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Conservation News ~ 18 June 2021

6/18/2021

One of world's most endangered whales species has shrunken in size in recent years
Barks in the night lead to the discovery of new species of 3 tree hyraxes
15-metre tree discovered in Andaman &Nicobar Islands
1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each
New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
Can the Japanese seafood industry reconcile their finances with nature?
Forest advocates press EU leader to rethink views on biomass and energy
Climate change isn’t fueling algal blooms the way we think, study shows
Marbled cat: Candid Animal Cam meets the mini clouded leopard
Illegal logging in Philippines’ Palawan stokes fears of a mining resurgence
Meet the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Calls for independent probe after anti-mine Indonesian official dies
"Schumer To Trigger Reconciliation Process On Wednesday"
Judge Says Biden Can't Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands
As Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat
"Study: Half of US Cosmetics Contain Toxic Chemicals"
Cancer Alley Campaigner Wins Goldman Prize For Environmental Defenders
China Promised To Go Carbon-Neutral By 2060, But Coal Is Still King
G7 Brightens Outlook For New Nature Pact But Pandemic Threatens Deadline
"Arab States Call On U.N. Security Council To Meet Over Ethiopian Dam"
New Ecolabel Will Certify ‘Whale-Safe’ Shipping Firms And Cruise Lines
"Freeing Oysters from a Parasite’s Hold"
New beetle species discovered and named after iconic sci-fi heroines
New tardigrade species named after Kerala
Kenya's 'Legendary' Scarface Lion Found Dead in Important Conservation Area
Scientists name frog found in Ecuadorian Andes after Led Zeppelin
50+ groups across US Northwest unveil Green New Deal vision for region’s vital forests
A mission to rescue 469 doomed trout at the Arroyo Seco fans Pasadena water war
US Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to reconsider walrus listing
Biden’s ban on new oil and gas lease is blocked by a federal judge
Marin nabs $1.1M to clear fire fuels in elevated terrain
Great Apes could lose 94% of African Home due to climate crisis and other human action
Greenpeace International takes Norwegian state to the European Court of Human Rights over climate inaction
A new population of endangered Eastern Spadefoot toad is discovered
Arizona plant threatened by Rosemont Copper Mine receives endangered species protection
European Parliament votes in favor of caged farming ban by 2027
Two rare Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesia
Number of scientists worldwide reaches 8.8M as global research spending grows
Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’
New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors
Sea Eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century
Ancient Gardens persist in British Colombia’s forests
Winners of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize announced
New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
"Historic Heat Wave Expands Across California, Wildfire Risk Builds"
Gulf Coast Braces For Flooding, Winds As Tropical Storm Approaches
"Senate Confirms Biden Pick For No. 2 Role At Interior"
"NOAA Gets First Senate-Confirmed Administrator Since 2017"
Plan To Raze 4 Dams On California-Oregon Line Clears Hurdle
"EPA Chief Reinstates Science Advisory Board He Dismantled"
UN Climate Chief Urges Unity As Covid, Finance Cloud COP26 Outlook
Companies Bet Carbon Labels Can Help Climate. Will Consumers Catch On?
Infrastructure: Schumer Vows To Pass Only 'A Strong, Bold Climate Bill'
"Spirituality Underpins Migrant Activism in US Borderlands"

Conservation News ~ 11 June 2021

6/11/2021

DNA toolkits protect endangered species from illegal trafficking
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Faces Re-Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
2 North Carolina Animals Added to 'Endangered Species' List
2 new species of Himalayan gigantic woolly flying squirrels discovered
In Gabon, a new partnership for sharks and rays announced on World Ocean Day
NGOs back Maldives’ ambitious plan to save Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna
In less than a generation, legal mining in Colombia deforested over 120,000 hectares
Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more
Unregulated by U.S. at home, Facebook boosts wildlife trafficking abroad
'Zombie frog' discovered: 3 new species described from the narrow-mouthed frog family
‘Listening to communities must go beyond ticking compliance boxes’, says Peter Kallang, a Kenyah leader
New areas of primary forest cleared in Brazil’s ‘lawless’ Lábrea
As U.K. eyes new environmental rules, some firms want to pump the brakes
Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns
For Africa’s great apes, a post-pandemic future looks beyond tourism
Chinese banks pouring billions into deforestation-linked firms, report says
The secret bears of Bolivia’s lost dry forests
No oil spill reported, but Sri Lanka braces for worst after X-Press Pearl sinks
Brazil ‘Adopt-a-Park’ program may negatively impact traditional peoples
Griffon Vultures are breeding in Morocco after 40-year absence’
"Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Project"
"EPA to Rewrite Trump-Era Waters Rule That Boosted Builders"
B.C. Agrees To Defer Old-Growth Logging For 2 Years In Fairy Creek Area
IG: Park Police Didn’t Clear Lafayette Square Protesters For Trump Visit
"Vale's Decomissioned Brazil Dam At Risk Of Collapse, Labor Body Says"
Red States Warn of ‘Collusive’ Tactics by Biden in Kids' Climate Case
US-Funded Study Of Whale Hearing Going Ahead Despite Concerns For Whales
After Exposé, Oregon House Moves To Curb Forest Institute’s Power, Budget
Hook To Plate: Blockchain Tech Could Turn Tide For Sustainable Fishing
"In Mexico, Dive Tourism Is Worth as Much as Fishing"
Infrastructure Talks With Capito Collapse, As Biden Shifts Strategy
Alaska Native Corp. To Protect Its Land, Deals Blow To Pebble Mine
Amid Mega-Drought, Rightwing Militia Stokes Water Rebellion in West
‘Birds Are Here For Everyone’: Black Birdwatchers Finding A Community
Canada Launches C$647 Million Bid To Avert Pacific Wild Salmon Collapse
GOPers Grill Biden Public Lands Agency Pick Over Finances, Advocacy
"A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse"
"Will the U.S. Ban PFAS in Food Packaging?"
"Texas Governor Says Power Grid Fixed; Experts Cite Problems"
"California Sea Lions Face 'Unprecedented Rate Of Cancer'"
Panama expands the limits of the Coiba protected area
Two new species of cat-size flying squirrel discovered in the Himalaya
Slash-and-burn clearing nears Indigenous park as Brazil’s fire season ignites
Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary
Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation
‘Conservation litigation’ tries to put a true price on wildlife crime
Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data
Brazil’s Uru-eu-wau-wau document COVID-19 victory with new video
IUCN: World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve
Developer Abandons Keystone XL pipeline
1st Gray Wolf pup since 1940s spotted in Colorado
Battle to save Spains wolves as threatened species named protected wild animal
Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years
Umatilla Tribes lead the way in reacquisition of treaty lands
Study shows it took the Amazon as we know it over 6 million years to form
Scientists discover new species – Chocolate Frog
Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Maryland has officially become the 8th state to ban wildlife killing contests
Florida Panther mom uses wildlife crossing under i-75 to move three kittens to refuge
An almost complete extinct dwarf emu egg found on King Island
Back from the Brink: Iberian Lync population rises to over 1,000
Giant tortoise found in Galapagos a species considered extinct a century ago

Conservation News ~ 21 May 2021

5/21/2021

As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists
To save chocolate’s future, ‘start now and go big’ on agroforestry (commentary)
How to pick a tree-planting project? Mongabay launches transparency tool to help potential supporters decide
FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report
DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands
Over 100 Scientists Urge Biden Administration to Relist Wolves as Endangered Species
New species of skink found from Western Ghats
"Wild Horses Adopted Under a Federal Program Are Going to Slaughter"
"Scientists Urge Restoration Of Federal Gray Wolf Protections"
Newburgh, N.Y., Wants Biden's Help To Dig Up Lead Water Pipes
EPA Orders Virgin Islands Refinery To Shut Down, Cites ‘Imminent’ Threat
Designed For Disaster: These Homes Can Withstand A Category 5 Hurricane
"Hurricane Season Spurs Hog Waste Worries In North Carolina"
DFO Altered Report To Downplay Risks To Imperilled Steelhead: Docs
$2 Billion Project Would Help Save Louisiana Coast - And Stoke Flooding
"Chainsaw Massacre: Tree Poaching Hits Canada Amid Lumber Shortage"
Australia Unveils Weapons Of Mouse Destruction To Tackle Rodent ‘Plague’
Canada declares plastics toxic, paving the way for restrictions
Outrage as Cambodian court convicts activists for inciting ‘social chaos’
Carbon dioxide and methane surged in 2020
Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point
Researcher describes four new species of sponge that lay undiscovered in plain sight
Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste
Japan cancels its last coal power plant project
Zimbabwe re-introduces rhinos in Gonarezhou park after three decades
Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour
Singapore is now home to one of the world’s largest floating solar farms
‘Drastic forest development’: Vietnam to plant 1 billion trees — but how?
Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize for work at intersection of science and spirituality
As illegal forest conversion for industrial ag worsens, this moment is pivotal (commentary)
Graham Sibley leads new podcast celebrating endangered species
Satellites keep watch over global reef health in a world first
Podcast: Reforestation is booming, but deforestation rose last year
Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface: U.N. report
An engaged society is key for the future of African conservation, says WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza
In Colombia, a successful jaguar conservation program has a whiff of coffee
Indonesian president slammed for ‘wait-and-see’ approach on climate action
‘Amazônia must live on’: Photographer Sebastião Salgado returns home with his new book
Amazon palm oil has not lived up to its promise of sustainability (commentary)
Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales
Settlers invading, deforesting Colombian national parks ‘at an unstoppable speed’
Brazil environment minister probed for timber trafficking
More than half of Caribbean lizards and snakes disappeared after Europeans arrived
For Atlantic sea turtles, Sargasso Sea is home during the ‘lost years’
Chile’s marine protected areas aren’t safe from its salmon farms
Did you know that spix’s night monkeys only weigh around 1 kg?
Court orders Interior to rethink wild horse protections
9th Circ. Reverses DOI Win On Endangered Species Notice
Five new species of listeria discovered, improving food safety
New Arctic Council Reports Underline Growing Concerns At Air Pollution
"Even Amid a Pandemic, More Than 40 Million People Fled Their Homes"
NOAA’s Hurricane Outlook Calls For 6th Straight Above-Average Season
"White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Hit Crucial Stage"
"Biden Admin Takes First Step Toward Light Bulb Efficiency Standard"
"Biden Orders U.S. Agencies To Assess, Mitigate Risks Of Climate Change"
"Electricity: Documents Reveal Natural Gas Chaos In Texas Blackouts"
"Judge Halts Georgia Dredging Plan Over Threat To Sea Turtles"
"U.S. Proposes Big Increase In Forest Management To Tackle Wildfires"
"Greenland Votes to Move Whaling Away from Tourists’ Eyes"
"White House Brings Back Climate Scientist Forced Out By Trump Admin"
"Banks Always Backed Fossil Fuel Over Green Projects — Until This Year"
"Biden’s Climate Chops Face A Big Test On Old-Growth Forests"
Planting A Million Trees In Semi-Arid Desert To Combat Climate Change
"Project Reviews May Include Environmental Justice, CEQ Head Says"
"Metal Shredding Firm Sues Chicago Over Operating Permit"
"Protected Areas Cover A Sixth Of Earth’s Land And Freshwater"
"'Free-For-All' Used Car Export Threatens Climate Goals"
"Intruder Pests May Drain Trillions From Africa’s Economies, Study Finds"
"Overwintering 'Zombie' Fires May Become More Common As Climate Changes"
Arctic warming three times faster than the planet
Eight endangered Mexican Gray wolves found dead in opening months of 2021
Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface
Leonardo DiCaprio aims to restore the Galapagos Islands with $43m pledge
"Biden Makes Electric Pitch At Ford Plant: 'There's No Turning Back'"
"Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns"
"Top Interior Lawyer Nominee Quizzed Over Public Records Law"
"Kerry Says US Examining Carbon Border Tax, Sees Risks"
"Navajos Say New Arizona Restrictions Will Complicate Voting"
Calif. Water Districts Get OK To Sue Dow, Shell On Groundwater Pollution
"What to Save? Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks."
"Banks Fight $4 Billion Debt Relief Plan for Black Farmers"
Pesticides Becoming More Toxic For The World's Most Important Insects
"The Cicadas Are Out! You Might Not Hear Them Yet, But You Will Soon"
"Supreme Court Gives Big Oil a Win in Climate Fight With Cities"
"White House Announces Efforts To Curb Emissions In Buildings"
"Blinken in Iceland for Climate Talks, Arctic Council Meeting"
Worsening Algae Bloom On Lake Okeechobee Threatens Coasts Again
"Protecting Workers Exposed To Oregon’s Heat Waves And Wildfire Smoke"
Amid Drought Crisis, Some Ranchers Restore Grasslands to Reserve Water
"As The Rest Of World Tackles Plastics Disposal, The U.S. Resists"
"Greenland Ice Sheet On Brink Of Major Tipping Point, Says Study"
"EPA Releases Federal Plan to Reduce Landfills’ Methane Emissions"
St. John Parish Group Files Human Rights Appeal Over Denka Air Pollution
Cement battery could turn buildings and bridges into gigantic energy storage devices
Net-zero emissions by 2050 are possible, landmark report says

Conservation News ~ 14 May 2021

5/14/2021

3 Conservation Groups To Sue Kennebec River Dams' Owner, Alleging Endangered Species Act
Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin car payments over environmental concerns
New species of snake described with the help of a 185-year-old painting
Is planting trees as good for the Earth as everyone says?
New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size
In the Honduran Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, an illegal road for cattle and drugs
On an island scarred by tin mining, mangrove planting preserves shrimp tradition
Study shows more than half of Cerrado’s cattle pasture can be restored
Ghost fish: after 420 million years in the deeps, modern gillnets from shark fin trade drag coelacanths into the light
Behind the scenes video unveils water contamination by ‘sustainable’ Amazon palm oil
Service Finds Salamanders Do Not Warrant Endangered Species Act Protection
Group urges US to give Joshua trees immediate protection, citing threat from heat, wildfires
New Species of 'Water Bear' Named After Local Scientist
Ever-evolving Montreal Protocol a model for environmental treaties
98% of Bunge shareholders back proposal to reduce deforestation
Latest mass stranding raises concerns for endangered Caspian seals
Indonesia says no new coal plants from 2023 (after the next 100 or so)
Indonesian researchers study how to help rays released as bycatch survive
A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000
‘Bad science’: Planting frenzy misses the grasslands for the trees
Parasitic Bee and Two Flowers Under Consideration for Endangered Species List
REM singer Michael Stipe helps name new species of ant
New Species of Freshwater Fish Discovered: Fergana Stone Loach
Indigenous in Salvador: A struggle for identity in Brazil’s first capital
Indonesian fishers plead with president on seine nets and other assistance
Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk
Industrial diets are imprinting on human bodies, new study finds
ADB declares coal exit in Asia Pacific, but gas remains in play
The climate crisis solutions we need are already here (commentary)
Humanity’s challenge of the century: Conserving Earth’s freshwater systems
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumblebee Takes Step Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Environment Dept. Releases Proposed Rule To Improve Air Quality In New Mexico's Most Ozone
New species discovered in the human gut microbiome could improve nitrogen availability
Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine
Indonesian omnibus law’s ‘whitewash’ of illegal palm oil shocks its architects
Scientists use 'Romantic Solution' to Help Endangered Species
Critically endangered antelope makes debut at Polish zoo
New species of lizards believed found during South Island mountain search
Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns
Amazon deforestation jumps sharply in April
EPA Watchdog Calls For Improved Enforcement After Decade-Long Decline
"EPA Revokes Trump-Era Policy That Loosened Clean-Air Rules"
Emails Show Mining Industry, Home-Builders Shaped Arizona Water Bill
OSHA Failed to Protect Food Workers. Can a New Director Keep Them Safe?
"As the Climate Warms, Could the U.S. Face Another Dust Bowl?"
"Chemical Giants Hid Dangers Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Food Packaging"
Solar Pushback: How Power Firms Try To Make People Pay For Going Green
"Biden Advisory Group Lays Out Environmental Justice Roadmap"
"CMP Can Begin Construction On New Segment Of Corridor, Court Rules"
"How Should Utility Companies Spend Your Money? A Debate Rages"
"U.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns"
Colonial Announces Pipeline Restart. Normal Service In 'Several Days'
"Company Defies Michigan Governor’s Order To Close Pipeline"
EPA to Jackson, Miss.: Water Safe To Drink Despite Numerous Problems
"Biden Bets Offshore Wind Will Fix His Climate Jobs Problem"
"Study Warns Housing Trends Could Cancel Out CO2 Cuts"
St. Croix Refinery Halts Operations After Raining Oil On Residents Again
"Biden Signs Exec. Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity"
"As Drought Dries California Rivers, Salmon Take Truck Rides To Sea"
Young Evangelicals Push To 'Build Bigger Choir Loft' For Climate Action
"U.S. Waives Environmental Rule To Ease Fuel Shortages In 12 States"
Environmental Justice: EPA Chief Steps Into Contentious Chicago Project
N.C. Pets Have High Levels of PFAS in Blood. Has It Made Them Sick?
"Facing Rising Temperatures, Miami Appoints Chief Heat Officer"
Lawyer Who Sued Chevron Over Ecuador Pollution Faces NY Contempt Trial
"Canada Needs To Plug Methane Pollution From Abandoned Wells"
"Whitmer Threatens Profit Seizure If Pipeline Keeps Operating"
"Conservation Easements: More Than A Tax Dodge, Report Finds"
"Reaching Back To The New Deal, Biden Proposes A Civilian Climate Corps"
"For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business"
"Final OK Expected for Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Farm"
"F.B.I. Identifies Group Behind Pipeline Hack"
Air Pollution From Farms Leads To 17,900 U.S. Deaths Per Year: Study
Denka Toxic Releases Targeted By St. John Parish Group, EPA Watchdog
China’s ‘Long Term Time Bomb’: Falling Births Slow Population Growth
Calif. Climate Change To Trigger More Pesticide Use, Fouling Waterways
As Climate Change Threatens Kenyan Tea, Millions Of Workers Seen At Risk
"California Governor Declares Drought Emergency In 41 Counties"
U.S. Steel Abandons Clean Tech Plans Near Pittsburgh After Health Study
"Former Circus Elephants Begin To Arrive At Florida Sanctuary"

Conservation News ~ 7 May 2021

5/7/2021

Behind the buzz of ESG investing, a focus on tech giants and no regulation
Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again
South African dehorning initiative aims for ‘zero poached’ white rhinos
In Project Amazônia 2.0, communities and technology team up for nature
Time is running out for embattled Pacific leatherback sea turtles
Death of a Sri Lankan icon highlights surge in elephant electrocutions
A year after Ecuador oil spill, Indigenous victims await justice, reparations
Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary
100-Plus Groups Demand Actions Critical to Protecting Endangered Species, Wildlife Refuges
Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site
US adds Yangtze sturgeon fish to endangered species list
Minnesota Zoo strives to save endangered butterflies
"E.P.A. to Announce Phase-Down of Powerful Greenhouse Gases"
"California Lawmakers Seek Cleanup of Old Dumped DDT Barrels"
Forest Offsets Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 Into Atmosphere
"RIP Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, 1962-2021"
First-Ever US Release of GMO Mosquitoes Begins In Florida Keys
"Glacial Lakes Threaten Millions With Flooding As Planet Heats Up"
"Dozens of Canada’s First Nations Lack Drinking Water: ‘Unacceptable’"
As Extreme Weather Batters Farm Country, Banks Ignore Financial Risks
"Water Wonk With Hill, Interior Chops To Lead Army Corps"
"Interior Department Appoints First Native American Chief Of Staff"
Drugs and agriculture cause deforestation to skyrocket at Honduran UNESCO site
‘Climate emergency’: Hawaii is the first state to call it like it is
Chile’s CONAF and IUCN to start a historic process for the country’s Protected Areas
Wildlife expert ordered by council to tear up garden full of endangered species wins fight
Army Corps Sued for Failure to Protect Waterways, Endangered Wildlife From Pipeline Construction
US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada
New species of shrew discovered in Andamans' Narcondam Island
New Species of Deepwater Snapper Discovered
"EPA Hits Troubled Virgin Islands Oil Refinery With A Violation Notice"
"Memphis Pipeline Faces Environmental Justice Reckoning"
"Leaked Docs: Gas Industry Secretly Fights Electrification"
"A Growing Summertime Risk for Cities: Power Failures During Heat Waves"
"U.S. Approves Massive Solar Project In California Desert"
"California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection"
Environmentalists Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Pipeline Permitting
"Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?"
"DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion"
"Breeding Sea Stars in a Lab to Rehabilitate Warming Oceans"
Norwegian Scientists Want to Launch Floating Solar Power Plants
Chile’s CONAF and IUCN to start a historic process for the country’s Protected Areas
Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists
Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
Did you know how many insects a Giant Anteater can eat in a day? Candid Animal Cam
A Colombian national park reveals its natural secrets through camera traps
We can prevent the next pandemic (commentary)
Relocating mangroves for Indonesian highway ‘not that easy,’ expert warns
Casinos, condos and sugar cane: How a Cambodian national park is being sold down the river
‘Zero illegal deforestation’ – One more Bolsonaro distortion (commentary)
With baby animals, patience pays: Photographer describes new book of intimate portraits
Feds deny protection for salamanders threatened by dam
New species of mammal discovered from Narcondam Island
New algae species found in Ecuador glacier
"Enforcement: Internal EPA Memo Urges Agents To Up Inspections"
Chemicals: Biden's 'End Cancer' Pledge Begs For Environmental Oversight
"Electricity: Report Offers Biden Framework For A Clean Energy Standard"
"Senate Democrats Announce $73 Billion Clean Bus Plan"
"America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago"
"Why Won’t This Giant Oil Pipeline Reveal Its Secret Backers?"
Streams And Lakes Have Rights, A County Decided. Now They’re Suing Fla.
"Vital Soil Organisms Being Harmed By Pesticides, Study Shows"
Nuts About Agroforestry: Can Hazelnuts Transform Midwest Farming?"
"Bringing Beavers Back To The Beaver State"
Popular opposition halts a bridge project in a Philippine coral haven
Absorbent and yellow and … mobile? Sea sponges on the move in Arctic Ocean
‘I never give up’: Q&A with Chinese environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang
The HFC challenge: Can the Montreal Protocol continue its winning streak?
Deforestation-free beef stymied by Brazil’s unequal supply chain
Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say
Chinese Greenhouse Emissions Now Larger Than All Developed Countries
"Emissions Cuts Could Drop the Impact of Melting Ice on Oceans by Half"
"Maine Fishing Interests Seek Total Ban On Offshore Wind Energy"
"Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation"
"A Giant Organic Farm Faces Criticism That It's Harming The Environment"
"Controversial Mining Operation Ignoring Orders To Halt"
"U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe"
"U.S. Eyes Nuclear Reactor Tax Credit To Meet Climate Goals -Sources"
"Deaths Linked To Soot From Gas, Biomass Overtake Coal"
"Secrets Of The Dead Wood: Ancient Oaks Hold Key To New Life"
Biden administration announces plans to triple protected
Surprising Sand Fly Find Yields New Species of Bacteria
Courts can no longer protect companies from climate flak
Giant Sequoia found still smoldering after 2020
Biden administration lays out 30x30 vision to conserve nature
Ecuadoran water fund transforms consumers into conservationists
Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it absorbed over past 10 years
Costa Rica local indigenous surfers rescue crying baby Pilot whale
New species of pelomedusoid turtle found in Madagascar
Zimbabwe considers mass elephant killing, first time since 1988
Three new species of soil mites discovered
Rare white-beaked dolphins spotted off Essex coast
California just hit 95% renewable energy
Cleaner ‘Bridge’ fuels are killing up to 46,000 Americans per year
Thousands of baby sea starts born at UW lab are sign of hope for endangered species
New York Court of Appeals agrees to hear the habeas corpus case of nonhuman rights of Elephant
Three new US states enter arms race to criminalize protests
Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall
One species of hoolock gibbon is actually two
South African government agrees to bring an end to the captive lion breeding industry
Parts of Southern Arizona named critical habitat for threatened cuckoo, snake
Biden administration cancels border wall construction
UK students sue government over human rights impact of climate crisis

Conservation News ~ 30 April 2021

4/30/2021

Washington moves sage grouse onto state endangered species list
Brazil cuts environment spending one day after US climate summit pledge
New species of frog in Champaign County
Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics
Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests
Fear not the bobcat (Commentary)
Novelizing wildlife crime investigations: Q&A with author Bryan Christy
COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon’s pirarucu
As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming
The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil
Oregon counts more gray wolves in 2020, but concerns for their safety abound
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
California Governor bans new fracking permits starting in 2024
AOC’s plan for a 1.5 million-strong Civilian Climate Corps, explained
Washington’s Wolf Population Increased 22% in 2020
New-Growth Alaskan Forests May Store More Carbon After Wildfires
Giant Cloud Rat Species 'twice The Size Of Grey Squirrel' Discovered In Philippines
Eagles Set To Soar Off Vermont's Endangered Species List After Years Of Steady Recovery
‘Profound ignorance’: Microbes, a missing piece in the biodiversity puzzle
We need more rewilding and connections to nature, says Enrique Ortiz
Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds
Large-scale deforesters emboldened under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, data indicate
Feds begin five-year review of endangered Southern Resident orcas
Washington moves sage grouse onto state endangered species list
Twitter lends name to new species of mite discovered in Japan
Fortnite video game CEO makes Va.'s largest land conservation gift
"Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, UN Says"
"Why the U.S. Might Miss Biden's Climate Goal"
"Paris Climate Agreement Overlooks Wood Pellet Loophole"
EPA Calls Old Creosote Works in Pensacola Threat to Human Health
"The Fight to Clean Up the EPA"
New Conservation Corps Could Help the Nation Fight Climate Change
"Supreme Court: Military's Mess Sparks Guam Superfund Battle"
"Infrastructure Money Could Aid Push To Plug Oil, Gas Wells"
"Saudi Arabia To Join New Forum On Climate Change - State News Agency"
Fact Check: No, Biden Is Not Trying To Force Americans To Eat Less Red Meat
"Former Ojibwe Chairman Tapped For Interior's Indian Affairs"
"Biden Exploring Border Adjustment Tax to Fight Climate Change"
EPA, Virgin Islands Launch Probe After 2nd St. Croix Refinery Incident
WH Warns That U.S. Lags Behind China On Developing Clean Technologies
Chemical Industry Lobbying And Cash Defeated Regulation In Trump Era
"Why Scientists Are Sounding The Alarm On Canada’s Melting Permafrost"
"Diminishing Ice Cover On Maine’s Lakes Could Impact Fish Populations"
Study Finds Lyme-Carrying Ticks Next To Beaches And Almost Everywhere
Fla. Passes Bill To Protect Sugar Farmers From Health Hazard Suits
"Climate Crisis Has Shifted The Earth’s Axis, Study Shows"
Mammoth molars yield the oldest DNA ever sequenced
Nuts about agroforestry in the U.S. Midwest: Can hazelnuts transform farming?
Indigenous in São Paulo: Erased by a colonial education curriculum
Reversing warming quickly could prevent worst climate change effects: Study
Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines
Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee
Thousands of baby sea stars born at UW lab are sign of hope for endangered species
Bolsonaro abandons enhanced Amazon commitment same day he makes it
The Nature Conservancy’s Jennifer Morris is an ‘impatient optimist’
Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain
Researchers take up the cause of the mysterious and maligned Chaco eagle
Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone
"Biden Administration Announces $8.25B In Loans To Boost Power Grid"
"Why Dead Trees Are ‘the Hottest Commodity on the Planet’"
Extreme Weather: Flood Insurance Debate Returns. Here's What To Expect
"Senate Confirms Janet McCabe As Deputy EPA Chief"
"Scientist: Extent of DDT Dumping In Pacific Is ‘Staggering’"
"Biden's Unlikely New Ally On Climate Change: Corporate America"
"Biden Administration Makes It Easier For Tribes To Reacquire Lands"
Drought-Hit Calif. To Halt Nestlé From Taking Millions Of Gallons Of Water
"Regan's Contentious Bid To Reset EPA Scientific Integrity"
"Cicadas Will Overrun D.C. This Spring After 17 Years Underground"
Single-Use Plastics Found at the Deepest Points of the Ocean
"Senate Reinstates Obama-Era Controls on Climate-Warming Methane"
13 U.S. Refineries Exceeded Emissions Limits For Cancer-Causing Benzene
"Biden Races Courts For Chance To Torpedo Trump Water Rule"
Migration To Flee Rising Seas Could Affect 1.3 Mln Bangladeshis By 2050
Deadly Air Pollutant Disproportionately Harms Americans Of Color: Study
"Biden Nominates Three New Members to Chemical Safety Board"
'White Gold' Rush: Calif. Lithium In Demand Amid Electric Vehicle Surge
"Satellites Show World’s Glaciers Melting Faster Than Ever"
Emails Show Oil Lobby Mobilized Dem Governors’ Opposition To Biden Order
"The Secret Footage of the N.R.A. Chief’s Botched Elephant Hunt"
New pumpkin toadlet species found in Brazil
“Like a tiny galaxy descended into the forest”—new species of firefly found
A fatal stabbing sends a Gambian fishing village into turmoil over fishmeal
Malaysian firm bidding to clear Papua forest loses land bid, but deforestation persists
Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft
Sumatran rhinos show low inbreeding — but when it happens, collapse is quick
Female putty-nosed monkeys get their males to run defense against predators
Scientists warn of looming water crisis with millions of wells at risk
At Vietnam’s southern tip, mangroves defend the land from the encroaching sea
Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone
Using microbes to remove microplastics from the environment
Environmental groups urge Mexican Senate to ban mining in protected area
Report finds 100 wolf packs may lose pups from February hunt
Many scientists now say global warming could stop relatively quickly after emissions go to zero
Scientists discover hybrid ermine species isolated in Haida Gwaii for 300,000 years
German court orders revisions to climate law, citing major burdens on youth
Court orders ban on Chlorpyrifos to protect children’s health
Nobel Prize Laureates and other experts issue urgent call for action on climate change
Countries might actually hit their climate targets
13 US refinieries exceeded emissions limits for cancer-causing benzene in 2020
Charlotte moves ‘clean ahead’ with electric bus pilot
Biden’s new moonshot: an offshore wind industry to rival Europe’s
Senate votes to restore regulations on climate-warming methane emissions
Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever
Switzerland is the 17th country to join SC1.5NCE not Silence campaign
BC kills 237 wolves while matter before the courts
Minnesota Supreme Court struck down PolyMet’s permit to mine
US Joins support of two proposed marine protected areas in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea
$40,000 reward offered over illegal shooting of mother Grizzly Bear in Idaho
Jaguar family’s release in Argentina is a step toward bringing back an important predator
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration approval of southeast Idaho phosphate mine
Scientists find way to remove polluting microplastics with bacteria
Researchers have hit on a widely available solution for decarbonizing fertilizer production
China and the EU commit to stepping up cooperation in lead up to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Northern Mexican Garter Snake gains 20,326 acres of protected critical habitat in Arizona
Florida legislature recognized the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Council rejects 1 of 2 controversial developments in Alberta mountain town
Biden fills out science team with NOAA, DOE, and diplomacy picks
Drought-hit California orders Nestle to stop pumping millions of gallons of water
Shell, Exxon look to profit from capturing customers’ carbon emissions
Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain
Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
New study reveals down east wild blueberries warming faster than the state as a whole
Indigenous nation in US has right to lands in Canada
Salmon span un upper Colombia River first time in over 80 years
Appeal filed to sustain Colorado River flows and stop Gross Dam expansion
Whooping Cranes are nesting in Texas for the first time in over a century
Jury acquits Extinction Rebellion protestors despite ‘no defence in law’
950sg km of essential rainforest is added to Maya Forest corridor in Belize
Dream team of conservationists plan to protect 7 million square miles of ocean
Report alleges Australia engaged in illegal shark fin trade
Huge clearcutting, roadbuilding plan next to Yellowstone National Park opposed
Montana legislator introduces bill to legally target environmentalists
Zimbabwe says hundreds of endangered elephants can be shot to raise money
Environmental scientists – up to 20% of global groundwater wells at risk of going dry
Student invents solar windows that turn food waste in renewable energy
Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests
Report critizes offshore oil and gas environmental agency
California to ban fracking and phase out fossil fuels in California
Honda aims to go all-electric by 2040
Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history
Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough
West Virginia unions pressure Manchin to back Biden on Infrastructure plan

Conservation News ~ 23 April 2021

4/23/2021

Hunger Strikers Seeking Environmental Justice Win Air-Pollution Delay
U.S. Seeks To Polish Tarnished Reputation With New Climate Pledges
EPA IG: Trump Official Delayed Releasing Info On Cancer Chemical In Ill.
"Judge Nixes Civil Rights Bid to Block Chicago Metal Shredder"
"Infrastructure Plan Lifts Tribes’ Hope of Turning on Water Taps"
Texas’s Zombie Oil Wells Are Creating An Environmental Disaster Zone
"Regulators Rebuke PG&E For Neglect In Reducing Wildfire Risk"
Old Apple Orchard To Make Clean Hydrogen Energy in Washington State
S. Korean Fishmongers, Opposition Voice Concerns Over Fukushima Plans
"Environmental Group Sues Over Protections For 20 Species"
"‘Tiger King’ Stars’ Legal Woes Could Transform Cub-Petting Industry"
Human impact on South America expanded by 60% since 1985
Large New Amphibious Centipede Species Discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan
Peru to establish rainforest reserve for isolated Indigenous peoples
DNA from cave dirt tells tale of how some Neanderthals disappeared
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER CHALLENGED TO DRINK RADIOACTIVE WATER BEFORE DUMPING IT INTO THE OCEAN
Female giraffe receives treatment after poachers amputate hind leg
Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching
Apple creates fund for 'working forests' as part of carbon-removal efforts
STUDY: HUMANITY HAS RAVAGED ALL BUT 3 PERCENT OF THE LAND ON EARTH
Suspected poached killed by herd of elephants in Kruger National Park
‘Single-use plastics’ to be phased out in Australia from 2025 include plastic utensils and straws
The White House wants to spend $100 million to monitor the air we breathe
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture
Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study finds
Illegal coal mine tunnels threaten a Sumatran village
Rats reappear on Lord Howe Island for the first time since 2019 eradication program
Despite Clashes, U.S. And China Vow To Work Together On Climate Change
"Biden Pressed On Emissions Goal As Climate Summit Nears"
On Infrastructure, Lofty Ideas Collide With Congressional Reality
"Transmission Road Map Could Help Unlock Renewables"
"Interior Order Revokes Trump Moves on Coal Leasing Moratorium"
"Science Could Aid Climate Cases. Big Oil Is Fighting It"
EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals
"US West Prepares For Possible 1st Water Shortage Declaration"
"Calls Grow For Undoing Environmental Damage Of Trump's Wall"
Set For Summer: 49 New National Scenic Byways And All-American Roads
Tarantulas Were Scuttling Around Earth Alongside Dinosaurs 120 Million Years Ago
Environment protest being criminalised around world, say experts
Winners of $20M contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
Biggest Coal Mine Workers Union In the US Supports Switch to Renewables
Rare species of deer born at Keystone Safari
"Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment"
"Biden Axes Top Trump Climate Scientist"
Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems
"Is California Suffering A Decades-Long Megadrought?"
Paint Stripper Methylene Chloride Caused More Deaths Than EPA Identified
Biden Admin Releases $8 Billion In Disaster Funding For Puerto Rico
GAO Raises Concerns About Government Inspections Of Offshore Pipelines
"Size Of Pipeline Spill Again Underestimated In N. Carolina"
Business Booming in America’s Forests. Some Aren’t Happy About It.
"How Canada Is Trying To Protect Its Last Three Spotted Owls"
Pollution settlements cost Delaware poultry producer $205 million
Grizzlies use the same Yellowstone trails as people
Some guitar makers in pursuit of sustainable manufacturing
With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics
Caring for those ‘just like us’: Q&A with vet and great ape advocate Rick Quinn
Did you know that a group of warthogs is called a sounder? Candid Animal Cam
The U.S. reptile most at risk from rising seas is one you likely haven’t heard of
Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema
Big cats: US senators seek ban on private ownership of lions and tigers
Federal Analysis Finds Insecticide Malathion Imperils Continued Existence of 78 Endangered Species
DiCaprio, Katy Perry urge Biden to refuse Brazil environment deal
A recently discovered insect has been named after coronavirus
After 40 years, new fish species in named by students on Guam
"Biden Plans To Cut Emissions At Least In Half By 2030"
Report On Suncor Malfunctions Doesnt Quell Calls For Refinery’s Closure
"Legislation Aims To Kill 90% Of Wolves Roaming Idaho"
Biden Admin Kicks Off Plan To Shore Up Cybersecurity Of Electric Grid
Watchdog: Trump-Era Rollback Of Car Rules Undercut EPA Staffers' Advice
"How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal"
‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice
"U.S. To Join Global Effort To Decarbonize Shipping Industry - Kerry"
Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish
Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do We Find Next 'Big One'?
Melting ice in Arctic linked to bowhead whales holding off annual migration
New beef scorecard measures brands against their deforestation promises
Hunger, disorientation blamed for pilot whale mass stranding in Indonesia
Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing
Environmental art initiative aims to help paint a better future for Southeast Asia
Dams drove an Asian dolphin extinct. They could do the same in the Amazon
Nature is no longer “a nice to have,” it’s “a must-have”: Q&A with André Hoffmann
Food systems drive a third of greenhouse gas emissions, study estimates
Legislation aims to kill 90% of wolves roaming Idaho
"A Guide To Biden's Climate Summit"
"Dems Push $25B For Electric School Buses, A Biden Priority"
"White House Moves To Assist Western U.S. Communities Hit By Drought"
"Lead Detected In 80% Of Allegheny County, Pa., Water Systems: Report"
Collins Joins Democrats In Bid To Undo Trump Methane Emissions Rollback
"10 Things We Learned About Earth Since The Last Earth Day"
"Four In 10 Americans Live In Counties With Unhealthy Air Pollution"
"Texas On Track To Add Record Solar Power Capacity By End Of 2022"
"‘Forever Chemicals’ Coat The Outer Layers Of Biodegradable Straws"
"Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Unearthed In Maryland Wildlife Refuge"
Judge gives feds 30 days to decide if wildflower is endangered
Biden Administration Moves to Unwind Trump Auto-Emissions Policy
Governors Urge Biden To Order 100% Zero-Emission Car Sales By 2035
President Biden Pledges To Cut US Carbon Emission By Up To 52 Percent By 2030
The U.S. electric power sector is ‘halfway’ to zero carbon emissions
‘Teeming with biodiversity’: green groups buy Belize forest to protect it ‘in perpetuity’
Thousands Of Pounds of Marine Debris Removed From Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
Four in 10 Americans live in counties with unhealthy air pollution levels
Humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with Earth can still be fixed, report says
Saving our ‘Beloved Beasts’: Q&A with environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis
The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)
Jamaican Climate Change Youth Council seizes opportunity to continue advocacy amidst pandemic
No monkey business: For Zanzibar’s red colobus, speed bumps are lifesavers
Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say
Researchers rush to understand kelp forests as harvesting increases
Pipeline tells Black Memphis landowners: sell us the rights to your land or get sued
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act reintroduced to U.S. House
The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil
Humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with Earth can still be fixed
Endangered orange-bellied parrots released into wild
Dolphins, turtles found dead in Kipini due to trawling activities
Bank climate pledges in doubt after US giants sit out global agreement
Florida agriculture officials ban citrus pesticide approved near end of previous administration
‘Extinct’ highly venomous sea snake rediscovered in ocean’s twilight zone
America’s largest coal miners’ union back clean energy
Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis
JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure
Blue Nature Alliance aims to restore 7 million square miles of ocean in five years
Seagrass forests counteract ocean acidification
France drafts ecocide bill to punish acts of environmental damage
Recent jaguar sighting give experts hope for species recovery on both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border
One person arrested in connection with TABLE Mountain Fire
As coal pollution declines, crops begin to flourish
NZ to launch world-first climate change rules
Lawsuit filed to protect rare Southern Nevada wildflower
Phoenix Zoo welcomed new species and 14 prairie dog pups
New species of ehu is named after scientist who spent decades studying the fish
$25 million worth of giant clam shells seized in the Philippines
Coffee waste can boost tropical forest recovery
In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact
Deb Haaland scraps a slew of fossil-fuel friendly Trump orders
Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests
Indian government makes another attempt to amend the Indian Forest Act of 1927
Western US may be entering its most severe drought in modern history
First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys
With first-ever Colorado River shortage almost certain, states stare down Mandatory cutbacks
New species of dumbo octopus identified using minimally invasive techniques

Conservation News ~ 16 April 2021

4/16/2021

Intel Report Warns Of Fragile Future Shaped By Pandemics, Climate Change
Haaland Meets With Utah Politicians, Tribes As Biden Weighs Monuments
"Toxics: FDA Rules For Baby Food Guided By Feasibility, Not Safety"
"Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds"
"Judge Halts California Development, Citing Wildfire Risk"
"Interior Solicitor Nominee Pushed For Stronger Tribal Protections"
"Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere"
As Rainstorms Grow More Severe And Frequent, Communities Fail To Prepare
"Electric Vehicles: Biden's EV Plan Is Enormous. And Maybe Too Small"
Scientists Track Shrinking Sea Meadows, Storing More Carbon Than Forests
New Invasive Mosquito Species Found in South Florida
Researchers discover new species of moth
Australian bush fires warmed the stratosphere for six months
A mysterious neurological disease is afflicting endangered Florida panthers
Transforming crop and timber production could reduce species extinction risk by 40%
Oldest Sea Otter At Aquarium Of The Pacific Dies At 20
Conservation Groups Petition Park Service to Tear Down Elk Fence at Point Reyes
Thousands rally in Serbia to protect the environment
New survey finds greater biodiversity, new species in Tibet
Deep-sea reef study in the 'twilight zone' could uncover key lessons in conservation
"EPA Watchdog to Probe Alleged Retaliation Against Scientists"
"Leaked Calls Show ALEC’s Secret Plan To Fight Biden On Climate"
Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden Climate Goals
Japan Says It Plans To Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea
Driven by Industry, More States Pass Tough Laws vs. Pipeline Protesters
2.3 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels Of Strontium In Drinking Water
"Neighborhoods United: Highway Removal Gains Steam In U.S. Cities"
"5 Ways Biden Wove Climate Action Into His Budget"
"‘Tiger King’ Fallout Unites PETA, Feds to Fight Cub Petting"
"Drought and Abundance in the Mesopotamian Marshes"
Freshwater Mussel Gets Endangered Species Protection
40 Sharks, Rays Join The international Endangered Species List
'Tiger King' Cast Faces Legal Heat Under Endangered Species Law
Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough, activists say
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins
French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights
WildEarth Guardians scores big protections for wildlife in New Mexico
Nearly 400 state and local officials call for ban on new fracking permits
BLM to remove up to 3,500 horses from Wyoming
JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure
Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights
‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams
Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka
New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon
A new species of sea sponge found off the coast of Norfolk has been named Parpal Dumplin by a nine year old
"Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change"
"Schumer Pushes Plan to Ax Trump Methane Rule With Lawmaker Tool"
"Kerry To Visit China Ahead Of White House Climate Summit"
"Florida To Close Wastewater Reservoir With Leak History"
Delaware Poultry Plant Settles Suit Over Groundwater Contamination
Coalition of Greens and Industry Calls on EPA to Quickly Phase Out HFCs
Computer Mapping Could Help Biden Find And Fix Polluted Neighborhoods
"'Seismic Shift' At FERC Could Kill Natural Gas Pipelines"
"Energy Transitions: 4 States Weigh Plans To Rescue Coal Plants"
"Beehive Deliveries Keep New Yorkers Buzzing On Rooftops, Backyards"
Island species and endemics will bear brunt if warming exceeds 3°C: Study
New Spider Species Discovered in Miami
Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia
Bills before Brazil Congress slammed for rewarding Amazon land grabbers
South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia
‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review
Scientists Create Whitest Paint In The World That Could Help Us Fight Global Warming
Group Sues Fed For Failing To Act On Endangered Species Protection
Novak Djokovic now has a tiny new snail species named after him
Adidas Stan Smith Mylo: The First-Ever Shoe Made With Mushroom Leather
Wolf killed north of Fremont is the second in Nebraska since November
How many Tyrannosaurus rex walked the ancient world? About 2.5 billion
Climate crisis pushing polar bears to mate with grizzlies, producing hybrid ‘pizzly’ bears
Biden in risky talks to pay Brazil to save Amazon
Apple and partners launch first ever $200million Restore Fund
Denver returns 14 bison to tribal land in reparations, conservation effort
Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil and soy
Japan confirms it will start dumping contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean
New Zealand officially bans cattle exports
Over 700 Sea Turtles found dead in Greece last year
Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian River
Countless Barrels of toxic waste found in ocean near Los Angeles
New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard passes away from cancer
Maryland lawmakers ban wildlife killing contests
Amrabad Tiger Reserve project for uranium mining shelved
Nepal has 752 one-horned rhinos, new census reveals 107 more rhinos since last count
The economy would be far more fair with Mario Kart rubber-banding, experts say
Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused local flooding, subsequent collapse
Global carbon emissions drop due to COVID restrictions
Botswana trophy hunting season opens after COVID hiatus
Gianforte signs bills allowing wolf snaring, extended seasons
Two Ugandan police officers charged over illegal possession of ivory
Pipeline leaks more than 1,600 gallons of oil at Inglewood Oil Field

Conservation News ~ 9 April 2021

4/9/2021

"Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change"
Biden Plan's $80 Billion For Rail Could Transform Passenger Service
"Biden Seeks to Use Infrastructure Plan to Address Racial Inequities"
Biden Jobs Plan Includes $10B For Civilian Climate Corps. Is It Enough?
"Biden Plan Would Spend $16B To Clean Up Old Mines, Oil Wells"
"That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix It."
"Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War"
"Study: US Pesticide Use Falls But Harms Pollinators More"
FEMA Unveils New Flood Insurance Calculation It Calls More Equitable
Soil moisture drives year-to-year change in land carbon uptake
Lawsuit Launched to Protect 10 Species Left in Regulatory Purgatory by Trump Administration
US says grizzly bears should remain protected under Endangered Species Act
Global Leaders Urged to Sanction Mexico to Save Critically Endangered Porpoises
Grizzly bears stay on endangered species list, ag groups disappointed
Group sues US over inaction to protect threatened species
New flowering plant species named after Sharad Pawar - Argyreia sharadchandrajii
Climate Change Has Already Cut Food Production Drastically
"Emergency, Evacuations In Florida County Over Wastewater Pond Leak"
"Test Flight for Sunlight-Blocking Research Is Canceled"
Biden Plan To Rev Up Electric Car Market Complicated By Battery Supplies
Greens Attack Australian Plan To Relax Rules For Chemicals, Pesticides
Canada's Herring Face Collapse, Say First Nations And Activists
"Energy Dept. Pushes To Reverse Trump-Era Rule On Efficiency Standards"
"Two New Mexico Tribal Communities Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule"
Parks Maintenance Fund Will Go To 165 Projects, Support 19K Jobs This Year
Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action
Lawsuits pile up over endangered species decisions made by Trump administration
Lawsuit launched against Chico development project, claims endangered species are threatened
Fish and Wildlife Service sued for failing to act on endangered species proposals
New deadly snake from Asia named after character from Chinese myth 'Legend of White Snake'
Hawaiian stilt may be downlisted to threatened
Even the Great Lakes’ deepest waters are now warming
Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West
Exclusive: 2020’s Hurricane Zeta Nearly Caused 'Another Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe' in Gulf of Mexico
Federal judge’s ruling ends Colorado’s plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions in Upper Arkansas River Basin
Prescribed fires boost snake diversity in longleaf pine forests
Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight
Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now
“Activism gives you hope”: Q&A with Wallace Global Fund’s Ellen Dorsey
Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia
Australia’s pivot to plantations may be too late for nearly extinct parrots
Helping Papuans protect Indonesia’s last frontier: Q&A with Bustar Maitar
Companies back moratorium on deep sea mining
Endangered Species Protection Proposed for Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
Endangered Candy Darter Fish Wins 368 Stream Miles of Protected Critical Habitat in Virginia
New firefly species turns up in Singapore swamp forest
New Species of Bird Discovered in Brazil
New wasp species discovered in Norway
'We Have to Act': Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever
"EPA Chief Vows Tougher Tailpipe Rules by July, Unwinding Trump’s"
"Left-Wing Party Opposed To Big Mining Project Wins Greenland Election"
Gulf Coast Fish Farm Permit Will Get A Second Look Under Biden Admin
Indictment Claims Kansas Man Tampered With Ellsworth County Water System
"California Is On The Brink Of Drought – Again. Is It Ready?"
A Top US Seller of Carbon Offsets Starts Investigating Its Own Projects
Groups Petition EPA To Remove Ethane, Methane From Emissions Exempt List
"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says India Is "Getting Job Done" On Climate"
"Alleged Mastermind Of Honduran Activist’s Murder On Trial"
"Deb Haaland's Visit Home: Grandparents’ Prayers"
A mid-Atlantic mussel finally secures critical habitat
Scientists discover two new species of ancient, burrowing mammal ancestors
Genome sequencing reveals a new species of bumblebee
New fish species named in honor of UGA ecologists
Government inaction prompts voluntary REDD+ carbon credit boom in Brazil
Gray wolf detected in SLO County. It may be first Central Coast sighting in nearly 200 years
Republicans Mobilize For Showdown To Block Biden Infrastructure Plan
Southwest Braces For Water Cutbacks As Drought Deepens Along The Colorado
"In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage"
"Law Students Denounce Chevron’s Law Firm Over Steven Donziger Case"
"‘This Is Environmental Racism’"
Marine Species Increasingly Can’t Live At Equator Due To Global Heating
Banks Pledge Climate Fight, But Their Boards Have Deep Fossil-Fuel Ties
"Biden Tax Plan Targets Fossil Fuel Subsidies Worth $35 Billion"
"Biden Nominates Interior Deputy As Department's Top Lawyer"
"‘Opening The Lid’ On Toilet Innovation: Q&A With Author Chelsea Wald"
Monterey Bay sea otters maintain kelp supply
Beautiful New Species of Parasitic Cuckoo Wasp Discovered in Norway
Cryptic New Species of Bumblebee Discovered in Rocky Mountains
Judge halts Tejon Ranch Centennial Development
Willife Trader with SC connection arrested after deadly snakes sent to Florida
Saudi Arabia’s mission to save the Arabian Leopard
Greenland’s leftwing anti-mine party wins snap election
Environmental group sues US for leaving 10 species in ‘regulatory purgatory’
Condors to return to Pacific Northwest
Carbon labeling of food shifts people’s behavior – even among those actively trying to avoid information
Gray wolf detected in SLO County – the first sighting in 200 years
Destruction of world’s forests increased sharply in 2020
Rising Sika deer population linked to bovine tuberculosis infections
Bitcoin mining will soon pump out more carbon than Czech Republic
Government inaction prompts voluntary REDD+ carbon credit boom in Brazil
Threatened Sangai deer’s habitat likely to shrink due to climate change
Prince William says COVID vaccine rollout proves that humanity can take on climate change
New $30 million vegan factory to bring Oatly to Asia
Carbon emissions from England’s roads plan 100 times greater than government claims
Ghanian authorities investigate after 60 dead dolphins appear
Secretary Haaland creates new missing and murdered unit to pursue justice for missing or murdered American Indians
New Mexico Governor signs law banning traps, snares, and poisons
Maha forests on fire in Jan-Mar, heavy loss of wildlife habitat
Evidence of Antarctic glacier’s tipping point confirmed for first time
Urgent letter sent from IUCN species survival commission to Mexico requesting increased Vaquita efforts
Logging company moves into intact Gabon forest as village fights to save it
An icebreaker playing classical music saved 2,000 Beluga whales from certain death in 1985
Florida Panther cubs found dead
France to ban use of Wild Animals in circuses and marine parks
In Bolivian Andes, new protected area offers a breath of fresh air
Diamond battery powered by nuclear waste runs for 28,000 years
US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt
Biden proposes big investments in water
Interior Department to invest $1.6 billion for public land upkeep
New recovery plans will help save southeast’s critically imperiled salamanders
2 Hawaiian Monk Seals released to wild after 2 months at Ke Kai Ola
Mummified parrots reveal ‘sophisticated’ trade in ancient South American Desert
Deforestation rises in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park as cattle invade
Farmed fish suffer pain and stress
Loading soil with biochar allows farmers to cut way back on irrigation
Evidence of Antarctic’s glacier’s tipping point confirmed for first time
First report of horizontal gene transfer between plant and animal
Asteroid that killed the dinosaur created the Amazon Rain Forest
US fossil fuel companies took billions in tax breaks and then laid off thousands

Conservation News ~ 2 April 2021

4/2/2021

Canada’s carbon tax was ruled constitutional — but still faces backlash
Europe and US could reach 'peak meat’ in 2025 – report
Grizzly bears may be delisted as an endangered species
FWS proposes downlisting Hawaiian stilt from endangered to threatened
Adorable New Species Of Peacock Spider Named After "Finding Nemo"
New ermine species found on Southeast Alaska island
Endangered Hawaiian Stilt may be downlisted as population strengthens
New species of red algae seen in west, south east Indian coast
Endangered condors return to northern California skies after nearly a century
China commit to protecting more endangered species
African swine fever rips through parts of southern Indonesia
Battle at the bat box: Camera trap captures ocelot standoff in restored forest
Surge in seizures of giant clam shells has Philippine conservationists wary
Bolsonaro govt wanted to ‘run the cattle’ through environmental protections. It was a stampede
"Biden Administration Announces a Major Offshore Wind Plan"
"Biden Announces Environmental Justice Advisers"
"Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas"
"The Biden Administration Will Investigate Trump-Era Attacks On Science"
"Biden’s Lesson From Past Green Stimulus Failures: Go Even Bigger"
Reclaiming Abandoned Mines: Coal Country’s Toxic Legacy Offers Assets
"Experts Predict Bad Year For New Mexico Wildfires"
"Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia"
New Mexico Files Lawsuit To Block Holtec Nuclear Waste Facility
Fairy Creek Blockade: Inside The Fight For B.C.’S Last Ancient Forests
New endangered species: Eastern hellbenders of Missouri
Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar
New Species of Dancing Peacock Spider Discovered
Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure, Economy
"Auto Negotiations Test Biden’S Vow To Create A Climate-Friendly Future"
Lead Pipes: Biden Visit Highlights Pittsburgh Water Contamination Woes
"Global Rainforest Loss 'Relentless' In 2020, But SE Asia Offers Hope"
"Lawyers Clash Over $1B Hydropower Transmission Corridor"
"White House Environmental Justice Focus Casts EPA in Shadows"
"Wind Energy Is a Big Business in Indiana, Leading to Awkward Alliances"
"Vital To A Clean World, Scavengers Are Left To Plead For Vaccine"
The Lawyer Who Took On Chevron Marks His 600th Day Under House Arrest
"Google Maps To Start Directing Drivers To 'Eco-Friendly' Routes"
‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice
Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals
Logging company moves into intact Gabon forest as village fights to save it
Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’
New map shows where the 80% of species we don’t know about may be hiding
Only 6.5% of global forests are adequately protected, study finds
Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms
In Sumatra, a vulnerable, ‘mythical’ wild goat lives an unknown life
Global forest loss increases in 2020
Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar
Elusive giant burrowing frog in world-first captive breeding program at Melbourne zoo
Here’s how Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan addresses climate change
Juvenile male jaguar seen on camera just south of new border wall
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Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
The U.S. is finally looking to unlock the potential of wave energy
Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
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"Biden Takes Moonshot Approach to Replacing Lead Water Pipes"
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"Biden's $2T Infrastructure Plan Would Overhaul Grid"
Biden Aims To Make U.S. an EV Powerhouse. Congress May Not Be Plugged In
"On Tap In California: Another Drought Four Years After Last"
"The Battle To Protect One Of America’s Last Wild Landscapes"
In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning, Kelp Forests Are Losing
'Seaspiracy': Netflix Doc Accused Of Misrepresentation By Participants
The hearing of the Ganges river dolphin is unlike any other cetacean
Grizzly numbers have doubled in parts of Alberta Rockies since 2005
First Nations demand a say on climate change
BC Supreme Court grants injunction to remove Fairy Creek logging blockades
Average Westerner’s eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year
Biden wants to achieve 100 percent carbon0free electricity by 2035
East Africa deploys huge volumes of highly hazardous pesticides against locust plague
Japan’s cherry blossom earliest peak since 812
Mountain lion in Santa Monica Mountains study found dead, was likely killed by vehicle
Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
World’s rarest great ape is on the brink of extinction
Qatar’s dugong population reaches highest in 30 years
Colorado air pollution control managers ordered staff to falsify data and approve permits at all costs
New Mexico sues, argues interim nuclear storage facility could put environment, economy at risk
Youth climate activists are back with new, sharper demands for countries and corporations
California relocates mountain lions making a meal of endangered sheep
Galapagos tortoises – 185 babies seized from smugglers
Baby blue whale sighting an incredible first in Australian waters
UN Chief urges clear and credible plants to achieve net zero
White House announces environmental justice advisory council members
Scientists in Singapore have discovered how to talk to plants
Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years
Sharks critical to restoring damaged ecosystems
North American deserts are a biodiversity hotspot for butterflies
Functional consequences of global biodiversity loss guide future nature conservation