*The UK could eliminate all need for imports of Russian gas this year through a combination of energy efficiency, expanding renewable power generation and a campaign to help people change their behavior,* according to an environmentalist think tank.

George Monbiot: the temporary drop in food production from Putin's war must not prevent rewilding, which we need for the ecosphere's long-term security.

Documenting apparent war crimes in a town north of Kyiv.

How the definition of war crimes applies to the Putin forces' attacks on civilians in Ukraine.

Stopping civilians from sending information about military activities seems legitimate to me. Killing them to prevent it, I expect is a war crime.

The reason why most of the world's countries do not belong to the International Criminal Court is that Dubya pressured them to refuse. Why do that? We suspect it was to avoid prosecution of American soldiers, commanders or leaders for war crimes -- including perhaps Dubya himself.

The US government is waking up to the danger of violence from incels.

I understand the misery of being rejected over and over. I passed many years in that despair. But, unlike incels, I recognize that a woman's feelings are hers, just as my feelings are mine. No one has an obligation to love me, and if she doesn't, I simply have to accept it.

The Covid rate is rising fast in some European countries that have eliminated Covid mask and distancing rules. The US is likely to experience this too in a month or two, and it could be avoided if we had had good leaders, instead of weak Democrats facing Republican saboteurs.