*Radical [right-wing] Legislation Would Eliminate All Federal Oversight of Natural Gas Exports.*

Raising the price of gas in the US is just the start of the problems that would cause. Big Oil will want to get that gas by fracking, which poisons water sources. And once Big Oil gets to build the wells and the pipelines and the export terminals, it will demand to keep running them for decades.

Turkey is arresting the builders of buildings that collapsed due to the earthquake.

It may be true that Erdoğan is trying to distract attention from how badly he has handled emergency aid for the survivors. However, this is not a mere distraction. Turkey is earthquake-prone, so any given building has a substantial chance of suffering an earthquake sooner or later. Strict enforcements of building codes is crucial for public safety. Better late than never.

However, this isn't the first time that Erdoğan promised better enforcement of building codes, after a deadly earthquake. The real challenge will be to carry out the promise.

Leaving the EU has been an economic disaster for the UK; there is no possible doubt.

But the biggest damage is to health , safety and human rights regulations in the UK.

Big tech companies are firing lots of people even though they are making record profits because that is the fashion for big companies.

Six months after Pakistan's great flood, millions of people's homes and land are still underwater.

I suppose similar floods will happen again. Is there any form of engineering project that would cause floods to drain faster in the future?