Gothenburg fined for missing an environmental target – was one of the first local governments in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan"
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“I don’t see how we can save it.”
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Wyoming pays $150,000 to settle lawsuit over botched prosecution of hemp farmers
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Five of six Greenlandic political parties support reconsidering fossil fuel ban, with only Inuit Ataqatigiit maintaining strong opposition
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Norway will allow cities to introduce zero-emissions zones, as the number of electric cars on the road in the biggest urban centers passes 40%
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Rep Zooey Zephyr’s speech flips thirteen Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
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Utah becomes first US state to pass bill making app stores verify ages - Governor has not yet signed the bill
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California Governor Gavin Newsom "completely aligns" with Charlie Kirk on trans athlete issue, and agreed about restricting gender affirming care for prisoners and youths, in podcast
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For decades, the Swiss city of Basel has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe
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The Japanese mayor who built a floodgate no one wanted — and saved his town from a massive tsunami after his death
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Reindeer movements are causing conflict in the Umeå region ahead of this week's Rally Sweden round of the World Rally Championship
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Some residents say they were in the dark as Los Angeles fires spread with no evacuation order
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Is Colorado's EV incentive worth it?
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Eighteen months after Maui wildfires destroyed over 2,000 homes, only three have been rebuilt
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New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
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Supreme Court seems ready to back Texas law limiting access to pornography
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Texas sues Allstate Insurance over its collection of driver data
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California fire facts
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In 2023 the Danish city of Aarhus launched a three-year trial project to curb the number of disposable coffee cups – more than 700,000 were returned last year
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
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What robotaxis brought San Francisco
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Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
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These two cities used to be the same - London, ON vs Utrecht and difference between their infrastructural development
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Massachusetts bill could fully legalize kei cars and override RMV ban
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New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny insurance claims
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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones
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Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the US South
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More liquor stores in Oakland California are selling produce, thanks to Saba Grocers and City tax initiative (2021)
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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
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US President Joe Biden administration grants California waiver to ban gas car sales in 2035
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In a first, Arizona’s attorney general sues an industrial farm over its water use
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As tourists discover Finland's Santa Claus Village, some locals call for rules to control the masses
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Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that.
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The women of the West are making political history — and have been for 130 years
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Trans refugees turn to TikTok and Instagram for help fleeing red states
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Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste
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In Northeast D.C., a rancorous post-election fight erupts — over bike lanes
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Scrapped policy to charge London’s drivers by the mile
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After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul to relaunch congestion pricing with $9 base toll, sources say
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The world's most feminist city – how Umeå in Sweden became an idyll for women
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No, raising the minimum wage does not hurt US fast-food workers
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
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Chicago built 50+ miles of new bike lanes, increasing cyclists by 119% and dramatically reducing fatal collisions
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Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service
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Geothermal power in the North Bay
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Florida threatens TV executive with jail time for airing ad in support of abortion rights
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Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
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