California plans to ban new oil wells within 3200 feet of homes, schools and hospitals, to protect people from toxic chemicals that escape into the air.

It would be more thorough to close the existing wells in those areas too. But it might be politically and legally more difficult.

Oil companies plan to use Carbon Capture and Storage to get separate CO2 and pump that into oil wells to force out more oil. That cycle presumes that they keep pumping out lots of oil -- it doesn't end overemission, just reduces it a fraction.

The National Lawyers Guild in the US sent observers to monitor the election in Venezuela. They, as well as European observers, found that the system was basically legitimate.

The Europeans criticized the disqualification of some candidates before the election.

The US is slow to aid owners of rental housing to rebuild after a disaster, so private lenders use this as an opportunity for profiteering.

(satire) *Conservationist Breaks Down Sobbing While Going Through Old Box Of Extinct Species' Things.*