http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2019000/2019193.stm

"The effort to save the great apes, it says, now stands at one second to midnight.

Yet corruption, inertia and sheer poverty allow all-out, unsustainable slaughter to continue apace."

"It describes the trade as "globalised", with organised couriers distributing the meat to many European capitals, where it arrives without any customs or health checks.

Estimates put the amount reaching London's Heathrow airport at up to 10 tonnes a day, often in appalling condition."

Oh, also read BBC's article on global warming:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2024000/2024265.stm

To round it out I just need some scientific study about how stupid humans are, unfortuately all I got is this story in Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3821/science_hard.html
(link from NASAWatch)