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articles about our wild places and wild issues Media articles (Jul-Aug 07) past articles | latest articles | by topic Save The Planet Before It's Too Late, Pope Urges Story by Philip Pullella PlanetArk 31 Aug 07 Spreading deserts threaten world food supply By Robert Evans Yahoo News 31 Aug 07 Drought draining Australian food bowl Straits Times 30 Aug 07 World leaders must wake up: Many do not realise danger their populations face from global warming: MM Lee Jasmine Yin Today Online 31 Aug 07 Sea to "Engulf" Tract of China's Pearl River Delta PlanetArk 31 Aug 07 Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes Andrea Thompson LiveScience.com Yahoo News 30 Aug 07 Tribute to a built heritage Cheah Ui-Hoon Business Times 31 Aug 07 At the edge of a greener frontier The Austrian town of Gussing is the first in the EU to cut carbon emissions by over 90% By Jonathan Tirone Business Times 31 Aug 07 Vulnerable to rising seas, Singapore envisions a giant seawall By Wayne Arnold International Herald Tribune 29 Aug 07 Marina Barrage will house world's largest water pumps Channel NewsAsia 29 Aug 07 Flooding risk from global warming badly under-estimated: study by Richard Ingham Yahoo News 29 Aug 07 Native species: Sealingwax palm Straits Times 18 Aug 07 100 trees planted in Kent Ridge Park to tackle global warming Channel NewsAsia 29 Aug 07 Algae DNA analysis to help fight reef damage ABC 29 Aug 07 New hope for Chinese dolphin thought probably extinct Yahoo News 30 Aug 07 Hawksbill turtles fight losing pollution battle in Indonesia by Nabiha Shahab Yahoo News 30 Aug 07 Indonesia Seeks Plan to Save Rare Tigers, Elephants PlanetArk 30 Aug 07 Better communication to the masses needed if we want to make recycling campaign a success Esmond Lee Yan Zhao Straits Times 30 Aug 07 Taking the green message to business Business Times 29 Aug 07s Time to tune in to the real world Joanna Benn BBC 28 Aug 07 Energy Efficiency Seen Easiest Path to Aid Climate Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 29 Aug 07 Natural disasters more destructive than wars: Egeland Yahoo News 28 Aug 07 Heavy 7-hour rainfall causes floods Jane Ng Straits Times 29 Aug 07 HSBC launches scheme to link SMEs with charities By Josephine Tay Straits Times 29 Aug 07 Soil quality in stockpile area monitored Straits Times 29 Aug 07 Down to 242, dengue outbreak may have eased By Arti Mulchand Straits Times 29 Aug 07 Climate Change: Asean has its work cut out By Lee Poh Onn Straits Times 29 Aug 07 Indonesia Hopes to Include Peat in New Climate Deal Story by Adhityani Arga PlanetArk 28 Aug 07 SPH eco-friendly from production to print By Arti Mulchand Straits Times 28 Aug 07 Why site granite stockpile in farmland? Letter from Lau Chee Nien Straits Times Forum 29 Aug 07 Norway Puts "First Ecological Prison" on Show Story by Aasa Christine Stoltz PlanetArk 28 Aug 07 Solomons to resume export of live dolphins for animal shows Barbara McMahon in Sydney The Guardian 28 Aug 07 Asia's wet, wild weather here to stay By Cheong Suk-Wai Straits Times 27 Aug 07 U.N. climate talks focus on business end By William J. Kole, Associated Press Yahoo News 26 Aug 07 HK's polluted air 'driving financial firms to Singapore' Straits Times 27 Aug 07s Crushed Glass to Be Spread on Beaches By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Yahoo News 26 Aug 07 Why S'pore can't afford to go slow but must not leave the poor behind By Jeremy Au Yong Straits Times 26 Aug 07 Chronic shortage of green areas leads Jakarta residents to turn into mall rats By Devi Asmarani Straits Times 26 Aug 07 NParks Launches Wireless Learning Trail @ Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve - First of its kind in the region NParks website 25 Aug 07 Bloody whale hunt off Japan shocks tourists: report Channel NewsAsia 25 Aug 07 Hit the Beach: Why Humans Love Water Meredith F. Small LiveScience.com Yahoo News 25 Aug 07 S'pore, M'sia agree to share information to mitigate climate change Channel NewsAsia 25 Aug 07 More research = greater happiness? New institutes set up and more scientific methods being used to study happiness Straits Times 25 Aug 07 Not easy being green, but necessary Letter from Law Kah Yen Straits Times 25 Aug 07 COE transport model an opportunity to make Singapore a green carbon-trading hub Letter from Dr Khoo Guan Seng Straits Times Forum 25 Aug 07 Global warning, ExxonMobil style Group's stance now is not to assume the worst will necessarily happen By Matthews Phan Business Times 25 Aug 07 Airlines wrong target for environmentalists Straits Times 25 Aug 07 Iceland ends whaling due to lack of demand By Charles Clover The Daily Telegraph 24 Aug 07 A bold new plan to give power to the people By Thomas L. Friedman Straits Times 23 Aug 07 National Library building wins energy efficiency award Jason Lee Today Online 24 Jul 07 Renewable energy can save East Asia two trillion US dollars in fuel costs Yahoo News 24 Aug 07 Indonesia Logging Curbs Hit Pulp Industry - Firms PlanetArk 24 Aug 07 Avoiding a Coral Catastrophe By Krista Mahr Time 23 Aug 07 Group to meet, launch frog-saving effort By Cheryl Wittenauer, Associated Press Yahoo News 23 Aug 07 Singapore urges ASEAN partners to tackle energy, climate issues Channel NewsAsia 23 Aug 07 Climate change and Asia's padi fields By Michael Richardson Straits Times 23 Aug 07 Sea Rise Seen Outpacing Forecasts Due To Antarctica Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 23 Aug 07 Growing health threats demand global response: WHO Channel NewsAsia 23 Aug 07 "Pay As You Throw" Waste Plans Outlined Story by Andrew Hough PlanetArk 23 Aug 07 UK Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone? Yahoo News 22 Aug 07 SE Asia Grapples With Nuclear Power Safety, Costs Story by Ramthan Hussain PlanetArk 22 Aug 07 Malaysia famed Trengganu turtle beach sees no nestings so far this year Channel NewsAsia 21 Aug 07 Turtles end Up As Exotic Dishes? By Nor Shamsiah Mohd Bernama 13 Aug 07 Weird Creatures Found on Deep-Sea "Mountain Range" Kate Ravilious National Geographic 21 Aug 07 Singapore govt commits $17m to cleantech industry Sheralyn Tay Today Online 21 Aug 07 Regional Haze Dialogue works on new strategies to fight climate change Channel NewsAsia 20 Aug 07 "Volcano Cure" for Warming? Not So Fast, Study Says Kate Ravilious National Geographic 17 Aug 07 Africa Wages War on Scourge of Plastic Bags Andrew Cawthorne Yahoo News 21 Aug 07 HDB to revamp housing estates with series of upgrading initiatives Channel NewsAsia 19 Aug 07 Owner of $33m Kampung: My family ties are not for sale By Hedy Khoo New Paper 20 Aug 07 Greed can flatten the world John Bittleston Today Online 20 Aug 07 Eco-Millionaires See Boom Times Ahead Story by Chris Wills PlanetArk 20 Aug 07 Monster Jellyfish Invade Gulf of Mexico Robert Roy Britt Yahoo News 18 Aug 07 World's largest moth makes early appearance in S'pore this year Channel NewsAsia 17 Aug 07 Haze fight: S'pore to work with slash-and-burn farmers By Tania Tan Straits Times 18 Aug 07 Urban planning needs rethink as climate change looms by Sophie Mongalvy Yahoo News 17 Aug 07 Farmers hope to overturn govt's plans to stockpile granite at Lim Chu Kang Channel NewsAsia 16 Aug 07 Possible open season on monkeys? Elizabeth John New Straits Times 17 Aug 07 US states petitioned on ocean acidification By Dan Joling, Associated Press Yahoo News 17 Aug 07 Subway Flooding: Expect More Andrea Thompson LiveScience.com Yahoo News 16 Aug 07 Biofuel Industries set to be first to sell green power to grid Channel NewsAsia 16 Aug 07 Water for biofuels or for food: it's one or the other by Sophie Mongalvy Yahoo News 16 Aug 07 Tourists Fuelling Endangered Wildlife Trade PlanetArk 16 Aug 07 Group launches plan to save 189 birds By Michael Casey Yahoo News 15 Aug 07 "Living Fossil" Fish Making Last Stand in China Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 15 Aug 07 Sentosa planning to develop Mount Faber ahead of IR Channel NewsAsia 14 Aug 07 Johor: Firm to work with environs groups on Sungai Pulai development R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 15 Aug 07 Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' By Mark Kinver BBC 14 Aug 07 The new public enemy #1: bottled water by Claire Gallen Yahoo News 15 Aug 07 DiCaprio Brightens Up on Gloomy Green Outlook Story by Bob Tourtellotte PlanetArk 14 Aug 07 Israeli-Jordanian team set up first artificial coral reef in the Red Sea By Nicky Blackburn Israel 21C 13 Aug 07 Australia holds the world's last great savanna By Rob Taylor Yahoo News 14 Aug 07 I survived a low-carbon week - you can do it too Jessica Cheam Straits Times 13 Aug 07 Trees Won't Fix Global Warming Andrea Thompson LiveScience.com Yahoo News 12 Aug 07 Warming up to climate change YouthInk writers Straits Times 13 Aug 07 Stand up for Singapore with a dash of heritage By Tessa Wong Straits Times 13 Aug 07 Amazon Deforestation Drops Sharply - Brazil Govt Story by Raymond Colitt PlanetArk 13 Aug 07 Eco or Ego Singaporeans are not eco-friendly By May Yip Straits Times 12 Aug 07 Hong Kong's green revolution Eco-tourism and environmentalism have taken the urban metropolis by storm By Vince Chong Straits Times 12 Aug 07 From Porsche to hybrid May Yip Straits Times 12 Aug 07 Hybrid Vehicles Are Only 'Green' When Lean Michael Schirber LiveScience.com Yahoo News 11 Aug 07 World Water Week to focus on climate change, biofuels by Sophie Mongalvy Yahoo News 11 Aug 07 We are destroying what is uniquely Singaporean Letter from Tan-Wee Yin Ping Straits Times 11 Aug 07 Sunny forecast on global warming leaves me cold By Warren Fernandez Straits Times 11 Aug 07 Abdullah: No new logging licences to be granted Straits Times 11 Aug 07 Eating fish: good for heart, bad for environment? By Ed Stoddard Yahoo News 10 Aug 07 Nowhere to go? Here are some fun places in Singapore — for below $25 Tabitha Wang Today Online 10 Aug 07 Call for $300m to clean up mud pouring into the Great Barrier Reef Wendy Frew Environment Reporter The Sydney Morning Herald 10 Aug 07 Ten-year climate model unveiled BBC 9 Aug 07 Research reports good environmental news By Randolphe E. Schmid, AP Yahoo News 10 Aug 07 National Day Surveys about being Singaporean various media 9 Aug 07 Going green for a profit Matthew Phan Business Times 9 Aug 07 Biologics - the next wave Chen Huifen Business Times 9 Aug 07 Straws not only killer litter, they endanger wildlife too Letter from George Jacobs Straits Times Forum 9 Aug 07 Mediterranean jellyfish plague independent.ie 6 Aug 07 Habitat loss threatens pygmy elephants By Vijay Joshi Yahoo News 9 Aug 07 People are more environmentally conscious, but not enough: Al Gore Channel NewsAsia 7 Aug 07 Mumford Cove's eelgrass recovery a scientific marvel By Judy Benson theday.com 7 Aug 07 UN: Weather extremes match forecast Yahoo News 7 Aug 07 Coral reefs dying faster than expected By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 7 Aug 07 Rare river dolphin 'now extinct' BBC 7 Aug 07 New species of bat, frogs found in Congo forests By Claudia Parsons Yahoo News 7 Aug 07 New species of shrew and orchid found in Palawan National Geographic 7 Aug 07 Green future: Why MM is not optimistic By Lynn Lee Straits Times 7 Aug 07 Poacher fined $500 for trapping wild birds By Teh Jen Lee The New Paper 7 Aug 07 Time for fresh look at diesel-powered cars Business Times 7 Aug 07 DNA analysis promises a new chapter in wildlife management and conservation By Tan Cheng Li The Star 7 Aug 07 New AVA rule calls for dogs to be microchipped before licenses issued Channel NewsAsia 6 Aug 07 Mass coral bleaching off Okinawa Daily Yomiuri Online 5 Aug 07 Coral bleaching as record cold hits Great Barrier Reef Matthew Warren, Environment writer The Australian 4 Aug 07 What is our national identity? Young Singaporeans give their take on how they sum up Singapore's national identity Straits Times 6 Aug 07 Air pollution in Hong Kong and China Yahoo News 6 Aug 07 S'pore's last kampung worth $33m but landowner won't sell By Bryna Sim Straits Times 5 Aug 07 Gulf of Mexico plagued by record "dead zones" By Jeff Franks Yahoo News 3 Aug 07 Plumbers should review outdated plumbing system design to conserve water Letter from Chia Wai Chon Operations Manager Singapore Plumbing Society Straits Times Forum 4 Aug 07 Govt defers quarrying granite in Ubin Straits Times 4 Aug 07 Bumper harvest for anemone hunters Research mission uncovers many new species in S'pore waters By Shobana Kesava Straits Times 4 Aug 07 Greatest Mysteries: How Many Species Exist on Earth? Andrea Thompson LiveScience.com Yahoo News 3 Aug 07 "Sex Tree," Other Medicinal Plants Near Extinction in Uganda Alexis Okeowo National Geographic 3 Aug 07 New book on biodiversity in Singapore waters launched by NUS, ExxonMobil Channel NewsAsia 3 Aug 07 Singapore 'already making green choices' UN Ambassador tells climate change session the Republic has long-term strategies By Betsy Pisik Straits Times 4 Aug 07 New Green label for energy smart hotels Channel NewsAsia 3 Aug 07 New York Marshes Vanishing Fast - Study Story by Daniel Trotta PlanetArk 3 Aug 07 Climate deal talks gain global support By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Yahoo News 3 Aug 07 SOS to save Sungai Pulai estuary By R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 2 Aug 07 "Asian Brown Cloud" is speeding melt of Himalaya glaciers: study by Richard Ingham Yahoo News 1 Aug 07 Whalemeat in Japanese School Lunches Found Toxic PlanetArk 2 Aug 07 Sailboat Island Odyssey Has Grim Message for Earth Story by Alistair Thomson PlanetArk 1 Aug 07 Post-flood 'dead zone' found off Texas By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press Yahoo News 31 Jul 07 HDB EIA reports on Pulau Tekong reclamation e-gazette 27 Jul 07 Experts fear Jatukham fever may endanger dugongs Phuket Gazette 31 Jul 07 Paris Woos Cyclists as Free Bike Scheme Takes Off Story by James Mackenzie PlanetArk 1 Aug 07 China Floods Put Three Gorges Dam to the Test PlanetArk 1 Aug 07 Rare Reef-building Sponge Found in Pacific Andrea Thompson LiveScience Yahoo News 31 Jul 07 Singapore unveils first coral nursery to conserve underwater habitat Channel NewsAsia 30 Jul 07 Infection fight: Crab blood link leads to NUS team's breakthrough By Liaw Wy-Cin Straits Times 31Jul 07 Current carbon efforts overlook the real problem - lifestyles Eamon O'Hara BBC 30 Jul 07 Environment to take centre stage at Asean summit in Nov Business Times 31 Jul 07 Indonesia Sees Slower Palm Oil Expansion from 2010 Story by Fitri Wulandari and Lewa Pardomuan PlanetArk 31 Jul 07 Study: Toilets Need Radical Redesign Corey Binns Yahoo News 30 Jul 07 Feedback through e-power Five agencies slated to run interactive sites for more citizen participation Jasmine Yin Today Online 30 Jul 07 More than just talk: youths want to contribute more At session with Minister Yeo, youths say they want want to contribute more By Elysa Chen The Electric New Paper 30 Jul 07 International grandmothers' environmental movement By Carson Walker, Associated Press Yahoo News 29 Jul 07 Mozzie wipeout with a sci-fi touch Sheralyn Tay Today Online 30 Jul 07 Honduran tilapia out of frying pan, into clean energy source by Noe Leiva Yahoo News 29 Jul 07 Still carrying plastic bags? It's hip to be green but is there a line between being genuinely concerned about the planet and being an eco poseur? By Sumiko Tan Straits Times 29 Jul 07 Volunteerism among students rising, challenges to keep adults involved Channel NewsAsia 29 Jul 07 North West CDC students stage "protest" to spread anti-litter message Channel News Asia 28 Jul 07 Taiwan strives to conserve rare turtles By Wally Santana, Associated Press Yahoo News 28 Jul 07 Rediscovered documents 'flush out' history of Estero Bay preserve By Julio Ochoa Naples News 28 Jul 07 ECP to be realigned for new Marina Coast Expressway: 13.5ha to be reclaimed Channel NewsAsia 27 Jul 07 A city below the city Government explores a uniquely Singaporean solution to space concerns Johnson Choo Today Online 28 Jul 07 Guess who are the worst litterbugs ... Daphne Chuah Today Online 28 Jul 07 Hundreds of Oil-Covered Penguins Surface in South America Robin Lloyd LiveScience Yahoo News 27 Jul 07 What a waste, this balloon event Letter from Ng Wan Pei Today Online 27 Jul 07 The island paradise built on a garbage dump By Francesca de Châtel for CNN CNN 26 Jul 07 NParks plans new measures to prevent mishaps Leong Wee Keat Today Online 27 Jul 07 Saving Gaia Forum aims to raise environmental issues Channel NewsAsia 26 Jul 07 Wildlife Smuggling Boom Plaguing L.A., Authorities Say Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 26 Jul 07 Experts seek to stop turtles' extinction By Dorie Turner, Associated Press The Yahoo News 26 Jul 07 East Africa battles deforestation with butterfly nets by Beatrice Debut Yahoo News 26 Jul 07 Study: Renewable Energy Not Green Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Yahoo News 26 Jul 07 Malaysian fishermen fight to save livelihood By R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 26 Jul 07 Voracious jumbo squid invade California Yahoo News 26 Jul 07 Study: Rural students better in science By Nancy Zuckerbrod Yahoo News 25 Jul 07 Ozone has 'strong climate effect' By Paul Rincon BBC 25 Jul 07 Plan to Dump Iron in Ocean as Climate Fix Attracts Debate Kelly Hearn National Geographic 25 Jul 07 HSBC sees strong response for Green Sale Channel NewsAsia 24 Jul 07 Launch of "I'm Not a Plastic Bag" at Ngee Ann City cancelled Channel NewsAsia 24 Jul 07 World Bank Fund Encourages Developing Countries to Stop Deforestation Story by Ben Wilson PlanetArk 25 Jul 07 Megafishes Project to Size Up "Real-Life Loch Ness Monsters" Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 24 Jul 07 Are Britain's Floods Linked to Global Warming? Andrea Thompson and Ker Than Yahoo News 24 Jul 07 Check huge, tall trees growing near roads Letter from Wong Yew Kwan Straits Times Forum 24 Jul 07 Working On Your Break More Singaporeans are looking to do community work, such as building schools, instead of just chilling out on their vacation By Teo Cheng Wee Straits Times 24 Jul 07 Galapagos shark endangered by Ecuadoran decree: group Yahoo News 24 Jul 07 New Report Finds 80 Percent Loss of Coastal Marine Habitats in Europe emediawire 23 Jul 07 Humans 'affect global rainfall' BBC 23 Jul 07 Beijing 'stopped release of green report' Straits Times 24 Jul 07 Asia braces for new dengue outbreak Channel NewsAsia 23 Jul 07 EIA for Sentosa IR reclamation now available for public viewing Government Gazette 20 Jul 07 Lead by example on biodiversity Call for better EIA practices using Sentosa as an example Straits Times 23 Jul 07 Sentosa Cove: Creating a home John Higginson www.propertyreport.com 23 Jul 07 Help save Katong Park and heritage tree on it Letter from Jack Sim Juek Wah Straits Times Forum 23 Jul 07 Singapore a beautiful blend of nature and modernity Letter from Amarjeet Singh Straits Times Forum 23 Jul 07 Much greenery at aerospace saved Letter from Kelly Wee Director, Communications Department, JTC Corporation Today Online 23 Jul 07 An environmental series that promises to shock Today Online 23 Jul 07 Floods force many to face climate change reality By Douwe Miedema Yahoo News 23 Jul 07 Climate Change Fears Reach Even Formula One Racing Story by Erik Kirschbaum PlanetArk 23 Jul 07 Chinese Paper Firm Profits from Fighting Deserts Story by Kitty Bu PlanetArk 23 Jul 07 UK university builds model for environmentally-friendly house Channel NewsAsia 22 Jul 07 Algae bloom Price gloom: Chinese hairy crabs Straits Times 22 Jul 07 Truly all at sea Straits Times 22 Jul 07 International Shark Discussion Forum Takes Stance Against Discovery's Shark Week 'Monster' Marketing underwatertimes 19 Jul 07 Indonesia may put on hold plans to build first nuclear power plant Channel NewsAsia 20 Jul 07 Wasteful expenditure and waste of electricity Letter from Khoo Sze Wee Straits Times 21 Jul 07 Save the Earth - let's start with styrofoam Letter from Toh Li Li (Miss) Straits Times Forum 20 Jul 07 Restore Seletar Camp residential areas to the paradise they once were Letter from Christina Tan Siew Boon (Ms) Straits Times Forum 20 Jul 07 By all means, redevelop Seletar, but don't take away its charm and beauty Letter from Fiona Lim Huimin (Ms) Straits Times Forum 20 Jul 07 Responsible tourism You can help protect the environment and alleviate poverty by planning your itinerary accordingly, reports Judy Chapman Business Times 21 Jul 07 Ecotourism Driving Tibetan Monkeys to Infanticide Brian Handwerk National Geographic 20 Jul 07 Insufficient protection of crop diversity centres threatens world food security WWF 20 Jul 07 Singapore's biodiversity may provide potential cures for diseases Channel NewsAsia 19 Jul 07 Indonesians told 'inconvenient truth' of climate change by Samantha Brown Yahoo News 19 Jul 07 Indonesia's energy plan: Is nuclear power really the only option? By Rizal Sukma Straits Times 20 Jul 07 Asia's nuclear energy ambitions The region is leading the world in the quest for atomic power as concerns about energy security and global warming grow By Michael Richardson Business Times 19 Jul 07 Have a say in making history HeritageFest aims for a uniquely S'porean story Daphne Chuah Today Online 19 Jul 07 Eco-travel: Leave that stone unturned Neo Chai Chin Today Online 19 Jul 07 Sharks Face Increased Threat Due to Fin Soup - Report PlanetArk 19 Jul 07 Small steps key to saving giant turtles: expert Yahoo News 19 Jul 07 Giant 'pilgrim fish' disappear from river by Myanmar pagoda Channel NewsAsia 19 Jul 07 Petroleum companies may agree to dispense CNG Tan Hui Leng Today Online 19 Jul 07 Adequate safety systems in place for water activities Channel NewsAsia 17 Jul 07 Fund set up to help industries save water innovatively Channel NewsAsia 17 Jul 07 A parting letter from Ang Sar Nah Letter from Tham Chen Munn Straits Times Forum 18 Jul 07 Spare bodhi tree that's 100 years old Letter from Ng Siek Moi (Mdm) Straits Times 18 Jul 07 Breathing new life into great-grandpa's garden By Erica Tay Straits Times 18 Jul 07 Brazil fishermen caught killing dolphins By Alan Clendenning Yahoo News 17 Jul 07 Global Warming: How Do Scientists Know They’re Not Wrong? Andrea Thompson LiveScience Staff Yahoo News 16 Jul 07 The Braddell Tree: It's like losing a friend By Andre Yeo The New Paper 17 Jul 07 Keep Seletar green Letter from George Pasqual Today Online 17 Jul 07 Under study - storing oil out at sea Use of large floating platforms could ease space crunch at Jurong Island By Ronnie Lim Business Times 17 Jul 07 Ecosystems of Vietnam's Long Coastline are in Peril Story by Grant McCool PlanetArk 17 Jul 07 Sex sells, but at what cost? Matt Prescott BBC 16 Jul 07 Shanghai's next building project: wetlands Yahoo News 16 Jul 07 Recycled tempura oil a boost for Japan's eco-tour buses Channel NewsAsia 17 Jul 07 How are species classed as extinct? BBC 16 Jul 07 Are whale sharks the new panda? by Ron Brownlow Taipei Times 15 Jul 07 Nature lovers patrol forests in bid to stop poachers By T. Rajan Straits Times 16 Jul 07 Despite Chinese ban, Myanmar timber still crosses border by Mon Mon Myat Yahoo News 15 Jul 07 Live earth, this way, yeah! Down Under with Neil Humphreys Today Online 14 Jul 07 Teacher wins MOE award for developing a system to control school's air cons Lin Yanqin Today Online 14 Jul 07 Maximise mileage? Don't care, say Singaporeans in Shell survey Lin Yanqin Today Online 14 Jul 07 Coral "shuffle" helps reefs survive warmer world: study Yahoo News 13 Jul 07 Soft Corals "Melting" Due to Warming Seas, Expert Says Mati Milstein National Geographic 13 Jul 07 Fish oil saviour for dolphins Dhubri The Telegraph 12 Jul 07 Voracious China gobbles up forests, recycled paper by P. Parameswaran Yahoo News 13 Jul 07 Forestry body pushes for forest rangers to take lead in illegal logging battle Desy Nurhayati The Jakarta Post 14 Jul 07 Indonesian government warns of high waves, eruptions in coming weeks M. Taufiqurrahman The Jakarta Post 13 Jul 07 Goodbye, Earth; Hi, Green Heaven The Braddell Angsana speaks By Jamie Ee Business Times 13 Jul 07 Responses to plan to cut down Braddell Angsana tree No way to get drivers to slow down: LTA By T. Rajan Straits Times 13 Jul 07 Spare the tree, educate motorists Letter from thomas lim pai tong Today Online 13 Jul 07 Don't sacrifice tree for errant drivers Letter from maryanne maes Today Online 14 Jul 07 Where's the will to conserve beautiful Angsana tree? Letter from patricia chen metcalfe Today Online 14 Jul 07 Educate drivers. Keep 80-year-old tree Letter from Joanne Teo (Ms) Straits Times Forum 14 Jul 07 Some trees ought to get the chop Letter from Ang Kian Chuan Straits Times Forum 14 Jul 07 Take foot off pedal, even if tree wasn't there Letter from Sim Hong Gee Straits Times Forum 14 Jul 07 Zambia: Lessons Can Be Drawn From Singapore in the Bid to Keep the Country Clean And Healthy The Times of Zambia (Ndola) Kelvin Kachingwe allafrica.com 12 Jul 07 Palm Oil Firms Burning Indonesia Forests - Greenpeace Story by Adhityani Arga PlanetArk 13 Jul 07 MediaCorp organises green party to fight climate change Channel NewsAsia 11 Jul 07 Malaysia could clone endangered leatherback turtles Yahoo News 12 Jul 07 Eco-City project in China: framework to be ready by Nov 2007 Channel NewsAsia 12 Jul 07 Braddell Rd Angsana tree to be removed after 'near accidents' Channel NewsAsia 11 Jul 07 Students to rough it out in outdoor Hillary Challenge Channel NewsAsia 11 Jul 07 "Two Billion" Rats Invade China Lake Towns Stefan Lovgren National Gerographic 11 Jul 07 Tiger Sharks Keep Seagrass Tidy Jennifer Viegas Discovery Channel 11 Jul 07 Research: C02 Hurts Reef Growth 'Dissolving Instead Of Growing' Underwatertimes 11 Jul 07 Study: Recovery Of Fish Populations From Overfishing Can Take Decades; 'Up To 37 Years' Underwatertimes 11 Jul 07 10 things I acted on after watching Live Earth Letter from Gilbert Goh Keow Wah Straits Times 11 Jul 07 China Urges Responsible Logging Overseas PlanetArk 11 Jul 07 Solar Variations Not Behind Global Warming - Study Story by Ben Hirschler PlanetArk 11 Jul 07 Nature lovers, sign up to be the 'official eyes and ears of the forest' Daphne Chuah Today Online 10 Jul 07 Florida Raises Ill-Fated Artificial Reefs Story by Jim Loney PlanetArk 10 Jul 07 300kg of 'delicacies' seized in Johor The Electric New Paper 10 Jul 07 China Internet Surfers Save More Than 800 Cats Story by Benjamin Kang Lim PlanetArk 10 Jul 07 Malaysia Seizes 900 Monkeys From Wildlife Poachers PlanetArk 10 Jul 07 My war on waste By Alison Trowsdale BBC News 9 Jul 07 Australia to Build Cross-Continent Climate Corridor Story by Rob Taylor PlanetArk 10 Jul 07 Toa Payoh Town Park revamped with greener feel Channel NewsAsia 9 Jul 07 Helping native plants bloom: School finds namesake tree By Michelle Neo Straits Times 9 Jul 07 Singapore pitches in through fringe event: Live Earth By Michelle Tay Straits Times 9 Jul 07 Earth Underwhelmed by Environment Pop Extravaganza Story by Mike Collett-White PlanetArk 9 Jul 07 Yudhoyono pushes for nuclear energy quest Scientists told to develop technology despite opposition to project in Java By Salim Osman Straits Times 9 Jul 07 Vietnam eyeing US reactor for nuclear plant By Roger Mitton Straits Times 9 Jul 07 Expert says rising sea levels pose threat to rice by Cecil Morella Yahoo News 9 Jul 07 New Amenities At Chek Jawa Wetlands Now Open From 8 July 2007, Visitors Can Tour Chek Jawa Seven Days A Week NParks Press Release 7 Jul 07 Tree's Company A group of nature lovers has put together a book to remember and celebrate the old trees at Bukit Timah campus By Ho Ai Li Straits Times 8 Jul 07 Go green, have a straws-free day Letter Andy Voon Kian Hiong Straits Times Forum 8 Jul 07 Indonesian Government to revive ruined Central Kalimantan forest Jakarta Post 7 Jul 07 The big reef move Corals off Sentosa to be relocated to make way for casino resort, but two-thirds will be sacrificed Daphne Chuah Today Online 7 Jul 07 When history's forgotten and roots ignored The sense of 'home' is then eroded by sheer materialism By Siow Li Sen, Senior Correspondent Business Times 7 Jul 07 Do we need an Al Gore here? Eco ambassador has to raise awareness as well as initiate action Sheralyn Tay Today Online 7 Jul 07 STB wants to have new cruise terminal in Marina South soon Channel NewsAsia 6 Jul 07 My friend, the garbage bag Lim Mei Tor Ng Today Online 7 Jul 07 Recycling is a way of life for the Koreans Lee Tee Jong Straits Times 7 Jul 07 Switch off lights when not needed Letter from Yeo Siew Keng (Mdm) Straits Times Forum 7 Jul 07 Singapore may be spared from haze this year: NEA Channel NewsAsia 6 Jul 07 Haze Outlook Grim in Indonesia Smoke rises as red tape stifles anti-haze effort By Azhar Ghani Straits Times 6 Jul 07 Green campaigners keep watch on Dubai's man-made isles by Laith Abou-Ragheb Yahoo News 5 Jul 07 Watch the concert, contribute to global warming? Letter from Tan Chee Sean Today Online 6 Jul 07 Going green is now mainstream Business Times 6 Jul 07 Green architecture Geoffrey Eu finds out how architects here are meeting the pressing urban challenge of developing green, high-density projects Business Times 6 Jul 07 S'pore needs one more world-class refinery: EDB By Ronnie Lim Business Times 5 Jul 07 Spike in Sumatra fires signals start of haze season By Arti Mulchand and Azhar Ghani Straits Times 5 Jul 07 Monkeys downgrading to heartland By Teh Jen Lee The New Paper 5 Jul 07 Environmental issues hit S'pore screens as MediaCorp goes green Channel NewsAsia 4 Jul 07 'Recycle' messages everywhere but where are the recycling bins? Letter from Ng Wang Feng (Ms) Straits Times 5 Jul 07 Pond owner nabbed for mosquito breeding Tan Hui Leng Today Online 5 Jul 07 Gadgets 'threaten energy savings' BBC 4 Jul 07 Live Earth's First Green Test: Clean Up Own Mess Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 5 Jul 07 Arctic Monkeys shiver at Live Earth 'hypocrisy' by Adam Plowright Yahoo News 5 Jul 07 Malaysia to release thousands of hawksbill turtles Yahoo News 5 Jul 07 Schroders launches Singapore's first climate change theme fund Holdings to range from power generation, energy efficiency to agro-business, water resources By Genevieve Cua Business Times 4 Jul 07 For the greater good Socially responsible investing has caught on in a big way among Asia's high-net-worth. Genevieve Cua reports Business Times 4 Jul 07 Tuas Power diversifies into waste sector By Ronnie Lim Business Times 3 Jul 07 Surge of dead seabirds alarms scientists By Bruce Smith, Associated Press Yahoo News 3 Jul 07 'Fishcams' make their case By Sarah Mukherjee BBC 3 Jul 07 As City Grows, Rainfall Slows Ker Than LiveScience Staff Writer Yahoo News 3 Jul 07 Beijing Taking Million Cars Off Streets in August Trial PlanetArk 4 Jul 07 The mechanics of e-waste recycling By Mark Kinver BBC 3 Jul 07 Live Earth set to rock the world on July 7 by Catherine Hours Yahoo News 4 Jul 07 Singaporeans going green following Bring Your Own Bag drive Channel NewsAsia 3 Jul 07 Global warming will have dire impact on regional health, say experts Straits Times 3 Jul 07 How Can Carbon Trading Save Peatlands and Rainforests? PlanetArk 3 Jul 07 Endangered monkeys discovered in Vietnam By Michael Casey, AP Yahoo News 3 Jul 07 Study: Hurricanes may aid stressed coral Yahoo News 2 Jul 07 Summit of 300 water industry global leaders here next June Business Times 3 Jul 07 Air quality poorer in Malaysia after Indonesian forest fires Channel NewsAsia 2 Jul 07 Seletar Aerospace Hub: We should be preserving our wild places for our children and theirs Letter from Chng Siok Hwee (Ms) Straits Times 2 Jul 07 Motor trader plans to run 'green' taxi fleet Low rentals for drivers, cheaper fares and CNG cabs promised By Christopher Tan Straits Times 2 Jul 07 Tadpoles, not mozzie larvae, in water pool Letter from NEA Straits Times 2 Jul 07 Indonesia Wants Deforestation in New Climate Deal Story by Adhityani Arga PlanetArk 2 Jul 07 Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands By Gillian Murdoch Yahoo News 3 Jul 07 EU Warns Citizens: Adapt to Climate Change Now Story by Jeff Mason PlanetArk 2 Jul 07 Live Earth Concerts to Deliver Climate SOS - Gore Story by Michelle Nichols PlanetArk 2 Jul 07 Bahrain: Are coral reefs history? By Adele O'Shea Gulf Daily News 1 Jul 07 The Green Fins programme aims to educate divers and protect coral reefs Normita Thongtham Bangkok Post 1 Jul 07 Delayed e-waste law enters force BBC 1 Jul 07 Past articles links to other environmental and nature news |
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