... But Fisher’s lawyers say Boeing’s attempts to deflect liability in past lawsuits despite what the NTSB investigation found led to the pilot being sued by some passengers and caused him great distress...

... “It was clear Boeing’s words were directed at Captain Fisher in attempt to paint him as the scapegoat for Boeing’s numerous failures,”...

China’s coal demand is set to drop by 2027, more than cancelling out the effects of the Trump administration’s coal-friendly policies in the US...

New plaques have appeared under the portraits of former US presidents at the White House...

... White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the plaques "are eloquently written descriptions of each president and the legacy they left behind".

BBC Verify has taken a closer look at some of the claims on the so-called "Presidential Walk of Fame"...

... some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.

The health burden from phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides and Pfas “forever chemicals” amounts to up to $2.2tn a year – roughly as much as the profits of the world’s 100 largest publicly listed companies...

... Most ecosystem damage remains unpriced, they say, but even a narrow accounting of ecological impacts, taking into account agricultural losses and meeting water safety standards for Pfas and pesticides, implies a further cost of $640bn...

... Unlike with pharmaceuticals, there are few safeguards to test for the safety of industrial chemicals before they are put into use, and little monitoring of their effects once they are. Some have been found to be disastrously toxic to humans, animals and ecosystems, leaving governments to pick up the bill...

"... there’s no single factor there … but the evidence is very clear that increasing exposure to hundreds, maybe even thousands of manufactured chemicals is a very important cause of disease in [children]"...

... “Bisphenol would be the classic example, that get into people’s bodies at every age, damage the liver, [damages] cholesterol metabolism, and result in increased serum cholesterol, increased obesity, increased diabetes, and those internally to increase rates of heart disease and stroke.”...

"... And until one of them causes something obvious, like children to be born with missing limbs, we’re going to go on mindlessly exposing ourselves.”

No business suits;
No egos;
Lots of genuine giggles;
Good tech;
A cast of many thousands of volunteers;
Our technological world depends upon this;
And meekly mentioned in passing as a castoff comment, all too easily missed, quietly and unobtrusively yet significantly, noting the total shrug-off of the Microsoft multiple E's.

And a very apt comment in the comments is:

One of them is /home/Linus and the other is /root

... "There was a lot of pressure on us to change the heat generation to new sources, especially renewable sources," explains Mr Hack as he discusses the decommissioning of coal-fired units at the Mannheim plant. The site is right by the Rhine, already has a hefty electricity grid connection, and is plugged in to the district heating network, so it makes sense to install the heat pumps..."

... Installations such as this are not cheap...

... "Heat pumps and district heating systems are a great fit." Such systems can harvest heat from bodies of water or even wastewater from sewage treatment plants.

Dr Wilk notes that, when you use multiple large heat pumps on a district heating network, you gain flexibility and efficiency. You could run two out of four heat pumps in the autumn, say, when less heat is required than during the depths of winter...

... Helsinki is in the process of radically overhauling its district heating system. The city has added heat pumps, biomass burners and electric boilers to a 1,400km network that links up nearly 90% of buildings in the Finnish capital ... can help to soak up surplus renewables and provide an electricity grid-balancing function...

... One of the biggest issues was the $45tn a year in environmental damage caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas, and the pollution and destruction of nature caused by industrial agriculture, the report said. The food system carried the largest costs, at $20tn, with transport at $13tn and fossil-fuel powered electricity at $12tn.

These costs – called "externalities" by economists – must be priced into energy and food to reflect their real price and shift consumers towards greener choices...

... Removing fossil fuel subsidies could cut emissions by a third...

So... How do we kick our Governments into accepting the Inconvenient Truth of the reality of the subsidies we are all paying to the Big Oil to kill us all in multiple deadly greedy profitable ways?...


The time is now.