Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic ~enviro climate change Article 591 words 7 votes
Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state ~life Link 8 votes
Carbon-neutral in fifteen years? Finland – the country with an ambitious plan ~enviro climate change Article 7 votes
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things have to go right’ ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 1793 words 10 votes
Denmark's government wants a planned bridge over the Kattegat sea between Aarhus and Copenhagen to carry trains as well as cars, more than doubling the cost ~transport Link 6 votes
Prohibition was a failed experiment in moral governance ~humanities.history Article 475 words 13 votes
Denmark's 'ghetto plan' and the communities it targets – residents of largely Muslim neighbourhoods face increased penalties for crimes and 'Danish values' lessons for children ~society Article 2616 words 12 votes
The Australian government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach ~enviro climate change Article 1167 words 11 votes
Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America ~health healthcare Article 3847 words 12 votes
Taiwan re-elects President Tsai Ing-wen in landslide victory, signaling strong support for her tough stance against China ~news china taiwan politics Article 516 words 15 votes
Free-of-charge public transport isn't free, Finnish experts say ~transport Article 787 words 12 votes
Norway opens its doors to six hundred people evacuated from Libya to Rwanda ~life Article 454 words 9 votes
Report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has called on Denmark to improve conditions in two centres where migrants are detained ~society politics Article 346 words 7 votes
Forced repatriation for Denmark's Syrian refugees? Several families are living in fear of being deported to Syria, where the civil war continues ~life Article 489 words 5 votes
Our neophobic, conservative AI overlords want everything to stay the same ~tech Article 968 words, published Jan 1 2020 11 votes
Young women fight the government's ghetto list – this year four young women from one of Denmark's so-called ghettos, Tingbjerg, had had enough ~society politics Article 6 votes
New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things ~transport Article 324 words, published Nov 29 2019 10 votes
Sweden in global spotlight with interest rate move – Riksbank has ended a period of negative rates but will other central banks around the world now follow suit? ~finance economics Article 1112 words 3 votes
Sanna Marin needs to act quickly to tackle one of Europe's fastest-aging populations ~society politics Article 4 votes
Kalamazoo school district decides not to have LGBTQ books in reading program ~books libraries.school Article 459 words 4 votes
United States to fund gun-violence research after twenty-year freeze ~news usa politics Article 603 words 21 votes
Group of Canadian premiers will work together to research and build small modular nuclear reactors ~enviro Article 730 words 11 votes
Some Reddit comments are being hidden by default as "potentially toxic content" (i.e. a swear filter) ~tech social media Link 38 votes
Denmark plans $30 billion offshore wind island that could power ten million homes ~enviro energy.renewable Article 389 words 6 votes
Denmark’s parliament adopted a new climate law on Friday, committing to reach 70% below its 1990 emissions in the next eleven years ~enviro Article 482 words 11 votes
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her country would provide four more planes to NATO after holding positive talks with US President ~society politics Article 214 words 6 votes
How McKinsey helped the Trump administration carry out its immigration policies ~society politics Article 1962 words 7 votes
Iceland's prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures ~finance economics Article 523 words 11 votes
US Trade Representative investigation concludes that France's Digital Services Tax discriminates against US companies, proposes retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on French products ~finance Article 416 words 7 votes
Labour's spending plans aren't especially unusual – just look at Sweden ~society politics Article 971 words 5 votes
From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions ~enviro Article 557 words 7 votes
Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns ~finance economics Article 482 words 7 votes
Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change ~enviro climate change Article 8 votes
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones ~health Article 832 words, published Feb 14 2017 11 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations ~health Article 1359 words 10 votes
Does transparency in moderation really matter? User behavior after content removal explanations on Reddit. ~science psychology PDF 14 votes
The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise ~health healthcare Article 870 words 10 votes
US Federal nutrition research is underfunded, even as the costs of diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Does Washington hold the key to solving the obesity crisis? ~health Article 125 words, published Nov 4 2019 9 votes
Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling ~enviro climate change Article 736 words 7 votes
Pete Buttigieg’s climate vision: Local fixes for a planet in crisis ~enviro climate change Article 5 votes
More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city ~finance Article 1760 words 15 votes