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Historic US climate regulation, millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes, stipends against eviction, social supermarkets
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we highlight a new EPA rule that promises cleaner air and a quicker transition to electric vehicles, the doubling number of Brazilian cities served in a successful programme fighting dengue fever, open-ended stipends that are keeping renters in expensive Silicon Valley in their homes, and much more.
EU criminalises “ecocide” & passes landmark nature restoration law, cars powered by woodchips
Today on Squirrel News, the EU now treats severe environmental damage as a crime, adopts a groundbreaking ecosystem restoration law, and a New Zealand firm unveils woodchip-powered EV battery technology.
#35: Personal notes on current events and the past
In this episode, Ed and Jonathan, a Jew in LA and Jonathan a German in Berlin, reflect on current political events and their personal relation and experience with it: The rise of the far-right AfD in Germany, mass protests against it, and how Germany deals with the past in general; and on the other hand, the possible comeback of Donald Trump, racism and antisemitism in US history. By the way, we’re just getting started. Much more to come in our next episodes.
October recap: 28 stories highlighting our favourite new ideas and solutions
From the world’s unstoppable shift towards clean energy to innovative methods to outsmart government censorship, here’s a run-through of some of the most exciting and important stories from our October editions.
#34: MDMA and social change
Can psychedelics like MDMA drive positive social change? Journalist Rachel Nuwer wrote a book on “MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World”, and in one chapter she describes how taking the drug in a scientific study seems to have helped a former white nationalist leader change his extremist beliefs. In this episode, Rachel explains how this could be possible, how MDMA could have similar effects on others and where the limits are.
