Climate hero or villain? As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, Norway is a paradox. ~enviro climate change Article 1955 words 11 votes
Scott Galloway - "The Algebra of Wealth" ~finance economics Video 9:26, published Jul 18 2024 15 votes
Tech giants should be made subject to a global tax for their use of people's personal data, according to Norway's Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum ~tech Link 30 votes
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas ~books libraries.school Article 2214 words 20 votes
Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law ~tech social media privacy Article 256 words 28 votes
US appeals court blocks all of Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan ~finance Article 274 words 45 votes
Does market failure justify government intervention? (with Michael Munger) ~finance economics Article 10 621 words 5 votes
Helsinki's incredibly well executed Jokeri light rail project – finished way ahead of schedule and costs lower than initially budgeted ~transport Video 4:50 24 votes
Crunchyroll announces the removal of its comment section across all platforms to 'reduce harmful content' ~tech social media Link 49 votes
Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids. ~life family parenting Article 470 words 31 votes
MTA stops work on Second Ave. subway amid congestion pricing confusion in New York City ~transport Article 558 words, published Jun 20 2024 14 votes
Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture ~enviro climate change Article 77 words 26 votes
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths ~health medicine healthcare Article 577 words 54 votes
US bans sales of Kaspersky anti-virus software, citing ties to Russia ~tech Article 377 words 22 votes
Iceland wants to switch up its tourism tax to protect nature – and fight overtourism ~travel Article 27 votes
Sweden's nuclear power goal is challenging but attainable – government wants 2.5 gigawatts of new capacity online by 2035 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 77 words 8 votes
EU states push past opposition to adopt landmark nature restoration law ~enviro conservation Article 627 words 28 votes
The US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media ~health.mental Article 512 words 28 votes
Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’ ~tech Article 237 words, published Jun 5 2024 32 votes
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids ~tech social media Article 789 words 51 votes
Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas ~enviro Article 400 words 16 votes
Sweden and Finland have moved to relax strict laws that govern the sale of alcohol, while preserving wider state monopolies ~food drinks Article 294 words 9 votes
Joe Biden Environmental Protection Agency issues $900 million to US schools for clean-energy buses ~transport Article 1020 words, published May 29 2024 21 votes
Celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift might soon be able to hide their private jet flights from online sleuths ~transport Article 566 words 47 votes
Spotify hikes fees, passing on its tax burden, after the French government introduced a levy to support the nation's music industry ~music Article 516 words 21 votes
Minnesota repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition ~tech internet Article 576 words, published May 24 2024 22 votes
Joe Biden administration commits $3.4 billion in funding to San Francisco Caltrain extension ~transport Article 608 words 28 votes
EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close ~enviro climate change Article 477 words 17 votes
Houston has seen a gentle density revolution since the 1990s. Allowing neighborhoods to opt out of citywide reforms was crucial. ~design urban planning Article 4894 words 18 votes
Seattle’s law mandating higher pay for food delivery workers is a case study in backfire economics ~finance business Link 18 votes
New rules to overhaul US electric grids could boost wind and solar power ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Article 1541 words 9 votes
US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating' ~tech Article 326 words 27 votes
Google begins enforcement of site reputation abuse policy with portions of sites being delisted ~tech google.search Article 532 words 16 votes
New Environmental Protection Agency regulation requires coal plants in the US to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039 ~enviro climate change pollution.air Article 2117 words 33 votes
The reckless policies that helped fill our US streets with ridiculously large cars ~transport Article 2400 words 39 votes
Net neutrality is back as Federal Communications Commission votes to regulate US internet providers ~tech internet Article 65 votes
Book ban fight in Nevada would create LGBTQ section of libraries ~books libraries Article 512 words, published Apr 23 2024 9 votes
US Federal Communications Commission to vote to restore net neutrality rules years after the agency voted to repeal them ~tech internet Article 1236 words 82 votes
Somalia bans fishing trawlers from its waters ~enviro Article 2306 words, published Apr 11 2024 15 votes
HHS strengthens privacy of US reproductive health care data ~health healthcare Article 917 words 10 votes