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The article discusses international trade in coal and its projected growth, showing a map of importing and exporting countries. The World Bank is noted for fostering a part of the coal trade through its financing of coal-fired power plants in India, South Africa, and Botswana. Japan is characterized as the world's biggest importer of coal while Australia is said to be the biggest exporter.

The article discusses pressure placed on Atlantic Ocean populations of bluefin tuna owing to the Japanese food industry and the high value of bluefin tuna sold at auction.

The article cites a recent study by the environmental-economics institute Redefining Progress, which says even seven seas cannot satisfy the world's appetite for fish. The study reveals that at the current rate of fishing is overusing the oceans' biological capacity by 157 percent. Japan, Indonesia, and China have the most egregious "fishprints", while the U.S. comes in eighth, overfishing by 165 percent. It suggests that oceanic food consumption should be cut down in order to help in making the scenario from worst to better.