We’re starting the week at Squirrel News with the announcement that Paris has made a big reduction in air pollution ahead of the Olympics, Massachusetts’ new tax targeting individuals earning over a million dollars, and positive outcomes from an unusual approach to opioid addiction treatment.
Elizabeth Jacyshyn-Owen
Community living for social inclusion, LA’s school cellphone ban, Bogotá’s modern fatherhood school
Today we’re highlighting a community initiative bringing together homeless individuals and young people in shared living spaces, LA’s upcoming ban on student cellphone use and social media access during school hours, and the Colombian school teaching fathers practical skills that break away from outdated gender stereotypes.
Maryland pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions, EU to restore 20% of land and sea, California’s free grocery store
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re covering Maryland’s decision to forgive 175,000 low-level marijuana possession charges, the EU’s ambitious environmental plan to restore 20% of its land and sea by the end of the decade, and the debut of San Francisco’s free grocery store, offering accessible food options to all residents.
Finland’s teen abortion rate plummets, South Australia moves to ban political donations, ozone layer recovery
In the last edition of Squirrel News for the week, we’re exploring Finland’s public health institute reporting a 66% decrease in teenage abortions from 2000 to 2023, a new electoral amendment bill aiming to prohibit electoral donations and gifts in South Australia, and a faster-than-anticipated decline in ozone-harming gases.
Car-free cities, South Africa legalises cannabis use, the US’s first zero-waste resort town
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we delve into the momentum behind car-free cities, South Africa’s legalisation of cannabis use, and “Ocean Shitty”: the city taking action to become the US’s first zero-waste travel destination.
Sign language ambulances, deaths from tetanus plummet, building a wildlife corridor in the world’s largest rainforest
Insert In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about sign language-equipped ambulances reducing barriers to care in England, a significant decline in tetanus-related fatalities, and the construction of a wildlife corridor in the Amazon rainforest.
