The almond farms of California are rapidly exhausting the state's ground water.

Global heating will make droughts in California more frequent. For the short term, the state needs to manage its water rather than allow farmers to pump it at will.

For the long term…there won't be much farming in California, by and by, unless we curb global heating.

The Prime Minister of New Zealand says that there is no massive surveillance there. Edward Snowden proves he is lying.

This was implemented in 2012/2013, under a law that was misrepresented as having a much smaller effect.

In the UK, prisoners regularly die or commit suicide as a result of prison budget cuts. They see no point in reporting when they are raped.

There are no funds for rehabilitation, which puts a burden on the rest of society when they get out.

The Yangtze river sturgeon is following the Yangtze river dolphin into extinction.

Shark meat is popular in Indonesia, and tuna fishers catch and sell lots of endangered sharks as "by catch".