Through this work we continually see one of the biggest challenges facing businesses is upfront capital.

That’s where the Rural Energy for America Program—REAP, for short—comes in. REAP is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or energy efficiency improvements. For a rural small business owner, that means a grant can cover up to 25 percent of the cost of solar more efficient HVAC system, LED lighting, or better insulation. These are the kinds of upgrades that pay for themselves in a short time, reducing overhead and improving the bottom line. But for many, the upfront cost is simply out of reach.

At Mountain Association, we have been packaging REAP grants for our clients since 2009. To date, our team has secured more than 60 REAP grants for small businesses and farms across Eastern Kentucky, totaling over $2.5 million for our clients. These energy savings projects keep rural businesses open and competitive. As a bonus, many of the projects are completed by local contractors, allowing those federal investments to go even further in supporting Eastern Kentucky’s economy. Without support from programs like REAP, some of the businesses and farms we work with simply won’t make it as costs continue to rise.

Mike Long is the general manager of Long’s Pic Pac in Pineville, a town of about 1,630 people in Southeastern Kentucky. His father started the business in 1964 with a $3,500 loan. Today, Mike is fighting to keep it the grocery store of choice for a community where the median household income is just $27,159. Grocery stores typically run on a razor-thin 2.2% profit margin. One bad year or one season of sky-high demand charges and a rural store can vanish.

For Long’s Pic Pac, a REAP grant funded 40% of a project to install solar panels on the store’s roof and a 60-kW battery. The battery can store excess solar energy and vastly reduce the punishing “demand charges” that make up more than half of the grocery’s monthly power bill. The result is an estimated cost savings of at least $15,000 per year—money that can go to staffing the deli, offsetting delivery costs, or simply keeping prices stable for families in Pineville. Long expects to pay back the entire cost of the project in just four years.

The need for this program has never been more urgent. With each devastating flood or winter storm, utility companies are forced to make expensive repairs to aging infrastructure. Businesses and ratepayers pay for those repairs through higher rates. As the frequency and intensity of these storms increase, utilities will continue passing those recovery costs back to us. For a business like Long’s Pic Pac living on a 2.2% margin, this compounding cycle of damage, recovery, and rate hikes is a threat to its existence.

REAP is a proven, efficient tool that uses modest federal investment to unlock private capital and lower operating costs. But it only works if it is funded and protected. It isn’t just an energy policy. It is the difference between closing the doors and keeping the lights on.

Josh Bills is the Senior Energy Analyst at the Mountain Association. He can be reached at josh@mtassociation.org.

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Nature is full of fascinating creatures that produce light. From fireflies putting on mesmerizing summer displays to fish that glow eerily in the depths of the ocean, this bioluminescence is a result of chemical reactions that produce flashes of light.

In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers have harnessed bioluminescent sea-dwelling algae to produce a light source that glows blue without the need for electricity or toxic chemicals. The advance could lead use in living sensors that monitor water quality, autonomous robots that work in dark environments, and eco-friendly consumer lighting such as glow sticks.

“I was curious if we could create a world in which we don’t use electricity but rather use biology to produce light,” said Wil Srubar, a civil, environmental and architectural engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, in a press release. “This discovery really paves the way for engineering other living light materials and devices.”

Marine algae species such as Pyrocystis lunula produce cold blue light that is visible from the water surface. The photosynthetic organisms, which survive on sunlight and carbon dioxide, flash when they are agitated by waves, passing boats, or swimmers. The spectacular light show draws visitors to beaches in the nighttime.

But the sparking light from the glowing algae lasts for only a few milliseconds at a time. The glow is also unpredictable and is hard to control.

Acidic (top) and basic (bottom) environments trigger different bioluminescent behaviors in algae. Credit: Giulia Brachi

Researchers at UC Boulder decided to use chemistry to get the marine organisms to sustain their luminescence. In the past, researchers have suggested that exposing P. lunula to various chemical compounds could activate the algae’s luminescence reaction.

So Srubar and colleagues exposed the algae to two solutions. One was acidic, with a pH of 4, similar to that of tomato juice, while the other was a basic solution with a pH of 10, comparable to mild soap. The acidic solution was a hit. Algae in the solution stayed brightly lit for 25 minutes.

For a more practical way to use the algae, the researchers embedded the organisms into various 3D-printed objects made with naturally-derived hydrogel. In these constructs, the algae survived for weeks while glowing when exposed to the acidic solution. After four weeks, the acid-treated examples still retained 75 percent of their brightness.

Srubar and colleagues are now exploring whether P. lunula may respond to various chemicals. The goal is to harness the algae to light up when exposed to toxins and serve as a tool for water quality monitoring.

Source: Giulia Brachi et al. Chemical stimulation sustains bioluminescence of living light materials. Science Advances, 2026.

Top image: ©Anthropocene Magazine

IT’S MY FIRST DAY in Fort Good Hope, and I drive to a camp near the edge of town. I add my borrowed truck to a row of a dozen others, climb out, and then make my way toward a cluster of people. At the centre of camp, Elders are instructing the younger women in a mix of Dene and English, teaching them how to tan moose and caribou hides. The process is intensive: scraping, washing, wringing, stretching, hanging, smoking, rinsing, stitching. It can take weeks, I am told, to tan a single hide, and nobody will finish one this afternoon. 

The mood is light and happy. After observing for a while, I follow the sound of laughter from a few yards away, coming from a plywood-and-sheet metal camp kitchen. I shyly poke my head through the door to see a functional kitchen space and a few women preparing food. I sit down at the table, and people stream in and out to snack on scattered plates of fruit, crackers, and cheese. Everyone chats and laughs together. People are receiving me politely, but not necessarily warmly, so I sit quietly and try to absorb everything going on around me.

After a while, the snack plates are swept away to make room for tinfoil pans heaped with mashed potatoes, pork chops, and salad. People from all around camp stream inside to serve up. The plywood bench seats fill. After a long day of travel, I gratefully accept the paper plate full of food offered to me by one of the cooks. After a while, someone asks what I’m doing in town. When I explain that I had been invited to stay for two months to interview people about Imperial Oil’s nearby oilfield for my research, the mood becomes tense. Two women halfheartedly joke that I should give back the food if I’m working with Imperial Oil. 

Once I clear up the misunderstanding, explaining that I’m here as a university student and not as an employee of Imperial Oil, people are immediately more comfortable, and the mood lifts. I’m told I can keep my plate. A man jokes that I should get a T-shirt that says “Not With Imperial,” and the room laughs. We all finish our dinners, and I am offered dessert.

That summer, I spent two months conducting research in the tiny, fly-in-fly-out community of Fort Good Hope (Rádeyı̨lı̨kóé), a few kilometers south of the Arctic Circle.

Most people who live in Fort Good Hope are Dene or Métis. In this Indigenous belief system, humans and other-than-humans are tied together in a complex web of relations, bound by relationships based on respect and reciprocity.

The region’s Indigenous peoples’ cultures believe that land, water, humans, air, and animals are sentient. All beings hold power, agency, and value, as all are equal. All beings speak, even the land. The Fort Good Hope Dene and Métis people have their own distinct culture, history, and traditions. They are called the K’asho Got’ine. 

A Short History of the Norman Wells Oilfield

More than 100 years ago, in 1919, a settler working for Imperial Oil “discovered” oil on the banks of the Mackenzie River. Nearly overnight, the region was transformed. Within two years, the Norman Wells Oilfield was established, and the town of Norman Wells sprung up nearby to house its employees. Its size, output, and impact have since grown dramatically. The oilfield has been harmful to the K’asho Got’ine way of life, all while enormously benefitting Imperial Oil. In the 1980s, against the wishes of local people, the oilfield underwent a massive expansion, which included the construction of six artificial islands in the middle of the Mackenzie River.

The very embodiment of colonial extraction, a company from southern Canada extracting oil from Indigenous territory for more than a century, has a fitting, almost cartoonishly evil name: Imperial Oil. The company owns two-thirds of the Norman Wells Oilfield, and the Government of Canada owns the other third.

In years when Imperial Oil makes $200 million in revenue, and the Canadian government additionally makes $100 million, local people receive less than $300k in total royalties and only $100-200k in donations.

As of December 2020, fewer than 20% of the employees at the Norman Wells Oilfield are Indigenous to the Sahtú Region, though the workforce does fluctuate. Employment is not a notable benefit for the region.

“We don’t have anything to show for Imperial Oil having been here… Show me the library. Show me the art centre. Show me the Traditional Knowledge centre for Sahtú. Show me the swimming pool for the kids. Show me all those things that were left behind as a legacy,” said Ethel Blondin-Andrew, the first Indigenous Member of Parliament in Canada at a public hearing. Later, she added that if Imperial Oil had done positive things for the Sahtú, they were “well hidden, because I’ve been looking.”

After over a century of oil extraction, Imperial Oil has announced that they are closing the oilfield.

The company submitted a portion of its closure plan in 2022, starting with a proposal for a waste management facility. Sahtú people did not want the oilfield. They vocally opposed its expansion in the 1980s. They have experienced minimal financial benefit and extensive detriment for over a century. And yet, despite the harm brought to the North by Imperial Oil, the company’s official statement reads: “A made-in-the-north solution is appropriate rather than expecting the South to accept the North’s waste” (emphasis added). The Sahtú Secretariat Incorporated shared that they consider “this statement to be a most egregious one, bordering on colonialism… Such thinking reflects badly on the company and makes light of the sacrifices the people of the Sahtú have made over the past one hundred years.”

The company just doesn’t seem to understand how much damage they have done. 

The Value of Reciprocity

One day, a local man sat me down on a stack of pallets beside the grocery store. One story he shared that day, among many others, was that if you hit a caribou with a stick, you would never see another one. I had no plans to hit any caribou, so this did not mean much to me. He also told me that people from Fort Good Hope used to catch and dry herring in huge volumes, sometimes hundreds in a day. He lamented that it had been over 30 years since anybody had pulled that much herring out of the Mackenzie.

These two stories remained separate in my mind for weeks. Throughout my time in the Sahtú region, dozens of people warned me not to hit a caribou with a stick. I didn’t understand why everybody was telling me this. Did I look like a person who would hit a caribou?

People also recounted stories of pulling herring out of the river by the bucketful, setting up camps to dry them, selling those dried fish to the Northern Store by the bale, and feeding herring to their dog teams during the winter. Then, they would note that herring had become a rarity to catch since the 1980s, just after the oilfield expansion.

The two threads finally came together for me when another Elder went through the familiar story and imparted the same warning about hitting caribou. This Elder explained that the contamination from the islands being constructed, the noise made by trucks and heavy machinery when it was being built, the siltation and contamination, then taking so much oil and using so much water, combined with our lack of respect, amounted to mistreatment of the fish. The herring had disappeared, he believed, because expanding and operating the oilfield was like hitting a caribou with a stick.

K’asho Got’ine place incredible value on the value of reciprocity. A community – and its culture – doesn’t survive thousands of years in the harsh Arctic without treating one another and the land well. If your fish net is extra full one week, you give some fish to your neighbour. Then, if you have an unsuccessful hunt that autumn, another neighbour might share some moose with you. All beings take care of one another. If we are good to the fish, they will remain. If we strike the caribou, they will disappear.

Violating the reciprocal relationship between people and land, whether by hitting a caribou with a stick or by extracting oil at Norman Wells violates this important rule.

Settlers have continually taken from the land, and she has started taking back. The cost of our disrespect has so far been the near-disappearance of an entire species. What else will she take from us before we learn to listen? Imperial Engagement

In 2004, Elder Lucy Jackson said in a public hearing for Imperial Oil’s water license renewal: “We live on the fish right down the Mackenzie Valley, and the ecosystem is really a concern to the peoples. […] So, I question the credibility of how that is safe for eating.”

Ten years later, in 2014, at a hearing for Imperial Oil’s next Water License Renewal, Ethel Blondin-Andrew, the first Indigenous woman to serve in Canadian Parliament and as a federal cabinet minister, spoke. In her role as President of the Sahtú Secretariat Incorporated, acting as a representative of Indigenous people in the Sahtú region, Blondin-Andrew said that she was “not prepared to eat those fish.”

In 2024, at another public hearing, yet another community member said: “I am hesitant to eat any fish that comes out of the river today. I am worried about the effects of possible contaminants.” Many others echoed this sentiment.

Despite whatever the results of Imperial Oil’s scientific monitoring may show, if these studies are not done with full transparency and community input, if the results are not explained in ways that are easy to understand, and if they are not done in ways that build trust, the results will not matter to the community. As it stands, Imperial Oil maintains that they are not at fault. The K’asho Got’ine have their doubts.

I interviewed dozens of people in Fort Good Hope about their experiences with Imperial Oil for my Master’s research. I asked how they’d been engaged with the upcoming Norman Wells Oilfield closure planning, how they’d felt about that engagement, and what they wanted out of future engagement. I also spoke with many others on the phone, over cups of tea, at community barbecues, at the sewing club, bingo night, graduation, on boats, and at all kinds of town activities.

What I found out is that Imperial Oil’s past engagement with the K’asho Got’ine has long been ineffective because it has not been appropriate for the local culture, governance approach, or style of communication. The rare times Imperial Oil does engage with the community, the information it shares is packed with technical jargon that’s hard to follow. These sessions often feel more like lectures than conversations. People say their questions are brushed aside, or the answers they get don’t match what they asked. Trust in the company has eroded. By ignoring local values of respect and reciprocity, Imperial’s attempts at engagement and consultation have missed the mark.

The herring is another example of this. Imperial Oil’s studies do not engage with ideas of respect or reciprocity, and because Western science cannot see the connection between oilfield operations and the disappearance of herring, Imperial Oil has determined that there is no connection. 

Imperial Oil has announced its intention to close the oilfield. With the closure now approaching, we need to reaffirm the K’asho Got’ine right to lead the reclamation. They must be allowed to define how the land should be used in the future, how to handle the waste safely, and how to repair relationships with the land. K’asho Got’ine must set standards for cleanup, and must be allowed to decide what constitutes “clean” and “safe.” 

The land is speaking, the K’asho Got’ine are telling us so. Yet, we continue not to listen. Their water is polluted, their fish are disappearing. We are not listening. We are only talking. Listening to the Land

I have returned to the Sahtú Region many times since that first visit. I’ve had dinners of fish that I pulled out of a net on a frozen lake, lain in the snow watching the northern lights dance, turned sticky spruce tips into tea for a friend’s sore throat, and sewn beads onto moose hide in front of a warm woodstove. I’ve waved hello to wildflowers, hand-picked blueberries to eat with ice cream, swam in the Rabbitskin river on hot days, and watched a blazing orange sunset last for hours. I have begun to understand the reverence with which people discuss the Mackenzie River, the nearby lakes, the paths that wind around town. I, myself, have begun to love the land. And slowly, I have begun to hear the land whispering, but I can’t quite make out what she’s saying.

At the end of a recent trip, I had the window seat on the flight out. These small planes fly pretty low, so I kept my eyes glued to the ground nearly the entire time. I spotted something out the window, and as we drew closer and it came into focus, I asked the man beside me what I was looking at. With great surprise and joy, he told me that what I witnessed that day should be a secret between me and the land, to tell nobody what she said. He told me what the land was saying and how lucky I was to hear it. He has heard her loud and clear for his entire life. I only heard a fragment of what she said that day, and my, oh my, what she said was beautiful.

For over 100 years, the relationship between Imperial Oil and the K’asho Got’ine has been far from reciprocal, almost uniformly extractive, mirrored by Imperial’s relationship with the land. Imperial Oil has spent centuries taking, stealing, and extracting. 

Its disrespect has pumped billions of dollars in oil out of the ground, nearly extirpated an entire species of fish, and polluted a waterway that sustains an entire people. Despite enormous profit, very little has benefitted those who live and rely on the land. Finally, though, Imperial Oil has taken almost all it can take. 

We must make sure Imperial Oil gives back. Let us learn from the people of the Sahtú how to repay the land for all we have taken from her. If you, like me, cannot truly hear the land, then you must trust those who can. 

The land speaks to the K’asho Got’ine, and they have been trying to translate for us. All we need to do is listen.

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This piece was edited by Sahtú Dene writer, Dakota Erutse

Citation:

King, Annie. “After a Century of Oil Extraction: Reclaiming the River at Norman Wells,” Yellowhead Institute. May 14, 2026. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2026/after-a-century-of-oil-extraction-reclaiming-the-river-at-norman-wells

Artwork: Coming in Under the Lights, Antoine Mountain

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**Meta Title:** How to Prune Cosmos to Keep It Flowering Until Frost
**Meta Description:** Learn exactly how to prune cosmos — deadheading, pinching, and hard cutbacks — to keep your plants blooming nonstop until the first hard frost.

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How to prune cosmos for non-stop blooms right up until the first frost

Last October, I stood in my garden in central Missouri with a pair of snips in one hand and a fat bundle of ‘Sensation Mix’ cosmos in the other. Frost warnings were already popping up on my phone. My neighbor’s cosmos patch — the one she’d planted the same week I planted mine — looked like a tangle of brown sticks and dried seed pods. Mine? Still pumping out blooms like it was July. The difference wasn’t luck. Wasn’t variety. Wasn’t even soil. The difference was pruning.

Knowing how to prune cosmos to keep it flowering until frost sounds like some advanced gardening trick, but honestly, the techniques take minutes a day and zero special equipment. This article covers the exact pruning moves — pinching, deadheading, and hard cutbacks — plus the timing and supporting care that push cosmos plants to produce new flowers from midsummer straight through the first killing freeze.

Why cosmos stop producing flowers by late summer

Cosmos plants are annuals with one overriding biological mission: make seeds. Every open flower exists to get pollinated, form a seed head, and ensure the next generation. The moment a cosmos flower finishes its job and starts developing seeds, the plant redirects energy away from bud production and toward ripening those seeds. Leave enough seed heads on a cosmos plant, and the entire organism basically retires.

Here’s the thing — this shutdown happens faster than most gardeners expect. By early August, an unpruned cosmos plant in USDA zones 6–7 carries dozens of maturing seed heads. The plant reads those seeds as “mission accomplished” and slows flower production dramatically. In warmer zones (8–10), this slowdown can hit as early as mid-July because the growing season starts sooner. Cooler zones (4–5) get a bit more natural runway, but the same mechanism kicks in eventually.

The result? Tall, leggy plants with a few tired blooms at the very tips and a forest of brown seed pods below. Pruning interrupts this cycle. Removing spent flowers and developing seeds tells the cosmos plant that the mission isn’t finished yet — so the plant pushes out fresh buds.

Pinching young cosmos — the foundation for all-season blooms

Cosmos pruning doesn’t start when blooming slows. Smart pruning starts weeks before the first flower opens. When cosmos seedlings reach 12–18 inches tall — roughly 4–6 sets of true leaves — pinch out the top 3–4 inches of the central stem. Use your thumb and forefinger, or a clean pair of snips.

This single action forces the cosmos plant to activate dormant side buds along the remaining stem. Instead of growing one tall central stalk with a single flower at the top, the pinched plant branches into multiple flowering stems. A well-pinched cosmos plant produces roughly three times more blooms than an unpinched plant over the course of the season. That branching structure also creates more sites for rebloom later, which matters enormously when you’re chasing flowers into October.

Timing depends on your planting date. For cosmos sown directly outdoors in late spring, pinching usually happens in early to mid-June. Transplants started indoors may be ready for pinching within a week or two of planting out. The key marker is height, not calendar date — wait for those 12–18 inches of growth.

The 30-second deadheading move that changes everything

Deadheading means snipping off spent cosmos flowers before the seeds fully form. Deadheading takes roughly 5–10 minutes per plant and triggers fresh bud formation within about a week. This is the single most impactful pruning habit for extending cosmos bloom season, and the technique is almost embarrassingly simple.

Where exactly to cut

Follow the stem of the faded flower down to the next leaf pair or branching point. Cut just above that leaf node — about a quarter inch above. Cutting at this spot preserves the dormant buds sitting at the leaf junction, and those buds become your next round of flowers. Cutting too high leaves an ugly brown stub that produces nothing. Cutting too low removes the very bud sites the plant needs for reblooming.

So what actually happens is this: the cosmos plant senses the removal of the spent flower, stops channeling resources to seed development at that site, and redirects energy into the nearest viable bud. New flower stems emerge from that node within 7–14 days.

How often to deadhead

During peak bloom in July and August, deadhead cosmos plants every 2–3 days. A quick evening walk through the cosmos patch — snipping faded flowers into a bucket — takes about ten minutes and keeps the cycle running. By September, bloom pace naturally slows, and once-a-week deadheading usually suffices.

I’ll share what convinced me this actually works. A few summers back, I grew two rows of ‘Double Click’ cosmos along my back fence — same seed packet, same soil, same sun. I deadheaded one row religiously every three days. The other row I left alone because, well, life got busy. By late August, the neglected row was done. Brown seed heads, sparse foliage, maybe two sad little blooms. The deadheaded row? Still cranking out big, fluffy double flowers well into the first week of October. A full six weeks longer. That was all the proof I ever needed.

The hard cutback — when deadheading isn’t enough

Cosmos plants sometimes outgrow deadheading. By midsummer, tall varieties like ‘Purity’ or ‘Sensation Mix’ can hit five or six feet, get tangled together, and start flopping over. The lower stems turn woody. Flower production concentrates at the very tips, out of easy reach. Deadheading helps, but the plant needs a reset.

A hard cutback means trimming the entire cosmos plant by one-third to one-half its height. Use sharp garden shears and cut each stem just above a healthy leaf node. This feels aggressive — I get that. Last August I hacked back an entire row of ‘Sensation Mix’ by a third. My neighbors genuinely thought I’d lost my mind. But two weeks later, those plants were covered in fresh basal growth and new buds.

Cosmos plants respond to a hard cutback with a flush of vigorous new branching from lower nodes. Expect a second wave of blooms within 2–3 weeks. The best timing for a hard cutback: mid-August in zones 5–7, late July in zones 8–9. The garden looks rough for about ten days after cutting. Worth every second of awkwardness.

Real talk: this move takes a little nerve. But cosmos plants are tough, fast-growing annuals. The plants recover quickly when warm weather and long days remain.

Watering, feeding, and sunlight — the pruning support crew

Pruning alone won’t sustain cosmos blooms through frost. The plants need the right conditions to convert every pruning cut into new growth and flowers.

Water deeply, not often

Cosmos plants tolerate drought, but consistent moisture drives stronger rebloom after pruning. Give cosmos plants one deep soaking per week — enough to wet the soil 6–8 inches down. Daily light sprinkles encourage shallow roots and weaker recovery from cutbacks.

Go easy on fertilizer

Honestly, I think most gardeners over-fertilize cosmos. Rich soil and heavy nitrogen push cosmos plants to grow massive foliage with disappointing flower counts. A single midsummer application of a low-nitrogen, high-phosphorus fertilizer (something like 5-10-10) supports bloom production without fueling leggy growth. Skip the fertilizer entirely if your soil is already reasonably fertile.

Full sun is non-negotiable

Cosmos plants need 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily. Shaded cosmos plants stretch toward light, bloom less, and respond poorly to pruning. A cosmos plant in partial shade simply cannot generate enough energy to push out new buds after deadheading or a hard cutback.

Four telltale signs your cosmos will rebloom after pruning

After a hard cutback or aggressive deadheading session, watch for these indicators that the cosmos plant has rebloom potential:

• New leaf clusters emerge at lower nodes within 5–7 days of cutting.
• Stems feel firm and green — not woody or brown — at the cut point.
• Small bud nubs appear at branch junctions within 10 days.
• The plant’s base remains leafy and vigorous rather than bare and dried out.

Now, this next part surprises people. Sometimes cosmos plants truly are finished. Woody stems, yellowing leaves at the base, and zero new growth after two full weeks — those signs mean the plant has exhausted its energy reserves. At that point, pull the plant, compost the stems, and let the remaining cosmos carry the show.

Pruning cosmos for cut flowers — a two-for-one strategy

Cutting cosmos stems for bouquets doubles as pruning. Every long stem you harvest removes an open or spent flower and triggers new bud production at the cut node. Snip stems 12–18 inches long, cutting just above a leaf pair. The cosmos plant reads each cut exactly the same way it reads deadheading — as a signal to produce more flowers.

‘Sensation Mix’ and ‘Double Click’ perform especially well as cut-and-come-again varieties. Both produce sturdy stems, large blooms, and respond aggressively to harvesting. Fresh cosmos stems last 5–7 days in a clean vase with fresh water. There’s something weirdly satisfying about filling your kitchen with flowers and knowing the act of cutting them just guaranteed more blooms in the garden.

A final thought from the cosmos patch

The best gardening advice I ever got was absurdly simple: “Pay attention, and carry your snips.” Cosmos reward that kind of attention more than almost any annual I grow. Ten minutes of deadheading while the coffee cools. A brave cutback in August when the plants look tired. A bucket of spent blooms tossed onto the compost pile. These small, repeated actions compound into something genuinely beautiful — armloads of cosmos flowers in October, when everything else in the garden has already called it a season.

Go out tomorrow morning. Spend ten minutes with your cosmos. Count the new buds a week from now. I think you’ll be surprised.

Common questions about pruning cosmos Can I prune cosmos that have already gone to seed?

Yes. Remove all seed heads and cut stems back by one-third. Cosmos plants often produce a late flush of blooms before frost — but the plant needs at least 3–4 weeks of warm weather remaining to generate new flowers. Act quickly once you notice heavy seed set.

What happens if I never pinch or deadhead cosmos?

Unpinched cosmos plants grow tall and narrow with fewer blooms concentrated at the top. Without deadheading, cosmos plants stop flowering once enough seed heads form, channeling all remaining energy into seed production rather than new buds.

Should I prune chocolate cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) the same way?

Chocolate cosmos is a tuberous perennial, not an annual. Deadheading extends chocolate cosmos bloom season effectively, but hard cutbacks can weaken the tuber. Stick to regular deadheading and light shaping for chocolate cosmos plants.

Is it too late to prune cosmos in September?

In USDA zones 7 and warmer, September pruning still works well — cosmos plants have 6–8 weeks before frost in those regions. In zones 4–5, September deadheading helps extend existing blooms, but a hard cutback risks leaving the plant without enough warm days to push out a new round of flowers.

Do I need special tools to prune cosmos?

Clean, sharp snips or basic garden scissors handle cosmos stems perfectly. Cosmos stems are soft and thin enough to pinch off spent flowers with your fingers. Disinfect blades between plants only when you notice signs of disease like powdery mildew or leaf spots.

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Ashish Kothari

Originally publish by Meer on 13 May 2026.

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