Americans could save up to $321bn in energy costs by switching to renewable energy, including for cars and heating buildings. Plus trillions from all the unnatural disasters that this will avoid.

However, it is not the case that we can do with a smaller electrical grid just by installing rooftop solar on all buildings. Houses will still need the grid for times when the region is dark or cloudy.

Indigenous workers in Western Australia worked for wages, but Western Australia kept their wages, so it was effectively slavery.

The first organized anti-fascists fought in Spain.

*California must cut San Quentin prison population amid pandemic, court rules.*

The Australian state of Victoria will investigate employers with a view to punishing those that if they fail to help employees avoid catching Covid-19.

If the state really does this, it will be an admirable contrast with all the governments that allow employers to pressure their workers to spread disease.