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Conservation Jobs ~ January 25 2019

1/25/2019

Oregon- Marbled Murrelet Surveyors: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/marbled-murrelet-surveyors-crew-leads-oregon/
Idaho- Wildlife Tech: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/wildlife-technician-idaho/
Montana – Summer Bee and Bird Tech: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/field-technicians-for-summer-2019-bee-and-bird-habitat-study-montana/
Colorado- Summer Backcountry Interp Guide: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/backcountry-interpretive-guide-colorado/
Western US, WildEarth Guardians- Wildlife Director, Rewilding Advocate: http://jobs.orionmagazine.org/job/three-job-openings-major-gifts-officer-wildlife-locations-are-flexible-wildearth-guardians-f213b46770/?d=1&source=site_home
Yosemite- Env Science Educator: http://jobs.orionmagazine.org/job/environmental-science-educator-yosemite-ca-also-naturebridge-b5b947930a/?d=1&source=site_home
Hawaii, Trust for Public Lands- Project Manager: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/project-manager-trust-public-land
California- Manager of Land-People Connections: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/manager-land-people-connections-solano-land-trust
Colorado, Trust for Public Lands- Project Manager: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/project-manager-colorado-and-southwest-trust-public-land
DC, Land Trust Alliance – Land Transactions Program Manager: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/land-transactions-program-manager
Colorado – Stewardship Specialist: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/stewardship-specialist-colorado-open-lands
Georgia, TNC – Forest Project Manager: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/forest-project-manager-nature-conservancy
Madagascar - Conservation Research Coordinator: https://www.conservation-careers.com/job/conservation-research-coordinator-madagascar/
Antarctica – Marine Biologist: https://www.conservation-careers.com/job/marine-biologist-antarctica-2/
IUCN – Indigenous People and Conservation: https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/3921
Plus, a ton more at https://www.conservationjobboard.com/ but they changed their site and I can’t share their jobs…

Conservation News ~ January 25 2019

1/24/2019

Plans for controversial Icefields Parkway bike pathway scrapped: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-alberta-banff-jasper-icefields-parkway-bike-trail-1.4989964
Celebrities call on Japan to scrap resumption of whaling: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/24/celebrities-call-on-japan-to-scrap-resumption-of-whaling
White House closes public access to climate data website: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/426637-trump-administration-closes-climate-data-webpage-under-shutdown
Hunter dad and son jailed for slaughtering hibernating mother bear and her cubs: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/hunter-dad-jailed-slaughtering-hibernating-13899919
Pentagon fears confirmed: Climate change leads to more wars and refugees: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/pentagon-fears-confirmed-climate-change-leads-to-war-refugees
Canada just dropped dairy from its 2019 nutrition guide: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46964549
Patagonia doubles down on sustainability: https://www.retaildive.com/news/patagonia-doubles-down-on-sustainability/546144/
Shocking pictures show dead horses at dried-up waterhole in central Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/23/shocking-pictures-show-dead-horses-at-dried-up-waterhole-in-central-australia
Coal ash is contaminating groundwater in at least 22 states: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16012019/coal-ash-groundwater-contamination-map-arsenic-power-plant-utility-reports
Greenpeace slams decision to dump Fukushima water into ocean: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2183175/greenpeace-slams-japans-plan-dump-radioactive-fukushima-water
New species of leaf-mimicking lizard could already be victim of pet trade: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-species-of-leaf-mimicking-lizard-could-already-be-victim-of-pet-trade/
Netherlands: five new islands created to preserve biodiversity: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-species-of-leaf-mimicking-lizard-could-already-be-victim-of-pet-trade/
Two more BC mountain caribou herds now locally extinct: https://thenarwhal.ca/a-sad-day-two-more-b-c-mountain-caribou-herds-now-locally-extinct/
Fishing trawler with dead sharks seized in Odisha: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/fishing-trawler-with-dead-sharks-seized-in-odisha-62927
New electric pickup truck faces an uphill climb to get Americans on board: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/22/685852007/new-electric-pickup-truck-faces-an-uphill-climb-to-get-americans-on-board
Americans’ climate change concerns surge to record levels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/22/climate-change-concern-americans-poll
National Parks could take years to recover from the government shutdown: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/national-parks-could-take-years-to-recover-from-the-government-shutdown/
Poacher punches wild tiger as it lies covered in blood in sick trophy snap: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8251298/poacher-punches-tiger-thailand/
3 newborn endangered Right Whales seen after year with no births: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/science/right-whales-calves-endangered-species.html
Velvet Spider named after Lou Reed found in Europe for the first time: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/january/velvet-spider-named-after-lou-reed-found-in-europe-for-the-first.html
Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered in New Zealand: https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/giant-extinct-burrowing-bat-discovered-new-zealand
White House quietly issues executive order during shutdown to increase logging and deforestation: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-logging-executive-order-forest-management-us-government-shutdown-a8728206.html
China plans punishment for officials who miss pollution goals: https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-pollution-punishment-missing-goals
Tanzania creates new reserve to protect rare Colobus monkeys and trees: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/tanzania-creates-new-reserve-to-protect-rare-colobus-monkeys-and-trees/
Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/solomon-islands-province-bans-logging-in-bid-to-protect-environment/
Hermit Crabs evolved longer penises to keep their shells from being stolen: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/hermit-crabs-evolved-longer-penises-to-keep-their-shells-from-being-stolen/
Facial recognition for chimps searches the internet for stolen baby apes: https://www.fastcompany.com/90292089/facial-recognition-for-chimps-searches-the-internet-for-stolen-baby-apes
Guyana seeks approval to sell tropical wood to the EU: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/guyana-signs-on-to-forest-management-agreement-with-the-eu/
California town sets up ‘goat fund me’ page to finance four-legged firefighters: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/20/california-town-goat-fund-me-page-wildfire
Asiatic black bear cubs rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/asiatic-black-bear-cubs-rescued-from-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-vietnam/
Bolsonaro acts; Brazil’s socio-environmental groups resist: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/bolsonaro-acts-brazils-socioenvironmental-groups-resist/
Nest of rare bird discovered for the first time in over 100 years: https://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/5853185/nest-of-rare-bird-discovered-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years/
Ice-age antelope poachers kill rangers: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46925699
New space lasers offer best 3d look at global forests yet: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-space-lasers-offer-best-3d-look-at-global-forests-yet/
California Commission finds PG&E falsified records for years: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/us/pge-falsifying-records/index.html
BC Premier Horgan announces policy reforms to rebuild coastal forest sector: https://theprovince.com/business/local-business/john-horgan-announces-policy-reforms-to-rebuild-coastal-forest-sector/wcm/15bc4a49-7085-440b-9a1a-44ad97b5ea8c
All coal-fired power plants in Texas found leaking toxins into groundwater: https://www.ecowatch.com/coal-ash-groundwater-texas-2626375241.html
Leopard skin smuggler arrested: https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=9223
Conservationists host red wolf listening session: https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/2019/01/16/conservationists-host-red-wolf-listening-session/
Illegal fishing hotspots uncovered by tracking fuel tankers: http://theterramarproject.org/daily-catch/illegal-fishing-hotspots-uncovered-by-tracking-fuel-tankers/
Lidl Ireland commits to 100% sustainably sourced fish by end of 2019: http://theterramarproject.org/daily-catch/illegal-fishing-hotspots-uncovered-by-tracking-fuel-tankers/
Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/desalination-pours-more-toxic-brine-ocean-previously-thought
Ford is planning an all-electric F-150 pickup: https://futurism.com/ford-all-electric-f-150-pickup-truck-hybrid
Gangetic dolphins in the Indian Sundarbans struggle with swelling salinity: https://india.mongabay.com/2019/01/17/gangetic-dolphins-in-the-indian-sundarbans-struggle-with-swelling-salinity/
Biologists discovered deep-sea fish living where there is virtually no oxygen: https://www.geek.com/news/biologists-using-underwater-robot-discover-deep-sea-fish-living-where-there-is-virtually-no-oxygen-1771065/
A record 589 sea turtles killed by Florida’s toxic red tide: https://www.ecowatch.com/red-tide-florida-2626179993.html
Court date set for challenge to shark culling in Great Barrier Reef: https://hsi.org.au/newsroom/court-date-set-for-challenge-to-shark-culling-in-great-barrier-reef

Conservation News ~ January 18 2019

1/18/2019

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

Conservation News ~ January 11 2019

1/11/2019

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

Conservation News ~ January 4 2019

1/4/2019

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