One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark – can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal?
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US Coronavirus data has already disappeared after Donald Trump administration shifted control from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Warnings of possible cover-up in progress as Donald Trump orders hospitals to stop sending coronavirus data to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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United Kingdom to ban Huawei equipment in 2021 and remove it from 5G networks by 2027
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Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste
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There are climate change policies that rural Americans—even Republicans—support
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Germany bans range of single-use plastics including straws and cotton buds
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The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities
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Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons
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US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals
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Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy
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Terrible, dangerous EARN IT act set to move forward in the senate; attack on both encryption and free speech online
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White House ordered National Institutes of Health to cancel coronavirus research funding, Anthony Fauci says
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Google starts deleting location history after eighteen months, by default
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
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Facebook vowed to investigate horrific abuse by anti-vaxxers. Nine months later, no one was penalized.
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#YouDownloadTheAppAndItDoesntWork — Highlighting hypocrisy and double standards on Apple's App Store
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The US federal government will now allow health care providers to deny care to anyone they perceive as trans or gay
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CDA Section 230 explained: The important and often-misunderstood legal foundation of the social internet
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Amazon may face EU antitrust charges over merchant data in coming weeks
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Brazil’s favelas, neglected by the government, organize their own coronavirus fight
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We mapped where Customs and Border Protection drones are flying in the US and beyond
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Donald Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted
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One Twitter account is reposting everything US President Donald Trump tweets. It was suspended within three days.
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Denmark should end all future oil and gas exploration in the North Sea – it hurts Denmark's ambition as a front-runner in the fight against climate change
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US taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided US taxes
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For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income?
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Spain set to introduce permanent basic income scheme to rebuild economy post-coronavirus
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US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms
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Spain approves 462 euro monthly minimum income for the poorest
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Andrew Cuomo gave legal immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations. Critics say data proves New York's liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates.
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Ontario to explore criminal charges against five long-term care homes in scathing military report, says Premier Doug Ford
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Florida's strategy to protect seniors from COVID-19
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How should we go about handling population growth and staying at or above replacement levels?
Tl;dr human birth rates are falling universally and globally and at some point in this century will mean a decrease of the world's population. The effects of this will/has been felt in stuff like...
Tl;dr human birth rates are falling universally and globally and at some point in this century will mean a decrease of the world's population. The effects of this will/has been felt in stuff like pensions/retirement and so far, noone has proposed any solutions other than increased immigration and denying women abortions. So what should we do to solve this? Should we even find solutions given that stuff like pollution and climate change is man-made?
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China has imposed a massive eighty per cent tariff on Australian barley imports from today, saying the product has been imported against trade rules
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United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon
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‘Hard stop’: US states could lose National Guard virus workers
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Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted US Health and Human Services official says he was pressured to give contract to Donald Trump-friendly pharma firm
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China has imposed an import ban on four Australian abattoirs in an apparent escalation of Beijing's trade war tactics
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The four men responsible for America’s COVID-19 test disaster
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils "a three-step plan and a national framework to achieve a COVID-safe economy and society" by July
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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In Helsinki's climate plan, community comes before bureaucracy
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“Political connections and cronyism”: In blistering whistleblower complaint, Rick Bright blasts Team Trump’s pandemic response
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How Jared Kushner's volunteer force led a fumbling hunt for US supplies
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How Georgia is reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom
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Spoiling rice in Vietnam show perils of food protectionism
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Google to require all advertisers to pass identity verification process
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A handful of US cities have passed soda taxes, but are they working?
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