Ocean Sentry
(From glendalenewspress.com) Glendale- Flushing drugs down the drain can harm the environment because the medications sometimes aren’t filtered out during the sewage-filtration process and can end up in the ocean. According to the No Drugs Down the Drain initiative, several studies have shown that even low levels of exposure to …
August, 2008
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17 August
Like the Little Satans We Are
(From atlanticfreepress.com)- We mercilessly and thoughtlessly abuse, exploit, and slaughter commodified non-human animals simply to amplify our personal pleasure and fatten our wallets. Despite the slow and choppy moral progress we’ve made in how we treat our fellow human animals, we are still acculturated to view non-human animals as enslaved …
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16 August
Red Sea-Dead Sea Canal Stirs Environmental Objections
(From jstandard.com)- The World Bank is conducting a $14 million study into the feasibility of building a channel to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Proponents say the plan could rescue the Dead Sea while supplying desalinated water and hydroelectric power to the region.
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16 August
Extinction Of Another Iranian Pond
(From payvand.com)- This time, drought has put Hashilan pond near extinction, in a way that according to officials many of the pond fishes are dead and other species are on their last breaths as well. With an area of 450 hectares, this is one of the beautiful environments in western …
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15 August
We Must Defend the Whaling Ban
(From guardian.co.uk)- This week the world welcomed news that humpback whales have made a remarkable recovery, following four decades of protection from commercial whaling. But is this really a turning of the tide in the battle to save the world”s magnificent whales from extinction?
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15 August
Climate Change ‘Forcing Birds to Adapt or Die’
(From pressandjournal.co.uk) – The report, called the State of the UK’s Birds, showed birds were being forced to rapidly adapt their behaviour to survive, altering their nesting and migration patterns and forcing them farther afield to find food.
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15 August
Sawfish Struggle to Survive
(From tcpalm.com)- Despite its lineage, the sawfish was once a more common sight in Florida’s shallow waters. Impacts from humans that include overfishing and habitat loss have depleted sawfish numbers over the past century.
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15 August
B.C. Man Who Barreled Through Pod of Killer Whales Fined $3,500
(From canadianpress.google.com) Vancouver – A British Columbia man who mowed over a pod of killer whales at full speed in his boat, either hitting or just missing one of the endangered animals, has been fined $3,500. Xi Change Gao, of Sidney, B.C., was convicted in April after video showed the …
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14 August
Ocean Dead Zones Become a Worldwide Problem
(From ap.google.com) Washington – Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, “dead zones” with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world”s oceans. “We have to realize that hypoxia is not a local problem,” said Robert J. Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
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14 August
Venomous Lionfish Prowls Fragile Caribbean Waters
(From ap.google.com) San Juan, Puerto Rico – A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean”s warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.
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14 August
Native Seal Kills On The Fraser Raise Questions
(From straight.com) – Native fishers like Ken Malloway will be harvesting sockeye, a highly prized salmon species, until the end of August. Harbour seals are also out on the river, competing with the fishers for salmon. According to notes prepared by UBC researchers more than 200,000 seals were killed in …
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14 August
High Fuel Costs to ‘Kill Off’ Japanese Whaling
(From brisbanetimes.com.au)- They”ve been pursued by environmental activists through the Southern Ocean for years, but in an ironic twist, the rising cost of fuel could just be the undoing of Japanese whalers, the head of the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling foundation believes.