A last-minute deal in a must-pass spending bill gave Maine fishermen 6 more years before they have to protect North Atlantic Right Whales.

Given the rate at which the population of those whales is decreasing, that could wipe them out.

UN Secretary-General Guterres announced a "no-nonsense" climate defense conference for September 2023 for which *the price of entry is non-negotiable -— credible, serious, and new climate action and nature-based solutions that will move the needle forward and respond to the urgency of the climate crisis must be presented.*

Twitter intentionally hid the origin of Pentagon political propaganda aimed at the Middle East.

*Dutch PM apologises for Netherlands’ role in slave trade.* Activists in former Dutch colonies imperiously rejected the apology because its words and its ceremony were not done to their satisfaction.

Turkey may block Sweden from joining NATO because Sweden's supreme court has rejected the extradition of a Turkish journalist wanted by Erdoğan for political persecution.