“It should come as no surprise that Silicon Valley’s ultra-wealthy are looking to build a new city north of the Bay Area," says Craib. "The California Forever project is the latest in a long line of speculative land grabs gussied up as eco-topian private solutions to what ails us. The specifics, predictably, are vague but there is more than a whiff of the “company town” lingering around the project, not to mention the charter city schemes that have attracted tech-bro venture capitalists and real estate speculators over the past decade in places such as Honduras.
"Given the pushback from residents and public officials, California Forever may end up as California Never but its very existence is a reminder that the colonizing aspirations of the “pioneer spirit”— whether as seasteads, free private cities, space colonization, or large-scale land-grabs — are still with us.”
For interviews contact: Becka Bowyer, cell: (607) 220-4185, rpb224@cornell.edu.
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This color composite view shows the moon Europa in natural color (left) and in enhanced color (right). The yellowish patch is Tara Regio, the geologic region where the most CO2 is seen and where Hubble recently detected ocean-derived salt.
Chris Kitchen
Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.
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St. Hovhannes Church of Chahuk (built in the 12th or 13th century and renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries) was destroyed between 1997 and 2009, as documented in a new report from Caucasus Heritage Watch.