Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that. ~enviro Article 998 words, published Nov 26 2024 14 votes
Swedish battery cell maker Northvolt, which produces cells for electric vehicles, has announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US ~transport Article 501 words 6 votes
US awards $1.5 billion in grants to improve passenger rail along Northeast Corridor ~transport Article 925 words 18 votes
US voters greenlight over $25 billion in public transportation ballot measures in 2024 ~transport Article 446 words 47 votes
Subsea pumped storage tech secures funding from US, German governments ~enviro Article 876 words, published Nov 1 2024 10 votes
Amtrak Wolverine (MI), Southwest Chief (AZ) services to see design advancements, right-of-way acquisition with $126 million in grants ~transport Article 997 words, published Oct 31 2024 12 votes
US Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration announces $45 million to reduce electric vehicle battery recycling costs ~enviro recycling Link 29 votes
US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports ~enviro climate change pollution.air Article 2319 words 24 votes
Twelve years and $700 million later, what's going on with Star Citizen's development? ~games Article 1740 words 36 votes
Tales of Kenzera: Zau dev Surgent Studios puts entire games team on hiatus due to lack of funding ~games Article 201 words 5 votes
US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania ~enviro pollution.water pollution.air Article 626 words 16 votes
Stable Diffusion creators launch Black Forest Labs, secure $31M for FLUX.1 AI image generator ~tech Article 763 words 11 votes
FOSS funding vanishes from EU's 2025 Horizon program plans. Elimination of most Next Generation Internet funding 'incomprehensible,' says OW2 CEO Pierre-Yves Gibello. ~tech internet.open Link 28 votes
US Environmental Protection Agency awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in thirty states to reduce climate pollution ~enviro pollution Article 609 words 28 votes
Helsinki's incredibly well executed Jokeri light rail project – finished way ahead of schedule and costs lower than initially budgeted ~transport Video 4:50 24 votes
Inside Ziklag, the secret organization of wealthy Christians trying to sway the US election and change the country ~humanities religion Article 3766 words 22 votes
Iceland's startup scene is punching above its weight – dodging the venture capital doldrums, Frumtak Ventures lands $87M for its fourth fund ~tech Article 635 words 5 votes
MTA stops work on Second Ave. subway amid congestion pricing confusion in New York City ~transport Article 558 words, published Jun 20 2024 14 votes
Banana giant corporation Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries ~food Article 582 words 38 votes
US economists report on an intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap ~finance economics Article 1321 words 17 votes
Silicon Valley’s best kept secret: Founder liquidity ~finance business Article 1489 words, published Jun 9 2024 12 votes
California legislature rejects governor’s proposed cuts to active transportation, intercity rail ~transport Article 824 words, published May 30 2024 21 votes
Joe Biden administration commits $3.4 billion in funding to San Francisco Caltrain extension ~transport Article 608 words 28 votes
National Science Foundation halts South Pole megaproject to probe infant cosmos’ growth spurt ~space Link 8 votes
Funding shortfall for new tech endangers rural US cell service, Federal Communications Commission says ~tech Article 95 words 8 votes
How Sweden is failing its spacetechs – it's not about the budget, says one founder who moved his company to Finland ~space Article 1215 words 7 votes
Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in twenty years ~science Article 718 words 7 votes
US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale ~enviro energy.renewable Article 850 words, published Apr 2 2024 24 votes
Open source Minecraft mod platform Modrinth goes indie, returns funds to investors ~games Article 302 words 31 votes
US astronomers fight to save X-ray telescope as NASA dishes out budget cuts ~space astronomy Article 1601 words 14 votes
Philadelphia SEPTA won a $317 million federal grant to help replace aging Market-Frankford Line cars ~transport Article 459 words, published Feb 16 2024 16 votes
Progress deferred: Lessons from mRNA vaccine development ~science medicine Article 6566 words 9 votes
Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers. ~health medicine Link 15 votes
'Smoking gun proof': fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show ~enviro pollution climate change Article 1078 words 28 votes
Joe Biden administration announces $1 billion for low-emission US school buses ~transport Article 347 words 39 votes
Sweden's most popular tourist attraction, a 17th-century vessel that foundered minutes after launch, needs another financial rescue ~humanities.history Article 660 words 11 votes
Greyhound bus stops are valuable US assets. Here’s who’s cashing in on them. ~transport Article 13 votes
California gas tax revenue will drop by $6 billion, threatening roads ~transport Article 608 words 27 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover ~enviro conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
$1B grant will help make high speed rail a reality from Raleigh to Richmond ~transport Article 514 words 34 votes