An avoidable dispute is interfering with the progress of residential solar power in Australia.

Here's an idea: the Australian government should arrange to finance solar power systems and batteries for rental housing, and get the money back over time by charging through the electric bill.

Massachusetts used a similar system decades ago to replace old, inefficient hot water heaters. The tenants saved money, because they payments for the new heater were less than the savings due to its increased efficiency. The landlord lost nothing so did not object.

*WHO proposes fresh mission to China and lab audits.*

*Illinois is first state to bar police from lying to juveniles during interrogations.*

Now that the state understands the wrong of pushing people into false confessions, for minors, it should extend this protection to adult suspects. False confessions by adults may not be as probable as false confessions by minors, but they are not rare either. Imprisoning an adult based on a false confession is an injustice too.

The Bootleg fire in Oregon is burning rapidly through expanses of dead trees.

The article does not say, but I suspect that these trees were killed by pine borer beetles, which have extended their range northward with the help of global heating.

Los Angeles thugs shot an unarmed man at a major intersection without taking the time to check the rumor that he had a gun.

Should cops carry binoculars with which to check, from a safe distance, whether an object is really a firearm?