http://ecofriendlytip.com Check out the Latest Green News and Tips Today Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:05:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/31/massive-fish-deaths-in-south-philippines-blamed-on-climate-change/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/31/massive-fish-deaths-in-south-philippines-blamed-on-climate-change/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:43 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9692 Around 49 metric tons of fish have been found floating dead in Sebu Lake in South Cotabato province, south Philippines, and local officials blamed the deaths on climate change, a provincial fishery coordinator told a local radio station Tuesday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2012/01/31/massive-fish-deaths-in-south-philippines-blamed-on-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/around-china-endangered-wild-tigers-threatened-as-winter-comes/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/around-china-endangered-wild-tigers-threatened-as-winter-comes/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:23:20 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=9061 In the Wanda mountains, near the China-Russia border, dense forest cover is sparse and any animal seen up to 500 meters away is easily tracked down. It's hard to imagine that this is where Siberian tigers roam as they usually prefer to skulk in the shadows of thick forests

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/29/around-china-endangered-wild-tigers-threatened-as-winter-comes/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/16/eu-lawmakers-call-for-action-to-protect-bees/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/16/eu-lawmakers-call-for-action-to-protect-bees/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:16:39 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/16/eu-lawmakers-call-for-action-to-protect-bees/ European Union lawmakers on Tuesday called for stronger action to protect Europe's bees, saying that the rapid decline in the bee population could affect the growth of important food crops.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/16/eu-lawmakers-call-for-action-to-protect-bees/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/alaska-considers-aerial-wolf-kills-in-tourist-area/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/alaska-considers-aerial-wolf-kills-in-tourist-area/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:10:58 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/alaska-considers-aerial-wolf-kills-in-tourist-area/ Alaska state officials on Friday were considering a controversial plan to shoot wolves in an effort to boost moose populations in one of the state's top tourist and recreation areas.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/13/alaska-considers-aerial-wolf-kills-in-tourist-area/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/05/ohio-deputies-faced-charging-animals-during-escape/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/05/ohio-deputies-faced-charging-animals-during-escape/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:40:54 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8683 Deputies who arrived at a private compound in Ohio where dozens of exotic animals were set free by their owner last month encountered lions and bears charging at them and crashing through fences, forcing them to shoot and kill the animals, according to reports released Friday.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/05/ohio-deputies-faced-charging-animals-during-escape/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:56:04 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8656 A team of paleontologists showed reporters skulls of a rat-like mammal that lived when dinosaurs still roamed the earth and was recently discovered in southern Argentina.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/skulls-of-new-pre-historic-mammal-found-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/8-whales-die-at-ghana-beach-in-3-years/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/8-whales-die-at-ghana-beach-in-3-years/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:43:29 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8651 Eight whales have died since 2007 when foreign oil companies began oil exploration off the Ghana coast, an environmentalist said.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/04/8-whales-die-at-ghana-beach-in-3-years/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/03/groups-sue-u-s-over-gmo-crops-in-wildlife-refuges/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/03/groups-sue-u-s-over-gmo-crops-in-wildlife-refuges/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:50:56 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/03/groups-sue-u-s-over-gmo-crops-in-wildlife-refuges/ Environmental and food safety groups filed suit on Wednesday against the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service, demanding it end the cultivation of genetically modified crops on Midwestern wildlife refuges.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/11/03/groups-sue-u-s-over-gmo-crops-in-wildlife-refuges/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/29/mudpuppy-salamander-fails-to-make-vermont-endangered-list/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/29/mudpuppy-salamander-fails-to-make-vermont-endangered-list/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:43:32 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/29/mudpuppy-salamander-fails-to-make-vermont-endangered-list/ Vermont officials decided on Friday against adding the mudpuppy salamander to the state's endangered species list, capping a lengthy debate over the best legal fate for the cute but slimy amphibian.

]]> http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/29/mudpuppy-salamander-fails-to-make-vermont-endangered-list/feed/ 0 http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/11/chinas-largest-freshwater-lake-starts-annual-fishing-ban/ http://ecofriendlytip.com/2011/10/11/chinas-largest-freshwater-lake-starts-annual-fishing-ban/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:05:00 +0000 Rokai http://ecofriendlytip.com/?p=8263 NANCHANG (Xinhua) — Two ports on Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi, started an annual fishing ban for six months as of noon Monday, according to local fishery authorities. To sustain the lake’s fishery resources, fishing has been banned in an area of 30,000 mu (2,000 hectares) around two [...]

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