Queensland has systematically failed threatened species, auditor general says in scathing report.

The Democratic Party has woken up to the need to campaign hard at the state level, and gained 370 legislative seats this year.

Many US citizens whose parents are unauthorized immigrants must forego education, medical care, even food.

Closing Nuclear Plants Risks Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions (if they are replaced by gas-fired generators).

Gas won't be so cheap if we ban fracking, as we ought to.

I am skeptical of the claim that some physical absolute limit makes it impossible to install renewable power (plus storage) fast enough. Given a stable policy that encourages it, we could ramp up both industries as much as necessary. The real limit is the cost; but the money is available by taxing the people and organizations that have money.

Sri Lanka's parliament refused the order pretending to dissolve it, and voted to reject Rajapaksa as prime minister.

This was after the Supreme Court ruled that the president could not dismiss parliament.

Rajapaksa was the previous president; he assassinated people that opposed or criticized him.