Even without the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian oil exports via the US have almost doubled since a year ago.

Several countries are forcibly handing exiled Chinese dissidents to China. They include Thailand, and even Vietnam, which is not generally friendly with China.

MDMA (Ecstasy) is already quite safe, but legalizing it would make it even safer.

Demand for ivory in China is falling, which bodes well for elephants.

The question is whether this is due to a change in attitudes or only to China's current economic slump.

Planned highways and railroads in Africa could destroy the currently roadless ecosystems they run through.