Tomorrow

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Apparently based on the amount of advertising I’m seeing tonight on the internet, Madison County really wants me to visit. But I’m thinking that will wait until mid November, assuming they don’t get snow early in Cazenovia. I’m leaning towards Schoharie tomorrow, which became have off to hike more of the Catskill Scenic Trail.

Weather and maybe colors looks better up north and I’ve thought about Pillsbury Firetower but I’m so tired of Spectulator. Vacationland becomes less of a vacation when you spend many work days there. Plus I hate the traffic and the drive through the city to get up north.

NPR

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There’s a battle over your gas stove, climate change and health : NPR

Americans love their gas stoves. It's a romance fueled by a decades-old "cooking with gas" campaign from utilities that includes vintage advertisements, a cringeworthy 1980s rap video and, more recently, social media personalities. The details have changed over time, but the message is the same: Using a gas stove makes you a better cook.

But the beloved gas stove has become a focal point in a fight over whether gas should even exist in the 35% of U.S. homes that cook with it.

Environmental groups are focused on potential health effects. Burning gas emits pollutants that can cause or worsen respiratory illnesses. Residential appliances like gas-powered furnaces and water heaters vent pollution outside, but the stove "is the one gas appliance in your home that is most likely unvented," says Brady Seals with RMI, formerly Rocky Mountain Institute.

The focus on possible health risks from stoves is part of the broader campaign by environmentalists to kick gas out of buildings to fight climate change. Commercial and residential buildings account for about 13% of heat-trapping emissions, mainly from the use of gas appliances.

How South Dakota became a global tax haven – Axios

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How South Dakota became a global tax haven – Axios

South Dakota has become the world's foremost tax haven — right up there with the Cayman Islands, and ahead of old-fashioned locations like Switzerland. That's one of the clear messages from the Pandora Papers leak of confidential financial information about the world's richest individuals.

Why it matters: The hundreds of billions of dollars sequestered in South Dakota trusts generate no taxes and are effectively off limits to anybody who might have a legitimate claim on them.

How it works: A South Dakota trust is "the most potent force-field money can buy," in the words of the Guardian's Oliver Bullough.