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Conservation News ~ 29 January 2021

1/29/2021

SD Zoo’s Gorilla troop is eating, drinking, interacting, and on their way to a full recovery from covid
"Biden's First 100 Days: What's Coming On Energy"
"Biden Signals 'New Direction' On Regulations"
Kerry Commits US To Climate Crisis Fight But Warns World Is Way Off Pace
As Biden Takes Office, A Whole New Era For Writing About Climate Change
"Biden Halts Oil And Gas Leases, Permits on US Land And Water"
"Sharon Block, Union Ally, Named to White House Regulatory Post"
"Biden Readies Second Batch Of Climate Orders For Next Week: Memo"
Southern Ocean Warming Faster Than Thought, Threatening Antarctic Ice
"Tracking Biden’s Environmental Actions"
"Why Are People Living Near Dutch Goat Farms Getting Sick?"
Oregon’s Crater, Waldo lakes designated ‘Outstanding Resource Waters’
Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years
Baby sharks emerge from egg cases earlier and weaker in oceans warmed by climate crisis
Wisconsin Republicans Demand DNR Resume Wolf Hunt Immediately
Indigenous groups blast Amazon state’s plan to legalize wildcat mining
Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ
No safe space for Philippines’ Indigenous youth as military allowed on campus
Signs, but no sightings: The phantom rhinos of Sumatra’s Bukit Barisan Selatan
Podcast: With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?
In ‘dire’ plea, Brazil’s Amazonas state appeals for global COVID assistance
Atomic bomb tests help scientists finally date sharks
Another extension for humpback whale habitat rule
"Ex-DOJ Official Called ‘Radioactive’ After Alleged Election Plot"
"Biden EPA Asks DOJ To Hit Pause On Defense Of Trump-Era Rules"
"Electric Vehicles Close To ‘Tipping Point’ Of Mass Adoption"
"Biden to Convene World Leaders to Talk Climate on Earth Day"
"DuPont, Chemours in $4 Billion ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cost Pact"
"Tracking Biden’s Environmental Actions"
"U.S. Rejoins Fight Against Climate Change At High Level Summit"
"Buttigieg’s Climate Promises: What Could He Actually Do?"
"Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like"
"Planting Crops — And Carbon, Too"
Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?
Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns
Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection
"Schumer Calls For Biden To Declare Climate Emergency"
Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land
"Biden Vows To Replace U.S. Government Fleet With Electric Vehicles"
"DOJ Watchdog Probes If Staff Tried to Alter Election Outcome"
"Earth Is Now Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons Of Ice Each Year"
"Climate Scientist Michael Mann: Deniers Are Shifting Tactics"
"Jair Bolsonaro Could Face Charges In The Hague Over Amazon Rainforest"
Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land From Black Owners
"U.S. To 'Make Good' On Climate Finance Pledges, Kerry Tells Leaders"
Officials Hail 'Encouraging' Number Of N Atlantic Right Whale Births
Endangered Siamese crocodile in rare sighting at Thai national park
Investment in Indigenous peoples’ knowledge can drive their economic growth (commentary)
Indonesia remembers ‘irreplaceable’ Gunawan Wiradi, gentle giant of the countryside
Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo
What does a great argus pheasant sound like? Candid Animal Cam listens to birds
Smallholder agriculture cuts into key Sumatran tiger habitat
"Biden To Place Environmental Justice At Center Of Sweeping Climate Plan"
"Dakota Access Pipeline Loses Appeal, Fueling Shutdown Fight"
Coal-State Manchin Takes on Key Chairmanship for Dems Climate Effort
"'Enormously Big Deal': Fed Creates Climate Committee"
"New U.S. Strategy Would Quickly Free Billions in Climate Funds"
"Judge: Commercial Filmmakers Don't Need Permits In National Parks"
"Who is Jeffrey Bossert Clark?"
Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Hit
Coal Communities Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power
"Monitoring the Weather at the Edge of the World"
The Plastic Waste Free Islands project 2020 update: key progress made over the last year
Resolutions promoted by IUCN members in the Mediterranean region
IUCN World Conservation Congress to be held from 3 to 11 September 2021 in Marseille
Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs
Energy spent avoiding humans linked to smaller home ranges for male pumas
Rare parrot is breeding in Tasmania in record numbers
Biden To 'Pause' Oil And Gas Leasing On Public Lands And Waters
Wind-Blown Dust Is Causing Greenland’s Ice to Melt Faster
Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo
Kruger rhino populations plummet – latest official stats
Kenya, Tanzania plan to conduct wildlife census
Biden's "30 by 30" order could close-off 30 percent of US ocean to fishing
Conservation Fund’s Green Bonds Pay Off: Eight Forests And 220,000 Acres
Earth Has Lost More Than 28 Trillion Tons of Ice Since 1994
White House Website Recognizes Climate Change Is Real Again
Brazil to end military-led program against Amazon logging deforestation
World's Smallest Chameleon Discovered And It’s "Surprisingly" Well-Endowed
Baby crocodiles from endangered species born at zoo in Peru
Biden signs 'existential' executive orders on climate and environment
New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease
A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico
"Biden, Emphasizing Job Creation, Signs Sweeping Climate Actions"
"Public Lands: Biden Debuts Bold Conservation Goal, Job Corps"
"Analysis: How Biden's Freeze On Drilling Leases Affects CO2"
"Biden Says He Will Ask Congress To Eliminate Subsidies For Fossil Fuels"
"Biden Bolsters DOJ Focus on Environmental Justice, Climate"
"President Biden’s 30% Conservation Commitment Is Good News for People, Too"
Kerry Promises US Climate Change Diplomacy Won’t Weaken China Policy
"How Biden’s Climate Ambitions Could Shift America’s Global Footprint"
Atmospheric River Stalls, Triggers Mudslides And Is Set To Hit L.A.
"Empty Seas: Oceanic Shark Populations Dropped 71% Since 1970"
Oceanic shark and ray populations have collapsed by 70 percent over 50 years
NEW ZEALAND GETS ITS FIRST VEGAN MILK FACTORY
Nigeria seizes pangolin scales bound for Vietnam
Lizard-like tuatara’s extra set of genes may help them tolerate cold
Snowy owl is spotted in Central Park for first time in 130 years
Kering and Conservation International launch the Regenerative Fund for Nature
More than 1700 acres of SLO county ranchland now protected as wildlife preserve
GM seeks to end making gas- and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035
Climate crisis – world is at its hottest for at least 12,000 years
Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil
Biden orders sweeping preview of government science integrity policies
Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6
Oil industry stunned by Biden's fast action on fossil-fuel finance and drilling on public lands
Senegal closes Bird Park after Mass Pelican deaths
In 2020, renewable energy beat fossil fuels across Europe
Sweden suspends mink fur farming to stop spread of covid
France contributes to protection of Amazon stronghold climate change is now a national Climate change is now a national security priority for the Pentagon
Biden signs executive order protecting 30% of lands and Oceans by 2030
Biden orders halt to oil and gas leasing on public lands
House push-to-pass indigenous peoples bill after controversial 2020 legislation
BC First Nation asks Court to order release of site C Dam safety
Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology
Three new species of extinct marsupials identified
Ultra rare whale washed up off Florida is a new species
Endangered plant species found in Honolulu FedEx package
6% of Earth's protected land is used to grow crops
Nigeria Customs intercepts huge haul of Pangolin scales and Ivory
3 rhinos killed in two separate incidents in Zimbabwe
Feds are investigating pritzker EPA for approving new scrap Shredder on Chicago's heavily polluted land
Air Pollution linked to higher risk of irreversible sight loss
Wolf immigration doesn't compensate for losses from hunting
SoCal Edison to pay 2.2 billion dollar settlement in deadly 2018 Woolsey fire
Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year
Markets punish mining companies a hundred million dollars when environmental activists are killed
Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source
Rediscovered volcano mouse survive the second most powerful eruption of the 20th century
North Carolina judge orders plan to release more captive-bred endangered Red Wolves into Wild
European Banks quit Ecuador's Amazonian oil trade
Humboldt Dunes designated national natural landmarks buy US Department of the interior
UN calls for Urgent shift to Planet friendly development
Solar panels capture more sunlight with capsaicin
Monitors head to the Border after order to Halt the wall
UN: human progress at stake in post covid choices
Porpoise population rebounds after California gillnet ban
New York City Pension funds begin historic fossil fuel divestment
Sumatran Rhino conservation inspires a thriving creative economy
China faces questions over flagrant trade in chimps and elephants
Tanzania cancel GMO trials again
Missouri officials remove peregrine falcon from endangered species list
Norway is now selling more electric cars than petrol vehicles
Autopsy of Estonian Zoo's Asiatic lion uncovers covid
Rhino shot by poachers makes remarkable recovery in Zimbabwe
UN treaty Banning nuclear weapons takes effect without the Us and other powers
Norway's equinor clinches New York offshore wind contract
We haven't seen a quarter of known bee species since the 1990s
Shortfin mako shark, warty sea cucumber protection sought in Mexico
Brazil's indigenous leaders sue bolsonaro for crimes against humanity
Punjabi University scientists find two new species of rare ant
Big us oil drillers have Federal permits to mute effect of any Biden band
West Coast has lost a quarter of its gray whale population since 2016
EPA Chief just pardoned lab rabbits from animal testing
Brazil elections boost environmental violators to high office in Amazon
A nine year olds UK plastic waste petition has got over 80,000 signatures in a week
Wisconsin natural resources board denies a motion to open State wolf hunting and trapping season by February 10th

Conservation News ~ 22 January 2021

1/22/2021

New Zealand eagle rays astonish aquarium with mystery births
‘Gas is over’, EU bank chief says
Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, of Parrish, Florida, was charged with conspiracy, trafficking and submitting false records
Honda had planned to electrify all its European models in 2025. But now they're going for 2022 instead.
Scientists are discovering new species in the ancient canopies of Canada’s tallest trees
Elon Musk pledges $100 million for carbon capture technology
Six Entrapped Manatees at Pine Island Conservation Area Rescued By Florida Fish and Wildlife
Scientists Just Discovered 3 New Kinds of Carnivorous Sponge in The Deep Ocean
UL Lafayette scientists discover new species of hermit crab in Gulf of Mexico
BLM approves highway across Washington County's Red Cliffs conservation area
"Biden Unveils $1.9T Plan To Stem Covid-19 And Steady Economy"
"Nine Michigan Leaders Face Charges in Water Crisis That Roiled Flint"
"Toyota to Pay a Record Fine for a Decade of Clean Air Act Violations"
"Climate: Federal Regulator Nixes Bank Fossil Fuel Pledges"
"Countries Adapting Too Slowly To Climate Breakdown, UN Warns"
After Winning Most ANWR Bids, Alaska Agency Prepares To Assume Oil Leases
"Biden Swells The Ranks Of His White House Climate Team"
"Groups Sue Federal EPA To Rescind Florida Wetlands Authority"
Emails Show DOI Ethics Staff Raised Concerns On Oct. Video Promoting Trump
"Groups Ask Court To Restore Protections For US Gray Wolves"
New orchid species from Guiana Highlands named by Indigenous group
Brazil elections boost environmental violators to high office in Amazon
Humanity’s ‘ecological Ponzi scheme’ sets up bleak future, scientists warn
Rare beaked whale sighting could be a world first for the species
Arrests in Minnesota After Water Protectors Chain Themselves Inside Pipe Section to Halt Line 3 Construction
Dave Bautista Places $20,000 Bounty on Individuals Who Defaced Manatee
4 Major Asian Nations Cancel 80% of Planned Coal Power Projects After Fossil Fuel Market Crashes in 2020
Costa Rica pledges to eliminate all single-use plastics and fossil fuels by 2021
Axis Capital Rules Out Insuring Arctic Oil and Gas Projects
Indigenous agroforestry revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest
"Democrats Eye Action On Range Of Climate Bills"
Senate Majority Offers Biden New Paths On Trump Environmental Rollbacks
"A Thin Green Line with Global Impact"
Los Angeles Lifts Air-Quality Limits For Cremations As Covid Deaths Double
"Groups Sue EPA Over 'Backwards' Lead Rule"
12 States, Green Groups Sue EPA Over Airline Standards They Deem Weak
"Montana’s National Bison Range Transferred To Tribes"
"Analysis: Mississippi Pump Fight Unresolved As Trump Departs"
"Trump Admin Proposes 11th-Hour Plan To Strip Calif. Desert Protections
"Thai Caves Attract Millions of Bats — and Now Scientists Too"
"Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback"
"Gina McCarthy Outlines Biden's First Climate Actions"
Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline in Inauguration Day Executive Order
High Court Hears Arguments on Climate Change: State or Fed Jurisdiction?
"Biden To Order Agencies To Revisit Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Standards"
Manchin Talks Inauguration, Impeachment, New Leverage In Congress
Biden ‘Inheriting A Disaster’ As Virus Continues To Grip Nation
"EPA’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule Taken to Court by States, Cities"
China's 2020 Coal Output Highest Since 2015, Undermining Climate Pledges
Calls To Protect Alabama's Unique 60,000-Year-Old Underwater Forest
"Biden, in a Burst of Climate Orders, Rejoins the Paris Agreement"
"Keystone Rejection Tests Trudeau’s Balancing Act on Climate and Energy"
US, Canada Underestimating Climate Risk From Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells
Bernhardt Rescinds Wilderness Protection Order Before Leaving Office
"Senate Power-Sharing Talks Hits Filibuster Snag"
"Grim Prospects for Drilling on Arctic Leases Despite Trump Push"
15 States Sue EPA Over Decision Not To Tighten Pollution Standard For Smog
"Path to Biden’s Green Buying Pledge Runs Through Obama Policies"
"Northwest’s Salmon Population May Be Running Out of Time"
"Electric Car Batteries With Five-Minute Charging Times Produced"
‘Spectacular’ orange-furred bat described from West African mountain
Fears for rosewood as Guinea-Bissau prepares to lift six-year logging ban
Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil
Nigeria emerges as Africa’s primary export hub for ivory, pangolin scales
Well, hello there: Glass frogs ‘wave’ to communicate near noisy waterfalls
Biden to review changes to national monuments
Astronomers estimate Titan’s largest sea is 1,000-feet deep
Prince of Wales trappers report 68 wolves taken in 2020
Spitting cobras may have evolved unique venom to defend from ancient humans
Biden blocks drilling in ANWR
New Mexico zoo sends endangered wolf pack to Mexico
Indigenous agroforesty revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest
New species of ancient caiman unearthed in Texas
California leads charge against parting gut of endangered species act
Dead whale, one of Mediterranean’s largest, found off Italy
IUCN releases best practices guidelines for cultural and spiritual significance of nature
Pandemic drastically cut emissions from cars but was completely cut out but sales of SUVs
Germany approves draft law to end mass culling of male chicks
Trillions of brood 10 cicadas to emerge in US after 17 years underground
Jaguars prowl Argentina’s Ibera Wetlands after 70 years
Pet trade relies on disposable wild chameleons from Madagascar
Biden blocks Keystone XL pipeline
China’s 2020 coal output rises to highest since 2015, undermining climate pledges
Indonesia hit by possibly worst floods in 50 years
Covid is threatening Africa’s gorilla trekking industry – but responsible tourism could be the cure
Bill to outlaw traps, snares, and wildlife poisons introduced in New Mexico Senate
Scientists dropped dead alligators onto the seafloor, and discovered a new bone-eating creature
Tiger skin seized, 3 poachers held in Indore
Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
Earth’s oceans are storing record-breaking amounts of heat
Remembrance Forests in Brazil: 200,000 trees for 200,000 COVID victims
On last full day in office, Trump grants Arctic drilling leases
Elephants look tiny from space, but scientists figured outhow to count them
Supreme court considers Baltimore suit against oil companies
Researchers may have heard the’ humming sound’ of the universe for the first time ever
Two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas – now there are five
New orchid species identified in Madagascar
Two shark species sighted for the first time in the Galapagos
Hawaii’s military bases dumped 630,000 pounds of toxic nitrate into the ocean
Newly-discovered Hawaiian flower is so rare, there is only one plant of its species
Marine debris a threat to corals in the Gulf of Mannar
Conservation biologist murdered in Colombia saved two species
Nashville Zoo mourns loss of newborn giraffe
Astronomers discover rare, 10 billion year old ‘super-earth’ outside of our solar system
Nature Conservancy of Canada asks visitors to respect nature reserves
Monitoring tropical deforestation is now free and easy
Trump administration proposed 11th hour plan to strip California desert protections
Protestors hold back military takeover of Balkans largest mountain pasture
Additional mink test positive for COVID
NGOs demand action not promises as EU accused of ‘failing to protect seas’
Rare whales spotted off coast of Virginia
World’s oceans continue to warm, despite reduced carbon emissions
How companies wrongly placed climate change on the public
Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring
Birds’ genetic secrets revealed in global DNA study
Patches of Amazon untouched by humans still feel impact of climate change
Satellites are being used to help save the world’s coral reefs
Wind power overtakes coal in Texas electricity generation
Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders
New orchid species from Guiana Highlands named by indigenous group
New antimicrobial streptomyces species discovered in ancient Irish soil
Lawsuit launched to finalize Endangered Species Act protection for Sierra Nevada Red Fox
The European bison is no longer a vulnerable species
1 in 100 camels die after foraging on plastics mistaken for food
Boris Johnson blames onset of coronavirus pandemic on ‘demented’ Chinese medicine
China removes pangolin scales from traditional medicine list
Indigenous Cacataibo of Peru threatened by land grabbing and drug trade
New mangrove mapping tool puts conservation in reach of coastal communities
Glass frogs living near roaring waterfalls wave hello to attract mates
Salish Sea Killer Whales have surprising new way of hunting
Large mammals make soil more fertile in tropical forests
US military sonar linked to whale beachings in Pacific
Boris Johnson vows to take a stand against Japanese whale killing
2020 was hottest year on record on narrow margin
Manatees had a terrible 2020; rainfall and floodgates are partly to blame
California-sized area of forest lost in just 14 years
Yellowstone’s rarest animal caught on trail camera for first time
The Center of Biological Diversity is now a proud member of IUCN
Researchers trace geologic origins of Gulf of Mexico’s ‘super basin’ success
Eastern snapping turtle use culverts to hunt migratory herring
Electric eels work together to zap prey
Abrupt but smaller than expected changes in surface air quality attributes to COVID lockdowns
Massive new dinosaur might be the largest creature to ever roam Earth

Conservation News ~ 15 January 2021

1/15/2021

‘There is no vaccine for climate change,’ U.N. environment chief says
Deforestation spurred by road project creeps closer to Sumatra wildlife haven
Sumatran rhino conservation inspires a thriving creative economy
Group to sue interior secretary for delaying protection of spotted owl, other species
Cocaine production driving deforestation into Colombian national park
63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020: Fisheries Department
"Will Senate Wins Unlock Biden's 100% Clean Energy Agenda?"
"Second-Warmest Year on Record Cost the World $210 Billion"
Multiple Tribes Protest Drilling Of 5,000 Oil And Gas Wells In Wyoming
"Inside Clean Energy: The Energy Storage Boom Has Arrived"
"Garland Would Bring Rare Environmental Chops as Attorney General"
"Cutting Concrete’s Carbon Footprint"
Radar Technology That Could Revolutionize Hurricane Forecasts Unfunded
Want To Save B.C. Salmon? Bring Back Indigenous Fishing Systems: Study
"EPA Chief To Visit Costa Rica As Administration Winds Down"
Namibia sees steady downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching
Researchers develop new system for measuring ship-generated underwater noise
WWF outlines drone guidelines for conservation
$95 Billion Damages: US Saw Record Year For Climate-Driven Catastrophes
"2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Yet, European Analysis Shows"
‘Red Flag’: How An Ethanol Plant Is Dangerously Polluting A US Village
"Exxon Mobil Is Twisting Itself in Knots to Justify Pumping Even More Oil"
"Trump Moves To Loosen Mining Regulations, Approve Projects As He Exits"
"Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth"
Climate Hitting Colorado River 'Incredibly Fast And Incredibly Hard'
"Oil Companies Stockpile Drilling Permits, Challenging Biden On Climate"
"Trump Environmental Record Marked by Big Losses, Undecided Cases"
Prince Charles Urges Businesses To Sign Pledge To Put Planet First
Six rangers killed in deadly militia attack in DRC’s Virunga National Park
Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges
Award-winning Thai community continues the fight to save its wetland forest
The gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
"50 Countries Vow To Protect 30% Of Land And Sea By 2030"
"Dirty Air And Lost Pregnancies In South Asia"
"Interior: Bernhardt OKs Contentious BLM Law Enforcement Reforms"
"Top Senator Warns Banks: 'Account For Climate'"
"Here's What Might Be In Biden's First Climate Order"
"Insect Populations Suffering Death By 1,000 Cuts, Say Scientists"
Texas Eye Tougher Rules On Chemical Tanks To Prevent Explosions, Spills
"What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020"
"A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia"
Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ On A Manatee. Feds, Florida Are Investigating
"Michigan Plans To Charge Ex-Gov. Snyder In Flint Water Probe"
"Apache Group Sues Over Land Swap For Arizona Copper Mine"
"Deflect And Obstruct: How Interior Ducked House Oversight"
"A Late Burst of Climate Denial Extends the Era of Trump Disinformation"
"Sage Grouse Review Done, But Scant Time For Trump’s Changes"
"Great Lakes: Enbridge To Defy Mich. Order To Halt Pipeline Flow"
"Climate: Trump EPA Aims To Tie Biden's Hands With Rulemaking Surprise"
Climate Scientists, Mothers, Urge Americans To Act
Trump Admin Slashes Critical Habitat For Northern Spotted Owl
"17 States Sue EPA For Declining To Tighten Air Pollution Standards"
How Trump Admin’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council
"Climate Crisis: Record Ocean Heat In 2020 Supercharged Extreme Weather"
Coalition Calls On Biden To Impose National Moratorium On Water Shutoffs
Wildfire Smoke Causes Up To Half Fine-Particle Pollution in Western U.S.
Fossil-Friendly Manchin To Head Senate Energy Panel As Dems Face Climate
"Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill"
"Lyme Disease Much More Common Than Previously Thought, Study Shows"
"Lawsuit Seeks More Protection For Endangered Right Whales"
Europe’s largest bank suspected of greenwashing
Tanzania to auction 30 ‘tourist hunting blocks in game reserves
Humpback whale latest victim of Taiji fisheries
LA County releases LA River restoration plan
Scientists have identified the 100 largest companies extracting the majority of their revenues from the world’s oceans
Defenders, Guardians and other organizations challenge nationwide wolf delisting
Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur to be India’s first cheetah sanctuary
Forest Defenders – a Panamanian tribe regains control of its lands
Climate deniers shift tactics to inactivism
World’s oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia
Wildlife photographer promotes lion conservation with stunning portraits
Eugene conservation group objects to plans for post-fire savage logging
Scientists discover new ‘spectacular’ bat from West Africa
CSULB President issues statement saying no building on Puvungna Land
Nez Perce Tribe reclaims 148 acres of ancestral land in Eastern Oregon
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20-to 30 years
Swedish postage stamp celebrates work of Greta Thunberg
Most Europeans plant ot curb flying, eat less meat for climate, EU polls says
Saudi Arabia is building a zero-carbon city in a 100-mile straight line
Renewables produce more power than fossil fuels in Germany for first time
New species of bark beetle is a master of disguise
A new species of fruit fly named after Siruvani
A single cat wiped out an entire colony of fairy terns
Sharks born prematurely, weaker in warmer ocean temperatures
World’s tallest trees bigger than thought
Cherokee Nation establishes first hunting, fishing reserves
Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov Rick Snyder in Flint water scandal
Evidence of huntsman spider creating leaf trap for a frog found in Madagascar
Environmental groups sue in bid to block EPA ‘secret science’ rule
Guardians of Congo’s gorillas unbowed as ambushed colleague is buried
Invasive brown tree snakes stun scientists with amazing new climbing tactic
UK pledges $4billion to nature and biodiversity protection
White House auctions Arctic refuge to oil drillers in last stroke against US wilderness
Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts
3 neon-green fluorescent geckos species discovered
Prince Charles asks companies to join Earth charter
Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
More than 50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth’s land and oceans
US consumes more green energy than coal for first time since 1885
Feds launch new assault on endangered species, public lands
UN chief calls for urgent transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Global heating could stabilize if countries go net-zero emissions
A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaii’s living coral reefs
Scientists discover hundreds of deep-ocean reefs
Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals
Paris agrees to turn Champs-Elysees into ‘extraordinary garden
As Enbridge to build line 3 Pipeline, resistance ramps up in the courts and on the ground
For the first time, Starbucks takes on zero-waste construction
Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthy
Adidas new vegan leather shoes will be made from fungi
Six rangers killed in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
New wild mushroom named after Pauri in U’khand
Elusive Catalina Island Shrew, feared extinct, spotted for 1st time in years
First Philippine eagle bred in captivity dies
Evidence of water movement found in meteorites that only recently fell to Earth
Jungle cat observed for first time in northwestern Iran
The platypus is now a threatened species in the Victoria, Australia
Biden picks Mr. Monsanto Tom Vilsack to head the USDA
Nearly 600 manatees died in Florida waters in 2020
The US just got a new national park – and it’s a rock climbing and whitewater rafting paradise
Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England
Pesticide believed to kill bees in authorized for use in England
Cameroon says elephants killed 10, leaving many homeless and hungry
Indistrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
Young killer whale rescued after stranding on Scottish beach
New species, devil-eyed frog, and Satyr butterfly not seen for a century found in forests 30 years
New species of recluse spider named for Leonard Cohen
France plans mass duck slaughter as bird flu hits foie gras
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many predictions
CO2 levels this year 50 percent higher than 19th century
India’s leopard populations increases by 60% in 4 years
Emmanuel Macron announces the One Planet summit biodiversity
IUCN Green List hels Huangshan Scenic Area in integrated management of three UNESCO designations
843 nominations received from across 43 countries for the new International Ranger awards
UK overseas territory of Tristan da Cunha becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for wildlife
Quebec meets UN convention’s terrestrial protected area target of 17%
Egypt’s Wadi El-Hitan nature reserve praised for good practice by IUCN

Conservation News ~ 8 January 2021

1/8/2021

Historical data point to imminent extinction of Tapanuli orangutan
Platypus disappear from five locations around south-east Queensland
New bee species found in the Great Smokies
Lawsuit launched to protect eight Florida plants threatened by sea-level rise, development
Gray Wolves delisted, remain protected by state in Oregon
Monk Seal killings on Kauai highlight human threat to endangered species
Nearly a century after being extirpated, blue whales are moving back to South Georgia Island
Australian wildlife 20 times more likely to encounter deadly feral cats than native predators
Alberta to allow new coal strip mines that could kill four blue-ribbon trout rivers
Rescuing orangutans doesn’t work for apes or forests
New genus of tiny iridescent snake from Philippines found in collection
Grey wolves off the endangered species list
Severe climate-driven loss of native molluscs reported off Israel’s coast
Uninhabited Aldabara coral atoll filled with plastic from humans
Finger pointed at poachers after rare lynx killed in France
In parting gift, EPA finalizes rules to limit its use of science
Manas National Park doubling its tiger population since 2010
Discovery of endangered female turtle provides hope for extremely rare species
Nigeria superhighway project through the rainforest stopped
Indonesia renews peat restoration bid to include mangroves
1 million species are at risk of extinction, new UN report says
Bali’s beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season
South African game reserves forced to cull animals as COVID halts tourism
China jails ivory smuggling ringleaders for life in landmark case
Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in conflict palm oil
White House vetoes bipartisan bill to protect marine life from cruel driftnets
World’s oldest python found in Messel Pit
Kentucky adds its 1st new nature preserve in a decade
Researchers learn new tricks to save endangered Big Sandy crayfish
GCF researchers recently spotted two dwarf giraffe in Namibia and Uganda
New Zealand is seeking to go predator free by 2050 – an audacious effort to save its unique wildlife
Many scientists now say global warming could stop relatively quickly after emissions go to zero
Un makes progress on greening the blue
Masks add up to 6,240 metric tons of plastic pollution to oceans in 2020
Bald Eagles removed from Indiana endangered species list
Centralia coal-burning plant shutter unit nine years after Washington law passes to cut emissions
Life discovered in Deep ocean sediments at temperatures above water’s boiling point
Pal Alto-based institute supports team’s daunting task of mapping world’s ocean floor
Groups can’t challenge endangered species plans
Two white rhinos killed and dehorned at Limpopo game reserve
State approves Ballona Wetlands restoration plan that divides environmentalists
2020 was a breakthrough year for climate tech
Wild and captive jaguars mate in Argentina to save species
New glass domed trains offer breathtaking views from Colorado Rockies to Utah's Red Rocks
Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050
Fears grow for whale’s life as footage reveals animal trying to break free
A Chilean archipelago rivaling the Galapagos fends off invasive species
Exotic animal cafes featuring otters, lizards, and owls raise alarms
Bush meat now on sale legally in Tanzania
Study shows roadless forests are key to protecting national parks, drinking water, and more
Aveda removes beeswax and goes fully vegan
Collision at sea as Sea Shepherd vessels attacked in Mexico’s Vaquite refuge
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Firefly, Bees, Poppy Under Endangered Species Act
Vietnam jails man for smuggling 29 kg of rhino horns
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano eruption creates 600ft deep lava lake
For Latam’s environmental defenders, Escazú Agreement is a voice and a shield
Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan
Canopy beetles and flowering trees rely on each other in the Amazon, study
"White House Vetoes Bipartisan Driftnet Fishing Bill"
White House Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail Top U.S.Climate Report
"Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water"
"DuPont Loses Bid for Mistrial After $50 Million PFAS Verdict"
Dems Push Regulator To Scrap Rule Forcing Banks To Serve Oil, Gun Firms
"Mexico Farm Lobby Blasts Ban on GMO Corn; Organic Growers Welcome It"
Sea Level Rise Reduces Some Norfolk Stormwater System Capacity By 50%
"Oil, Fuel Leaks Increase As Shipwreck Cutting Progresses"
"Trees As A Civil Right: 'All We Have Is Cement And Pavement'"
"EPA Finalizes Rule To Limit Science Behind Public Health Safeguards"
"117th Congress Opens To New Energy, Environment Fights"
"Chemicals: EPA Finds Possible Carcinogen Poses No Harm To Public"
Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
"White House To Approve Land Swap For Rio Tinto's Resolution Copper Project"
"Biden Set To Supercharge Clean Energy Push With $40B Stash"
"Rainforests: 11 Things To Watch In 2021"
"Four U.S. Water Stories to Watch in 2021"
Interior Finalizes Plan To Open 80 Percent of NPR-A To Drilling"
"Homeless In Seattle Get Help From City Waste Pumper"
"U.S. Judge Denies Effort To Stop Drilling Auction In Arctic Refuge"
Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035
"Michigan Judge Nullifies Crucial Permit For Mining Project"
"Mexican Fisherman 'Dies After Attack On Sea Shepherd Conservationists'"
"Grasslands May Soon Produce More Greenhouse Gases Than They Sequester"
"Harnessing Rice Fields to Resurrect California’s Endangered Salmon"
"Electric Vehicles: 4 Ways 2021 Could Be The Year Of The EV"
"White House, in Parting Gift to Industry, Reverses Bird Protections"
Feral Cats 20 Times More Deadly To Australian Wildlife Than Native Predators
"Sale of Drilling Leases in Arctic Refuge Fails to Yield a Windfall"
"Early Biden Climate Test: Groups Demand Tougher Rules on Building"
"For First Time In 5 Years, US Gas Mileage Down, Emissions Up"
"Exxon Discloses Full Scope of Fuel Emissions for First Time"
"A New Study on Regenerative Grazing Complicates Climate Optimism"
FirstEnergy Faces Another Audit As Advocates Press For Investigations
"Two Florida Panthers Dead In First Week Of 2021"

New Species and People ~ December 2020

1/4/2021

New Species

a begonia
a snail
new primate in Myanmar
a gecko
burrowing frog
iridescent snake
Sea Shepherd discover new whale species in Mexico
a frog
a bat
dancing springtails
20 species found in Bolivian Andes
a mouse lemur
NC Sandhill Salamander
UWA botanist names, describes new ginger species
funguses
a snake
a tree hyrax
potato orchid
a bee
another bee
a tree-spider crab

People

Another indigenous elder lost to COVID in the Amazon
Georgina Mace, who shaped list of endangered species, dies at 67
Paul Sein Twa, co-founder of KESAN and Salween Peace Park in Myanmar, receives Goldman Environmental Prize
Dr. Drew Lanham named Center for Biological Diversity’s 2020 EO Wilson Biodiversity award recipient
Biden to pick Brenda Mallory to run White House environment office
Biden to pick North Carolina’s Michael Regan to lead EPA
Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone is on a mission to plant a million trees in two years
Biden selects Deb Haaland as Interior secretary
UN honours Young Champions of the Earth

Conservation News ~ 1 January 2021

1/1/2021

EPA Sets 1st-Ever Airplane Emission Rules; Critics Call Them Ineffective
"Covid Relief Bill Opens Rush for Renewables on Federal Land"
Colorado River Tribes Seek OK From Congress To Market Water In Arizona
"In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise"
In Madagascar’s South, Drought Pushes 1 Million Plus To Brink Of Famine
"Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland Meets With Tribal Leaders"
Storm Bella Helps Great Britain Set New Record For Wind Power Generation
California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau, Now a Trendsetter
How BC’s Salmon Farmers Fell Behind The Curve Of Sustainable Aquaculture
Air Pollution Is Fertilizing Invasive Grasses In Our Hills, Making Wildfires Worse
Atlantic discovery: 12 new species 'hiding in the deep'
New UN Rules To Tackle Plastic Waste Dumped On Poorer Countries
"Line 3 Opponents File Federal Suit To Try To Block The Pipeline"
"Exxon Knows Its Carbon Future And Keeps the Data From View"
Greens Sue Over Trump Rule Exempting Quick Dishwashers From Efficiency Stds
"Indigenous Environmental Defender Killed In Latest Honduras Attack"
"Stimulus Law Program to Scrub Carbon From Air Draws Skeptics"
White House Rule Allows LNG Rail Transport In Dense Areas
"As Reservoirs Run Low, Mexico City Seeks Durable Fix For Water Woes"
"Politico Purchases E&E News"
Joy after first pangolin born in KZN wild in over 40 years
Sale of Arctic Leases Draws an Unusual Taker. It May Be the Only One.
Whitmer Signs Bills Funding $641 Million Settlement In Flint Water Cases
Warnock Brings a History of Black Faith Leaders’ Environmental Activism
Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters: Costs in Lives and Dollars at New High
"Biden to Block Still-Pending Trump Administration Regulations"
New River Gorge: Covid-19 Relief Bill Creates A New National Park
"New York’s Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings"
"Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing"
Industrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
Colombia’s sustainable forestry drive boosts biodiversity and business
White House finalizes rule narrowing habitat protected by Endangered Species Act
Polysaccharides from red algae affect the immune system
Platypuses increasingly threatened
Gonzales native discovers new species of snake native to the Philippines
Two new species of ginger found from northeast India
Indigenous environmental defender killed in latest Honduras attack
Center for Biological Diversity files intent to sue over cadmium and the endangered species act
Green Recovery from COVID can slow climate change
Nano diamond batteries could last thousands of years
The Blackfeet Nation just won a decades-long fight to protect their sacred lands
Discovery supports a surprising new view of how life on earth originated
Project will double the size of island in US wildlife refuge
Increase in invasive European green crabs Oregon’s Coos Bay estuary
EU bans plastic waste from being shipped to developing countries
Massachusetts city to post climate change warning stickers at gas stations
Trophy hunters killed one animal every three minutes in last decade
Earth is moving through radioactive debris of exploded stars
Hawaii reboots depression-era Conservation Corps using Pandemic Assistance funds
Researchers find a way to pull carbon out of the air and turn it into jet fuel
Mauritius oil spill caused by crew chasing mobile phone signals
After decades of activism, the Navajo coal plant has been demolished
Snakehead species named after local discoverer
Scientists find new 100-million-year-old flower species inside a piece of amber in Myanmar
Mass die-off of birds in south-western US caused by starvation
New tardigrade species withstands lethal UV radiation thanks to fluorescent shield
Australian transport emissions back to pre-pandemic levels
In Long Beach, California – Colorado Lagoon tidal channel creation begins
Oysters return to Belfast Lough after more than 100 years
New species of turtle discovered
Declining sea levels in the Caspian Sea will lead to genuine ecocide
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins harvests radishes grown in space