Carbon capture and storage can't be a path to ending fossil fuel emissions if the CO2 that it captures is pumped into oil fields to squeeze out more oil. It becomes just another way to extract more oil.

South Africa has banned seismic blasting in the ocean off the Wild Coast area.

Shell was going to do the blasting to search for fossil fuels that humanity cannot afford to extract anyway.

The blasting itself would have

harmed whales and other wildlife. I celebrate the outcome of this case, but I think that the views of people living near the proposed area of exploitation are a weak foundation for something as important as limiting fossil fuel extraction. The dangers of the extraction are global, and the ban should be global too.

New and old unusual ways to raise funds for critical infrastructure to help farms and people cope with drought.

Chileans rejected the draft constitution written by the constitutional convention.

Pinochet's constitution was designed for repression; it needs to be replaced. But with what? I suggest asking the public to vote on several questions about which of the major changes they like or dislike. Those answers might help in writing a constitution that a substantial majority of the public will support.

FEMA's director acknowledges that FEMA's maps of flood danger need to be updated to reflect changes due to global heating.