Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling
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A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
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Greedflation accounts for fifty-three cents of every US dollar of inflation in past six months
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Afghanistan families find ways around Taliban restrictions on girls’ education
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Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy
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HomeVestors (the “We Buy Ugly Houses” company) overhauls policies in the wake of ProPublica investigation
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The US GOP doesn’t want to punish trans people—it wants to eradicate them
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OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools
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Book review - A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein
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Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel
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Oil companies will soon pay fees for emitting a climate ‘super-pollutant’
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Norway's decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists
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Humorous messages on electronic signs discouraged by new guidelines from US Federal Highway Administration
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The government algorithms too few people are talking about
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‘Don’t mess with us’: WebMD parent company demands return to office in bizarre video
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Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan
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Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today
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The future of the cruise ship – emissions-free wind power
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Joe Biden administration announces $1 billion for low-emission US school buses
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Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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Legislators in Kentucky and other fossil states charge EV drivers more than double in taxes than ICE drivers
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How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling
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India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
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Why a 100-year supply? How Arizona got its famous, yet arbitrarily numbered groundwater rule.
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Paris is saying 'non' to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe
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France could soon build several nuclear reactors in Sweden, according to a letter of intent signed by the two countries' energy ministers
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Twitch's new sexual content guidelines updated to include 'artistic nudity' after viral topless stream
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With one of the lowest rates of bullying in Europe, we speak to teachers, pupils and parents to find out how Denmark is managing to stamp out harassment in schools
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US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
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Developing countries emit 2/3 of the world's carbon: they can't afford the lending terms of renewable projects
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The site of a mining town on Svalbard is now being returned to nature in one of Norway's biggest-ever restoration projects
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Nations at climate summit agree to move away from fossil fuels
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Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza
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Thailand takes steps toward legalizing same sex marriage - bill from cabinet will be submitted to parliament
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Amsterdam to cut speed limits 40% to improve road safety
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$1B grant will help make high speed rail a reality from Raleigh to Richmond
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Norway's minority government and two opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic region
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Slate's latest article about US Social Security benefits was full of errors, myths and lies
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Reading to Philadelphia train takes a major step forward as it gets federal funding (also, Scranton to NYC)
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You can’t even pay people to have more kids
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Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced
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Why did US National Environmental Policy Act peak in 2016?
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The world-first Danish strategy to encourage plant-based foods may contain a lesson for other nations looking to cut back on meat – build new demand first
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Norway's new gas field highlights tensions as COP28 climate talks open – new North Sea projects jar with push to phase out fossil fuels
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Bosses imposed rigid policies requiring return to the office. Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles.
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Amazon is warning employees they risk undermining their own promotion prospects unless they return to the office (RTO) for three days a week, as was mandated by CEO Andy Jassy months ago
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NYC budget cuts will close some composting programs
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Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet.
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