"Carbon offsetting" or climate defense by protecting forests, as it is now done, is a weak scheme. It may do some good, but certainly not enough.

One of Sudanese tyrant al-Bashir's lieutenants says he wants to be tried by the International Criminal Court, not by a Sudanese court. He expects the ICC to be less biased.

Bravo to the ICC. The US should cease its campaign to delegitimize the ICC and sign up for it.

Greta Thunberg says that the political leaders she has met with show no "sense of crisis" about the climate.

No wonder they think it is acceptable to surrender to the business pressure to take it slow.

Progressives immediately cancelled mayoral candidate Scott Stringer when a former intern accused him of groping her. However, others say that the two had a relationship and she wasn't an intern.

US citizens: call on Congress to ban oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!