England has restricted burning coal and wood inside houses, to reduce toxic particulate pollution.

A lawsuit in Florida attempts to defend the rights of some wetlands.

I may well agree that the construction of that housing should be stopped. Aside from the threat to the wetlands, it sounds like the construction is too close to sea level and likely to be flooded in a few decades. I suspect that someone is being swindled. No one should build anything in lowland areas of Florida.

However, the idea that the wetlands "have rights" seems like a kludge. Philosophically, only a being that can have desires and make choices can have rights. I would rather achieve the same result — blocking bad development — in a conceptually coherent way.

Bolsonaro may face impeachment and prosecution for almost half a million Brazilians that his policies caused to die.

India's encounter with theocratic populism is much like that in the US.

Indian politicians threaten criminal charges against people that report the shortage of oxygen.

I am disappointed that the article propagates a claim about the emperor Nero that may be a lie concocted by his enemies.

Rebecca Solnit: climate scientists are starting to see hope that we will do what is necessary, as fast as is necessary, to avoid climate disaster.

But we are not on a course for safety yet. We need to fight for this. The new hope is that, by fighting, we can win.