Republicans plan to approve US government projects with incomplete environmental impact judgment and no greenhouse gas consideration.

To end and reverse the "insect apocalypse" requires an end to use of some pesticides and fertilisers, and curbing global heating rapidly.

The dearth of insects will harm the many animals that eat them, and this will impact plants too.

Scientists recognize that human overpopulation and overconsumption are among the roots of this developing disaster. It is very important to have fewer children, or none.

But this is a long-term issue; the other recommended actions can have much faster effects.

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The die-hard planet roasters of the Australian government insist on keeping taxes on fossil fuel companies to a minimum.

Holding them liable for the damage of global heating could be useful in a world with the political will to shut them down, but it does not guarantee a good outcome by itself. It is not a substitute for the political will to curb global heating.

It would be just and right to make the various businesses that are responsible for global heating pay the cost of the damages. But I think the damages will amount to more than the worth of those companies. The effect of holding them 100% liable would be to seize the companies. That would leave their shareholders with nothing — which is arguably more than they deserve — and effectively nationalize the companies.

That won't guarantee that the companies change their actions. The government would have the power to order nationalized companies to change; but that would take firm political will. The government might be tempted to keep running the companies for short-term profit instead of shutting down the fossil fuel operations, or to sell off their assets to other private companies that would operate them. In the short term, those actions would be advantageous — and fatal only in the long term.

A four-day work week overall increases productivity and reduces greenhouse emissions. The problems that arise can be solved.