Direct air capture of CO2, though only rudimentary, is absolutely necessary for curbing global heating — as long as our reductions in emissions remain hopelessly inadequate.

* The US accounts for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century, despite its claims of climate leadership,*

I suspect these figures are skewed by not including increases in coal mining. China is building new coal-fired generators at a prodigious rate and must be planning a comparable increase in the rate of coal mining. Whether the US or China comes out worse overall when all kinds of fossil fuel are counted, I don't know, but they must both be very bad.

*World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds.*

120,000 people in Britain died in 2022 while on NHS waiting lists. That is double that dies while waiting in 2017/2018.

The cause of this is simple: bad policies imposed by the government. Especially the policy of refusing to tax the rich so as to raise enough funds to do the NHS job right and thoroughly.

I would have suggested voting for Labour, except now Labour is committed to be just as bad.

The Tories are dropping, step by step, their plans to separate UK regulations and inspections from EU standards. It is not clear that they will alter the policy changes that hurt individuals, such as the plans to discard EU human rights requirements or the burdens of not being EU citizen. Ultimately, they care about British businesses, not Britons.

Crown Prince Bone Saw has put several dissidents in prison, and sentenced one to death after a parody of a trial, for posting criticism of the prince and other members of the royal family.

That regime is comparable in its evil to China, though some details differ.