‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores ~enviro pollution.water pollution.ground plastics Article 750 words, published Aug 30 2024 32 votes
Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google) ~tech Article 3872 words, published Aug 5 2024 13 votes
Massachusetts bill could fully legalize kei cars and override RMV ban ~transport Article 544 words, published Sep 12 2024 53 votes
Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America ~humanities.history Link 16 votes
California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says ~life Article 1956 words, published Apr 9 2024 21 votes
The Ukrainian economy at war (2024) - Defence production, energy and endurance ~finance economics Video 1:06:32 6 votes
Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales ~health Article 698 words 11 votes
Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children ~life Article 607 words 10 votes
London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids ~transport Article 991 words 28 votes
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare ~health healthcare Article 397 words 13 votes
Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models – sovereign wealth fund cushion has made it possible for government to offer green incentives to motorists ~transport Article 313 words 11 votes
Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices ~life Article 1212 words 14 votes
NHTSA proposes new vehicle safety standard to better protect pedestrians ~transport Article 398 words 36 votes
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity ~news germany politics Article 1000 words 12 votes
Dutch will spend $2.7 billion on improving infrastructure to keep ASML ~finance business Article 525 words, published Mar 28 2024 7 votes
How a start-up utopia became a nightmare for Honduras: US investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country ~finance business Article 1510 words 22 votes
Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts ~health Article 1211 words 10 votes
Chat control is back on the agenda of EU governments. The Hungarian Presidency will collect “guidance for further work”. Take action to stop chat control now! ~tech privacy Article 895 words, published Jul 11 2024 11 votes
Sweden has announced controversial plans to scrap its tax on airline tickets from 2025 ~transport Link 6 votes
Bipartisan group of 350 US city mayors commit to electrifying fleets and broadening EV charging infrastructure ~transport Article 1144 words, published Aug 28 2024 18 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
America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China ~misc politics Article 2727 words 19 votes
Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence ~enviro Article 400 words 7 votes
Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16% ~transport Article 664 words 18 votes
Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy ~misc politics Article 1944 words 11 votes
Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million ~finance Article 906 words 51 votes
California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes ~life Article 677 words 30 votes
UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns. Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action. ~transport Article 18 votes
How anti-trans US policies in Project 2025 could impact all families ~lgbt transgender Article 2126 words 27 votes
Book review: "Escaping Gravity" By Lori Garver ~space Article 1215 words, published Jun 24 2022 7 votes
Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation ~health Article 347 words 27 votes
What works: Groundbreaking evaluation of climate policy measures over two decades ~enviro climate change Article 591 words 22 votes
Kamala Harris's speech killed any hope she would end the Gaza genocide ~misc politics Article 1157 words 22 votes
The US government spends millions to open grocery stores in food deserts. The real test is their survival. ~food Article 4079 words 35 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ ~enviro conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers ~life education housing.affordable Article 1820 words, published Aug 13 2024 19 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
Monopoly round-up: Price gouging vs price fixing vs price controls ~finance economics Article 1653 words 13 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit ~tech social media facebook Article 817 words, published Jul 26 2024 14 votes
According to demographic projections, people leaving Sweden are set to outnumber immigrants this year – government says this is thanks to its restrictive migration policies ~life housing Article 696 words 9 votes
What if Germany had invested in nuclear power? A comparison between the German energy policy the last twenty years and an alternative policy of investing in nuclear power. ~enviro Link 9 votes
Why scrapping VAT on sunscreen and public EV charging would be an expensive waste of money ~finance Link 13 votes
Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane ~life Article 1082 words, published Aug 11 2024 23 votes
The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button ~tech Article 563 words 58 votes
Apple’s requirements (subscription model only) to hit creators and fans on Patreon ~tech apple.app store ios Link 53 votes