Brooking no dissent in his ranks, President Donald Trump has sacked an acting Attorney General. Sally Yates had ordered her subordinates not to defend or uphold Trump’s Muslim ban. In turn, Trump fired Yates on Monday, stating that she had “betrayed the Department of Justice”. It is unlikely Yates is losing any sleep over her decision.

A political science student has been charged with Quebec City’s fatal mosque shootings. Alexandre Bissonnette is suspected to have extremist beliefs, largely espousing an anti-feminist, ultra-nationalist ideology. Bissonnette, it seems, clearly did not read enough traditional political philosophy during his classes.

It costs $1.4-trillion to be exact. A study conducted by the World Health Organisation has indicated that at least 1-20th of the world’s health care systems are occupied with smoking-related illnesses or diseases, while 40% of the burden is laid on developing countries’ health care systems. 

The rapid expansion of renewable energy worldwide will not be sufficient to meet the Paris climate goals, including a 2-degree temperature cap. Without a reduction in fossil fuel use, no amount of expanded renewable energy will be enough to meet the target laid out by mid-century. Tax fossil fuels, the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo, Norway says, or prepare for climate change disaster.

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