After this initial time of limited phone and TV “to wean them away from overdependence on technology and its stimulation,” they get more access and mostly make their own choices.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/opinion/college-students-monks-mental-health-smart-phones.html

Biden came into office vowing to wean the country off fossil fuels, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine got in the way.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/analysis-bidens-subdued-reaction-to-opec-cuts-foreshadows-economic-slowdown-carries-risk/article_330b948a-dd3e-5df0-9a18-bbba8780bdde.html

Biden’s deal to expand gas shipments to the EU, Peck said, aimed to help wean the collection of countries off of Russian natural gas over the next five years.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/01/06/your-natural-gas-bills-to-jump-shockingly-high-across-region-socalgas-warns/

Croatia has been ramping up efforts to exploit its extensive geothermal resources in recent years as it looks to wean itself off imported fossil fuels.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/croatia-geothermal-energy-plant

Dubbed the “oil of the 21st century,” lithium is essential for the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, which should allow cars to wean themselves off CO2-emitting oil.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iran-announces-discovery-of-large-lithium-deposit-181363

Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/germany-ends-nuclear-era-as-last-reactors-power-down/

Hamstead outlined that the Columbia Valley as an advantage when it comes to going Zero Carbon: it does not have a natural gas, so there is no need to wean people off that fossil fuel as a home energy source.

Source: https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/residents-press-council-to-adopt-step/

He said: "Vaping was originally marketed as a substitute and lower risk alternative to smoking, in a possible short term attempt to wean adults off smoking.

Source: https://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/23769053.tenbury-councillor-calls-tighter-restrictions-vapes/?ref=rss

It would need to wean off the dollar (a huge challenge for them) before a BRICS currency, or Yuan ruled the world.

Source: https://moneymorning.com/2023/08/19/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bailout/

My complaint is more fundamental: it concerns the apparent inability of our political establishment to wean itself from obsolete thinking.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-bacevich/2023/06/01/the-compulsion-to-intervene/

Now, it has emerged the Prime Minister could introduce some of the world's most strict anti-smoking laws to try and wean the next generation off.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/three-new-uk-smoking-laws-27772493

Of course, some folks solve the problem by calving later in the spring, but that means they have to wean later in the year.

Source: https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/country-problems-require-country-solutions/760571.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=country-problems-require-country-solutions

Pushed by Germany's attempt to wean itself off Russian gas, demand for energy efficient heat pumps rose last year, with sales jumping 50 per cent, Bosch said, adding that it will expand its manufacturing capacity for heat pumps in Europe.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/bosch-says-chinese-recovery-key-2023-3252391?cid=cna_flip_070214

Rather than encouraging drilling, leftwing president Gustavo Petro has increased oil taxes and banned new exploration contracts to wean the country off fossil fuels.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/afa423aa-9e28-4f4e-a9eb-f029df0a95a2

Secondly, the EU has decided that it will seek to wean itself off of Russian energy and, in order to do so, it will have to produce a great deal of electricity from renewables and become much less reliant on fossil fuels.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/06/green-rush-is-the-new-gold-rush-3-stocks-positioned-for-a-windfall/

So how can we wean ourselves off addictions?

Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/12/16/im-a-mental-health-expert-and-these-are-the-warning-signs-of-mobile-phone-addiciton-which-can-be-more-harmful-than-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-a-mental-health-expert-and-these

“The city provides a subsidy for the event, but we are hoping to introduce new ways to wean off this subsidy.”

Source: http://reverejournal.com/2023/07/12/license-commissionapproves-1-day-licenses/