Edinburgh University proposes to "engage" with fossil fuel companies rather than selling stock in them.

It sounds nice, but I don't think Edinburgh University's investments are so big that these companies will make concessions to keep them.

Basically, "engagement" with fossil fuel companies is a way to keep supporting them while pretending to others, and/or perhaps to yourself, that you're getting them to change.

Avoiding climate disaster will require converting 1/3 of humanity's energy use to renewables by 2050.

The EU is considering a trade secret directive that would prosecute journalists for publishing companies' secrets.

It would also make it dangerous for employees to move to a competing company.

Under the EU's pitiful excuse for democracy, if the Parliament amends the directive to fix these things, the Commission can change them right back, and it is hard for Parliament to resist that. The only safe thing for Parliament to do is reject the directive.

The ACLU has sued Virginia about storing data from license plate readers. This was used in 2008 to track people attending election rallies.

Protection of green sea turtles in Florida has been a great success, but it took decades, since those turtles take 40 years to mature.