*EPA Withheld Reports of Substantial Risk Posed by 1,240 Chemicals.*

*New Zealand pledges to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. *

A Republican Texas legislator has demanded that school districts describe all the books they have that might make students feel discomfort (or various other negative feelings) about their race or gender. The aim seems to be censorship.

To illustrate how broad the demand is, consider the plays of Shakespeare. Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and The Taming of the Shrew might make students (and others too) uncomfortable for reasons having to do with race and/or sex. Will Republicans eventually move to ban them? If they do, will progressives oppose the move -- or support it?

Probable extreme-right French presidential candidate Zemmour is using an anti-semitic dog whistle by attacking Alfred Dreyfus.

*Sudan coup protesters man barricades on seventh day of unrest.*

This followed a day of large protests in which soldiers fired at protesters, wounding and killing some.