Argentina is once again trying to demand control of the Falkland Islands. Aside from distraction in Argentina, the main motor of the dispute is undersea oil.

Since we must leave most known oil reserves unextracted, Argentina and the UK should make an agreement that neither one will extract oil there.

For every 10 executions in the US, one innocent person has been freed from death row.

US carbon emissions are decreasing without special pressure, and the 2020 target may be reached early.

That is because the 2020 target is far short of what we need to do to avoid disaster.

Marine ecosystems harmed by climate change can take a thousand years to recover.

The UK election is now a pseudo-event, like most of US national elections.