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Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral reefs
In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them underwater Serengeti, the Pacific nation of Palau will soon ban many types of sunscreen. President Tommy Remengesau Jr. last week signed ...
- November 3, 2018
Palace 'seriously concerned' over China bombers
Malacañang yesterday expressed “serious concern” over the landing of long-range Chinese bombers on one of the man-made islands in the South China Sea but clarified it does not see the deployment as an immediate threat to ...
- May 22, 2018
Duterte, Xi to work out joint oil exploration
Mr. Duterte then mentioned that it was important for people to see the benefit of the Philippines’ relationship with China, Cayetano said. China claims virtually the entire resource-rich South China Sea, including swaths ...
- April 13, 2018
Starbucks ditches plastic straws
Starbucks, citing the environment threat to oceans, will ban plastic straws from all of its stores globally in less than two years. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company operating globally to do so. ...
- July 12, 2018
Low oxygen levels coral bleaching getting worse in oceans
Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers ...
- January 6, 2018
405-kg bluefin tuna sold in Tsukiji for $798 per kg
A 405-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for $320,000 in what may really be Tsukiji market’s last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo. The winning bid for the prized but threatened species at the predawn auction was ...
- January 6, 2018
US to press patrols in disputed sea as China warns 'meddlers'
The United States Navy will continue patrolling the disputed South China Sea, a top Navy official said Monday, after a Chinese destroyer came dangerously close to an American Navy ship during a "freedom of navigation" ...
- October 31, 2018
Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
Japan announced yesterday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting the animals for commercial use, but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings of ...
- December 27, 2018
Japan proposes end to commercial whaling ban
Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure. But the proposal faces ...
- September 12, 2018