Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates ~transport Article 77 words 11 votes
Sweden's minority-run coalition announced on Wednesday it would be cutting funding for climate and environmental measures next year ~enviro climate change Article 962 words 10 votes
French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims ~lgbt transgender Article 417 words 16 votes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change ~enviro climate change Article 636 words 45 votes
Sweden's right-wing government says it will turn its back on plastic bag tax from November 2024 ~enviro pollution plastics Article 350 words 20 votes
Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit ~transport Article 1175 words 16 votes
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care ~health.mental Article 33 votes
Investors can't get enough US debt as Treasury bills are bought at a record pace ~finance Article 16 votes
California announced the strongest railway emissions regulations in the US. Freight companies are suing. ~transport Article 1813 words, published Sep 6 2023 24 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts ~tech apple Article 448 words 39 votes
Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows ~life.women Article 927 words, published Sep 7 2023 26 votes
Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’ ~enviro water Article 820 words, published Sep 6 2023 23 votes
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software? ~tech Article 812 words 31 votes
Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities ~health Article 504 words 7 votes
Chicago: Fifty years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant ~transport Article 1012 words, published Sep 8 2023 13 votes
Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech ~tech social media Article 342 words 25 votes
As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules ~tech privacy Article 1428 words, published Jul 17 2023 12 votes
California Department of Transportation awards $54 million for Sustainable Transportation Planning grants ~transport Article 906 words, published Aug 31 2023 7 votes
Brazilian delivery workers take their fight to get app users to pick up their orders to local legislatures ~life work Article 1208 words, published Aug 31 2023 16 votes
Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed ~life Article 803 words 11 votes
Here’s what it takes to get speed humps approved on just one US block ~design urban planning Article 732 words, published Aug 24 2023 25 votes
Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines ~health healthcare Article 688 words 25 votes
Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair ~tech Article 722 words, published Aug 31 2023 46 votes
London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions ~transport Article 1117 words 29 votes
Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says ~lgbt transgender Article 1054 words 12 votes
Iceland allows whaling to resume – activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring ~enviro Article 879 words 23 votes
Judge denies request to halt Missouri’s gender-affirming medical care ban ~lgbt transgender Article 1951 words 15 votes
California is suing to stop schools from outing trans kids to their parents ~lgbt transgender Article 328 words 33 votes
Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state ~books libraries.school Article 543 words 13 votes
Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC ~finance business.small Link 59 votes
Applying taxes to beef products could be one way to reduce CO2 emissions, says the Danish Government ~food meat Article 361 words 26 votes
Norway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change – will start storing 15,000 tons of grain yearly until 2028 or 2029 ~food Article 367 words 54 votes
German cabinet approves measure to expedite solar deployment ~enviro energy.renewable Article 308 words, published Aug 18 2023 11 votes
US Federal Emergency Management Agency funds run short - Vermont lawmakers lobby for emergency funding for flood damaged state ~enviro Article 1058 words 20 votes
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation ~news norway crime Article 236 words 28 votes
Midwestern US cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats ~lgbt transgender Article 1418 words 33 votes
British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires ~enviro Article 562 words 35 votes
When Instagram was used for government communication ~tech social media Article 331 words, published Jul 31 2023 6 votes
A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late ~enviro water Link 27 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation ~tech privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish ~enviro Article 582 words 16 votes
Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision ~enviro climate change Article 860 words 46 votes
Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers ~tech social media Article 561 words 35 votes
Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights ~life.women Article 850 words 71 votes