*World could undo social and economic advances and face 1.5 disasters a day by 2030, according to UN's flagship Global Assessment Report.*

An economic study finds that the new coal mines that the previous Australian government tried so hard to authorize are unlikely to be profitable.

Their owners are hoping that they can push the government into subsidizing the mines. I have a hunch that some of that money would find its way to right-wing politicians or their campaigns. The argument the mine owners use is that they are too important to be allowed to fail.

It's just the opposite: they are too dangerous to be allowed to succeed.

A report from two people who lived in Mariupol and were captured by the Putin forces.

It seems that they did not exactly force Ukrainian captives to go to isolated Russian cities and take jobs they were not allowed to leave, but they made it fairly challenging to avoid that fate.

*Millions risk losing US healthcare when Covid emergency declaration expires.*

An interview with NASA scientist Peter Kalmus about why he chained himself to the entrance of JP Morgan bank: the public must realize that the "people in charge" are not trying to save us.