Obama has stopped the issuance of new coal leases on US public land.

This is a step in the right direction.

Mary Anne Grady Flores will be jailed for six months for violating a "protection order". Her violation consisted of taking photos of a protest against the use of armed drones.

This is an indirect excuse for trashing people's constitutional rights.

The judge yanked the necessity defense of the five protesters on trial for blocking an oil train. He said they had not presented any evidence that this particular protest was the only way to stop a bigger harm: the risk of an explosion in that city.

They were convicted on one charge, but not jailed.

I think that what's necessary to prevent global heating disaster is far more than they could possibly do.

Neonicotinoid pesticides appear to be pointless on soybeans.

One of the Oregon anti-wildlife occupation protesters drove a government vehicle to a town, and was quite properly arrested for car theft.