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New York City’s congestion pricing has cut pollution and traffic – but Trump still wants to kill it With less congestion, less carbon pollution, less accidents, could it be a model for other US cities? Six months in, environmentalists say yes

Six months of congestion pricing in NYC has produced “perhaps the fastest ever environmental improvement from any policy in US history,” @us.theguardian.com’s Oliver Milman reports.

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New Zealand’s Parliament on Thursday suspended three opposition lawmakers over their performance of the haka, a traditional Māori dance, as a protest while the body was considering a contentious bill last year. nyti.ms/442cyOv

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No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t Donald Trump. But he sure acts like him sometimes When it comes to lying, Poilievre won’t be able to match Trump — if only because that’s not humanly possible. His lies are appropriately Canadian, by comparison: more modest in scale, less adventurous...

No, Pierre Poilievre isn’t Donald Trump. But he sure acts like him sometimes

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"Crucially, a skeptic actually questions, as in seeks answers. A person who merely refuses to learn what can be known is not a skeptic, but rather an ignoramus; a person who raises questions but does not seek their answers is not a skeptic, but a bullshitter."
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Uber plans expansion of ride-hailing across B.C. in 2025 Uber recruiting drivers throughout B.C. as it plans expansion

Uber recruiting drivers throughout B.C. as it plans expansion

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a big & fascinating feature on @thenarwhal.ca today about how BC gave away around 20% of Vancouver Island's land mass to pay for a rail line — a 137-year-old transaction that is continuing to stymy negotiations for the First Nations whose homelands were sold without their consent

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Azerbaijan craters its own climate conference The EU warns that Ilham Aliyev’s combative rhetoric is undermining negotiations.

A COP host’s main job is to smooth things over. Azerbaijani autocrat Ilham Aliyev has other ideas.