Why Finland leads the field when it comes to winter cycling – progressive policies help get people on their bike, even in below-freezing conditions ~life Article 927 words 8 votes
Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months ~enviro Article 1854 words 7 votes
Megadrill to build power highway below Stockholm's landmarks – Sweden's growing capital needs more electricity for homes and new industries ~enviro energy Article 3 votes
Finland has expressed interest in a new high-speed train that would connect its capital Helsinki to Moscow in just six hours ~transport Link 5 votes
Denmark's government wants a planned bridge over the Kattegat sea between Aarhus and Copenhagen to carry trains as well as cars, more than doubling the cost ~transport Link 6 votes
Cut undersea cable plunges Yemen into days-long internet outage ~tech internet Article 722 words 6 votes
Restoring an earthquake-hit power plant in Puerto Rico could take a year ~news usa.pr Article 714 words 9 votes
Billionaire’s company in talks to buy electric grid on Lanai ~finance business Article 297 words 7 votes
Common gas market for Finland, Estonia and Latvia launches following the completion of the Balticonnector pipeline last month ~enviro energy Link 3 votes
Denmark sources record 47% of power from wind in 2019 – boosted by steep cost reductions and improved offshore technology ~enviro energy.renewable Article 335 words 5 votes
New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things ~transport Article 324 words, published Nov 29 2019 10 votes
Telenor has picked Sweden's Ericsson as the key technology provider for its 5G telecoms network in Norway ~tech Article 78 words 4 votes
Battery pack prices fall as market ramps up with market average At $156/kWh in 2019 ~enviro Article 623 words, published Dec 3 2019 12 votes
There are now traffic cameras that can spot you using your phone while driving ~transport Article 232 words 9 votes
Only two road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Norway in 2019, making it the best-performing country for road safety ~transport Article 466 words 10 votes
Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru ~tech internet google Article 357 words 9 votes
Helsinki Library has robots to help reshelve books – they get a lot of press attention but they're not the important part of the library ~books libraries.national Video 4:44, published Oct 14 2019 5 votes
Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region's approach elsewhere ~design urban planning Article 1906 words 8 votes
The first transatlantic telegraph cable was a bold, beautiful failure ~tech Article 2751 words 6 votes
Denmark is giving permission for joint German-Russian underwater gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to be laid through its territory ~enviro energy Article 513 words 3 votes
China is forcing the world to rethink recycling ~enviro recycling plastics Video 9:08, published Sep 27 2019 9 votes
"March to Protect The Sacred" against tar sands pipeline in Clearbrook, MN ~enviro energy Article 556 words 5 votes
PG&E releases list of California cities, counties on power shut-off watch ~enviro energy Article 1233 words 10 votes
Chinese company wins million-kronor bid to help expand Stockholm metro – the biggest investment in the Swedish capital's public transport in more than four decades ~transport Article 325 words 5 votes
Norway does not plan to block China's Huawei Technologies from building the country's 5G telecoms network ~tech Article 396 words 5 votes
New infrared-based technology promises to give textiles recycling a giant leap forward by replacing manual sorting with an automated method in Finland ~enviro recycling Article 418 words 3 votes
Teddy bear fence along Copper Coast Highway poses safety risk to children, South Australia mayors warn ~transport Article 894 words 5 votes
Driven to despair – road toll charges take centre stage in Norway vote ~transport Article 460 words 6 votes
The reason our streets switched to cul-de-sacs ~design urban planning Video 7:45, published Aug 8 2019 4 votes
Aarhus on Monday introduced Viking-style traffic lights at seventeen locations in the city ~transport Article 354 words 8 votes
A Welsh town will install anti-sex toilets that could spray users with water ~design architecture.hostile Article 12 votes