菲律賓數百噸的魚群死亡
在八打雁省(Batangas province)5個城鎮的魚塭中,超過800噸的虱目魚與吳郭魚離奇死亡,官員禁止漁民販賣這些腐敗的死魚,並加緊用卡車從湖中清理魚屍加以掩埋。菲律賓的環境與天然資源部(Department of Environment and Natural Resources, DENR)的調查顯示魚群是因缺氧而死。氣候變遷(climate change)造成酷熱的夏季,接著雨季來臨,氣溫突然降低因而造成湖水缺氧,而湖水遭污染導致水質惡化也是原因之一。部長拉蒙帕傑(Ramon Paje)表示魚塭用魚籠養魚非常擁擠,阻礙水流,他呼籲政府妥善加以管制。5月30日的測定顯示水中含氧量僅有3.71PPM,仍遠低於正常的6PPM。我們很難過魚群不幸死亡,這也讓大眾清楚了解地球的危急狀態,希望大家儘速行動,保護魚群等眾生的生存空間,維持地球家園的平衡。http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2011/05/29/800_tons_of_fish_die_rot_on_philippine_fish_farmhttp://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=691229&publicationSubCategoryId=63http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/05/29/11/taal-lake-not-poisonous-despite-fishkillhttp://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/154627/20110530/philippine-fishermen-struggle-with-massive-number-of-dead-fish-photos.htmhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=54652&t=Philippines%3A+++Hundreds+of+tons+of+fish+die+in+Lake+Taalhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jYOC02ijMCLIvbBoCEgK0Wg007KA?docId=CNG.7a2801a3386edab0f0599fdf44c4ec31.281http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/10610/sales-of-fish-slow-in-batangas-town-in-wake-of-fish-kill
澳洲無尾熊瀕危
澳洲學者呼籲將無尾熊列為瀕危物種,過去10到15年來,某些地區的無尾熊棲息地已減少80%,而氣候的變遷使無尾熊更脆弱。http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10728038http://www.anhourago.us/show.aspx?l=8388782http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-trees-koala-decline.htmlhttp://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=6826
氣候變遷導致經濟崩潰
英國倫敦商學院(London Business School)頒給查爾斯王子(Prince Charles of Wales)殿下榮譽學位,以表彰他推動永續社會。他在授獎儀式上警告忽視氣候變遷導致的經濟崩潰,可能比世界最近經歷的要嚴重得多。http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2011/2011-05-24-01.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/8532087/Prince-of-Wales-ignoring-climate-change-could-be-catastrophic.html
中國電池製造廠加強安檢
數千中國兒童在去年被診斷鉛中毒,另有數百人體內鉛含量很高,53人因有中毒危險,如神經、肌肉與生殖系統損壞而住院,多省官員關閉電池製造廠並將進行安全檢查。http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/30/bloomberg1376-LLZNC00UQVI901-0FV3LM3PKTNAPJE4TS12GRJUUD.DTLhttp://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90050057?Chinese%20battery%20producers%20halt%20operations%20in%20pollution%20crackdownhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110516/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lead_poisoninghttp://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hmr2lhFGVskiQqR0Ard2Uqin2c0A?docId=6998114