A major London museum insists on its responsibility to "accurately explain the nature of its collections," including how some were acquired through British imperialism, but rejects demands to hide them.

I agree with the museum's general stance. I don't know enough about the specific cases to have opinions on them.

"Decolonization" properly means giving independence to colonies. I object to extending that word to cover removing things from display, because that results in absurd hyperbole. Also, it tries to impose the presumption that two very different issues are just one issue. Opposing colonization does not imply any particular position on what to do with objects in a museum that were acquired from colonization -- or with objects acquired by war (as distinct from colonization).

*Brazil could have stopped 400,000 Covid deaths with better response, expert says.*

Rising seas drive salt water into the ground nearby. This can corrode the foundations of tall buildings and make them collapse.

There are many places in the world where lots of somewhat tall buildings have been built near beaches. I've seen them near Rio de Janeiro.

Even if we work hard to curb greenhouse emissions quickly, sea-level rise will continue for decades, perhaps even centuries. Miami cannot be saved.

New Zealand plans to ban plastic packaging for some products, as well as the usual single-use plastics that other countries ban.

Fly-shooting nets are so effective for catching fish that they leave very little to regenerate the stock.

If our goal is to keep fish stocks strong, fish them sustainably, and provide work for many fishers, it is clear that these nets are counterproductive -- so we should ban them entirely.