The saboteur-in-chief declared that the US will not follow the Paris climate agreement, and received world-wide condemnation.

The US has never been a real leader in stopping global heating disaster: the planet-roasters have had too much power.

To pull out formally requires three years, but he has already sabotaged the practical US measures needed to carry out the agreement.

Donald Trump Has Ditched the World in Favor of Big Oil's Titans.

Amazingly, the CEO of Goldman Sachs condemned the troll's decision. What's amazing is that the troll dared to disobey Goldman Sachs.

Vicente Fox (himself unpleasantly right-wing): the troll is "declaring war on the planet itself". Too bad it's an understatement.

The French environment minister said that the troll may face charges of crimes against humanity for this.

I think all the paid denialists, and their paymasters, should face such charges. Furthermore, their ill-gotten gains should be confiscated from them or their heirs. Let them face the result of their crimes just as everyone else will, without the advantage of wealth deriving from committing the crimes.

The US economy convinced 600,000 people to give up looking for work in April and May.

The UK Greens advocate a universal basic income.

I like the idea, but the first and crucial battle is to defeat the plutocracy and tax the rich adequately. With that done, it would be possible to adopt policies such as the universal basic income.

China's ivory ban has cut the price in half, but this has failed to reduce the killing of elephants.

Ketamine seems to be an effective treatment for depression, even for patients that nothing else helps.