George Monbiot: the worst mass extinction in Earth's history, at the start of the Mesozoic era, seems to have been caused by the burning of lots of oil deposits in the ground. It made so much CO2 that a large part of the globe was lifeless for 5 million years.

The causes of that global heating episode were quite different from the situation today, but the effects today could be similar. What is not certain is how much global heating we will cause, this time.

A study provides information about some of the US's many secret wars that were authorized by the 2021 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

The 2022 Authorization for Use of Military Force is separate: that authorized Dubya's invasion of Iraq. The US Congress should repeal both.

Ontario, a province of Canada, is working on passing a law prohibiting school employees from striking, and claims it has the power to stop the national courts from reviewing the constitutionality of the law.

What's the use of having national standards of human rights if a part of the country can violate the standard at will? Canada must put an end to this.

Perhaps the national courts can rule that this exception to their authority is invalid.

Senate report: *Republicans' crusade against women's reproductive freedoms has created national chaos that is a mortal threat to women's health.*

Many Big Food companies agreed that we must reform agriculture to avoid risk of disaster.