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Conservation News ~ 29 September 2023

9/29/2023

"90% of U.S. Counties Had A Weather Disaster Between 2011 And 2021"
"Planned Wildlife Refuge Rule Seen as Weapon Against Oil"
Okefenokee Swamp Refuge Will Be Nominated For World Heritage Designation
"New Orleans Declares Emergency Over Saltwater Intrusion In Drinking Water"
Group Of 25 US Governors Promises To Install 20 Million Heat Pumps By 2030
"The Secret Dispute Behind Cleaning Seattle’s Only River"
FERC Recommends Revising Reliability Standards For Extreme Weather
Youngstown Council Unanimously Nixes ‘Dangerous’ Tire Pyrolysis Plant
"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks"
15 Years In, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing
How eco-drag queen Pattie Gonia defines what it means to fight for the environment
Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief
New species of tiny, colorful jawfish discovered in Japan
New species of 'massive' sponge discovered in South Pacific
Biden administration announces $200M in funding for Upper Columbia River basin salmon
Sea otters retain endangered species status
Meet the 22-year-old from Tennessee who founded an environmental Instagram with 800K followers
King Charles ends state visit to France in Bordeaux with focus on the environment
Environmental groups seek groundwater protections around Arizona's San Pedro River
Dozens Gather To Watch Endangered Tortoise Release On New Mexico Ranch – HuffPost
New species of 'Andes' butterfly named after Poland's Nicolaus Copernicus
San Pedro River conservation area finally has federal water rights to protect it - Arizona Daily Star
Biden Tells Pacific Islands Leaders That He Will Act On Climate
"Trump Blasted For Threats Against Comcast, NBC"
"‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier."
"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates"
"The Human Limit: The Inequality Of Heat"
"Court Rejects Utah’s Request To Block EPA Smog Rule"
"The Climate Ambition Summit Was Notably Unambitious, Advocates Say"
Judge Blocks US Plan To Scale Back Gulf Lease Sale To Protect Whale Species
"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’"
"Feeling Anxious About Climate Change? Check Out These Strategies."
Dozens of climate groups prepare to protest international timber conference in Portland
Biden axes GOP-led effort to undo endangered species protections for bat, chicken
New species of 5-armed brittle star found in Philippine Sea
"‘Staggering’ Green Growth Gives Hope For 1.5C, Says Global Energy Chief"
"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes"
"Antarctica Just Hit A Record Low In Sea Ice — By A Lot"
"Can the U.S. Make Solar Panels? This Company Thinks So."
After Summer’s Extreme Weather, More Americans See Climate Change As Culprit
"Cars Are A Major Predator For Wildlife. How Is Nature Adapting To Our Roads?"
"How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere"
"Indigenous Brazilians Celebrate Land Claims Win - But Fight Goes On"
WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded
"Thinking Long-Term: Why We Should Bring Back Redwood Forests"
Three California Tribal Nations Declare First U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area.
USDA Forest Service announced the $1.13 billion in funding for 385 projects.
The EPA announced $4.6 billion in competitive grants to fund state, local, and Tribal programs and policies that cut climate pollution, advance environmental justice, and deploy clean energy solutions across the country.
President Biden Vetoes Bills Stripping Two Endangered Species of Protections
Newly discovered pangolin species could aid in fight against extinction
"Shutdown Could Hinder Infrastructure Projects, Permits"
Britain Approves New North Sea Oil Drilling, Pleasing Industry Not Greens
Biden Vetoes GOP Bills Undo Endangered Species Protections For Bat, Chicken
"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind"
Report Clears Alberta Officiala After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months
Biden Declares Emergency, Pipeline Planned As Salt Threatens Drinking Water
"Houston OKs $5M To Relocate Residents Near Polluted Union Pacific Yard
"Industrial Air Pollution Battle Set to Move Beyond Smokestacks"
"PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harming Wildlife The World Over: Study"
"Barely Making It: A Conversation With ‘Eight Bears’ Author Gloria Dickie"
Scientists Discover New Insect Genus in Peruvian Rainforest
"Biden to Offer Smallest-Ever Offshore Oil Rights Sale Plan"
Trump Administration Forced Joshua Tree To Stay Open During Last US Shutdown
"Republicans Fight Over Who Loves Fossil Fuels The Most At Second GOP Debate"
Swiss Glaciers Have Lost 10% Of Their Volume In The Past 2 Years: Experts
"Despite Climate Promises, Insurance Companies Are Still Covering Coal"
"As Waters Rise, a Community Must Decide: Do We Stay or Go?"
World’s Poorest People Won’t Be Able To Migrate To Escape Climate Disasters
"Inside The Complex Effort To Rid Maui Of Toxic Fire Debris And Rubble"
"Toxic Labor"
"Inside The Rough-And-Tumble Race To Clean Up America’s Abandoned Oil Wells"

Conservation News ~ 22 September 2024

9/22/2023

With about1,500 ghost orchids left in Florida, groups sue to list it as endangered – NPR
Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle Announce $1 Million for Endangered Species Protections in Oregon
New species of 'electric-blue' tarantula found in Thailand
Tiny Arizona snail impacted by border activity proposed for federal protection
Two new antlion species discovered from Kerala
"EPA Bolsters States’ Control Of Water, Infrastructure Permitting"
E. New England Bracing For Rain, Winds From Hurricane Lee Starting Friday
"A Legal Victory for the (Very) Little Guys"
"Green Groups Slam World Bank For Backing Indonesian Coal Plants"
"US Forest Service Awards $1B In Grants To Boost Green Space Access"
"Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change"
10 States Ask Judge To Block Changes In National Flood Insurance Program
"The Amazon Drivers Striking For Safe Conditions In Extreme Heat"
Enviros Highlight Industrial Emitters in Environmental Justice Communities
"A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?"
Calif. Lawsuit Says Oil Giants Deceived Public On Climate, Seeks Damages
Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York
Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill
"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One"
"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest"
"Endangered Species Rule to Face Legal Challenges From All Sides"
"Dire Warnings About Libya Dams Went Unheeded"
6 Governors Tell Biden Offshore Wind Projects Need US Help To Get Built
"Federal Judge Strikes Down Ruling That Hellbenders Are Not Endangered"
"The Sea Eagles That Returned to Mull"
"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock"
EPA Slow On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Derailment: Emails
"EPA Rule for State Water Pollution Authority Destined for Court"
"Preparing Homes For Wildfires Is Big Business That's Only Getting Started"
From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature
Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official
"Working From Home Now Has Another Powerful Benefit"
Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order
"Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water"
"Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space"
California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels
IUCN statement on the recent natural disasters in Morocco and Libya
Call for nominations : Task Force on Reducing the Impact of Fisheries on Marine Biodiversity (IUCN Resolution 7.107)
Applications for the Prestigious 2023 UN Global Climate Action Awards Now Open
Biodiversity protections off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goals – IUCN report
International recognition of iconic whale and dolphin paradises of the South American Atlantic coast
Malawi hosts Chiefs Forum on Natural Resources Management
Indigenous leaders of ICI advocate for inclusion at GEF Assembly
Another endangered Florida panther struck and killed by vehicle — the 62nd such fatality since 2021
16 strange new parasitoid wasp species discovered in Vietnam
UNLV Awarded $5 Million Grant to Establish Urban Forestry Initiative
New species of 'eyelash' snake discovered in Thailand
"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List"
"Biden Launches American Climate Corps"
"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard"
Black Community in W. Va. Sues EPA to Spur Action on Toxic Air Pollution
"United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say"
"Revealed: Almost Everyone In Europe Is Breathing Toxic Air"
"Climate Risks Place 39 Million U.S. Homes At Risk Of Losing Their Insurance"
"Chicago Mayor Unveils Reforms to Fight Environmental Racism"
Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Years Of Progress Toward Cleaning Up America's Air
"Wildfire Fighters Describe A Mental Health Crisis On The Frontlines"
"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action"
"Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires"
"Climate Change Made Libya's Deadly Rainfall Up To 50 Times More Likely"
DOE Announces $400M To Help States Adopt Climate-Friendly Building Codes
"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales"
"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World"
Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour
"Australia, Scarred By Bushfires, On High Alert For Dangerous Summer"
"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report"
"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere."
US environment agency calls for bids for $4.6 bln in grants to cut emissions
"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls"
"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps"
"White House Directs Agencies to Account for Climate Change in Budgets"
"Facing 'Horrific' Pacific Rise, Tuvalu Crafts Climate Survival Plan"
Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency Over Proposed Hydrogen Hub
"The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say"
"EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough"
"Tribes Seek Energy Control Using Tiny Power Grids Backed by US"
"FERC Granted Partial Win in Suit Seeking Commissioner Calendars"
"Malaria Is On The Ropes In Bangladesh. But The Parasite Is Punching Back"

Conservation News ~ 1 September 2023

9/1/2023

Endangered Grevy's zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
New Species Venomous Tiger Anemone with 96 Arms Turns Throat Inside Out to Catch Prey
"Tropical Storm Idalia Expected To Hit Florida As Hurricane"
"After America’s Summer Of Extreme Weather, ‘Next Year May Well Be Worse’"
Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote
"Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open."
"New Dawn For Arctic’s First People: The Inuit Plan To Reclaim Their Sea"
Louisiana Wildfires Force More Evacuations; 17 Parishes Under Emergency
"First Crops, Now Animals: Climate Change Hurts Bangladesh Farmers"
"'We're All Maui': Climate Change Tests Emergency Alert Systems Across US"
North American Grassland Birds In Peril, Spurring Effort To Save Habitat
"How To Get Into The Hottest Clubs In L.A. County — Community Gardens"
Four California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act
Pillar Coral Proposed for Increased Endangered Species Act Protection
New UN guidance affirms children's right to a clean, healthy environment
Three new species of ant-eating spiders discovered in China
Researchers describe seven new species of walking leaves
"Storm Idalia To Intensify Into Major Hurricane Ahead Of Florida Landfall"
"How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Hurting The Energy Transition"
Geothermal: The Race To Tap a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet
"Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says"
"Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Biden Administration Oil Leases In Gulf"
"Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Permit Invalidated By US Appeals Court"
How an Oil Giant Took Over Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture
US Inches Closer To Breaking Russian Monopoly On Rare And Necessary Fuel
"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat"
"If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?"
Entomologists Discover Seven New Species of Leaf Insects
Cat 4 Idalia Projected To Hit Florida With ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Surge
"EPA Revises Waters Rule to Align With High Court Wetlands Ruling"
"America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow"
How Industry Is Fighting Stricter Controls For Manganese In Drinking Water
"Offshore Wind Auction for the Gulf of Mexico Gets a Tepid Response"
"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools"
"3M's $10.3 Billion PFAS Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval"
Study: Damage Would Cost Corporations 44% If They Paid For Their Emissions
"A Deadly Tick-Borne Epidemic Is Raging"
"For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives"
Area of federally-protected Wyoming land could increase by 1.3 million acres.
Canadians unified on forest protection although wildfire cause divisive: Poll
North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat.
It took one wolf to revive an entire forest ecosystem.
‘Crossings’ details how roads impact wildlife in Washington and beyond.
‘Overwhelmingly white’: Meet the environmentalists who want to diversify conservation.
Flora, fauna and … funga: UN backs new term for conservation talks.
Pope decries 'terrible world war' on environment, announces new writing
New species of 'sunny' butterfly discovered on Peru mountain
"Hurricane Idalia: How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes"
"Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters"
Reporter Sues Marion Police Chief, Alleging Retaliation In Newsroom Raid
"Invasive Species Have Created A Cycle Of Wildfire In Hawaiʻi"
"Exxon Says Global Climate Goals Are Destined To Fail"
Scrapping Housebuilder Pollution Rules Is A Regression: UK Watchdog
"In New Scramble for Africa, an Arab Sheikh Is Taking the Lead"
"Photo Essay: What It’s Like To Flee A Wildfire In B.C."
After 100+ Years, Gray Wolves Reappear In Giant Sequoia National Monument
"Protesters Block Road Into Burning Man Festival; Rangers Ram Blockade"
Hurricane Idalia Could Become 2023’s Costliest Climate Disaster For US
"Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reached $7 Trillion in 2022, an All-Time High"
Trump Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Will Be Put On Hold For Safety
Mindblowing: California Allows More Gas Storage At Aliso Canyon Leak Site
After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Ecuador's Indigenous Waorani Fight More
African Climate Summit Seeks To Shift Focus To Finance From Floods, Famine
Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants
"There’s One Nasty Wildfire Pollutant We’ve Been Ignoring"
Burning Tires: PA Residents ‘Shocked’ By Firm’s Bitcoin-Mining Plan
"In Florida, Python Hunters Stalk Their Targets In The Dark Of Night"

Conservation News ~ 25 August 2023

8/25/2023

International Standardization Organisation – mainstreaming biodiversity standards
Chapultepec Park in Mexico City to host 2024 IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
The Tiger Programme has opened its new Call for Concept Notes
New global guidance on Ranger Competences and on Work and Employment Standards for Rangers
IUCN announces Second Call for Concept Notes for SADC TFCA Financing Facility
Check out the new IUCN Member magazine
Application For SSC EDGE Internal Grants opens soon!
IUCN SULi launches new database on the use of wild species
Global EbA Fund announces its 6th call
Call for nominations, information, and proposals regarding the development of an IUCN policy on synthetic biology in relation to nature conservation
Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund – New Calls for Proposals now open!
New species of 'docile' snake discovered in India:
Six-legged creature found in Chinese cave is new species
Kenya faces $1 billion shortfall for forestry plans over next five years, says Environment ministry
New species of small gecko discovered in Uzbekistan canyons
Costa Rica's Cloud Cover Forest Evaporating from Lack of Rain"After Maui Wildfires Kill 96, Search For The Missing Continues"
"Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns"
"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case"
"Mi’kmaw Nation, Lobster Harvesters Suing Feds For Treaty Violations"
"EPA Launches Civil Rights Probe Over Calif. Water Fight"
"We're In For An 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts"
"Playing Matchmaker for Corals"
"South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge"
‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword
Bear Known As 'Hank The Tank' To Sanctuary After Breaking Into 21 Homes
Young Activists Win First-Of-Its-Kind Climate Change Trial In Montana
Mishmash Of How US Heat Deaths Are Counted Complicates Safety Efforts
"Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears"
"Mosquito Season Has Gotten A Month Longer In Some Places"
"The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think"
"DOE Rule Would Permit Power Lines Quickly"
"US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To Mountain Valley Pipeline"
Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall
"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated"
Off Alaska Coast, Research Crew Peers Down To Map Deep And Remote Ocean
"Canada's Northwest Territories Declares Emergency Due To Wildfires"
90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming
"Despite Climate Goals, California Will Let Three Gas Plants Keep Running"
"Interior Announces Potential Offshore Wind Areas For Oregon"
Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves
"Reviving the Redwoods"
Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water
"Alarm At Exodus Of Climate Voices On Twitter After Musk Takeover"
"What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?"
Researchers Identify A New Pack Of Endangered Gray Wolves In California
New Study Finds More Hurricane Deaths In US, Especially Among Vulnerable
"Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout"
"US Launches Program To Provide Electricity To More Native American Homes"
"NYC Buildings Complying With Emissions Law Faster Than Expected"
Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma
Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home
"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt"
"‘This Way Of Farming Is Really Sexy’: The Rise Of Regenerative Agriculture"
"How 10,000 Years Of Plagues Left Their Mark On Our DNA"
"Books For Our New, Climate-Changed Summers"
World’s largest private rhino herd auction ends in silence
"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years"
Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals
"Major US Blackout Anniversary Renews Call for Power Grid Updates"
"Here’s Where Water Is Running Out In The World — And Why"
"Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers"
"New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track"
"UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN"
"SoCalGas Said Its Natural Gas Was ‘Renewable.’ Now, It’s Paying Penalties."
"The Republic of Cows"
"Time to Dance the Salmon Home"
São Paulo students plant mini-forests on school grounds as urban oases
"Fierce Hilary Rolls Into Southern California, Bringing Heavy Rain, Flooding"
"Locals Have Been Sounding The Alarm For Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk"
Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass
Court Pauses Uinta Basin Railway Project That Would Ship Oil Through Colorado
"No More Radioactive Dumping In Hudson River: NY Gov. Hochul Signs Ban"
NOAA Plans to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture; Not Everyone Is Onboard
"Mexico Announces 13 New Protected Areas, With More To Come"
Indian Floods: More Rain, Less Snow Are Turning Himalayas Dangerous
"Inside The Narwhal: An Existential Threat To Online News In Canada"
"These Animals Are Already Adapting to a Changing Climate"
"After Hilary, A Big Clean-Up And Lots Of Water But Lives Spared"
"The Latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico Threat"
"Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito"
"850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit"
"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review"
"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court"
Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike on Extreme Heat Days
Record Heat, Smoke Trigger Air Quality Alerts For New Orleans, Baton Rouge
"Gardening Changed How I See Myself As A Disabled Woman"
Biden Revives Rules to Prevent Another Deepwater Horizon Disaster
"Japan To Release Fukushima Water Into Ocean From Aug. 24"
"Greece Discovers 18 Charred Bodies As Southern Europe Wildfires Spread"
PHMSA Raises Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
Storm Harold Triggers Floods, Outages And Tornado Warnings As It Hits Texas
Some States Reject Federal Money To Find, Replace Dangerous Lead Pipes
"Biden Administration Approves 4th Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Project"
How A Mix Of Natural And Human-Caused Factors Cooked Up Storm Hilary Mess
"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not."
"The Next Pandemic Could Strike Crops, Not People"
Deadly Heat Wave In Central US Strains Infrastructure, Transport, Grid
"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate"
"Coastal Areas Will Face Record ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding In 2024 — NOAA"
"Appalachia’s Fracking Counties Are Shedding Jobs And Residents: Study"
"Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries"
"Amazon Forest Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed Under Bolsonaro, Study Shows"
"Lahaina’s Deadly Fire Has Intensified Maui’s Fight Over Water Rights"
Climate Change May Force More Farmers And Ranchers To Costly Irrigation
"This Songbird’s Genes May Show How Climate Change Has Sped Up Evolution"
"Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives"
New dolphin species discovered along SC coast, study shows
New species of 'leaf-toed' gecko discovered in Vietnam
"Countries Adopt Multibillion-Dollar Fund To Protect Nature"
Worries Over Seafood Safety Mount As Japan Releases Fukushima Water Into Sea
Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’
"Canada: 14 Whales Have Died at Aquarium"
"NASA Shares First Images From US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument"
"Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study"
Loss Of Antarctic Ice Hurting Survival Of Emperor Penguin Chicks: Study
New Flame Retardants Found In Breast Milk Years After Others Were Banned
Poor Safety Rules Leave Farmworkers Suffering In Increasing Heat Waves
"Stop Kissing And Snuggling Turtles, CDC Warns Amid Salmonella Outbreak"

Conservation News ~ 11 August 2023

8/11/2023

"Biden Expected To Designate Grand Canyon Monument"
EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient Despite Huge Cancer Risk
ER Visits For Heart Problems Plummeted After Coal Processor Shut Down
"Vineyard Wind Begins Construction After Ducking Financial Peril"
"There’s A Crisis Unfolding In Florida's Waters. DeSantis Hasn’t Said A Word."
"‘Death Star’ Law Will End Water Breaks For Texas Workers"
China Floodwater Diversions To Populated Areas Unleash Wave Of Anger
‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation
Governments Meet To Talk About Amazon Rainforest. Why Is It So Important?
"Paris Olympics Swimming Test Event In Seine Canceled Due To Pollution"
New species of Gecko found in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district
Scientists Discover New Species of Butterfly in the Amazon Rainforest
Bend man catches elusive Sierra Nevada red fox on camera during South Sister hike
New species of treefrog discovered in Indonesia
New species of 'bronze' snake discovered in Vietnam
"New Chemical Reviews Still Inconsistent EPA Watchdog Finds"
"BLM Proposes End To New Oil Leases On 1.6M Acres In Colorado"
The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress If Trump Wins
Homeless Struggle To Survive Record Temperatures In Blistering Phoenix
EPA Rejects Alabama Coal Ash Plan; Could Force Utilities To Dig Out Ponds
Chemical Companies’ PFAS Payouts Are Huge – But The Problem Is Even Bigger
"Growing Number Of Sewage Monitors In England’s Bathing Waters ‘Broken’"
"Takin’ Out The Trash: How Do Transnational Waste Traffickers Operate?"
"Republicans Want To Plant A Trillion Trees. Scientists Are Skeptical."
Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms: New Research
Former DOJ Environment Chief Described As Co-Conspirator in Indictment
"Climate Change Made July Hotter For Almost Every Human On Earth"
6 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety
"NIH Taps Jeanne Marrazzo To Succeed Fauci As Infectious-Disease Chief"
"A Look at How Much Less Antarctic Sea Ice There Is This Year"
"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations"
"Presidents of Mediterranean States Demand Climate Crisis Action"
"Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands"
California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace
"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement"
New 'secretive' frog species discovered in Paraguay
Pacific wasp named as a new species over a century after first being spotted
New species of tiny orange goblin spider discovered in Japan
"Biden To Protect Vast Sacred Lands Near Grand Canyon"
"In DeSantis’ Fla., Schools Get OK For Climate-Denial Videos"
In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
"Marine Heatwave Off Oregon Coast Considered ‘Extreme’ By NOAA"
"BPA's Evil Cousin"
"Despite Reforms, Mining For EV metals in Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers"
"As Climate Change Worsens, Military Eyes Base Of The Future On Gulf Coast"
"Facing The Surge"
Vermont’s Flood-Wracked Capital City Ponders A Rebuild -- And Climate
"There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On."
"Amazon Deal Lacks Concrete Measures, Say Climate Activists"
"Biden Protects Land by Grand Canyon but Will Still Allow Mining"
European Scientists Announce July Was The Hottest Month On Record By Far
"Fears Over Antarctic Sea Ice As Yearly Ozone Layer Hole Forms ‘Very Early’"
"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’"
As Feds Cut Red Tape, More Local Governments Are Curbing Wind And Solar
US Judge To Hear Case On Nevada Mustang Roundup Where 31 Wild Horses Died
‘Metal Box Heated From The Inside’: Food Truck Workers Battle Heat
Indigenous Inspire Amazon City To Grant Personhood To An Endangered River
"More Than Half Of Earth’s Species Live In The Soil, Study Finds"
Bearded Vulture to be reintroduced to Bulgaria and the Balkans
Kenya faces $1 billion shortfall for forestry plans over next five years
More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement
New species of small gecko discovered in Uzbekistan canyons
"Maui Fires: Hawaii Death Toll Hits 55, Recovery To Take Years"
"White House Seeks $12B To Refill The Nearly Broke Disaster Fund"
Battle Rages Over Trump ‘Sweetheart Deal’ With Giant Water District
"Host of U.N. Climate Summit Moves To 'Counteract All Negative Press'"
$2.9 billion Mississippi River Diversion Job Will Make 21 Sq. Mi. Of Land
"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?"
"Putin Profits Off US And European Reliance On Russian Nuclear Fuel"
Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water, Sewage Treatment Plants Across US
WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants
US Commits To Releasing More Endangered Red Wolves Into The Wild
At Least 36 Killed on Maui as Fires Burn Through Hawaii; Thousands Flee
"First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers"
Severe Thunderstorms In First Half Of 2023 Caused Record Damages
After Decades, Tribe's Vision For A New Marine Sanctuary Coming True
Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change And El Nino For Other Heating Factors
"White House Unveils New Tracking Tool For Heat-Related Illnesses"
Millions Struggle To Pay AC Bills In Heat Waves. Federal Aid Reaches Few.
"What New Data Reveal About How Hurricanes Kill"
"Utility Group Calls For Changes To Proposed EPA climate Rules"
Activists Sue BLM For Transparency At Wild Horse Roundups

Conservation News ~ 7 August 2023

8/7/2023

"US Weather: Flash Floods In The Northeast, Heatwave Intensifies"
The US and China Are Restarting Climate Talks: Here’s Where Things Stand
AAA Follows Farmers In Limiting Coverage In Florida, Citing Disaster Threat
"Climate Aid, War Fallout Feature At Berlin Climate Talks"
"Grid Transformer Supply Crunch Threatens Clean Energy Plans"
"How A Saudi Firm Tapped A Gusher Of Water In Drought-Stricken Arizona"
Rice Crops Threatened By El Nino After Grain Supplies Were Disrupted By War
"States Struggle To Plug Oil Wells With Infrastructure Law Cash"
"The Problem with Boating’s High-Fiberglass Diet"
"Bringing Back Monarchs One Ranch at a Time"
Southwest's Enduring Heat Wave Is Expected To Intensify Over The Weekend
"Republicans Assail Kerry’s Climate Strategy as He Prepares for China Talks"
"Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal, a Study Says"
WHO Lists Sweetener Aspartame As Possible Cancer Cause. Some Say It’s Safe
Houston To Relocate People Living Near Polluted Union Pacific Rail Yard
EPA Finalizes Rule Furthering 40 Percent Phasedown Of Planet-Warming HFCs
Oil And Gas Responsible For $77 Billion In Annual Us Health Damages: Study
Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Drilling
"European Union Approves Ambitious Nature Restoration Law"
"Cement Warms The Planet. This Green Version Just Got A Key Nod Of Approval."
"Excessive Heat Is Baking US Southwest And Expected To Get Worse"
EPA Proposes Tighter Limits on Lead Dust in Homes and Child Care Facilities
"Farmers Insurance Pulls Out of Florida, Affecting 100,000 Policyholders"
"Agriculture Dept. To Invest $300 Million To Measure Greenhouse Emissions"
"Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted as Legal Wrangling Heats Up"
"UAE's COP28 President Lays Out Plan For 'Brutally Honest' Climate Summit"
As Budget Talks Heat Up, Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on Climate Spending
"House Republicans Propose Deep Cuts For Interior, EPA"
"FEMA Stretched Beyond Climate Response as Disasters Balloon"
"Birds Get Revenge By Using Anti-Bird Spikes In Nests"
60 Percent of Threatened Species Lack Conservations Plans That Address Climate Change
17 new species discovered at Chinese world heritage site
"John Kerry Hails China’s ‘Incredible Job’ On Renewables, Warns On Coal"
Scientists Concerned Over Impact of Rising Fla. Water Temps on Coral Health
Fuel Workers Are Dying Inhaling Gases – Despite US Warnings To Big Oil
"Senate Adds Language Blocking Gas Stove Ban To Appropriations Bill"
9th Circuit Denies Bid By Greens And Tribes To Block Nevada Lithium Mine
"Mountain Valley Pipeline Turns To Supreme Court"
In N. Birmingham EPA Studies ‘Cumulative Impacts’ Of Pollution And Racism
Shipping Rule Backfires, Diverting Sulfur Emissions From Air to Ocean
As Climate Shocks Multiply, Designers Seek Disaster-Proof Homes
"The Great Plains: Bringing Back an ‘American Serengeti’"
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered
New species of tiny green, orange amphibian found in Brazil
Golden paintbrush removed from endangered species list
Rare South Sound blossom makes comeback, gets removed from endangered species list
July Is On Track To Be The Hottest Month On Record; Worse Is Coming
Scientists Say Record Heat Numbers Paint The Story Of A Warming World
"The World’s Moving Closer To Deep-Sea Mining. There Are No Rules."
Catastrophic Calif. Flood Plunged Marginalized Farmworkers Into Crisis
Biden DOE Proposes Tighter Efficiency Rule For New Home Water Heaters
15 Billion Gallons/Yr Of Sewage-Polluted Water Flows Into Philly Rivers
"EPA’s Top Cop Finally Cleared for Job as Senate Confirms Uhlmann"
"Would You Drink Wastewater? What if It Was Beer?"
Explorers Track Down Ancient Fruit Trees Before They Are Gone Forever
"Sandhill Cranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles"
New Biden Rule Would Make Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands
Researchers Find Evidence Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Blood Of Pregnant Women
Utilities’ Fossil Fuel Investments Driving Up Rates For The Most Vulnerable
"World Will Miss 1.5C Warming Limit - Top UK Expert"
Revealed: Media Blitz Against UK Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group
"GOP Pushes Disastrous Environmental Plan As The Planet Bakes"
"The Biden Administration Bets Big on ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture"
Race-Blind Biden Effort On Air Pollution Disparities Will Fail: Report
"11 Wild Horses Dead After Helicopter Chase During Federal Roundup"
"Domestic Rabbits Invade Florida Suburb Thanks To Illegal Breeder"
"Biden Will Create National Monument To Honor Emmett Till"
"Heat Wave Expected To Expand, Cover Most Of US"
"Washington State Wildfire Threatens Homes, Farms, Gas Pipeline"
"Canada Releases Framework To Phase Out Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
"UAE Says Committed To Meet CO2 Emissions Targets After Criticism"
Texas Prisoners Struggle To Endure Heat Wave Without Air Conditioning
"Pacific Seabed Mining Delayed as International Agency Finalizes Rules"
Tucker Carlson's Replacement Also Spreads Climate Misinformation
California Acts As Young Men Making Quartz Countertops Face Lung Damage
"Bug-Eating Venus Flytrap Won’t Get Endangered Species Protection"
USFWS finalizes rule allowing endangered species release outside historical range
Feds give owl protected status, declare two Texas mussel species endangered
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
Scientists discover new isopod species in the Florida Keys
Climate Change Fingerprints On July Heat Around The Globe, Study Says
"Lights Out For Incandescent Bulbs"
"UN Starts Moving Oil From Yemen Tanker In Bid To Stop Disaster"
Massachusetts Rejects Request To Discharge Radioactive Water Into Bay
Baltimore Won’t Expand Help For Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups
"Scientists Detect Sign That A Crucial Ocean Current Is Near Collapse"
"Court Tosses EPA Permit Order For Troubled St. Croix Refinery"
"Wildfires in Algeria Kill Dozens, Force Hundreds To Flee Homes"
"Could the Next Pandemic Start at the County Fair?"
"Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition"
"Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat"
"White House Holds Methane Summit, Launches Task Force"
"7 Automakers Join Forces To Double EV Fast-Charger Network In U.S."
South Florida Waters Hit Hot Tub Temps, May Set World Seawater Record
"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs"
Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels
"Where The Most U.S. Residents Bake Because Of Concrete And Lack Of Trees"
22 Attorneys General Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS In Water Systems
"For This Smoky Summer, 12 New Books And Reports On Wildfires"
"Can’t Beat Them? Eat Them: The Fight Against The US Wild Boar Plague"
"Biden Announces Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat"
Senate Appropriators Spare Interior, EPA From Deep Cuts
"Supreme Court Revives Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"Forcing People To Work In Deadly Heat Is Mostly Legal In The U.S."
"A Half-Million Americans May Have Tick-Linked Meat Allergy, C.D.C. Says"
"As Florida Ocean Temperatures Soar, A Race To Salvage Imperiled Corals"
"A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help."
"As El Nino Fuels Fire Risk, Southeast Asia Braces For Haze Crisis"
"New IPCC Head Says Open Climate 'Toolbox' To Keep 1.5C Goal Alive"
House Sends Two Resolutions Overturning Endangered Species Rules To Biden
"Biden Admin To Hike Fuel Economy Standards"
"NEPA ‘Phase 2’ Revamp Aims To Reverse Trump, Boost Renewables"
"A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization"
One In Five Texans Lives In A Floodplain, State’s First Analysis Shows
Western Canadian Town Evacuated As Wildfire Crosses Over From US
"‘Vicious Cycle’: Heat Waves Ramp Up Global Burning Of Fossil Fuels"
Heat Illuminates Plight Of Poorest Americans Without Air Conditioning
"Russia’s Arms Buildup In Barents Sea Creating Toxic Legacy"
"How Ocean Warming Is Killing a Prime Alaska Crab Fishery"
"Why The Famed Appalachian Trail Keeps Getting Longer — And Harder"
"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks"
"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale"
"It’s Not Just Hot. Climate Anomalies Are Emerging Around The Globe."
Virginia Enviros File Notice They Will Challenge Youngkin’s RGGI Withdrawal
"Leak Reveals ‘Touchy’ Issues For UAE’s Presidency Of UN Climate Summit"
"Big Business Lobbies Against Heat Protections For Workers As US Boils"
Fungal Disease Spreading Fast In US. A Hotter Climate Could Be To Blame.
"Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars"
Mojave Desert, Joshua Trees Burning In California’s Biggest Fire Of Year
"Alaska’s Newest Gold Rush: Seaweed"
House sends two resolutions overturning endangered species rules to Biden's desk
EPA says three widely used pesticides driving hundreds of endangered species toward extinction
Stream Frog, teeny-tiny creature on China mountain, turns out to be new species
Snowpack in the Sierra Sits at an Astounding 1,000% of Normal
New North Sea oil and gas licences will send 'wrecking ball' through climate commitments
'Giant' orange crab spider found lurking in Amazon rainforest and it's a new species
Why California is having its best wildfire season in 25 years
New species of blind spider discovered in Australia
Extreme Heat Cuts Into US Small Business, Worker Hours In July: Report
"White House To Agencies: Tally Projects’ Financial Damage To Ecosystems"
"Indonesia Cracks Down on the Scourge of Imported Plastic Waste"
"Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging"
Beijing Records 29 Inches Of Rain In 5 Days, Most In At Least 140 Years
Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial
"Los Angeles County Has a Fruit Fly Problem: What To Know"
"EPA Again Blocks Colorado Air Pollution Permit For Suncor"
Once Endangered, Brazil’s Golden Monkeys Have Rebounded From Yellow Fever
If You Miss August's Blue Supermoon, Your Next Chance Is In 9 Years

Conservation News ~ 14 January 2023

7/14/2023

US forestry fund backed by major Japanese corporations begins operations
Feds again eye Endangered Species Act listing for dunes sagebrush lizard
New species of parachute gecko recorded in Mizoram
Five new insect species discovered in China's Wuyishan National Park
New species of inverted tulip discovered
Biden Administration Proposes Stronger Endangered Species Act Rules
UN says climate change 'out of control' after likely hottest week on record
New species of palm found to flower and fruit underground
Bison That Became Extinct in the Middle Ages Born in Europe
"U.S. Truckmakers Reach Deal To Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs"
"Protect This Place: The Montana River Threatened By a Shuttered Pulp Mill"
"It’s Toxic Slime Time on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee"
Deer Park Chemical Fire In 2019 Could Have Been Prevented, CSB Finds
British Mill Company's Pollution Draws Scrutiny In Mississippi. Less In La.
"It’s Deadline Day for Deep-Sea Mining"
"New Mexico Trail Clash Echoes Culture War Across US West"
"Energy Groups Object to Conservation as Use of Public Lands"
"Against All Odds, The Rare Devils Hole Pupfish Keeps On Swimming"
"Solar Storm To Make Northern Lights Visible In 17 US States"
"Flash Floods Rage In Vermont, New York; 50 Rescued By Swift Boat"
"Heat Stress Deaths Show Europe Isn’t Ready For Climate Change"
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fall For First Time In Biden Era"
"EPA: Cleaning Product Chemical Poses Cancer Threats"
U.S. Banned Use of Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food -- But Slowed a Global Ban
Alabama Black Belt Case Tests Whether Sanitation Is a Civil Right
"Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters"
A Racist Past And Hotter Future Testing Western Water Like Never Before
"Biden Admin Announces $650 Million To Plug Orphaned Gas And Oil Wells"
Oregon Town Buys Surrounding Forests to Confront Climate-Driven Wildfires
Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change
"Florida In Hot Water As Ocean Temperatures Rise Along With The Humidity"
"Extreme Heat Is Pushing The U.S. Toward A Grim New Fossil Fuel Milestone"
Crawford Lake Shows Humans Started A New Chapter In Geologic Time: Scientists
"'A Wake Up Call': The World Needs to Prepare for Massive Crop Failure"
"Crunch Talks Due On Deep-Sea Mining Controversy"
"In The Northern Rockies, Grizzly Bears Are On The Move"
"Heat Down Below Is Making the Ground Shift Under Chicago"
"Why Is Climate Denial Still Thriving Online?"
Cities Make Made Plans For Extreme Heat. Are They Enough In A Warming World?
New species of fairy shrimp discovered in China
Meet the 486-legged millipede found in an L.A. area park
Southwest's Enduring Heat Wave Is Expected To Intensify Over The Weekend
"Republicans Assail Kerry’s Climate Strategy as He Prepares for China Talks"
"Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal, a Study Says"
WHO Lists Sweetener Aspartame As Possible Cancer Cause. Some Say It’s Safe
Houston To Relocate People Living Near Polluted Union Pacific Rail Yard
EPA Finalizes Rule Furthering 40 Percent Phasedown Of Planet-Warming HFCs
Oil And Gas Responsible For $77 Billion In Annual Us Health Damages: Study
Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Drilling
"European Union Approves Ambitious Nature Restoration Law"
"Cement Warms The Planet. This Green Version Just Got A Key Nod Of Approval."
Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change
"Florida In Hot Water As Ocean Temperatures Rise Along With The Humidity"
"Extreme Heat Is Pushing The U.S. Toward A Grim New Fossil Fuel Milestone"
Crawford Lake Shows Humans Started A New Chapter In Geologic Time: Scientists
"'A Wake Up Call': The World Needs to Prepare for Massive Crop Failure"
"Crunch Talks Due On Deep-Sea Mining Controversy"
"In The Northern Rockies, Grizzly Bears Are On The Move"
"Heat Down Below Is Making the Ground Shift Under Chicago"
"Why Is Climate Denial Still Thriving Online?"
Cities Make Made Plans For Extreme Heat. Are They Enough In A Warming World?

Conservation News ~ 7 July 2023

7/7/2023

L.A. mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged
Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
New octopus species discovered by scientists in rare 'nursery' off Costa Rican coast
Two new species of bent-toed gecko discovered in Vietnam
US-German Satellites Show California Water Gains After Record Winter
"World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded On July 3"
DeSantis Signs Bill Authorizing Radioactive Roads For Florida
"Elon Musk Tweets False Climate Claim"
"Climate-Heating El Niño Has Arrived And Threatens Lives, Declares UN"
Advocates Push For Constitutional Guarantees In Face Of Climate Crisis
Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie Climate Projects
"Saudi Arabia, Russia Deepen Oil Cuts, Sending Prices Higher"
Labor Dept. Proposes Silica Exposure Rule Sought By Appalachian Democrats
"Threatened Seabirds Get a Life Raft in Maryland"
"As the Sea Rises, Will a Prized National Seashore Wash Away?"
"Expect A Hot, Smoky Summer In Much Of America." Better Get Used To It.
5 People Contract Malaria Within U.S. Borders — First Cases In 2 Decades
"EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution"
Climate Groups Accept Millions From Charity Linked To Fossil Fuels
"Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Residential Solar Grant Program"
New Mexico Regulators Fine Oil Producer $40 Million For Flaring Gas
"Texas Heat Wave Invigorates Calls For Worker Heat Protections"
"Pressure Builds For FEMA To Declare Deadly Heat Events As Disasters"
"Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid"
"Microbes Play Leading Role In Soil Carbon Capture, Study Shows"
New species of bumpy frog discovered on Venezuela mountain
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023
New Species of Frog Found Under a Rock in Venezuela has Copper Eyes
Countries Agree To Slash Shipping Emissions, But Not Enough
Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Safety Standards
"John Kerry to Visit China to Restart Climate Negotiations"
"83,000 Hawaii Homes Dispose Of Sewage In Cesspools"
U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean
As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil
"U.S. Animal Industries Pose Disease Risks to People, Report Says"
"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Drops 34% In First Half 2023"
"Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals"
"Corporate Landscaping Lets Its Hair Down"
"Earth Entering ‘Uncharted Territory’ As Heat Records Quickly Shatter"
"Almost Half Of U.S. Tap Water Contains ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"Commercial-Scale Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Approved"
"A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast"
Colorado R. Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Tribe Struggles For Share of Water
Little Publicized, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives of W.Va. Families
Grid Operator Must Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects: Report
Heat Is A Mortal Threat To Farmworkers. How To Protect Them.
"Global Shipping Industry Faces Head Winds Over Going Green"
"US Targets Environmental Crime in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands"
World’s protected lands are safeguarding more carbon than the US emits in a year
New glass could cut carbon footprint by nearly hald and is 10x more damage resistant
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles released at West Dennis Beach after months of rehab
Scientists find the ‘extinct’ Victorian Earless Dragon not seen since 1969
Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255 billion annually, including vast carbon storage

Conservation News ~ 30 June 2023

6/30/2023

Customs Officers Seized $2.7 Million Worth of Endangered Fish Bladders
"UN Adopts World's First Treaty To Protect High Seas Biodiversity"
Power Companies Spend Millions To Fight Maine’s Proposed Non-Profit Utility
"Tribes Seek Greater Involvement In Talks On Colorado River Water Crisis"
"Senate To Release First Spending Bills"
"The New War on Bad Air"
"Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Forecast To Become Hurricane Near Caribbean"
"Brazil Seizes World's Biggest Illegal Shark Fin Consignment"
"Offshore Wind Foes In New Jersey Gathering Force Legally And Politically"
Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India As Death Toll Climbs
Christian Cooper, Black Birder Falsely Accused In Central Park, Gets TV Show
"EPA Is Struggling to Keep Track of Water Grants, Watchdog Says"
UN Adds New Disclosure Requirements COP28 Corporate Fossil Lobbying
"Biden Announces Physician Mandy Cohen Will Lead CDC"
"Grid Needs Boost to Hit Climate Goal, Biden Science Adviser Says"
Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda
Judge Orders Stretch Of Pipeline That Crosses Tribal Land To Shut Down
Amid Delays, Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bills to Speed Grid Connections
"Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments"
World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born
Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Their Volume Amid Warming: Study
Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
"Biden Admin To Strengthen Endangered Species Protections"
"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave"
Enviros Petition Biden To Crack Down On Methane Emissions From Landfills
Tribal Voices Left Out of Key Nuclear Cleanup on Ancestral Land
"Ruling Clouds EPA Pebble Veto, but Mine Remains Unlikely"
"First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat Approved By Regulators In US"
Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises
In ‘Cancer Alley,’ Carbon Capture Push Draws Fire From Environmentalists
Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Face Challenges From Climate Change
Monarch Butterflies' White Spots May Help Them Fly Farther: Scientists
Lawsuit Seeks Final Endangered Species Act Protections for Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs
New species of goby fish discovered in Georgia river
Copper-eyed creature found lurking among ferns in the night is a new species in Peru
Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
Two Freshwater Mussels Receive Endangered Species Act Protections in Arkansas, Missouri
New species of cliff-dwelling gecko discovered in Vietnam
New species of 'jumping spider' found in Goregaon; researchers name it after city
Marine Biologists Discover Three New Species of Carnivorous Sponges
Call for participation: workshop on geoheritage management in UNESCO designated sites | UNESCO
New Calls for Proposals - Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund
IUCN Launches the Project “Enhancing climate resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan"
China and IUCN collaborate to launch the landmark Nature-based Solutions Asian Hub, facilitating research and cooperation.
New alliances and valuable learnings between North African environmental associations witnessed at the PPI-OSCAN regional workshop.
IUCN launches a guide for agribusinesses on investing in landscape restoration to sustain agrifood supply chains
Guidance on Nature-based Solutions in humanitarian action launched in collaboration with Sphere
Train Carrying Hot Asphalt, Molten Sulfur Plunges Into Yellowstone River
"Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches"
Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves"
"EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing"
Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill
"‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time"
Civil Eats: "Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide"
"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon"
"Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida"
"40 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today"
"Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S."
UN Accord On Ship Recycling To Start 2 Years After More Countries Join
"New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'"
Wolves That Nearly Died Out Recovered, Now Helping Island’s Ecosystem
"In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North"
"A Rule That Could Help Save Coal Miners’ Lives Is Mired in Red Tape"
"A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts"
"Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms"
"Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore In California Due To Algae Bloom"
"Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars"
"Joshua Trees Win Long Term Protection In Environmental Victory"
"EPA Closes Civil Rights Probe Into Louisiana Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
Top Nuclear Regulator Faces Tough Reconfirmation Battle In The Senate"
"Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test"
Coal Ash Sinkhole Expands In NC, Contaminating Stream Amid Legal Dispute
"Farm Boom, Fires Make Bolivia No. 3 In World For Forest Loss"
A Toxic Metal Is In A US City’S Air – And May Be Harming Children’s Brains
"The Emerging Science of Tracing Smoke Back to Wildfires"
"Through Pandemics and Wildfires, Can Air Sensors Keep Offices Safe?"
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
Forest fires: An extra degree of temperature can increase the burned area by 222%

Conservation News ~ 16 June 2023

6/16/2023

"States Sue DuPont, 3M in Search of Funds for PFAS Cleanup Costs"
UN Paris Meeting Presses Ahead With Binding Plastics Treaty — US Resists
EPA Sued Over Pesticide-Coated Seeds’‘Devastating Impacts’ On US Wildlife
"How Warming Ruined a Crab Fishery and Hurt an Alaskan Town"
"Legal Right to Safe Climate Goes on Trial in Montana Youth Case"
Ukraine Dam Collapse Is A Slow-Moving Ecological Catastrophe
"Hazardous Air Quality From Wildfire Smoke Takes A Toll On Outdoor Workers"
"Lawmakers Launch Probe Of Insurance Firms’ Funding Of Fossil Fuel Industry"
USDA Conservation Programs Give Millions to Farms That Worsen Climate Change
Biomedical Labs Bleeding More Horseshoe Crabs With Little Accountability
New species of grasshopper named after Willie Nelson
Biologists discover 20 new species of sea lettuce
White rhinos reintroduced to DR Congo national park
New spider species named after Keralite arachnologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife to Reconsider Whether West Coast Fishers Warrant Endangered Species
New species of crab discovered in a China puddle
"Young Activists Testify At US’s First Constitutional Climate Trial"
UN Mulls Limiting Influence of Fossil Fuel Industry at Global Climate Talks
"Fossil Fuel Company Net Zero Plans 'Largely Meaningless,' Report Says"
"Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition"
"Protest Derails Chaco National Park Celebration"
"India, Pakistan Brace For Severe Cyclone, Deploy Rescuers To Coastal Regions
"Tens of Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore on Gulf Coast in Texas"
"The Future of Water"
"Bringing Oats Back to American Farms"
Climate-Smart Cowboys Hope Regenerative Cattle Ranching Can Heal the Land
380 new species discovered in Southeast Asia
New species of rock-dwelling gecko discovered in India
"House Votes To Restrict Feds From Banning Or Regulating Gas Stoves"
"Texas Power Use To Break Records In Heat Wave This Week - ERCOT"
"Here’s How Much Hotter Than Normal This June Has Been"
"Europe's Biggest Nuclear Plant - At Centre Of A War Zone And Dam Breach"
"Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling"
Kerry Skeptical of Oil Firms' Claims That Tech Will Handle Greenhouse Gases
"North Carolina Republicans Send Green Investment Ban To Governor"
NC Lawmakers OK Bill Blocking Local Government Energy Fuel Prohibitions
Greta Thunberg: Not Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is ‘Death Sentence’ For Poor
"Could a 4-Day Work Week Help the Climate?"
"Biden Vetoes Congressional Effort To Ax Truck Pollution Rule"
"Battle Lines Harden Over Big Oil’s Role at Climate Talks in Dubai"
House Votes To Block Biden Efficiency Proposal For Gas, Electric Stoves
PacifiCorp Could Owe Billions After Verdict In Devastating Oregon Wildfires
"Scientists Are Baffled Why The Oceans Are Warming So Fast"
ER Visits for Asthma in NYC Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed the Region
"How Arizona Stands Between Tribes and Their Water"
"White House Sets Fast Pace For Energy, Climate Rules"
"Thick Wildfire Smoke Plume Brings Unhealthy Air Quality To Minnesota"
"US Cities Risk Losing Out On Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs"
"UN Chief To Fossil Fuel Firms: Stop Trying To 'Knee-Cap' Climate Progress"
Power Firms Quietly Pushed $215m Into US Politics Via Dark Money Groups
"US Government Toughens Rules On Chemicals Used To Break Up Oil Slicks"
Bayer OKs $6.9 Million Settlement With New York Over Roundup Safety Claims
"Out of Balance"
Once-Shuttered California Mine Trying To Transform Rare Earth Industry
Sharks Are At A Much Greater Risk Of Going Extinct Than Previously Thought
U.S. Proposes Deep Fee Reductions For Wind, Solar On Federal Land
Shell Chemical Plant Had Many Violations Before Recent Fire, Paid Few Fines
"Uptick Seen in Red Knots on Jersey Shore"