The California Department of Fish and Game has blamed the die-off on oxygen deprivation and is also testing fish for toxins at its animal forensics laboratory. Results are not expected until next week.
Environment
UK Establishments Adopt Minimum Packaging To Reduce Wastes & Carbon Emissions
There are many reasons that packaging of food and consumer products come heavily wrapped, from marketing appeal, to the need to protect expensive items like new cellphones, to security issues.
Wildlife Groups Seek Protection For African Lions
The African lions are declining in an alarming rate over the past twenty years. The number of African lion’s population has dwindled to almost 50 percent by retaliatory killings, loss of habitat and prey species, exploitation by recreational trophy hunters and commercial trade, disease, and other factors.
Coral Bleaching Gives Scientists A Chance To Apply Resiliency Theories On Reefs
Indonesia’s Wakatobi archipelago was a thriving marine sanctuary full of life where hundred thousands of people have depended their livelihood and contributed millions of dollars to the Indonesian economy.
North American Pine Trees Endangered Of Being Extinct?
Due to climate change and attacking beetles western forests in North America where the pine trees populate may disappear in the coming decades, according to a study by US and Canadian researchers.
Plastics Can Now Be Environmentally Friendly
Plastic makers in the Philippines have now found a solution to convert their products from non-biodegradable to biodegradable.
Chile Transforms Sewage Carrying River Into A Riverfront Park
Long stretches of the banks of Mapocho river in Santiago, Chile are lined with garbage, and homeless people live under some of its bridges.
Singapore Most Environmentally Friendly Metropolis In Asia
The Asian Green City Index, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by the German company Siemens AG, examined the environmental performance of 22 Asian cities in eight categories, including energy, land use, transport, waste, water and air quality.
Municipality Of Candaba Proclaimed As Wildlife Refuge
Candaba, a low lying area and a town in Pampanga, Philippines, is known for its swamps and a refuge for wildlife.
Clothing Manufacturers Push Initiative To Go Green And Conserve Resources
Several leading branded clothing manufacturers aside from Levi Strauss push the initiative and advocate the phasing out of organic jeans in favor of other environmental efforts, such as reequipping the manufacturing process to go green and conserve resources.