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Conservation News ~ January 18 2019

1/18/2019

Trade in extinct Moa bones threatens New Zealand’s history: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/16/moa-for-sale-trade-in-extinct-birds-bones-threatens-new-zealands-history
California’s most famous butterfly nearing death spiral: https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/California-s-most-famous-butterfly-nearing-13539657.php
Trilobite cousin adds new branch to tree of life: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/agnostid-burgess-shale-fossils-1.4980093
Barclay’s to reject most financing for Arctic drilling: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/425252-barclays-to-reject-most-financing-for-drilling-in-arctic
Three Kruger Park rangers arrested for alleged rhino poaching: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/environment/2064865/three-kruger-park-rangers-arrested-for-alleged-rhino-poaching/
Hilton hotel unveils its first all-vegan suite: https://vegnews.com/2019/1/hilton-hotel-unveils-its-first-all-vegan-suite
Most coffee species at risk of extinction: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/01/17/most-coffee-species-at-risk-of-extinction-due-to-climate-change/
Biggest Great White Shark on record seen in Hawaii waters: http://www.wbtv.com/2019/01/18/biggest-great-white-shark-record-seen-hawaii-waters/
Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last four decades: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/world/climate-change-antarctica-ice-melt-twin-studies/index.html
New Mexico bans coyote-killing contests on state land: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/new-mexico-bans-coyote-killing-contests-on-state-land
Big genome found in tiny forest defoliator – Gypsy Moth genome sequenced: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/gypsy-moths.html
Guyana signs on to forest management agreement with the EU: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/guyana-signs-on-to-forest-management-agreement-with-the-eu/
Undersea robot just delivered 100,000 baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/undersea-robot-just-delivered-100-000-baby-corals-great-barrier-ncna950821
Camera traps find rich community of carnivores in Apostle Islands: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/camera-traps-find-rich-community-of-carnivores-on-apostle-islands/
Brookfield Zoo establishing new endangered Mexican Wolf pack: https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/16/brookfield-zoo-establish-new-pack-endangered-mexican-wolves
Scientists drill one kilometer beneath Antarctica, find environment teeming with life: https://www.livescience.com/64501-buried-lake-antarctica-life.html
3 new species of salamanders discovered in Texas: http://www.kut.org/post/scientists-discover-three-new-species-salamander-central-texas
Bangkok faces prolonged air pollution crisis: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2019/01/bangkoks-faces-prolonged-air-pollution-crisis/
Idled farmland presents habitat restoration opportunities in San Joaquin Desert: https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/san-joaquin-desert.html
Cuomo wants statewide plastic bag ban: https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/reusable-plastic-bags-cuomo-state-1.25914467
SD Safari Park’s baby giraffe Kumi euthanized after being gored: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/baby-giraffe-euthanized-after-being-gored-at-san-diego-zoo-safari-park
Romeo the Water Frog has finally found his Juliet and it might save his species: https://www.livescience.com/64503-romeo-frog-finds-juliet.html
Hundreds rally across BC in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockades: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wet-suwet-en-camp-anti-pipeline-rallies-bc-1.4970840
Dozens of injured sea turtles found washed up on Israel’s coast, 15 saved: https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-injured-sea-turtles-found-washed-up-on-coast-15-saved/
China busts major ivory trafficking gang following EIA investigation: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/china-busts-major-ivory-trafficking-gang-following-eia-investigation/
Oregon begins killing sea lions in bid to save fish population: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-10/oregon-begins-killing-sea-lions-in-bid-to-save-fish-population
Prolific bird smuggler jailed after being caught with 19 rare eggs at Heathrow airport: https://www.foxnews.com/world/former-soldier-turned-smuggler-jailed-after-being-caught-at-heathrow-with-19-rare-eggs-strapped-to-body
L124 baby orca is born: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/science/orca-calf-seattle.html
Standing Rock inspired Ocasio-Cortez to run: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/14/standing-rock-ocasio-cortez-protest-climate-activism
Record number of countries sign on to protect sharks and rays: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2019/01/11/record-number-of-countries-sign-on-to-protect-sharks-and-rays
World’s rarest duck released back into the wild: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4960554/world-s-rarest-birds-once-thought-extinct-get-a-new-home-in-madagascar-1.4960557
A scientist has been eaten alive by a crocodile: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-scientist-has-been-eaten-alive-by-a-crocodile/
500 people attend the last rites of beloved 130-year-old crocodile in Chhattisgarh village: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/500-people-attend-last-rites-of-beloved-130-years-old-crocodile-in-chhattisgarh-village/story-a99uY31NnoAgi4mEYx5NuN.html
The shutdown has halted important scientific research: https://www.hcn.org/articles/scientific-research-the-shutdown-has-halted-important-science-and-research
Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger: https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html
DNA of wolf extinct in wild lives on in Texas pack: https://www.apnews.com/41e2f719d14549f8b5b2d88149385a0e
White House expands oil drilling despite shutdown: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-17/interior-planning-to-expand-drilling-despite-shutdown-urged-to-halt-oil-and-gas-leases
White House to cut off FEMA money for California fires: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-federal-funding-for-california-wildfire-relief.html
Sniffer dog finds 116kg of rhino horn: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46823797
Karen indigenous communities in Myanmar have officially launched the Salween Peace Park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/karen-indigenous-communities-in-myanmar-have-officially-launched-the-salween-peace-park/
Discovery adapts natural membrane to make hydrogen fuel from water: https://www.anl.gov/article/discovery-adapts-natural-membrane-to-make-hydrogen-fuel-from-water
Australian sawfish close to dying out: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/experts-warn-australian-sawfish-close-to-dying-out
MIT is pouring resources into commercializing fusion power: https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-commercializing-fusion-power
Man accidentally discovers how to grow coral 40 times faster: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-postpones-retirement-to-save-reefs-after-he-accidentally-discovers-how-to-make-coral-grow-40-times-faster/
BLM supports drilling in pristine Alaskan refuge: https://www.nrdc.org/trump-watch/blm-supports-drilling-pristine-alaskan-refuge-despite-threats-wildlife
Previously unknown contaminants found in Polar Bears: http://wildlife.org/previously-unknown-contaminants-found-in-polar-bears/
Pro-polluter Andrew Wheeler gets tapped to head the EPA: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/pro-polluter-andrew-wheeler-gets-tapped-head-epa
Extinct mammoths could be given protected status in bid to save elephants: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/10/trade-in-ivory-from-extinct-mammoths-could-be-banned

Conservation News ~ January 11 2019

1/11/2019

Scientists issue dire warning in new study finding last year was likely the hottest on record: https://thinkprogress.org/study-2018-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-as-ocean-warming-speeds-up-a08a85c8438a/
United Nations instructs Canada to suspend Site C dam construction over indigenous rights: https://thenarwhal.ca/united-nations-instructs-canada-to-suspend-site-c-dam-construction-over-indigenous-rights-violations/
ESA workload slowdown draws lawsuit warning: https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/esa-workload-slowdown-draws-lawsuit-warning/article_9f27b9ea-a18a-5a26-a4dc-3b061e28b136.html
Scientists discovered a new way to stabilize fusion reactors: https://futurism.com/the-byte/fusion-reactions-stabilize
Hunter shoots son dead after mistaking him for moose: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hunter-shoots-son-dead-moose-russia-siberia-nefteyugansk-charged-a8720421.html
She bragged to a man on a dating app about poaching deer. He was a game warden: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/08/she-bragged-man-dating-app-about-poaching-deer-he-was-game-warden/
Sea Shepherd vessel falls under assault by poachers in Mexico: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/01/sea-shepherd-vessel-falls-under-assault-by-mexican-poachers
One million fish die in Australian river in ecological catastrophe: https://news.sky.com/story/one-million-fish-die-in-australian-river-in-ecological-catastrophe-11603317
Controversial European policy bans ships from throwing unwanted fish overboard: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/controversial-european-policy-bans-ships-throwing-unwanted-fish-overboard
Matriarch of well-known orca family is starving to death: https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9114485-matriarch-of-well-known-orca-family-is-starving-to-death-b-c-researchers-fear/
Hunter shoots wolf near northeastern Montana’s Glasgow: https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/01/09/hunter-shoots-wolf-near-northeastern-montanas-glasgow/2526338002/
Most-fished shark in the world denied protection: https://maritime-executive.com/article/most-fished-shark-in-the-world-denied-protection?fb_ref=mpEwij6ZfX-Twitter
White House to auction off 900,000 acres for fracking Nevada: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/nevada-fracking-12-03-2018.php
San Diego becomes largest CA city to ban Styrofoam: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Becomes-Largest-CA-City-to-Ban-Styrofoam-504060821.html
Rep. Cunningham to introduce legislation that would ban offshore drilling for 10 years: http://www.live5news.com/2019/01/08/rep-cunningham-introduce-legislation-that-would-ban-offshore-drilling-years/
Canadian First Nations camp violently raided: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/08/shameful-day-canada-first-nations-encampment-violently-raided-land-protectors
US Supreme Court refuses to block Exxon climate fraud investigation: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012019/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-supreme-court-ruling-massachusetts-attorney-general-healey
Birds overdose on prescription pills dumped in a California park: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/22/us/intoxicated-birds-huntington-beach/index.html
Galapagos island gets its first iguanas since Darwin after mass-release: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/galapagos-island-gets-its-first-iguanas-since-darwin-after-mass-release
Joshua Tree National Park to close because of damage: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joshua-tree-national-park-closes-due-damage-caused-shutdown-n956311
Sleeping seal harassed by so many people on Jersey Shore that it had to be rescued: https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2019/01/sleeping-seal-harassed-by-so-many-people-on-jersey-shore-that-it-had-to-be-rescued.html
New species of tree frog from Ecuador has a mysterious claw: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-species-of-tree-frog-from-ecuador-has-a-mysterious-claw/
Arizona starts research grant to limit Wolf and Cattle interactions: https://www.drovers.com/article/arizona-starts-research-grant-limit-wolf-and-cattle-interactions
Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/07/global-warming-of-oceans-equivalent-to-an-atomic-bomb-per-second
Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle will go on sale in August: https://futurism.com/harley-davidsons-electric-motorcycle-august
Federal court rules that almond milk is milk: https://vegnews.com/2019/1/federal-court-rules-that-almond-milk-is-milk
Whales to leave Shanghai park for sanctuary in Iceland: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1901057700/
Reclusive Hawaiian snail and last of his kind dies at 14: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/07/682908544/george-reclusive-hawaiian-snail-and-last-of-his-kind-dies-at-14
California foie gras ban goes into effect after Supreme Court rejects challenge: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-foiegras/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-california-foie-gras-ban-idUSKCN1P11LD
Bat not seen since 1940s found in Connecticut: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bat-not-seen-since-1940s-found-in-Connecticut-13513988.php
Arabian sharks may be the most threatened in the world: https://oceana.org/blog/arabian-sea-sharks-may-be-most-threatened-world
One of the world’s rarest birds has been reintroduced to the wild in Madagascar: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-worlds-rarest-birds-has-been-reintroduced-wild-madagascar-180971138/
Manatee deaths soar in Florida but drop in Volusia: https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190104/manatee-deaths-soar-in-florida-but-drop-in-volusia
Galapagos fireworks ban to save wildlife: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46706515
Huge reserves protect underwater mountains, endangered sea life: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/huge-reserves-protect-underwater-mountains-endangered-sea-life.aspx
Portugal: new whale watching licenses to be suspended on five islands: http://www.macaubusiness.com/portugal-new-whale-watching-licenses-to-be-suspended-on-five-islands/
Hawaiian monk seals had a record number of babies in 2018: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/01/02/hawaii-news/hawaiian-monk-seals-had-a-record-number-of-babies-born-in-2018/
Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric plane: https://www.flyingmag.com/rolls-royce-is-building-worlds-fastest-electric-airplane
South Korea bans single-use plastic: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/31/asia/south-korea-plastic-bag-ban-intl/index.html
Fisherman sue big oil for its role in climate change: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/04/671996313/fishermen-sue-big-oil-for-its-role-in-climate-change
Meet the newly discovered shark species of 2019: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-first-newly-discovered-shark-species-of-2019/
Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-power-renewables/renewables-overtake-coal-as-germanys-main-energy-source-idUSKCN1OX0U2

Conservation News ~ January 4 2019

1/4/2019

In India, indigenous youth are filming their own forests and communities: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/in-india-indigenous-youths-are-filming-their-own-forests-and-communities/
Environment and rights founder in the wake of Chinese funding in Bolivia: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/environment-and-rights-founder-in-the-wake-of-chinese-funding-in-bolivia/
EPA proposes rule change that would limit pollution control for years to come: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/climate/mercury-coal-pollution-regulations.html
Investigation reveals illegal cattle ranching in Paraguay’s vanishing Chaco: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/investigation-reveals-illegal-cattle-ranching-in-paraguays-vanishing-chaco/
Amazon tribes harvest rain water for clean water due to oil spills: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/with-no-oil-cleanup-in-sight-amazon-tribes-harvest-rain-for-clean-water/
Chile renews contract with lithium company criticized for damaging wetland: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/chile-renews-contract-with-lithium-company-criticized-for-damaging-wetland/
The cement industry pledges to cut greenhouse gases: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/the-cement-industry-one-of-the-worlds-largest-co2-emitters-pledges-to-cut-greenhouse-gases
Hawaii and New Jersey end 2018 with a ban on wild animal circuses: https://vegnews.com/2018/12/hawaii-and-new-jersey-end-2018-with-a-ban-on-wild-animal-circuses
Deadly tsunami leaves Javan rhinos untouched: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deadly-tsunami-leaves-javan-rhinos-untouched-but-peril-persists/
EPA says mercury limits on coal plants too costly, not necessary: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/28/679129613/trump-epa-says-mercury-limits-on-coal-plants-too-costly-not-necessary
Incredible dinosaur footprints found: https://gizmodo.com/look-at-these-incredible-dinosaur-footprints-found-in-e-1831172611
South Africa farm worker dies after being kicked by a giraffe: https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/limpopo-farm-worker-dies-after-being-kicked-by-giraffe-18640352
China seizes totoaba swim bladders worth $26 million, arrests 16: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/china-seizes-totoaba-swim-bladders-worth-26-million-arrests-16/
Middle East fossils push back origin of key plant groups millions of years: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/middle-east-fossils-push-back-origin-key-plant-groups-millions-years
Rare Right Whale calf spotted off Florida coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/29/rare-right-whale-calf-spotted-off-florida-coast
Cane Toads snake a ride on python to escape storm in northern Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/31/cane-toads-python-escape-storm-northern-australia-kununurra
Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland’s coast: http://theconversation.com/some-sharks-have-declined-by-92-in-the-past-half-century-off-queenslands-coast-108742
USFWS declares the Ozark Pyrg, a freshwater snail, extinct: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/12/ozark-snail-species-presumed-extinct-following-science-based-surveys/
Endangered Florida Panthers threatened by development project: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/02/florida-panther-extinction-collier-county-development-project
Faroe Islanders kill pilot whales on New Year’s Day for the first time since WW2: http://local.fo/faroe-islanders-kill-pilot-whales-on-new-years-day-for-the-first-time-since-wwii/
EPA runs out of funds as shutdown continues: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/423048-epa-braces-to-run-out-of-funds-at-midnight-as-shutdown-continues
Vietnam’s illegal ivory market continues to thrive: https://www.eco-business.com/news/vietnams-illegal-ivory-market-continues-to-thrive/
Bolsonaro launches assault on Amazon rainforest protections: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-amazon-rainforest-protections
Interior proposing to ignore certain burdensome FOIA requests: https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/interior-proposing-to-ignore-certain-burdensome-foia-requests
The new acting Interior Secretary is an agency insider and ex-oil lobbyist: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/677390503/the-new-acting-interior-secretary-is-an-agency-insider-and-ex-oil-lobbyist
Six Barges carrying coal have sunk into the Ohio River: http://www.wave3.com/2018/12/30/update-six-barges-carrying-coal-have-now-sunk-into-ohio-river/
Two more Puget Sound orcas predicted to die in critically endangered population: https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/more-puget-sound-orcas-predicted-to-die-in-critically-endangered/article_c7c734df-c494-5ed9-b28b-57641cc0e47b.html
Bolsonaro hands over indigenous land demarcation to agriculture ministry: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/bolsonaro-hands-over-indigenous-land-demarcation-to-agriculture-ministry/
PG&E could face murder charges for California’s wildfires: https://grist.org/article/pge-could-face-murder-charges-for-californias-wildfires/
Researchers tie declining snowpack in Colorado’s mountains to climate change: https://www.summitdaily.com/news/snowpack-has-declined-by-an-average-of-41-percent-in-the-rocky-mountains-over-past-3-decades/
Climate change causing feminization of green turtles: https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/climate-change-causing-feminisation-of-green-turtles-research-suggests-895005.html
States are out of money to keep National Parks safe during shutdown: https://grist.org/article/states-are-out-of-money-to-keep-national-parks-safe-during-shutdown/
Chinese company says it will soon cross $100 battery threshold, slaying the gasoline car: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/12/04/chinese-company-says-it-will-soon-cross-100-battery-threshold-slay-the-internal-combustion-engine/
The EU is banning almost all coal mining: https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/12/31/2023226/the-eu-is-banning-almost-all-coal-mining-on-jan-1
Extraordinary treefrog discovered in the Andes of Ecuador: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190103110608.htm
Bluefin tuna have returned to British and Irish waters, prompting calls for a fishing ban: https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/bluefin-tuna-returns-british-irish-waters-fishing-ban-lifted/
One-third of new car sales in Norway are all-electric vehicles: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/one-third-of-new-car-sales-in-norway-are-all-electric-vehicles
Scientists engineer shortcut for photosynthetic glitch, boost crop growth by 40 percent: https://www.igb.illinois.edu/article/scientists-engineer-shortcut-photosynthetic-glitch-boost-crop-growth-40
Smithsonian study links declines in suburban backyard birds to presence of nonnative plants: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/new-smithsonian-study-links-declines-suburban-backyard-birds-presence-nonnative-plants
Seagrasses hold the key to saving the world’s best beaches from destruction: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/environment/seagrasses-hold-the-key-to-saving-the-worlds-best-beaches-from-destruction/02/01/
Antarctic sea ice is astonishingly low this melt season: https://grist.org/article/antarctic-sea-ice-is-astonishingly-low-this-melt-season/

Conservation News ~ December 28, 2018

12/28/2018

2018 was the 4th warmest year in recorded history: https://grist.org/article/its-nearly-official-2018-was-the-4th-warmest-year-in-recorded-history/
Elephant-sized Dicynodont from Triassic Period discovered: Lisowicia bojani: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/elephant-sized-dicynodont-triassic-period-lisowicia-bojani-06649.html
Maori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/maori-community-reconnects-youth-with-their-ancestral-forests/
Indigenous groups sues Exxon, Energy Majors over fracking waste contamination in Patagonia: https://www.ecowatch.com/argentina-fracking-indigenous-lawsuit-2623742584.html
Australia’s extreme heatwave spans five states with high of 49C forecast: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/27/australias-extreme-heatwave-spans-five-states-with-high-of-49c-forecast
Hundreds of workers who cleaned up the country’s worst coal ash spill are now sick: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/hundreds-workers-who-cleaned-countrys-worst-coal-ash-spill-are-now-sick-and-dying
Federal program pays $1.4 million to pikeminnow anglers: https://www.apnews.com/9a5507cf44d04504b060b27c376df423
Wolf killing leads to criminal investigation: http://www.lassennews.com/wolf-killing-leads-to-criminal-investigation/
Deep-sea exploratory mission finds upside-down lakes and waterfalls off Mexico: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/deepsea-exploratory-mission-finds-upsidedown-lakes-and-waterfalls-off-mexico-coast/
660 species of bees live in newly shrunk national monument: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/bee-city-at-risk-after-grand-staircase-escalante-divided/
Factory farms no longer have to report their air emissions: https://grist.org/article/factory-farms-no-longer-have-to-report-their-air-emissions-thats-dangerous-for-their-neighbors/
Electricity prices forecast to fall 2.1% in two years due to wind and solar: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/21/electricity-prices-forecast-to-fall-21-in-two-years-due-to-wind-and-solar
White House signs Executive Order for more logging: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-executive-order-forest-management-wildfire_us_5c1d7c4ce4b05c88b6f8bde4
Baby sharks caught swimming between uteruses eating their unborn siblings: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-underwater-ultrasound-tool-discovers-the-lengths-baby-sharks-go-to-for-a-meal
Critically Endangered Phillippine Eagle hangs on despite horde of threats: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/critically-endangered-philippine-eagle-hangs-on-despite-horde-of-threats/
Tracking collars on new Isle Royale wolves show where there is 1 spot they won’t go: https://www.mlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/12/a5479ac5c62911/tracking-collars-on-new-isle-r.html
Montana Sen. Mike Phillips plans to draft bill to outlaw predator derbies: http://www.explorebigsky.com/the-new-west-montana-sen-mike-phillips-plans-to-draft-bill-to-outlaw-predator-derbies
There’s a huge and hidden migration in North America – of dragonflies: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/12/21/theres-huge-hidden-migration-america-dragonflies/
New Jersey sets CO2 limit for power plants as it slowly returns to climate pact: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2018/12/18/gov-phil-murphy-slowly-brings-nw-jersey-back-greenhouse-gas-reduction-pact-rggi-co-2-climate-change/2338826002/
Chestnut-killing wasp threatens major harvest: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43377056
In Venezuela, Russia pockets key energy assets in exchange for cash bailouts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-venezuela-russia-pockets-key-energy-assets-in-exchange-for-cash-bailouts/2018/12/20/da458db6-f403-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html
US hunter who boasted of gunning down animals faces criminal charges: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6526885/US-hunter-boasted-gunning-animals-trip-Scottish-island-faces-criminal-charges.html
Groups sue White House for harassing whales with seismic blasting: https://grist.org/article/groups-sue-trump-administration-for-harassing-whales-with-seismic-blasting/
Colorado’s largest battery comes online as the state pivots to cleaner energy: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-s-largest-battery-comes-online-as-the-state-pivots-to-cleaner-energy
Dracula ant sets new record or fastest animal movement: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-dracula-ants-fastest-animal-appendage.html
2nd camp set up to block pipeline company’s access to Wet’suwet’en land: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/unist-ot-en-camp-injunction-coastal-gaslink-1.4954970
Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/copper-mine-destroying-forests-in-panamas-mesoamerican-biological-corridor/
Germany closes its last active coal mine, ending 200 year industry: http://fortune.com/2018/12/21/germany-closes-last-coal-mine/
Scotland considers continental wildcats to save native species from extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/24/scotland-considers-continental-wildcats-to-save-native-species-from-extinction
An illegal mining epidemic is spreading across the Amazon rainforest: https://psmag.com/environment/illegal-mining-epidemic-spreads-across-the-amazon
British pet shops to be banned from selling puppies and kittens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/23/pet-shops-to-be-banned-from-selling-puppies-and-kittens
New app allows those enjoying New Zealand’s great outdoors to report outbreaks of invasive species: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-app-allows-those-enjoying-zealands-great-outdoors-report-outbreaks-invasive-wilding-conifers
Grizzles ranging far and wide across NW Montana into Idaho: https://kpax.com/news/montana-outdoors/2018/12/12/grizzlies-ranging-far-and-wide-across-nw-montana-into-idaho/
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2018/12/18/new-research-suggests-forests-like-humans-require-a-balanced-diet
Dolphins discovered ‘timesharing’ the sea for the first time: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/dolphins-discovered-timesharing-sea-first-time
Pressure on Ethiopian wolves and wild coffee mounting: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/
Extreme heat wipes out 23,000 flying foxes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/heat-wipes-out-one-third-of-flying-fox-species/10632940
New snake species discovered in another snake’s belly: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-snake-species-found-in-serpents-stomach/
New manatee population estimate hits 7,000 to 10,000 but more than 700 have died this year: http://www.tampabay.com/environment/new-manatee-population-estimate-hits-7000-to-10000-but-more-than-700-have-died-this-year-20181218/
Juvenile wolf killed to protect sheep grazing on public lands: https://nywolf.org/juvenile-wolf-killed-to-protect-sheep-grazing-on-public-lands/
90.5% of plastic not recycled: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/years-scariest-statistic-90-5-for-share-of-plastic-not-recycled/
Another California Condor – the 3rd in the past two months – released near San Simeon: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/community/cambrian/article223286535.html
Previously unknown mushroom found in Cascade-Siskiyou Monument: https://www.ijpr.org/post/previously-unknown-mushroom-found-cascade-siskiyou-monument
PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/png-farmers-use-agroforestry-to-fight-crop-diseases-and-reduce-labor/
Female park rangers protect sea turtles from traffickers with great success in Nicaragua: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/the-female-park-rangers-protecting-turtles-from-traffickers-in-nicaragua/
Pa. man facing charges for crossbow hunting from car: https://www.wkbn.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-man-facing-charges-for-crossbow-hunting-from-car/1657245928
DNA test helps officials dodgy shark shipments: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/dna-test-helps-officials-spot-dodgy-shark-shipments/
Marine life worse off inside protected areas, analysis reveals: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/marine-life-worse-off-inside-protected-areas-analysis-reveals
World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/22/worlds-first-no-kill-eggs-go-on-sale-in-berlin
Scientists push to protect endangered porpoise: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/19/scientists-push-to-protect-endangered-porpoise/
Melting Arctic ice is now pouring 14,000tons of water per second into the ocean: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/21/melting-arctic-ice-is-now-pouring-tons-water-per-second-into-ocean-scientists-find/
Authorities baffled by young sea lion at Oakland Airport: https://www.sfgate.com/g00/bayarea/article/sea-lion-oakland-airport-alameda-marine-mammal-13481693.php?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=6
Indonesia attack shines a light on controversial road project: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesia-attack-shines-a-light-on-controversial-road-project/
Global agreement on conserved areas marks new era of conservation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/global-agreement-on-conserved-areas-marks-new-era-of-conservation-commentary/

Conservation News ~ December 21 2018

12/21/2018

Scientists race to avert a salamander crisis: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/death-by-a-thousand-holes-scientists-race-to-avert-a-salamander-crisis/
Small victory for Yangtse porpoise can carry species forward: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2178868/chinas-smiling-angel-small-victory-yangtse-river-porpoise-big
Federal judge orders stronger cold-water fish protections in Oregon rivers: https://www.opb.org/news/article/cold-water-salmon-steelhead-trout-oregon-rivers-protection-lawsuit/
Binder Park announces the arrival of a female Mexican Gray Wolf: https://wwmt.com/news/local/binder-park-announces-the-arrival-of-a-female-mexican-gray-wolf
As Rhino poaching declines, other Kruger species are targeted in snaring spree: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/2018-12-20-as-rhino-poaching-declines-other-kruger-species-are-targeted-in-snaring-spree/
World’s oldest flower unfurled its petals more than 174 million years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64354-oldest-fossil-flower.html
Plan to close fish farms on salmon migration routes a step in the right direction: https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/12/16/Salmon-Farms-to-Close/
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Reactions from Utqiagvik on a whaling quota rule change: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/12/06/reactions-from-utqiagvik-on-a-whaling-quota-rule-change-we-dont-have-to-beg-anymore/
SCDNR contacted after seal swims up on Myrtle Beach: https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/scdnr-contacted-after-seal-swims-up-on-myrtle-beach-shore/1666515867
Japan set to withdraw from International Whaling Commission: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-iwc/japan-to-withdraw-from-international-whaling-commission-kyodo-news-idUSKCN1OJ070
Leopard kills meditating monk in India: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/asia/india-leopard-monk-scli-intl/index.html
Shorebirds can no longer count on the Arctic as a safe haven for rearing their young: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/shorebirds-can-no-longer-count-on-the-arctic-as-a-safe-haven-for-rearing-their-young/
More areas of BC coastal waters designated as killer whale sanctuaries: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-coastal-waters-killer-whale-sanctuaries-1.4952600
Solar households expected to give away power to energy firms: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/18/solar-power-energy-firms-government
CDFW releases Conservation and Management plan for California Elk populations: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/cdfw-releases-conservation-and-management-plan-for-california-elk-populations/
Columbia Sea Lion bill, killing 1k a year, signed by president: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/columbia-sea-lion-bill-signed-by-president/
Amazon forests not changing fast enough to keep up with climate change: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-forests-not-changing-fast-enough-to-keep-up-with-climate-change-study/
Deep sea survey of Australian marine parks reveals striking species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deep-sea-survey-of-australian-marine-parks-reveals-striking-species/
US whale entanglement figures steady in 2017: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/whale-entanglement-figures-in-the-us-steady-in-2017/
Relative of Penis Snake amphibian named after US president: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/relative-of-penis-snake-amphibian-named-after-donald-trump/
Chinese and Russian scientists have been heating huge portions of the atmosphere: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/chinese-and-russian-scientists-have-been-heating-huge-portions-of-the-atmosphere-on-purpose/
Seal pups poisoned by chemicals in mothers’ milk: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17303745.seal-pups-poisoned-by-chemicals-in-mothers-milk/
Most diverse butterfly center in the US to be bulldozed for US border wall: https://www.ecowatch.com/butterfly-center-trumps-border-wall-2623393125.html
IUCN protected planet 2018 report is released: https://www.protectedplanet.net/c/monthly-updates/2018/january-2018-update-of-the-wdpa
Conservationists call for halt on old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley: https://globalnews.ca/video/4772380/conservationists-call-for-halt-on-old-growth-logging-in-nahmint-valley-near-port-alberni
Newborn Rhino decides to adopt the men who saved her life: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/Maarifa-baby-rhino-adopts-rescuers
Madagascar elections: An environmental disaster in waiting: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/madagascar-elections-environmental-disaster-waiting-181217095423818.html
Clemson scientist working to prtect future of rare and popular sportfish: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-scientist-working-to-protect-future-of-rare-and-popular-sportfish/
The ‘Eagle Whisperer’ talks about a career spent saving eagles: http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/the-eagle-whisperer-talks-about-a-career-spent-saving-the-nations-bird
Lawsuit launched to help protect salmon for starving orcas: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/southern-resident-killer-whale-12-18-2018.php
Deer poacher ordered to watch Bambi once a month in jail: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/deer-poacher-ordered-to-watch-bambi-once-a-month-in-jail
Teen activist scolds world leaders on climate: http://www.insidenova.com/news/national/teen-activist-scolds-world-leaders-on-climate/video_0584f6ca-4fe5-5fb2-a966-454490c19e6a.html
145-million-year-old dinosaur footprint treasure trove discovered in England: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoc-to121418.php
Former fossil fuels lobbyist to head Interior department as Zinke exits: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/david-bernhardt-ryan-zinke-lobbyist-interior-department
Wild porpoises burn energy twice as fast as humans: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/16/david-bernhardt-ryan-zinke-lobbyist-interior-department
COP24 climate talks end in agreement: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/health/cop24-climate-change-talks-agreement/index.html
In a big diplomatic success, Pakistan elected as Vice President of COP to UN convention on Climate Change: https://timesofislamabad.com/16-Dec-2018/in-a-big-diplomatic-success-pakistan-elected-as-vice-president-of-cop-to-un-convention-on-climate-change
Rare snails found only on O’ahu were released into the wild: https://www.kitv.com/story/39656865/rare-snails-found-only-on-oahu-were-released-into-the-wild
Jaguar protection plan signed by 14 Latin American countries: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/latam-eco-review-jaguar-protection-plan-signed-by-14-latin-countries/
New discovery pushes origins of feathers back by 70 million years: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181217125908.htm
Kenyan warriors compete during Maasai games replacing lion-hunting: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6499775/Kenyan-warriors-compete-running-jumping-spear-throwing-Maasai-games-replacing-hunting.html
Scientists discover upside-down lakes and waterfalls at the bottom of the ocean: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439pd3/scientists-discover-upside-down-lakes-and-waterfalls-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-pescadero-basin
Save Langebaan Lagoon sues to protect sensitive habitat in South Africa: https://www.change.org/p/daff-save-langebaan-lagoon-from-a-potential-aquaculture-disaster
Giant Salvinia clears substantially at Caddo Lake thanks to weevils and freeze: https://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/giant-salvinia-clears-substantially-thanks-to-weevils-and-freeze/1662956911
Norway to heavily restrict palm oils linked to devastating deforestation: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/norway-palm-oil-fuels-deforestation-rainforests-orang-utans-biofuels-a8666646.html
Pumas engineer their environment, providing habitat for other species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pumas-engineer-their-environment-providing-habitat-for-other-species/
Deforestation in Brazil’s cerrado falls: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deforestation-in-brazils-cerrado-falls/
FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protestors: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/fbi-climate-change-protesters-iowa-files-monitoring-surveillance-
Cambodia nabs more than 3 tons of illegal ivory: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/16/677177377/cambodia-nabs-more-than-3-tons-of-illegal-ivory
China is printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds: https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-151633.html
California to protect birds as Trump administration abandons them: http://ca.audubon.org/press-release/california-protect-birds-trump-administration-abandons-them
Huge Oregon ‘Archery’ Buck actually killed with a rifle, shooter sentenced: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/huge-oregon-archery-buck-actually-killed-with-a-rifle-shooter-sentenced/
Local and international experts to train 1,221 environmental rangers: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-and-international-experts-train-1221-environmental-rangers
Rat poison found in 85 percent of tested Mountain Lions, Bobcats, and Fishers: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/rat-poison-12-12-2018.php
Half of Costa Rica’s regrown forests are gone within two decades: https://psmag.com/environment/costa-ricas-young-forests-never-had-a-chance
Something living at the bottom of the sea is absorbing large amounts of the CO2 in the oceans: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/something-living-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-is-absorbing-large-amounts-of-the-co2-in-oceans/
Zinke to leave the Interior: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/415988-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-steps-down
Quoting the Lorax, Court pulls permit for Pipeline crossing the Appalachian trail: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/676950106/quoting-the-lorax-court-pulls-permit-for-pipeline-crossing-appalachian-trail
Climate change responsible for South Australian dolphin deaths: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/20/c_137686778.htm
5 Fantastically Bizarre New Nudibranch Species Have Just Been Announced: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-described-five-new-nudibranchs-that-look-stranger-than-ever
Kremlin to talk with far East officials of detained orcas, white whales: https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/-kremlin-to-talk-with-far-east-officials-of-510480.html
Small habitats crucial to species survival: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2018/dec/small-habitat-species-survival
Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/japan-to-resume-commercial-whaling-after-leaving-iwc-report

Conservation News ~ December 15 2018

12/15/2018

Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration wins Coastal Commission approval: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/12/13/controversial-long-beach-wetlands-deal-approved-more-oil-drilling-expected/
White House to strip protections from up to two-thirds of California streams and wetlands: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clean-water-rollback-20181210-story.html
Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/madagascar-auctioning-a-large-swath-of-virgin-waters-for-oil-exploration/
Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/argentina-creates-two-new-marine-parks-to-protect-penguins-sea-lions/
Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/palm-oil-giant-wilmar-promises-to-take-a-harder-line-with-errant-suppliers/
Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesian-court-throws-out-lawsuit-against-green-experts-testimony/
Video shows wolves fishing in Voyageurs National Park: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/4542765-video-shows-wolves-fishing-voyageurs-national-park
15-Year-Old Calls for Global Climate Strike: https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-climate-strike-2623294546.html
150 new species discovered in Southeast Asia last year: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-150-new-species-discovered-in-southeast-asia-last-year-including-the-skywalker-gibbon-/
Washington Governor Jay Inslee $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas: https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-14-governor-billion-dollar-plan-save-endangered-orcas
Unprecedented new map unveils illegal mining destroying Amazon: https://www.ecowatch.com/unprecedented-new-map-reveals-illegal-mining-destroying-amazon-2623200925.html
German government invest $780,000 to make vegan meat texture more ‘realistic’: https://www.livekindly.co/german-government-invests-780000-to-make-vegan-meat-texture-more-realistic/
Devastated by war, African Gorongosa park wildlife is now thriving: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/african-wildlife-is-rebounding-gorongosa-national-park/
A massive, never-before-seen cave has been found in Canada: https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-unexplored-cave-hidden-in-canada-may-never-have-been-seen-by-human-eyes
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly Bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Golden Eagles keep riding the current; numbers strong during annual survey: https://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/golden-eagles-keep-riding-the-current-numbers-strong-during-annual/article_788b55e2-fea1-5121-b7ba-75b6f710c6e2.html
Judge throws out Idaho predator control expansion: https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/livestock/judge-throws-out-idaho-predator-control-expansion/article_5044e3d8-fcae-11e8-9a0b-0b8297bd7c9c.html
Butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for border wall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/13/butterfly-sanctuary-border-wall-mission-texas
Nearly 150 climate activists arrested in mass demonstration for Green New Deal: https://sojo.net/interactive/nearly-150-climate-activists-arrested-mass-demonstration-green-new-deal
US accused of obstructing talks at UN climate change summit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/us-accused-of-obstructing-talks-at-un-climate-change-summit
Rapidly disintegrating Arctic sea ice leaves scientists ‘shocked’: https://thinkprogress.org/scientists-shocked-that-warming-has-wiped-out-oldest-thickest-arctic-sea-ice-febe927ab619/
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/lost-marsupial-frog-rediscovered-ecuador-choco-forest/
The Senate just passed an $867 billion farm bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/11/congresss-billion-farm-bill-is-out-heres-whats-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e27d0be16377
Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant total license to drill near Amazon Reef: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/brazilian-regulators-deny-french-oil-giant-total-license-to-drill-near-amazon-reef/
Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46516033
Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail: https://www.apnews.com/6e1c6c84795b47fc9979fe11ee871ada
White House auctions off 150,000 acres of public lands for fracking near Utah National Parks: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-utah-national-parks-2623200218.html
An indigenous Guatemalan community rejects, then accepts, a protected area: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guatemala-an-indigenous-community-rejects-then-accepts-a-protected-area/
New Cascales Municipal Conservation Area in Amazon: https://www.andesamazonfund.org/blog/
London mayor unveils plan to tackle ‘climate emergency’: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/11/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-city-climate-emergency
California Condor chick successfully fledges for first time in Santa Barbara since 1982: https://ktla.com/2018/12/11/california-condor-chick-successfully-fledges-for-first-time-in-santa-barbara-county-since-1982/
Researchers suggest broiler chicken is the hallmark of the Anthropocene: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-broiler-chicken-hallmark-anthropocene.html
Thousands of unstudied plants may be at risk of extinction: https://www.wired.com/story/thousands-of-unstudied-plants-may-be-at-risk-of-extinction/
ExxonMobil launches environmental awareness: https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/09/12/2018/ExxonMobil-launches-environmental-awareness-campaign
Giraffes were just added to list of animals facing extinction: https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/giraffes-were-just-added-to-list-of-animals-facing-extinction/
Taiwanese captain sentenced 20 years for shark finning in Tanzania: http://www.seashepherd.org.nz/news-and-commentary/news/taiwanese-captain-sentenced-20-years-for-shark-finning-in-tanzania.html
Ancient whale named for UW paleontologist Elizabeth Nesbitt: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/10/ancient-whale-named-for-uw-paleontologist-elizabeth-nesbitt/
Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/ground-feeding-birds-in-southeast-asia-may-be-going-extinct-outside-protected-areas/
Humpback whale freed after being trapped at fish farm near Tofino: https://www.pqbnews.com/news/trapped-humpback-whale-freed-from-salmon-farm-near-tofino/
Developers of Village at Wolf Creek take another hit in attempt to reinstate land swap: https://durangoherald.com/articles/254370
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181210072530.htm
Banned toxins passed from mother to young in European dolphins: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-toxins-mother-young-european-dolphins.html
Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/graphic-video-reveals-brutality-of-pangolin-poaching-in-northeast-india/
Kenya coins replace leaders with animals: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46523670
CNN gave a platform to climate deniers, then debunked their lies: https://grist.org/article/cnn-gave-a-platform-to-climate-deniers-then-debunked-their-lies/
Illegal dog beach at the Santa Ana River mouth endangers rare birds: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/11/illegal-dog-beach-at-the-santa-ana-river-mouth-endangers-rare-birds-experts-say/
Gambia is selling Tuna for 136 Euro per ton to the EU: https://greenworldwarriors.com/2018/12/11/how-gambia-is-selling-its-tuna-for-136-euro-per-ton-to-the-eu/
The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
World’s largest sea turtle emerges from the sea and it is incredible: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/worlds-largest-sea-turtle-emerges-from-the-sea-and-it-is-incredible/11311/?rd=n
NOAA confirms 42 dead dolphins in Lee and Collier counties: https://www.nbc-2.com/story/39567473/noaa-confirms-42-dead-dolphins-in-lee-and-collier-counties
Youth activists busted up promotion of coal at UN climate talks: https://grist.org/article/team-trump-promoted-coal-at-the-u-n-climate-talks-youth-activists-busted-it-up/
UN conference sets agenda for biodiversity research: https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/un-conference-sets-agenda-for-biodiversity-research.html
Interior Dept. officials downplayed federal wildlife experts’ concerns of border wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/interior-officials-downplayed-federal-wildlife-experts-concerns-about-trumps-border-wall-documents-show/
Life in deep Earth totals 15-23 billion tons of carbon of micro-organisms: https://deepcarbon.net/life-deep-earth-totals-15-23-billion-tonnes-carbon
196 countries agree to scale up investments in nature, people towards 2020 and beyond: https://www.thegef.org/news/196-governments-agree-scale-investments-nature-and-people-towards-2020-and-beyond
Billionaires are the leading cause of climate change: https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change
A NASA prob just found evidence of water on a distant asteroid: https://futurism.com/osiris-rex-spacecraft-found-evidence-liquid-water-in-bennu-asteroids-past
100% of sea turtles in global study found with plastics in their bellies: https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-turtles-plastics-oceans-study-2622572557.html
Surging development dangers in Indonesian New Guinea: http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2018/12/4/surging-development-dangers-in-indonesian-new-guinea
Vegan Lewis Hamilton blasts meat industry for ‘animal torture’ to 9 million followers: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-lewis-hamilton-meat-industry-animal-torture-9-million-followers
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world’s biggest investors: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
A botanist criticized Tejon Ranch. So he got kicked out – along with 10,000 of his friends: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-tejon-blacklist-20181210-story.html
Norway become first country to ban all palm oil based biofuel to protect rainforest: https://www.livekindly.co/norway-ban-palm-oil-biofuel/
The Supreme Court dismisses an environmental challenge to border wall: https://grist.org/article/the-supreme-court-dismisses-an-environmental-challenge-to-border-wall/
A ‘sun in a box’ could be the key to delivering renewable energy on demand: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/sun-in-a-box-could-help-renewables-deliver-energy-on-demand/
The White House eases emissions standards for new coal plants: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/
The White House plans major rollback of Sage Grouse protections to spur oil exploration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/?utm_term=.2746bd823f85
Polar bears to turn to whale meat as their hunting grounds melt: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06989-8
World’s oldest known bird to become a mother for the 37th time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/07/worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-albatross
Scientists prepare for ‘the most detailed whale poo expedition ever’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/26/scientists-prepare-for-the-most-detailed-whale-poo-expedition-ever
Global warming today mirrors conditions leading to Earth’s largest extinction event: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/global-warming-today-mirrors-conditions-during-earths-largest-extinction-event-uw-study/
US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un
COP24 fails to adopt key climate report: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46496967
EJF finds illegal shark finning, dolphin killing in Taiwan’s tuna export industry: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/12/05/ejf-finds-illegal-shark-finning-dolphin-killing-in-taiwans-tuna-export-industry/
White House swaps academics for business executives on National Park Services: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/trump-administration-swaps-academics-businessmen-national-park-service-advisory-panel/
World Bank to invest $200 billion to combat climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/world-bank-invest-climate-change
Grey Wolf protections on track to survive the current Congress: http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/gray-wolf-protections-on-track-to-survive-the-current-congress/
Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection: https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/alberta-planning-eight-new-parks-for-land-protection-and-recreation/wcm/0e506b07-2668-44d2-acf5-405143f1176c

Conservation News ~ December 7 2018

12/7/2018

A new giant salamander species was discovered in Florida and Alabama: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-species-of-giant-salamander-siren-discovered-florida/
Machine learning helps protect worldwide plant conservation priorities: https://news.osu.edu/machine-learning-helps-predict-worldwide-plant-conservation-priorities/
Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-indigenous-groups-and-truckers-ally-to-oppose-brazils-grainrail/
Plants re re-sprouting in the burned areas of the Santa Monica Mountains: https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/news/plants-are-re-sprouting-in-the-burned-areas-of-the-santa-monica-mountains.htm
Australia has cut its plastic bag use by 80 percent in just 3 months: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/australia-has-cut-its-plastic-bag-use-by-80-percent-in-just-3-months/
New butterfly named for pioneering 17th century entomologist: http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/12/new-butterfly-named-for-pioneering-17th-century-entomologist.php
Half of Canada’s Chinook Salmon endangered: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-half-of-canadas-chinook-salmon-populations-are-endangered-scientists/
For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution: https://thenarwhal.ca/for-decades-b-c-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it/
Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/extreme-floods-on-the-rise-in-the-amazon-study/
Culls push endangered bat closer to extinction in Mauritius: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/
7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/7-convicted-of-killing-honduran-indigenous-activist-berta-caceres/
Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deadly-parrot-virus-found-in-native-birds-from-asia-and-africa/
Congress considers changing law or pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail: https://www.richmond.com/congress-considers-changing-law-for-pipeline-crossing-of-appalachian-trail/article_99c33695-eb87-57df-988a-55a0bb9430d9.html
Top US flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/top-us-flooring-shop-linked-to-firm-suspected-of-illegal-logging/
Indigenous people wnt to make Amazon rainforest world’s biggest protected area: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-indigenous-people-biodiversity-united-nations-protected-area-a8645086.html
Shell to link carbon emissions targets to executive pay: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shell-to-link-carbon-emissions-targets-to-executives-pay-1543843441
New trout species found in species-rich loch: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46411233
US refuses to ban wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/cyanide-bombs-11-26-2018.php
Oreo cookie mker linked to orangutan habitat destruction for palm oil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/oreo-maker-linked-to-destruction-of-orangutan-habitat-in-indonesia/
Bull moose poached north of Enterprise, Oregon: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/bull-moose-poached-north-of-enterprise/
Tokyo Olympics built with wood from threatened forests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/tokyo-olympics-venues-built-with-wood-from-threatened-rainforests
Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guams-invasive-bird-destroying-snake-less-unique-than-thought/
Forest Service to cancel grazing permit of convicted wolf killer: https://nywolf.org/forest-service-to-cancel-grazing-permit-of-convicted-wolf-killer/
Provincial parks proposal released for Bighorn area of Rocky Mountains: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-bighorn-parks-rocky-mountains-1.4918209
Australia named as one of the world’s worst performers on biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/30/australia-named-as-one-of-the-worlds-worst-performers-on-biodiversity
Discovery of ancient reef off South Carolina is one more reason not to drill the Atlantic: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/discovery-ancient-reef-south-carolina-one-more-reason-not-drill-atlantic
Sea Shepherd’s flagship M/Y Steve Irwin retires: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&oq=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jaguars hunt endangered sea turtles in surprising new footage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/jaguars-eating-sea-turtles-costa-rica-animals-news/

Conservation News ~ December 1 2018

12/1/2018

Famous Alpha Wolf’s daughter Spitfire is killed by a hunter: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/science/wolf-spitfire-killed.html
Feds approve harmful seismic blasting in Atlantic: https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/feds-authorize-companies-harm-dolphins-and-whales-seismic-airgun-blasting-activities
Snow Leopard shot dead at Dudley Zoo after escaping its enclosure: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/uk/snow-leopard-shot-dead-dudley-zoo-gbr-scli/index.html
Audi releasing electric car with recycled vegan interior: https://www.livekindly.co/audi-releasing-electric-car-recycled-vegan-interior/
Oil pipeline spills 8k barrels of crude in Peruvian Amazon: https://in.reuters.com/article/us-peru-oil-spill/vandals-cause-8000-barrels-of-oil-to-spill-in-peruvian-amazon-idINKCN1NX2LK
Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181130111640.htm
EL Paso to drink treated sewer water due to climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/health/water-climate-change-el-paso/index.html
Feds, state pay deer farmers $330k after wiping out herds: https://www.apnews.com/18fa74de420b438ebddd643746300541
Extinct Denisovan people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186984-extinct-denisovan-people-may-have-lived-on-earths-highest-plateau/
USFWS extends red wolf review in North Carolina: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/11/service-extends-red-wolf-review-in-north-carolina/
Oregon and California crabbers sue fossil fuel companies: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oregon-and-California-crabbers-sue-fossil-fuel-13422887.php
Siberian Unicorn walked Earth with humans: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46358789
Effort clarifies major brach of insect tree of life: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126154113.htm
Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46395410
Chinese environmental photographer Lu Guang disappears in Xinjiang: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/asia/chinese-photographer-lu-guang-missing-intl/index.html
EU palm oil ban risks lucrative weapons deal with Malaysia: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/palm-oil-malaysia-arms-deal-eurofighter-typhoon-biofuel-biodiesel-a8342211.html
Teacher and infant daughter dead in Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zmdz95/teacher-and-her-infant-daughter-dead-in-grizzly-bear-attack-in-yukon
Salmon habitat improvements paying off on one California river: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Salmon-surge-Habitat-improvements-paying-off-on-13426484.php
Magistrate says no more court delays in alleged rhino poaching kingpin case: https://zululandobserver.co.za/182959/no-court-delays-magistrate-tells-alleged-rhino-poaching-kingpin-dumisani-gwala/
Snaring has become greatest threat to African lions: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/lions-snaring-threatens-wildlife-bushmeat-africa/
Amazon deforestation worst in 10 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46327634
Antarctic Island Exploded 4k years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64195-antarctic-island-exploded-4000-years-ago.html
Guyana signs on to new roadmap to save the jaguar: https://dpi.gov.gy/guyana-signs-on-to-new-roadmap-to-save-the-jaguar/
Ecological grief among mental health effects of climate change in Canada: https://www.cpha.ca/ecological-grief-among-mental-health-effects-climate-change-canada-report
Scientists found a new species of wasp that turns spiders into zombies: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdzgx/scientists-found-a-new-species-of-wasp-that-turns-spiders-into-zombies
Brazil backs out of hosting 2019 climate change meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/world/americas/brazil-climate-meeting.html
Critically low Monarch population in California: https://xerces.org/2018/11/29/critically-low-monarch-population-in-california/
Patagania’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M tax cut to fight climate change: https://www.upworthy.com/patagonia-s-ceo-is-donating-company-s-entire-10-m-trump-tax-cut-to-fight-climate-change
First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/
Hopes of Connectivity as Grizzly expanding from habitat: http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/hopes-connectivity-grizzly-expanding-habitat
La Jolla gallery charged with selling $1.3M in illegal ivory: https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
The European Union announces plans to go carbon neutral: https://futurism.com/european-union-plan-end-carbon-emissions-2050
New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/new-research-quantifies-ecosystem-services-provided-by-amazon-rainforest/
EPA plans to allow unlimited dumping of fracking wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/epa-plans-allow-unlimited-dumping-fracking-wastewater-gulf-mexico
Conservation group challenges Montana’s bighorn sheep management plan: http://montanauntamed.com/hunting/article_ccbb30a5-4253-5efc-acd0-35b50de557ea.html
Staff at LA Zoo work to save local frog from extinction: http://spectrumnews1.com/ca/san-fernando-valley-ventura/environment/2018/11/28/zoo-staff-work-to-save-endangered-frog-from-extinction
World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/27/world-triple-efforts-climate-change-un-global-warming
Court of Appeals upholds US ban on Mexican seafood imports to save Vaquita: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2018/181128
Twenty-eight whales dead in inexplicable beaching in Victoria: https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/28/07/11/mass-whale-beaching-on-remote-gippsland-beach
Five wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/four-wildlife-conservationists-held-by-iran-could-face-the-death-penalty/
Oil prospecting may begin in Alaska refuge this winter: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/oil-prospecting-may-begin-in-alaska-refuge-this-winter/
Old fashioned fieldwork puts new frog species on the map: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126142853.htm
A nuclear fusion reactor just set several world records: https://futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-wendelstein-7-x
Hundreds of flash-frozen turtles was ashore in New England: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/25/flash-frozen-turtles-wash-ashore-new-england
Supreme Court limits habitats protected under the ESA: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html
Dead Sea Lions with gunshot wounds are washing up in Puget Sound: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/us/sea-lions-shot-dead-trnd/index.html
End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs to fight climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/ireland-closes-peat-bogs-climate-change
Pirates are poaching Bengal Tigers: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/pirates-are-killing-tigers/
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/norwegian-billionaire-funds-deluxe-deep-ocean-research-ship
Rhino horn auction cancelled after outcry from public: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2174611/bonhams-cancels-rhino-horn-auction-hong-kong-after-public
Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-fishers-brace-for-fallout-after-massive-mining-port-is-approved/
In Chesapeake Bay, shell mounds show a long history of sustainable oyster harvest: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/in-the-chesapeake-bay-shell-mounds-show-a-long-history-of-sustainable-oyster-harvests/
Illegal fishing practices responsible for 20 dead dugongs in Abu Dhabi: https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/illegal-fishing-practices-responsible-for-20-dead-dugongs-in-abu-dhabi-2018-11-26-1.676148
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas: https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201811/iucn-lists-15-new-sites-worlds-best-protected-areas
Mass whale stranding on Stewart Island: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108864894/mass-whale-stranding-on-stewart-island
Pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs showing up in Zebra and Quagga mussels: http://www.michiganradio.org/post/pharmaceuticals-illegal-drugs-showing-zebra-and-quagga-mussels
Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear: https://wilderness-society.org/finnish-wolves-suffering-from-culling-and-poaching-caused-by-human-fear/
CWD confirmed in Grand Tetons: https://wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org/breaking-news-cwd-confirmed-in-grand-teton/
Giraffes prefer to dine with friends: https://www.geek.com/news/study-giraffes-prefer-to-dine-with-friends-1762802/
Two iconic bird species make a striking comeback: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/two-iconic-birds-make-a-striking-comeback-but-much-work-remains/
Hawaiian residents successfully shut down 2k acre dairy farm: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/hawaii-residents-sue-dairy-farm-for-discharging-millions-of-gallons-of-toxic-waste
Ireland to become world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels: https://www.ecowatch.com/ireland-fossil-fuels-divestment-2621293680.html
Global warming is messing with the jet stream: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/jet-stream-climate-change-study-extreme-weather-arctic-amplification-temperature
South African community wins court battle over mining rights: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/south-african-community-wins-court-battle-over-mining-rights
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit another record: https://qz.com/1473125/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hit-another-record-high-un/
German fossil could be an entirely new species of Archaeopteryx: https://gizmodo.com/intriguing-german-fossil-could-be-an-entirely-new-speci-1829995985
Queensland coal mega-mine approval reckless: https://farmtable.com.au/queensland-coal-mega-mine-approval-reckless-conservationists-say/
Plan to control parakeet population draws anger in Spain: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/23/plans-use-snipers-control-parakeet-population-draws-anger-spain/
New Study calls for formal recognition of Himalayan Wolf: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/new-study-adds-to-calls-for-formal-recognition-of-himalayan-wolf-62200
Scientists unveil ancient sea monsters found in Angola: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/659551721/scientists-unveil-ancient-sea-monsters-found-in-angola
US Climate report warns f damaged environment and shrinking economy: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html
WWF says this is the last generation that can save nature: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/this-is-the-last-generation-that-can-save-nature-wwf-says
Conservationists catch Javan rhino in mud wallow: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/jaw-dropping-footage-conservationists-catch-javan-rhino-in-mud-wallow/

Conservation News ~ November 23 2018

11/23/2018

Tests reveal more weed killer than some vitamins in kids’ cereals: https://www.ewg.org/release/tests-reveal-more-weed-killer-some-vitamins-kids-cereals
House of Representatives voted on Gray Wolf delisting: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/15/house-of-representatives-to-vote-on-gray-wolf-deli/
Large hydropower dams not sustainable: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46098118
NY Co-Op solar project will be owned by the community members it benefits: https://www.fastcompany.com/90264043/this-co-op-solar-project-will-be-owned-by-the-community-members-it-benefits
Orangutans are the only great apes – besides humans – to talk about the past: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/orangutans-are-only-great-apes-besides-humans-talk-about-past
Oregon State study: Carnivores’ return helps Yellowstone park streams: https://www.apnews.com/9d1e2c3589fc4287a1ad12afbf00ff1c
EU moves to protect big beasts: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46153727
Amazon fish contaminated by plastic particles: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/sad-surprise-amazon-fish-contaminated-by-plastic-particles
Conservation areas help birdlife adapt to climate change: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181112131615.htm
Google searches reveal public interest in conservation is rising: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/google-searches-reveal-public-interest-in-conservation-is-rising/
Brazil could lose Nepal-size area of rainforest due to policy revision: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/brazil-could-lose-nepal-size-area-of-rainforest-due-to-policy-revision/
RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/rspo-adopts-total-ban-on-deforestation-under-sweeping-new-standards/
Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/peru-shares-its-fisheries-surveillance-data-with-the-world/
Activists urge end to South Korean funding of Indonesian coal plants: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/activists-urge-end-to-south-korean-funding-of-indonesia-coal-plants/
Billion-dollar US energy firm opposes US White House plan to roll back mercury rules: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/15/energy-company-takes-stance-against-trump-effort-to-rollback-mercury-rule
Squid and Gill nets cleared from artificial reef: https://www.oceandefenders.org/news-and-media/squid-and-gill-nets-cleared-from-artificial-reef.html?fbclid=IwAR3B2BQslnlV5SnIVInSEYOzW1aL_PlrB2pQ4HdwwERRfGcONjl9qyyIA-k
US starts process to open Arctic to offshore drilling, despite federal lawsuit: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112018/arctic-offshore-drilling-alaska-beaufort-sea-trump-order-federal-lawsuit-obama-oil-spill-concerns
A new DNA study reveals a previously unidentified North American ‘polar wolf’: https://www.arctictoday.com/new-dna-study-reveals-previously-unidentified-north-american-polar-wolf/
Interior Department sued for secrecy about endangered species: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/11/interior-endangered-species/
California newts shut down road in Berkeley’s Tilden Regional Park: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/08/california-newts-shut-down-road-in-berkeleys-tilden-regional-park/
Arizona man sentenced in killing of Mexican Gray Wolf: https://kvoa.com/news/2018/11/16/arizona-man-sentenced-in-killing-of-mexican-gray-wolf/
Vessel spills 250,000 litres of crude oil off Newfoundland: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-tanks-oil-spill-husky-1.4909859
Two big new all-electric ferries are coming to Canada: https://electrek.co/2018/11/07/all-electric-ferries-canada/
Scientists create sustainable vegan protein from water, electricity, and CO2: https://www.livekindly.co/finnish-solar-foods-sustainable-vegan-protein-water-electricity-co2/
Plant-based protein company Beyond Meat files for IPO: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/17/business/beyond-meat-ipo/index.html
PT Barnum’s hometown bans wild animals in circuses: https://www.care2.com/causes/the-greatest-showman-home-city-bans-wild-animals-in-circuses.html
It’s now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/its-now-cheaper-to-build-a-new-wind-farm-than-to-keep-a-coal-plant-running/
Northern California now has the worst air quality in the world, thanks to wildfire smoke: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/16/18098461/aqi-san-francisco-worst-air-quality-world-epa
Manatees in peril as toxic red tide tests Florida’s resources for rescued animals: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/19/severity-of-toxic-red-tide-tests-floridas-resources-for-rescued-manatees
Rare and diverse giant viruses unexpectedly found in a forest soil ecosystem: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-rare-diverse-giant-viruses-unexpectedly.html
Funding boost for Stockholm Resilience Centre: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2018-11-20-funding-boost-for-centre-researchers.html
Dead whale had 1,000 pieces of plastic in stomach: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/20/indonesia-dead-whale-had-1000-pieces-of-plastic-in-stomach
Climate change altering direction of water currents: http://www.wshu.org/post/yale-study-climate-change-altering-direction-water-currents
Colorado adopts California’s stricter emissions standards: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-adopts-californias-stricter-emissions-standards-bucking-trump-administration
Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/marine-reserves-size-protected-wildlife-five-times-bigger-usa
Oregon aquarium plans a $4.75 million rehabilitation facility for sick or stranded sea animals: http://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/oregon-aquarium-plans-475-million-rehabilitation-facility-sick-or-stranded-sea-animals
Closing nuclear plants risk rise in greenhouse gas emissions: https://grist.org/article/closing-nuclear-plants-risks-rise-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-report-warns/
Mosquito repellant kills salamander larvae: http://wildlife.org/mosquito-repellent-kills-salamander-larvae/
Dead fish to power cruise ships: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/dead-fish-to-power-cruise-ships-norwegian-biogas
Grizzly, black, and polar bears found together for the first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/dead-fish-to-power-cruise-ships-norwegian-biogas
VA Secretary says that experiments on dogs will continue: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/experiments-on-dogs-will-continue--va-secretary-says-65075
California wildfire smoke spreads to New York: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/california-fires-smoke-new-york-east-coast-arrival
Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/11/20/coast-guard-orders-cleanup-massive-year-oil-spill-gulf-mexico/
Oregon, Washington state parks will be free for Black Friday: https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/11/f3f54d540b3034/oregon-washington-state-parks.html
Rock icon Roger Waters denounces Chevron in Ecuador: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/roger-waters-denounces-chevron-in-ecuador/
US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/us-could-cut-emissions-more-than-one-fifth-through-natural-climate-solutions-like-reforestation/
Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/progress-on-jaguar-conservation-in-suriname/
Vegan actor James Cromwell takes dead piglet inside Utah Capitol building in protest: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-james-cromwell-dead-piglet-utah-capitol-building-protest
Population of rare Stone’s sheep smaller than previously thought: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181115115334.htm
New whale sounds recorded in Niwa-led Cook Strait study: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/108604618/new-whale-sounds-recorded-in-niwaled-cook-strait-study
Amazon indigenous groups porpose Mexico-sized ‘corridor of life’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/21/amazon-indigenous-groups-propose-mexico-sized-corridor-of-life
Vanuatu says it may sure fossil fuel companies and other countries over climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/vanuatu-says-it-may-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-and-other-countries-over-climate-change
Hungary wants end to coal power by 2030: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/20/hungary-wants-end-coal-power-2030/
Interior Secretary blames ‘radical environmentalists’ for wildfires: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/interior-secretary-zinke-blames-radical-environmentalists-contributing-wildfires-n938671
Termites built themselves a landfill the size of Great Britain: https://www.popsci.com/termites-brazil-landfill-mounds
Canada’s Bill S-203, protecting cetaceans, has passed: https://www.animalalliance.ca/bill-s-203-ending-cetaceans-captivity/
World’s saddest polar bear dies after spending 21 years in concrete pit: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/polar-bear-tongki-south-korea-dies
Oregon receives authorization to remove California Sea Lions preying on imperiled fish: https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2018/14_11142018_predatory_willamette.html
Scientists find remains of huge ancient herbivore: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-scientists-huge-ancient-herbivore.html
Whales are perpetually stressed: https://www.google.com/search?q=Whales+are+perpetually+stressed%3A&oq=Whales+are+perpetually+stressed%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Florida already reached last year’s record manatee deaths by boats: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida-already-reached-last-years-record-manatee-deaths-by-boats
2 endangered black rhinos found dead in Mara: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/scienceandhealth/3-endangered-black-rhinos-found-dead-in-Mara/3073694-4862440-p0cgm1z/index.html
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uou-han112018.php
South Korea closes largest dog meat slaughterhouse: http://www.hsi.org/news/press_releases/2018/11/sk-slaughterhouse-shutdown-112218.html
Russia bans its whale jails after international outcry: http://expressdigest.com/russia-bans-its-whale-jails-after-international-outcry/

Conservation News ~ November 16 2018

11/16/2018

Canadian old growth continues to be threatened due to weak government management: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2018-11-06/old-growth-continues-be-threatened-due-weak-government-management-says-ntc
Understanding how elephants think is key to protecting them: https://e360.yale.edu/features/understanding-how-elephants-think-is-key-to-protecting-them
Washington just decided to kill three rare wolf families: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/washington-state-to-kill-three-wolf-families
Oregon may be over-hunting cougars: https://www.opb.org/news/article/cougar-overhunting-conflict-oregon/
New system opens the door to transforming CO2 into industrial fuels: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/11/new-system-opens-the-door-to-transforming-co2-into-industrial-fuels/
Federal Judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Scientists argue that BC hasn’t recognized endangered status of Spotted Owls: https://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/articles.cfm?id=149489595
Researchers capture video of humpback whales ‘trap feeding’: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/researchers-capture-video-of-humpback-whales-trap-feeding
Rare dolphin found dead in river conservation area in Myanmar: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2018-11/08/c_137591543.htm
Marine Protected Areas overlook a large fraction of biodiversity hotspots: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-marine-areas-overlook-large-fraction.html
Peru cracks down after environmental defenders’ murders: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/peru-cracks-down-after-environmental-defenders-murders/
Poaching is forcing elephants to evolve away from having tusks: https://futurism.com/elephant-tusks-poaching-evolution
Scientists discover a rare bird that’s a hybrid of three different species: https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2018/11/09/rare-three-species-hybrid-bird-discovered/
England’s frog populations could jump thanks to new ‘frog ladders’: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/frog-ladders-britain_us_5be48941e4b0e84388957123
End of funding dims hopes for a Sumatran forest targeted by palm oil growers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/end-of-funding-dims-hopes-for-a-sumatran-forest-targeted-by-palm-oil-growers/
Rare white lion is set to be auctioned off to trophy hunters, instead of going to a sanctuary: https://nypost.com/2018/11/16/sanctuary-fears-rare-white-lion-will-be-auctioned-off-to-trophy-hunters/
Creation of new Congo Ogooue-Lekati National Park: https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11706/Creation-of-Ogooue-Leketi-National-Park.aspx
Scientists develop liquid fuel that can store the sun’s energy for up to 18 years: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-develop-liquid-that-sucks-up-sun-s-energy
Anger over ‘back door’ St Lucia dune mining plan: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-08-anger-over-back-door-st-lucia-dune-mining-plan/
Rescued panther meets end 9 months after release: https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181110/rescued-panther-meets-end-9-months-after-release
Idaho Fish and Game director Moore announces he will retire: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/07/idaho-fish-and-game-director-moore-announces-he-wi/
Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier drops fur, deeming industry ‘absolutely deplorable’: https://www.livekindly.co/luxury-fashion-designer-jean-paul-gaultier-drops-fur/
Alaska fishermen sentenced for killing endangered sea lions: https://www.apnews.com/3d283cc18f9c427f8c4a79665f34a283
Beaches at risk due to the increase in atmospheric CO2: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109101435.htm
Over 600,000 people petition to air banned palm oil orangutan tv ad: https://www.livekindly.co/iceland-palm-oil-orangutan-petition/
Judge orders USFWS to strengthen protections for threatened lynx: http://wildlife.org/judge-orders-usfws-to-strengthen-protections-for-threatened-lynx/
China postpones lifting ban on trade of tiger and rhino parts: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wildlife/china-postpones-lifting-of-ban-on-trade-of-tiger-and-rhino-parts-idUSKCN1NH0XH
Ancient prairie to be restored at Midlands SC preserve: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/ancient-native-prairie-to-be-restored-at-midlands-sc-preserve/article_a0135314-dd18-11e8-9095-f7d407420c39.html
Herpes-infected monkeys are running wild in Florida: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species/
Human-shaped species of mushroom discovered in UK: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mushroom-species-looks-humans/
Climate protestors blockade energy department in UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46172661
The House Science Committee is getting a leader who believes climate change is real: https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/midterms-house-science-committee
Declining Caribou illustrate the challenges of conservation: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/11/declining-caribou-illustrate-the-challenges-of-con/
Russian Ministry of Environment refuses to export 25 capture beluga whales: https://chelorg.com/2018/11/13/the-ministry-of-environment-refused-to-export-25-belugas-from-primorsky-krai/
Scientists create energy-producing “bionic mushroom”: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scientists-create-energy-producing-bionic-mushroom
First Monarch butterflies reach sanctuaries in Michoacan, Mexico: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/first-monarch-butterflies-reach-sanctuaries/
Landmark children’s climate lawsuit hits new roadblock: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/11/landmark-childrens-climate-lawsuit-hits-new-roadblock/
Environmental activist gives up his life after 111 day fast for a clean Ganga River: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/blogpost/environmental-activist-gives-his-life-clean-ganga-river
Leonardo DiCaprio launches vegan clothing line to save primates: https://vegnews.com/2018/11/leonardo-dicaprio-launches-vegan-clothing-line-to-save-primates
World’s largest humpback whale population booming thanks to the Kimberley: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-13/worlds-largest-humpback-whale-population-booming/10470862
VW is planning a US$21,000 subcompact electric to challenge Tesla: https://driving.ca/volkswagen/auto-news/news/vw-is-planning-a-us21000-subcompact-electric-to-challenge-tesla
Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/11/13/rare-fossil-bird-deepens-mystery-of-avian-extinctions/
Chocolate giant Cadbury ‘still pushing orangutans toward extinction’: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/orangutans-palm-oil-habitat-rainforest-cadbury-mondelez-oreos-indonesia-greenpeace-a8630801.html
Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/honduras-aims-to-save-vital-wildlife-corridor-from-deforestation/
US White House sides with tribes in Badger-Two Med drilling dispute: https://www.apnews.com/4e559f308479487289d36fdadecb4aa3
Feted Zimbabwe women rangers denied visas: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46194785
For the first time since 2010, people who accept climate change control the House Science Committee: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xp9bx/for-the-first-time-since-2010-people-who-accept-climate-change-control-the-house-science-committee
Papua New Guinea to create 7,500 km of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/png-to-create-7500-square-kilometers-of-new-marine-protected-areas-in-bismarck-sea/
Chile: Mining waste continues to be expelled into the sea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-mining-waste-continues-to-be-expelled-into-the-sea/
Iceland to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/14/iceland-let-loose-animatronic-orangutan-after-christmas-advert-ban-palm-oil
Endangered rhino leaving zoo for wild: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46201636/endangered-black-rhino-swapping-north-yorkshire-for-africa
Hawksbill turtle poaching to be fought with DNA technology: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/13/hawksbill-turtle-poaching-to-be-fought-with-dna-technology
Arkansas steps up to save endangered Red Wolves: https://blog.nwf.org/2018/11/a-state-steps-up-to-save-endangered-red-wolves/
Portugal bans all wild animal circuses: https://vegnews.com/2018/11/portugal-bans-wild-animal-circuses
Paleontologists discovered six new species in the East African Rift: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-paleontologists-species-east-african-rift.html
Bristol plans to become carbon neutral by 2030: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/14/bristol-plans-to-become-carbon-neutral-by-2030
Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/massive-crater-under-greenland-s-ice-points-climate-altering-impact-time-humans
Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior: https://source.wustl.edu/2018/11/seismic-study-reveals-huge-amount-of-water-dragged-into-earths-interior/
Canadian government invests $150 million in vegan protein development: https://www.livekindly.co/canadian-government-invests-150-million-vegan-protein-industries-supercluster/
Belarus, Estonia, Norway, and the European Union sign on to a coalition of the willing to protect pollinators: https://www.ipbes.net/news/coalition-willing-pollination-grows-again
Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/florida-monarch/
Invasive species cost millions to eradicate from Alaska waters: https://www.ktva.com/story/39455743/invasive-species-cost-millions-to-eradicate-from-alaska-waters
Canada conservation land gets $11m boost: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46200874
Fusion breakthrough as China’s “artificial sun” reaches 100 million degrees: https://newatlas.com/fusion-china-artificial-sun-east/57237/
Otter fans float plan to bring sea otters back to Oregon coast: https://www.kuow.org/stories/otter-fans-float-plan-to-bring-sea-otters-back-to-oregon-coast-4131
Washington shoots wolf; ends search for others: http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20181114/washington-shoots-wolf-ends-search-for-others
Gray Wolf population could lose federal protection under GOP bill: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article221647280.html
Diseases spread by ticks hit record level in US: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-number-of-tickborne-diseases-lyme-disease-reported-in-us-2017/
Palm oil supplier to PepsiCo, Mars, and Hershey resumes deforesting in Indo: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/palm-oil-supplier-to-pepsico-mars-and-hershey-resumes-deforesting-in-indonesia/
Radar helps Kenya map mangroves and other cloud-covered forests: https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/11/radar-helps-kenya-map-mangroves-and-other-cloud-covered-forests/
Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/brazil-foreign-minister-ernesto-araujo-climate-change-marxist-plot
It is now legal to hunt and kill wildlife in Tanzania: https://www.pulse.ng/bi/politics/it-is-now-legal-again-to-hunt-and-kill-wildlife-in-tanzania-id9103727.html
Americans voted overwhelmingly to protect our wild places: https://www.outsideonline.com/2363781/what-election-meant-public-lands
Fin Whales and Mountain Gorillas are back from the brink of extinction: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fin-whales-mountain-gorillas-extinction-endangered-red-list-whaling-poaching-iucn-a8633211.html
Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/14/raccoons-drunk-crab-apples-cause-false-rabies-scare-west-virginia/