Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries
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The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer
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‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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Lord Sugar documents east London’s rubbish mountains
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Gainesville, Florida is giving trans punk legend Laura Jane Grace a key to the city
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Size of McKinsey consulting firm opioid settlement increased by $230 million
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future.
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Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates
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Norway's Fyllingsdalen tunnel is a showstopping piece of urban cycling infrastructure – for a city where car-centric development still dominates
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change
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Small US cities experiment with grant funded Uber-like microtransit
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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
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California announced the strongest railway emissions regulations in the US. Freight companies are suing.
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California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts
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Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
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Utah officials sued over failure to save Great Salt Lake: ‘Trying to avert disaster’
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Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software?
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Philadelphia to cap section of I-676, reconnecting Chinatown
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Chicago: Fifty years after it was promised, the South Red Line Extension is slated to get a $1.973B grant
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Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech
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As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules
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California Department of Transportation awards $54 million for Sustainable Transportation Planning grants
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Brazilian delivery workers take their fight to get app users to pick up their orders to local legislatures
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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
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Here’s what it takes to get speed humps approved on just one US block
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Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
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Kansas officials are no longer required to change trans people’s birth certificates, judge says
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Judge denies request to halt Missouri’s gender-affirming medical care ban
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California is suing to stop schools from outing trans kids to their parents
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Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state
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Los Angeles is exploring banning cashless businesses, following the example of New York City, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington, DC
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US Federal Emergency Management Agency funds run short - Vermont lawmakers lobby for emergency funding for flood damaged state
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Tulsa, Oklahoma introduces on-demand "micro transit" service
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Midwestern US cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats
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British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires
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A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late
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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
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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision
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Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers
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The trees on Xenia Street
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Ethiopia cracks down on gay sex in hotels, bars and restaurants
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Helsinki could become a 'sanctuary city' for medical treatment, as the new right-wing government continues to crack down on undocumented migrants
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This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones)
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