Swedish battery company Northvolt has announced it would be laying off a large part of its workforce and selling or consolidating several sites as the electric vehicle market slows down ~transport Article 525 words 11 votes
Volvo Cars has abandoned its plan to become a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030 due to weakening consumer demand for pure electric vehicles ~transport Article 602 words 42 votes
Burners eat big losses in desperate race to sell unwanted Burning Man tickets ~arts Article 1159 words 31 votes
Ericsson will lay off about 1,200 employees in Sweden as the telecommunications company faces slowed demand for its 5G equipment ~finance business Article 9 votes
It's the beginning of the end for global oil demand, IEA chief says ~enviro energy climate change Article 424 words 13 votes
Diamond prices are in free fall in one key corner of the market ~finance economics business Article 77 words 31 votes
Is Japan's whaling industry going under as demand sinks? ~enviro conservation Article 956 words, published Nov 7 2017 5 votes
Iceland's plan to end commercial whaling is driven by falling demand but also a fifteen-year-long campaign aimed at their biggest consumers of whale meat – tourists ~enviro conservation Article 1071 words 4 votes
Firefox usage is down 85% despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up 400% ~tech browsers Article 2094 words 30 votes
Sweden has seen a 4% drop in the number of people flying via its airports, as flight-shaming takes off ~transport Article 315 words 13 votes
Norwegian Air is ending some long-haul routes to the US and Thailand from Scandinavia, citing technical issues with the Rolls Royce engines on Boeing 787s and low demand ~transport Article 137 words 4 votes
Flight shame could halve growth in air traffic – Swedish concept of 'flygskam' appears to be spreading ~transport Article 442 words 8 votes