Old, damaged trees must not be destroyed — many animals need them for survival.

Mendocino, California, is running short on water. Importing water has become very expensive.

They may need to invest in solar-powered desalination.

* Widespread devastation and extreme weather is likely to become inevitable within the next two decades thanks to human behaviour causing rising temperatures, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned.*

*The IPCC report is clear: nothing short of transforming society will avert catastrophe.*

Thunberg: *'Massive public pressure' needed to galvanize climate fight.*

The UK's system for auditing large companies is untrustworthy; this has been known for years. But there is no effort to fix it. The Tories find no difficulty making like painful for the poor and weak (though they will pretend it isn't happening), but they haven't got the stomach to give the rich and powerful any bad-tasting medicine.

For people that start, as children, in harsh circumstances, punishing them for using drugs is often one additional stage in a series of cruelties. Plutocratist rule has no interest in helping the non-rich at any stage.