Women are taking the lead in British union organizing.

In the absence of government by a real Labor party, one that will stand for the non-rich against the rich, unions are what workers need.

After two years, Mexico's tax on sugar-sweetened drinks has led to a 15% drop in consumption of them.

It will take years to measure the effect on health.

Meanwhile, the higher tax in Berkeley, California, has decreased sugar-sweetened drink consumption by over 20%.

The FBI has lured another weak-willed, feckless man into participating in a fantasy terrorist plot. He will spend much of his life in prison, and the FBI will present this as an example of "protecting us".

The FBI will claim that it sets these traps to catch capable and dangerous terrorists in the US, if there were any, and it just happens that confused fantasy terrorists keep falling into them. However, anybody mentally competent enough to be a real danger as a terrorist would be competent enough not to be caught.

The UK government is planning to increase pollution limits so that extending Heathrow airport will fit them.

A power shortage in Australia was due mainly to problems in fossil fuel power plants. The planet-roaster Australian government tried to blame it on renewable energy and use that as an excuse to promote fossil fuel use.