ReTuna shopping mall in Sweden is the first in the world to sell only secondhand and repurposed items – established in 2015, it's a municipality-led experiment in circular consumption
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Malaysia no longer takes US plastic waste, creating a dilemma for California
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Nebraska sues neighboring Colorado over how much water it’s drawing from the South Platte River
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When the Swedish town of Kallinge discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of PFAS, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children's future
21 votes -
Bergen in Norway has been building one of the world's most advanced trash systems, using vacuum tubes to whisk waste away
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Survivors and families of those killed in an oil rig disaster forty-five years ago will finally get compensation from the Norwegian state after a close vote passed in the country's parliament
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Decades of searching and a chance discovery: Why finding Leadbeater’s possum in New South Wales is such big news
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Citing illegal pollution US racial justice nonprofit NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Elon Musk's supercomputer in Memphis
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Sweden's recycling centres overflowing with clothes after EU-wide ban on throwing away textiles – municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility
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The crypto racket - public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution
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Huge power cut causes chaos in Spain and Portugal as Madrid mayor warns people to stay put
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Norway's capital is known for its green policies and widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Why does the city still struggle with air pollution?
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Gothenburg fined for missing an environmental target – was one of the first local governments in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan"
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Wyoming pays $150,000 to settle lawsuit over botched prosecution of hemp farmers
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Five of six Greenlandic political parties support reconsidering fossil fuel ban, with only Inuit Ataqatigiit maintaining strong opposition
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For decades, the Swiss city of Basel has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe
21 votes -
The Japanese mayor who built a floodgate no one wanted — and saved his town from a massive tsunami after his death
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Sweden's Supreme Court rules that climate activist Greta Thunberg's legal challenge against the state for insufficient climate action is inadmissible
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Some residents say they were in the dark as Los Angeles fires spread with no evacuation order
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Eighteen months after Maui wildfires destroyed over 2,000 homes, only three have been rebuilt
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Families of the more than 120 men killed when the Alexander L. Kielland oil rig capsized in 1980 were failed by official investigations in Norway, a new study has concluded
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California fire facts
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In 2023 the Danish city of Aarhus launched a three-year trial project to curb the number of disposable coffee cups – more than 700,000 were returned last year
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
18 votes -
Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones
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In a first, Arizona’s attorney general sues an industrial farm over its water use
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Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that.
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Iceland has authorised whale hunting for the next five years, despite welfare concerns
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Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste
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Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining
17 votes -
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election
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Subsea pumped storage tech secures funding from US, German governments
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Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence
11 votes -
US Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration announces $45 million to reduce electric vehicle battery recycling costs
29 votes -
US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports
24 votes -
Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
38 votes -
Geothermal power in the North Bay
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Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
42 votes -
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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How cities run dry
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Texas is close to adopting new oil and gas waste rules, first in decades
9 votes -
US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case
16 votes -
Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital
24 votes -
US Supreme Court rejects states agreement over Rio grande water distribution
16 votes -
Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year
13 votes -
Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress.
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Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences
6 votes