Plans to build a new $3.3m “discovery centre” on Penguin Island in Western Australia will push the threatened bird colony to breaking point, conservationists say.
Birds are the most efficient breathers of all terrestrial vertebrae, extracting more oxygen per unit of air than any other species. That would seem to make them particularly vulnerable to air pollution.
A draft cease-and-desist letter sent to BlueTriton — known until this month as Nestlé Waters North America — is the latest development in a yearslong battle over water resources in the San Bernardino area.
