The Netherlands has designated a PFA called "GenX" a hazardous, so it can't be disposed of there. So it is paying a subsidiary of Dupont to import GenX "waste" into the US and do something or other with it in North Carolina. However, people there fear it will be leak, or leak slowly after being dumped in of "deep wells", so they convinced the EPA to block the shipment.

Banning PFAs is the first crucial step towards ending that form of pollution, but we will still need to find a safe way to dispose of the stocks of PFAs that already exist.

Thomas Piketty calls for progressive carbon taxes, as well as banning private jets and "oversize vehicles" (SUVs?).

I think this alone would not cut emissions enough, but it would establish a new public awareness that we must take decarbonization seriously.

*Israel-Hamas war opens up German debate over meaning of "Never again".*

The debate between "Never again against us Jews" and "Never again against anyone" has existed among Jews for decades — perhaps, I suspect, since Israel in 1967 captured territory whose population was mostly Arab. I see this as a question of who one has learned to empathize with and uphold rights for.

Here is the letter that represents the "Never again against anyone" position.

Enslavement of workers applies to a broad range of fields of work — even including carrying out internet scams. I'm concerned that some countries will prosecute the slaves for the crimes they were forced to commit.

It is a mistake to associate the injustice of enslavement of workers with specific fields of work. I've read about many areas and there are surely more.

This article contains an example of the tendency to undermine the word "survivor". This happens when people apply it to experiences which are painful, maybe also harmful, but unlikely to kill their victims. This is an exaggeration; in a few decades time, it won't achieve its goal any more, as "survivor will have come to mean no more than "victim".

The cruelty that slaves experience is horrible in reality; there is no need to exaggerate it by calling the victims "survivors".

An extreme heat wave in Madagascar during October would have been *"virtually impossible" without human-caused global heating.*