The Republicans pretend they can get Americans back to work by punishing the unemployed.

That's like trying to squeeze blood into a stone, when there's no space in the stone.

Peru received a grant to create a reserve for wildlife and "isolated" tribes, but now plans to drill for oil there.

Sumatran tigers are half as numerous as was supposed; human activity is the main problem.

Chinese herbal medicines sold in Europe and North America often have small amounts of highly hazardous pesticides.

Private initiatives show it is possible to reduce the use of palm oil, the production of which is ecologically destructive.

However, I suspect that it will require government actions such as tariffs to make a big dent in the use of palm oil. This would require defeating free exploitation treaties.