Putting a monetary value on nature is absurd, because we can't compare the values of unique and irreplaceable things on a linear scale.

A Japanese airline stopped disabled Hideto Kijima's friends from carrying him up the boarding stairway, and tried to stop him from crawling up it, but he ignored them.

I think that stopping his friends from aiding him was a sharper wrong than not having an elevator. To lack facilities is a sin of omission, but intervening against mutual aid is a sin of commission.

It is good that the airline will install an elevator, but it absolutely must promise never again to stop passengers from helping other passengers to board.

Banks Should Disclose Lending to Companies with Carbon-Related Risks.

Some countries and states have achieved 75% recycling of plastic drink bottles based on a small deposit that is returned in exchange for the bottle.

25% of the plastic drink bottles discarded in the environment is still far too much. It bespeaks an insufficient will to solve the problem. How about increasing the deposit to a dollar per bottle? Maybe then 90% of the bottles will be recycled.

The US has lost Dr Khaled Almilaji due to the troll's partial ban on Muslims.