Welsh council bids to print McDonald’s customer car number plates on wrappers ~enviro Article 345 words 12 votes
California approves large, controversial desalination plant for Monterey Peninsula ~enviro water.sea Article 727 words 9 votes
A theme park crisis is wrecking South Korea’s bond market ~finance economics Article 2128 words, published Nov 10 2022 3 votes
Copenhagen's failure to meet its 2025 net zero target casts doubt on other major climate plans – pledges to cease contributing to climate change demand greater scrutiny ~enviro climate change Article 6 votes
Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet. ~enviro water.drinking water.sea Article 2202 words 11 votes
Anti-trans candidates fail to make major gains in Ontario school board elections ~lgbt transgender Article 846 words 8 votes
Kotka, in southeastern Finland, removed the country's last publicly displayed statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin ~humanities.history Article 384 words 5 votes
How San Francisco’s recycled water program stumbled into performative environmentalism ~enviro recycling water.gray Article 2050 words, published Sep 20 2022 4 votes
California’s drought regulators lose big case. What it means for state’s power to police water ~enviro Article 970 words 9 votes
San Francisco to launch pilot program paying people not to commit gun crimes ~news usa.ca.san francisco crime Article 285 words, published Sep 1 2021 4 votes
The grass is always browner – Swedish neighbours vie for 'ugliest lawn' title on the island of Gotland ~enviro Article 413 words 7 votes
QAnon protesters attempted to arrest Peterborough police officers over Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Peterborough's Mayor tweets a message to them: 'F--- off, you f---wads' ~news canada.on.peterborough Article 480 words 11 votes
Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies ~finance business Article 1525 words 7 votes
Scotland to become first country in world to provide free period products ~life.women Article 418 words 16 votes
Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours ~enviro Article 853 words 13 votes
World's fastest electric ship will set sail in Stockholm next year – Candela P-12 is a thirty-passenger 'flying ferry' that will reach speeds of thirty knots ~transport Article 849 words 6 votes
Single-use plastic waste is getting phased out in California under a sweeping new law ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 23 votes
Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever - The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong ~design urban planning Article 2042 words 10 votes
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion ~health healthcare Article 1308 words 61 votes
Tour de France comes to Denmark – anticipation mounts in greatest cycling nation in the world for world's greatest cycling race ~sports Article 839 words 5 votes
In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats ~life.pets Article 3921 words 7 votes
Adolescents in the US are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times. ~life education Article 926 words, published Jun 8 2022 24 votes
Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth ~lgbt transgender Article 630 words 18 votes
California imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area ~enviro Article 766 words 11 votes
Californian critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms ~enviro water.sea Article 2245 words, published Apr 26 2022 4 votes
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition ~tech internet Article 5 votes
'Unprecedented' water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California ~enviro climate change Article 338 words 17 votes
Greenland offers a roadmap for how to get Inuktut taught in Nunavut's schools ~humanities.history Article 862 words 3 votes
Four Canadian provinces push ahead with plan to build small nuclear reactors to supply power ~enviro Article 317 words 17 votes
Local school districts are caught in the middle of the culture wars as the right tries to gain control ~humanities Article 3554 words 10 votes
Texas Governor Greg Abbott orders state agencies to investigate gender-transitioning procedures as child abuse ~lgbt transgender Article 454 words 22 votes
Furries are leading the war against a book-banning Mississippi Mayor ~books Article 1348 words 14 votes
Crow-plagued California city turns to lasers and boomboxes to clear the air ~science Article 746 words, published Jan 20 2022 12 votes
Nebraska will spend $500M to claim South Platte River water from Colorado ~enviro Article 903 words 5 votes
Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022 ~news usa.ga politics.usa Article 946 words 16 votes
Helsinki City Council says it will no longer serve meat at seminars, staff meetings, receptions and other events to reduce capital's carbon footprint ~food meat Article 360 words, published Nov 4 2021 6 votes
Restrictive Californian zoning laws worsened the supply chain crisis ~finance Article 1115 words, published Oct 25 2021 8 votes
Bill 2 is "the most transphobic bill ever proposed in Quebec," activist says ~lgbt transgender Article 707 words 5 votes