*This is the year of the climate election. Journalists should cover it that way.*

I've treated the slowly developing climate crisis as crucial since 2000 or before.

*EU to take action against Hungary's "sovereignty" law.*

*Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry.*

He doesn't do this as often as we need, but he's a lot better than many politicians that are entirely plutocratist. I also appreciate his efforts to improve antitrust law and regulation of corporations, which I've commented on here.

His efforts to end Israel's chain of atrocities are not firm enough but they are better than most American politicians would dare do.

Taylor Swift threatened to sue Jack Sweeney for posting public data about the movements of her private jet.

I would expect that any one rich person's private jet contributes too little to global heating to be worth a moral fuss for its own sake. But all the private jets do amount to a significant (though small) fraction, and a campaign calls on people to stop using them.

Keep in mind, when considering the excuse repeated in the article, that many "carbon offsets" are bogus and that the system of ill-checked "carbon offsets" is of substantial help to the planet roasters in deflecting justified public pressure for true decarbonization.

This is why I call for a carbon tax rather than "carbon trading".

*American Base in Jordan Where Drone Killed 3 U.S. Troops Dogged by Inadequate Air Defenses.*

I expect that it would be cheaper, as well as wiser, to provide better defenses than to retaliate. A group of religious fanatics can't be deterred by retaliation or threats, but its weapons can be defeated like anyone else's.