Indonesia has agreed to do more to stop the forest fires that people set for the purpose of deforestation.

Indonesia should make it illegal to farm land that was forest less than 10 years ago, use satellite photos to identify such farms, and destroy them so that the forest can come back.

An Australian state is moving to legalize medical marijuana but only for people who are dying.

The people who need this most are the ones that might be saved by chemotherapy if they can stand the suffering it causes.

US citizens: phone your congresscritter to support H.Con.Res.114, which says that any sustained US combat in Iraq or Syria requires congressional authorization.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

The New Climate Economy report claims it is possible to curb global heating without harming economic growth.

Teenagers in many countries are drinking less, using drugs less, even getting pregnant less. Perhaps that's because they expect to be punished all their lives if they do those things, and expect the adult world to be one that condemns all but a small fraction winners to hopeless poverty.

It's good that teenagers do less of these harmful things, but not good at all that plutocracy has made adult life so hard.