Giraffes are listed as "vulnerable" after their population has fallen 40% in a 3 decades.

We can still save them.

Are electric cars really zero-emissions vehicles? That depends on whether the electricity is generated from fossil fuels.

This doubt is for the short term. In the long run, electric cars are a step forward because we can generate all our electricity renewably just by ramping up existing technology. The car batteries can serve as load buffers.

We have to make sure that recharging electric cars is anonymous.

The response to the Oakland fire is eviction of many poor people and art centers.

A Rio Tinto mine plans to track employees totally, even when they are off duty, using sensors on lampposts as well as drones.

Tracking people this much should be prohibited by law, even employees on duty.

Australian politicians are seeking legalistic excuses for preventing public exposure of how farms treat animals.

Some US states have already done this with Ag-gag laws.

Farmers have two legitimate choices: either treat animals in ways the public finds acceptable, or convince the public to accept more. Finding excuses to stop the public from finding out about farm practices is not legitimate.

Now, if only the campaign could convince the public that farms' treatment of animals is a kind of sex…