Meet Carter Grandbois, the 18-year-old who started hauling junk at 16; his Colorado business now bills up to $15,000 a month

Meet Carter Grandbois, the 18-year-old who started hauling junk at 16; his Colorado business now bills up to $15,000 a month

Photo credit: Carter Grandbois / InstagramThis image is improved using Gemini At 16, while many of his classmates were thinking about part-time jobs in retail or food service, Carter Grandbois saw an opportunity in other people’s clutter. Living in Colorado Springs, he borrowed a trailer, posted on social media and started hauling away junk for…

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A Tennessee farmer leased 100 acres of his century-old family land for solar rather than sell it; in 2026, the 147 MW project went live, and the lease helped keep the farm in the family

A Tennessee farmer leased 100 acres of his century-old family land for solar rather than sell it; in 2026, the 147 MW project went live, and the lease helped keep the farm in the family

For more than a century, the land near Somerville, Tennessee, has remained in the same family. When a solar developer came knocking, farmer Chad Dacus faced a choice that many landowners across rural America are increasingly confronting: sell a piece of the family property, keep farming it or lease it for renewable energy. Dacus chose…

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Michael Dell's son Zach co-founded Base Power in 2023; it is now valued at $13 billion and has installed more than 23,000 home batteries

Michael Dell’s son Zach co-founded Base Power in 2023; it is now valued at $13 billion and has installed more than 23,000 home batteries

His father helped put a computer in millions of homes. Now, Zach Dell wants to put a battery in them. The son of Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, has co-founded a startup hoped to become America’s next big power company. Base Power is racing to build and install tens of thousands of batteries in residential…

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A former The North Face founder's historic land donation turned Patagonia's wilderness into one of the world's largest national parks

A former The North Face founder’s historic land donation turned Patagonia’s wilderness into one of the world’s largest national parks | World News

In 1991, American businessman Douglas Tompkins, who had co-founded the outdoor clothing companies The North Face and Esprit, bought a semi-abandoned plot of land in the Renihue River Valley in southern Chile, drawn by the region’s ancient, untouched temperate rainforest. What began as a personal effort to protect one threatened valley grew, over the following…

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A 31-year-old California entrepreneur started a portable-toilet business in 2023 with one truck and 100 units; two years later, nearly 2,000 toilets and 12 trucks helped bring in $4.3 million in 2025

A 31-year-old California entrepreneur started a portable-toilet business in 2023 with one truck and 100 units; two years later, nearly 2,000 toilets and 12 trucks helped bring in $4.3 million in 2025

Tom says he has become used to the smell after cleaning many portable toilets Daniel Tom was 31 when he started Bay Area Sanitation in 2023 with one truck and 100 portable toilets. Two years later, his business had grown to nearly 2,000 toilets and a fleet of 12 vacuum pumper trucks serving events and…

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In 2023, UCLA graduate was kicked out of her cab and was hit to death by another car. Three years later, Uber ordered to pay $40m to family

In 2023, UCLA graduate was kicked out of her cab and was hit to death by another car. Three years later, Uber ordered to pay $40m to family

Rideshare giant Uber and one of its drivers have been ordered by an arbitrator to pay $40 million in damages to the parents of a 23-year-old woman, Emily Normandin-Parker, who was struck and killed by traffic after the cab driver kicked her and her friend out of the cab on a California freeway. The ruling,…

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Quote of the day by Clint Eastwood: "You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a…" - a fascinating lesson on creativity, influence and originality

Quote of the day by Clint Eastwood: “You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a…” – a fascinating lesson on creativity, influence and originality | World News

Creativity often gets mistaken for producing something out of thin air. Clint Eastwood, the actor and director, put it far more bluntly than most. “You have to steal a lot,” he said. “You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.” He was obviously not talking about literal theft. He meant something…

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'Will protect out 1st amendment right': CNN, MS NOW & Politico to sue Trump admin over White House ban

‘Will protect out 1st amendment right’: CNN, MS NOW & Politico to sue Trump admin over White House ban | World News

Three news outlets to sue Trump over White House ban/Image: Reuters CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump administration after journalists are barred from White House, arguing that the move violates their First Amendment rights.The three news organisations notified the administration on Monday that they were taking legal action and asked a federal…

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In 1967, Emily Frew Oliver sold her family’s Wyoming dude ranch to Grand Teton National Park but kept a life estate; 39 years later she gave it up, ending her family’s 79-year stewardship of the historic ranch

In 1967, Emily Frew Oliver sold her family’s Wyoming dude ranch to Grand Teton National Park but kept a life estate; 39 years later she gave it up, ending her family’s 79-year stewardship of the historic ranch

Emily Frew Oliver and dudes on porch of Main Cabin. (Picture: History Jackson Hole) The 4 Lazy F Ranch sits on the west bank of the Snake River in Wyoming, just north of the Grand Teton National Park headquarters in Moose. Below the Teton Range, the ranch preserves a part of the area’s homestead and…

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In 2014, a Colorado couple bought land to build a family ranch; by 2025 bird species had risen from 29 to 37 and grassland-bird detections doubled from 178 to 356

In 2014, a Colorado couple bought land to build a family ranch; by 2025 bird species had risen from 29 to 37 and grassland-bird detections doubled from 178 to 356

When Lance and Lisa Wheeler bought land in Colorado to build a family ranch, their ambition was to raise healthy food and create a sustainable way of farming. More than a decade later, their land is also becoming a refuge for grassland birds. According to Audubon Rockies, which published the couple’s story on August 31,…

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