It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw.
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US National Transportation Safety Board calls on automakers to install speed-limiting tech in new vehicles
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Twitter’s former head of trust and safety finally breaks her silence
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Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months
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Joe Biden administration offers $35 billion in low-interest loans to support US transit-oriented development
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The next power plant is on the roof and in the basement
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Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland
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Sweden's government has pledged to take an active role in securing financing for a massive buildout of nuclear power to meet an expected surge in electricity demand
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NGO CLASP report - Out of date, inefficient air conditioners sold by the millions in smaller Asian countries
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Norwegian state-run telco Telenor announced plans to sell its satellite division to Space Norway, part of the country's space agency
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Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities
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Opinion: US infrastructure law offers too little progress on climate and equity
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One huge contradiction is undoing our best climate efforts
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Massachusetts passed a law requiring cars make data accessible to independent shops to allow repairs. Automakers sued.
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Pakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. Is it restoration? Carbon colonialism? Both?
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Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
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Denmark is building on the success of blockbuster drugs – the country's focus on reinvestment is feeding a stream of discovery
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Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform
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Public health experts say narrow lanes should be the default on US city streets
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Modernizing New York commuter rail: through-running service between New York City, New Jersey, Long Island, Westchester, and Connecticut
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Why the US never saves money on health care
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The unexpected climate policy that could tackle both US national debt and China: Carbon pricing has the potential to become a bipartisan policy
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Fact sheet: US President Joe Biden issues executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store
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China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Beijing
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A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
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Canadian federal government considering new caps on payday lending and high risk lending
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The costs of not investing in American public infrastructure, research, and education
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YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers
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Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
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Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
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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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Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’
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Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed.
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Meta in Myanmar, Part I: The Setup
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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Feeding seaweed to cows can cut methane emissions – Swedish study proposes government commission more research into environmental benefits of cattle feed additives
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Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway
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Poverty, not the poor - a systematic analysis of the relatively high stable rate of US poverty using multinational data
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Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
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Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
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Those who have longed for a railway connection to Tromsø have been left disappointed once again – Nord-Norgebanen ‘too expensive’
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Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states
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China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic'
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EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook
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Dear drivers, steady as you go at 20mph. And welcome to the future.
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