COP26 climate agreement reached in Glasgow with unprecedented reference to fossil fuels ~enviro climate change Article 15 votes
Norway is to introduce new traps to protect wild salmon after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of contact with their farmed counterparts ~enviro conservation Article 575 words 5 votes
Vienna museums starts OnlyFans account after its TikTok is banned for posting nudes ~arts art.fine Article 377 words 17 votes
Norway's incoming centre-left government has said it will seek to grow the country's lucrative oil and gas industry while striving to cut carbon emissions ~enviro energy Article 33 words 15 votes
Why Telegram had to follow Apple and Google when they suspended a voting app ~tech social media apple google Article 1065 words 9 votes
Gov. Gavin Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California ~design urban planning Article 817 words 21 votes
Australia to acquire nuclear submarines through new security alliance ~news australia china usa united kingdom Article 1015 words 6 votes
Google, Apple remove Alexei Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin ~tech apple google Article 210 words 13 votes
Fossil fuel firms sue governments across the world for £13bn/$18bn as climate policies threaten profits ~enviro climate change Article 957 words 10 votes
Gavin Newsom signs bills aimed at creating more affordable housing in California ~life housing.affordable Article 868 words 12 votes
Prisoners serving life sentences in Denmark are to be banned from entering new romantic relationships ~news denmark politics law Article 317 words 14 votes
Vihreä liitto become first party in the Finnish Parliament to call for legalisation of cannabis – initiative approved at party conference by narrowest possible majority 183-181 ~news finland politics Article 371 words 12 votes
Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train ~enviro climate change Article 23 votes
High Court of Australia rules that media outlets are publishers of third-party Facebook comments ~news australia journalism Article 12 votes
Danish government has presented a proposal to get foreigners and people with immigrant backgrounds to work thirty-seven hours a week in exchange for welfare benefits ~news denmark politics Article 388 words 7 votes
Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods ~news netherlands law Article 295 words 30 votes
With climate change emerging as a primary issue in this month's Norwegian parliamentary election, there are signs people are questioning the country's reliance on crude oil ~enviro climate change Video 2:42 6 votes
Climate change won't stop while America hates trains and walking ~enviro climate change Article 892 words 29 votes
Historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark against former MP Inger Støjberg who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures ~misc politics Article 862 words 7 votes
China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games to three hours a week, with an hour extra during holidays ~games Article 214 words 19 votes
OnlyFans drops planned porn ban, will continue to allow sexually explicit content ~tech social media Article 253 words 35 votes
OnlyFans will prohibit "content containing sexually-explicit conduct" (but still allow nudity) starting October 1, at the request of banking/payment providers ~tech social media Article 296 words 50 votes
Facebook's new "Widely Viewed Content" report doesn't provide meaningful transparency, and seems to be full of errors and spam ~tech facebook social media Article 1967 words 5 votes
Want to get rid of San Francisco's most toxic monument to racism and segregation? End single-family zoning. ~design urban planning Article 1145 words, published Aug 1 2021 14 votes
High court victory for Stonehenge campaigners as tunnel is ruled unlawful ~transport Article 567 words 10 votes
Denmark faces legal action over attempts to return Syrian refugees – activists fear a dangerous precedent being set as Copenhagen deems Damascus safe ~news denmark politics syria.damascus Article 1041 words 6 votes
Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade ~health Article 286 words 19 votes
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans ~health healthcare medicine Article 1158 words 16 votes
Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows ~health.mental Article 422 words 14 votes
Greenland stops oil and gas exploration – natural resources minister Naaja Nathanielsen said the environment and climatic impacts had been assessed as being too high ~enviro climate change Article 753 words, published Nov 7 2017 23 votes
In an effort to outflank the populist right, the ruling Social Democrats in Denmark have adopted one of the harshest refugee policies in the world ~misc politics Article 1991 words 10 votes
Joe Biden administration bars US imports of solar panels linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region ~enviro energy.renewable Article 406 words 12 votes
Finland has an ageing population and a labor shortage – despite government programs, immigrants and their families are not always greeted with open arms ~life work Article 499 words, published Nov 7 2017 7 votes
Electric vehicles won’t save us: Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world ~transport Article 4494 words, published Jun 16 2021 10 votes
Sweden's parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven – Socialdemokraterna leader has a week to resign or call a snap election ~news sweden politics Article 60 words 7 votes
Taxing consumption progressively is a better way to tax the wealthy ~finance Article 1002 words, published Jun 8 2021 8 votes
Sweden's Vänsterpartiet said it would seek to oust PM Stefan Löfven if the government didn't drop or change plans for the abolition of rent controls on new-build properties ~news sweden politics Article 305 words 7 votes
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to the rule that only men register for the draft ~life.men Article 471 words 17 votes
Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs ~design urban planning Article 441 words 8 votes
Denmark is set to adopt legislation enabling it to open asylum centres outside Europe where applicants would be sent to live ~misc politics Article 782 words 6 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software ~tech privacy Link 15 votes
California bill to decriminalize psychedelics is approved by Senate, now moves on to Assembly ~health Article 486 words 26 votes
$45 billion in US rent relief was seen as the solution to a possible wave of evictions. It ran headfirst into reality. ~finance Article 3249 words 10 votes
Did Jordan’s closest allies plot to unseat its king? Alleged sedition and a royal family feud may have been driven by a broader plan to reshape the Middle East. ~news jordan saudi arabia israel palestine usa Article 1760 words 4 votes