Use of shark fin in China has declined greatly, perhaps by 80%. Campaigns to avoid the extinction of sharks are having some effect.

Shark fin has no particular taste, and its texture is not especially interesting in the mouth. The reason shark fin soup is made is for conspicuous consumption: someone is giving a banquet and wants to impress others by getting expensive things.

The massive death of mangrove shore forests in Australia will do away, regionally, with many kinds of fish and even eliminate land. As global heating proceeds, this problem will spread.

An Australian island with substantial population is considering moving to 100% renewable energy.

If our governments acknowledged the magnitude of the danger of CO2, they would mobilize society for rapid conversion to renewable energy.

'Now We Are Waking Up': Zimbabwe Protests Leader Seeks International Help.

Members of the European Parliament say the TTIP (known through a leaked draft) could "sabotage" the EU's climate policy.

This is no surprise -- I expect that fossil fuel companies were consulted in drafting it, while environmentalists were not.