G20 countries subsidies to coal extraction and use add up to over 60 billion dollars per year. To save the ecosphere, countries must terminate this quickly.

Attorney General Barr threatens communities that fail to "respect" thugs by saying that thugs will neglect to protect them.

The swindle is that those thug departments already put more effort into harassing them than protecting them.

Surveys of several countries, including the US, have found that 70% of people overall want regulation of how businesses use personal data.

This is a big step forward in public awareness of the problem of surveillance, but people have a long way to go before they see the full dimensions of the problem and start to consider real solutions.

This year's climate conference is once again sponsored by businesses including fossil fuel companies.

This undermines its purpose, just as fossil fuel companies lobby hard to eliminate the substance of all policies and agreements to render them ineffective.

(satire) Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg confirmed Tuesday that he had decided to treat himself to a second, flashier presidential campaign.