The US Army denied permission to finish the Dakota Access pipeline on its current planned route, and will consider rerouting it.

This could be a victory for protecting the local water. But if the pipeline crosses the Missouri somewhere else, it will only move the threat to a different backyard. Meanwhile, its contribution to increased global heating will be unaffected by changes in its route.

The only real victory would be to stop the pipeline completely.

The decision about the route also requires a proper environmental impact statement. Maybe that will provide an opportunity to stop it completely.

Giant avalanches in Tibet are probably due to global heating.

Tories say that leaving the EU is an opportunity for more "free trade" in Britain. In other words, they advocate face-planting surrender to business, this time supported by Britain's remaining naval power. Plus selling arms to regimes that don't deserve support.

The main problem with the EU is that it surrenders to business. There is no sense leaving the EU except to stop surrendering to business.

Recommending books that shed light on today's right-wing trumpery, and on why America's working poor are so mind-numbed by their lives that they don't try to organize politically to make it better.

Sea Shepherd faces credible accusations of lying about the sinking of the Ady Gil. However, it has been very effective, first against whaling and second against illegal fishing.