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Conservation News ~ 28 January 2022

1/28/2022

Déjà vu for Indigenous villagers in Brazil as floods leave them homeless again
Amazon to Alps: Swiss gold imports from Brazil tread a legal minefield
As climate change melts Antarctic ice, gentoo penguins venture further south
Bleached reefs still support nutritious fish, study finds
'Plantations meet ecological functions of natural forests': Bhupender Yadav
Seven new species of 'jumping spiders' found
Two species of fungi associated with basal stem rot found
EPA Announces New Endangered Species Act Protection Policy for New Conventional Pesticides
Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays
"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured"
"US, Colorado Reach Proposed Settlement In 2015 Mine Spill"
"NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership"
"In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water"
"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil"
"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil"
'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems
Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at U.S. Dollar Stores
"Saving The Manatees — Rescue By Rescue, Rehab By Rehab"
‘Ignorant’ forestry director slammed for comments on logging and tigers
Efforts to dim Sun and cool Earth must be blocked, say scientists
Young environmentalists ‘plant the future’ in Colombia’s Amazon
Typhoon exposes biodiversity haven Palawan’s vulnerability — and resilience
Ghost orchid proposed for protection as endangered species
New insect species discovered
Squatina mapama, new species from Panama: first report of an angel shark from the Central America
"High Court Drops ‘Earthquake’ on Federal Water Protections"
"Heavy Smog Blankets Beijing Ahead Of Olympics"
ConocoPhillips’ Arctic Oil Plan Is a Defining Moment for Joe Biden
"Aerial Surveys Detect Dozens Of Methane 'Super-Emitters' In Permian"
"Minnesota Court Orders Review Of Water Permit For Polymet Mine"
"How Biden Could Close Coal Plants Without CO2 Regulations"
"Trump EPA Chief's Bid For Top Virginia Environmental Post Likely Doomed"
California Rooftop Solar War Heats Up As Regulators Pull Reform Proposal
"Can They Go Home Again?"
"Why California’s ‘Great Bacon Crisis’ Has Yet To Arrive"
Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 after years of decline
Elephant protector and fossil hunter Richard Leakey leaves outsized legacy in Kenya
Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem
Mau Forest rehabilitation still overshadowed by forced evictions
Spurred by investor-friendly law, palm oil firms sue to get licenses back
Attack on environmental lawyer’s home alarms DRC rights defenders
US Working To Avert Energy Shortage In Europe If Russia Invades Ukraine
"DHS Warns That Right-Wing Extremists Could Attack Power Grid"
"Criminal Cases Against Polluters Drop By A Third"
"Nearly 200 Democrats Back EPA in Supreme Court Emissions Case"
Canada Watchdog Says Funds For Inactive Oil Well Cleanup May Fall Short
Toxic PCBs Festered at This School for 8 Years as Students Grew Sicker
Hit By More Fires, Floods And Tornados, Americans Struggle To Pay
Michigan Builders Push Back On Stricter New Home Energy Rules
Oil Firms Accused Of Scare Tactics Over Climate Lawsuits
Western Monarch Butterfly Count Hits Five-Year High – For Now
Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly Should Be an Endangered Species, USFWS Says
Center for Biological Diversity petitions to add nation's smallest turtle to endangered species act
More than 220 new animal and plant species discovered in Greater Mekong
Alaskan Indigenous leaders fear impacts on salmon streams from mining project
Online trade and pet clubs fuel desire for little-known Javan ferret badgers
Indonesia is clearing less forest for palm oil, but it’s still not sustainable, activists say
With ‘sustainable’ cocoa, Mars pushes climate, market risks onto farmers
South Africa authorizes dumping at sea of cargo that turned volatile
Colombo’s seagoing crocodiles under pressure after diver’s killing
Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises
Nine out of ten Scots back planting more forestry to tackle climate crisis and timber shortfall
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection for Florida Lizard
"EPA Acts To Curb Air, Water Pollution In Poor Communities"
"Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People, Research Finds"
"Judge Refuses To Delay Release Of Disputed DAPL Documents"
PFAS Widespread In Water- And Stain-Resistant Outdoor Clothes, Home Linens
"Biden Admin Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota's Boundary Waters"
"Climate Change: Key Crops Face Major Shifts As World Warms"
Alaskan Indigenous Leaders Fear Impacts On Salmon Streams From Mine
"Los Angeles Moves To End Oil Drilling In The City"
"Youngkin Pick Wheeler Defends EPA Record, Criticizes Media"
"Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes"
Cuba boosts marine protected coverage with new area spanning reefs to mangroves
Western monarchs make a spectacular comeback in California
It’s not a cat, it’s the African civet | Candid Animal Cam
West Texas A&M professor indicted for violating Endangered Species Act
British scientist finds new species of rare leafhopper in Uganda
Orcas recorded killing and feeding on blue whales in brutal attacks
US plans more wild horse roundups this year than ever before
Rewilding California – new $65 million preserve straddles north and south
Tapirs and large peccaries are key to ecological balance in neotropical forests
Hawaii becomes first state to ban shark fishing
After 3000 years absence, Tasmanian Devil cubs reappear in the wild of Australian mainland
Taiwan-US pair find five new species of tonguefish
Biden administration announces more than $1 billion for Everglades restoration
Mange outbreak decimated a wild Vicuna population in Argentina
Deepest dwelling squid observed at depth of 6200 meters
"Judge Throws Out Massive Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sale"
"Biden Outpaces Trump In Issuing Drilling Permits On Public Lands"
Study Links Fracking Pollution to Early Deaths Among Nearby Residents
Flood, Drought: Climate Change Sends Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing
"Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest"
US Utilities Side With Environment Agency In Supreme Court Climate Case
"Biden Administration Moves To Boost Cybersecurity Of Water Systems"
"Study: Gas Stoves Worse For Climate Than Previously Thought"
"Environmental Justice Groups Sue Over Incinerator Pollution"
NIH Finishes Moving Its Former Research Chimps To A Sanctuary

Conservation News ~ 21 January 2022

1/21/2022

‘We’re making babies’: After years in decline, Okanagan salmon are back
An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world's largest fish breeding ground
Newport Beach philanthropists donate $50 million to wildlife corridor in Tehachapi Mountains
Large herbivores may improve an ecosystem’s carbon persistence
Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump
New chief scientist, Katherine Calvine, wants NASA to be about climate science, no just space
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture
Predator species help to buffer climate change impacts on biodiversity
Half this year’s little penguin chicks on WA’s Penguin Island wiped out as colony dwindles
Conservation groups sue regulators, pharmaceutical company over crab pens
Gabon minister suspends shrimp fishery and expels purse seiner that tormented two humpback whales
93-year-old nature-lover donates the island he protected for decades
Lawsuit challenges Point Reyes Ranching, Elk-Killing plan
New Mexico releases Wildlife Corridors Action Plan
Prince Williams seeks nominees for $1 million Earthshot prize
China to host crucial meeting in a bid to save nature
Australian researchers baffled as endangered purple-crowned fairy wrens breed outside season
More than 400 weather stations beat heat records in 2021
Snow Leopard at Illionois Zoo dies after contracting Covid
World’s vast networks of underground fungi to be mapped for first time
NY governor backs nation’s first statewide gas ban
Anubis, the Mexican gray wolf, was shot and killed
'Highly unusual': new species of earthworm discovered in Broken Hill, Australia
New forest certification standards offer nature-based solutions to the climate crisis
In hot water: Ocean warming hits another record high on climate change
By cultivating seaweed, Indigenous communities restore connection to the ocean
A jaguar refuge in Mexico is an ecological island in the midst of threats
Grounded by conflict and COVID, Colombia’s bird tourism struggles to soar
Brazil’s illegal gold rush is fueling corruption, violent crime and deforestation
Total’s oil pipeline gets go-ahead from Ugandan MPs despite secret terms
Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)
Analysts point to logging and mining to explain Solomon Islands unrest
Indonesian research center for medicinal plants displaces incense harvesters
In untangling a taxonomic web, Sri Lankan researchers describe seven new jumping spiders
1st Images Of Tonga Damage Show Entire Communities Covered In Thick Ash
"Federal Pipeline Agency Shifts Focus To Cut Methane"
"China's Coal Production Hit Record Levels in 2021"
150 Ex-EPA Staffers Ask Virginia Lawmakers To Oppose Wheeler Nomination
"DOT To Allot $27B To Fix Bridges, Ensure Climate Resilience"
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
"Plastic Crisis Needs Binding Treaty, Report Says"
"Science Is Trying To Conserve The Monarch Butterfly’s Forests"
"Elephants Dying From Eating Plastic Waste in Sri Lankan Dump"
Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony
"Drinking Water, Ash Big Concern As Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami"
"Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near New Orleans"
"Clean Water Act Policy Could Spur Widespread Disarray"
"Finland, Sweden And Norway To Cull Wolf Population"
"Supreme Court Shot-Or-Test Rule Freeze Hits Agency Powers"
"Biden Nominates Climate Champ As Fed’s Bank Cop"
"Lead Ammo Hampers The Bald Eagle Rebound in the Northeast US"
"Scottish Auction For Offshore Windfarm Permits Expected To Raise £860m"
"Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon Gold Seeps Into Supply Chains"
"Sometimes, Life Stinks. So He Invented the Nasal Ranger."
"US Plans $50B Wildfire Fight Where Forests Meet Civilization"
"Interior Reveals Plans For Orphan Well Cleanup"
Ecuador Expands Protections Around Galápagos, Makes Highway For Sea Life
"How Coal Holds On In America"
How Utility Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater
"Tightened Federal Water Protections Won’t Slow Some Projects"
"Inside The Effort To Uncage A Bipartisan Wildlife Bill"
"Power Companies Back EPA Climate Authority At Supreme Court"
"Here’s What Scientists Know About the Tonga Volcano Eruption"
"What Do You Do With An Invasive Army Of Crayfish Clones?"
US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet suburbia
New lizard species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
Scientists discover tarantula-killing worms: New parasite named after actor Jeff Daniels
Amid Pandemic, Tribal-Run Conservation in Africa Proves Resilient
We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says
As animals vanish, the plants they spread can’t keep pace with climate change
Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
In Africa, temperatures rise, but adaptation lags on West’s funding failure
As Malaysian state resumes log exports, Indigenous advocates warn of fallout
For pharmaceuticals fouling wastewater and wildlife, solutions exist (commentary)
‘Central African Forests Forever’: Meindert Brouwer’s book looks to solutions
‘Huge blow’ for tiger conservation as two of the big cats killed in Thailand
Here’s how science is trying to conserve the monarch butterfly’s forests
In Sri Lanka, a wild cat thrives in the unlikely urban jungle of Colombo
In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods
Bare-faced curassows return to Argentina’s Iberá after 50-year absence
Greater Mekong primates struggle to cling on amid persistent threats: Report
7 Latin American primate species among the 25 most endangered in the world
A new species of tarantula discovered by Thai YouTube star
"Biden Resets BBB: ‘I Think We Can Break The Package Up’"
"Committee OKs Wildlife Bill, But Partisan Divisions Remain"
450+ Scientists Call On PR Firms To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Clients
Winter Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4Bn Over Snowstorm
"What Canada Wants To Do With Its Decades-Old Pileup Of Nuclear Waste"
"National Monument Proposed For Nevada Site Sacred To Tribes"
"After Rain Burst, California Salmon Reclaim Old Spawnaing Grounds"
Corps To Focus On Supply Chain, Climate Change With $14B In Spending
Florida’s Red Tides Worsened by Pollution, Climate Change
Exxon Using An Unusual Law To Intimidate Critics Over Its Climate Denial
Gators fouled by diesel spill get a scrubbing, teeth cleaned
Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
Oregon Zoo has first California Condor egg of 2022
Haven’t been seen for 25 years – rains bring salmon back to California streams
Asiatic cheetah Homino spotted in Bafgh for 1st time in years
Seeing 1,000 glorious fin whales back from near extinction is a rare glimmer of hope
‘Rural women in Zimbabwe are in constant contact with climate change’: Q&A with Shamiso Mupara
At a plantation in Central Africa, Big Oil tries to go net-zero
Study finds resilient, frequent-fire forests have far fewer trees
"‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward"
VP Harris To Announce Wildfire Money In Visit To California On Friday
New Research Shows Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise
"White House Tees Up Historic $1B Everglades Funding"
"A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway."
"Peru: 21 Beaches Polluted By Spill Linked To Tonga Eruption"
Iowa, Texas GOPers Brag on Biden Infrastructure Bill They Opposed
Report IDs Big Box Stores as Opportunity for Rooftop Solar
"Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce Climate Adaptation Bill"
Explorers Discover Pristine Coral Reef That Could Hold Climate Lessons

Conservation News ~ 14 January 2022

1/14/2022

"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado"
"Canada’s New Environment Minister Talks Climate — And Compromise"
"Senate Plans Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Vote This Week"
Biden Faces Delays In Undoing Trump’s War On Efficient Appliances
"‘Drastic’ Rise In High Arctic Lightning Has Scientists Worried"
"Hunters Kill 20 Yellowstone Wolves That Roamed Out Of Park"
"Road Salt Works. But It’s Also Bad for the Environment."
"Cryptocurrency Plan Fails For Manchin-Connected Coal Plant"
"The Western Megadrought Is Revealing America's 'Lost National Park'"
"Dank, Ancient And Quite Fantastic: Scotland’s Peat Bogs Breathe Again"
4 new species of algae you've probably seen and didn't even realize it
As blackouts loom, Indonesia’s energy crisis highlights its addiction to coal
Two new species of flower flies discovered
Cattle boom in Brazil’s Acre spells doom for Amazon rainforest, activists warn
Not your ordinary houseplant: World’s tallest begonia found in Tibet
Indonesia aims for sustainable fish farming with ‘aquaculture villages’
‘Only the rains will stop it’: Bolivia forest fires hit protected areas
Tom Lovejoy’s enduring legacy to the planet
Proposal could redefine palm oil-driven deforestation as reforestation in Indonesia
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals
"2021 Was Earth’s Fifth-Hottest Year, Scientists Say"
"Hurricane Ida, Europe Floods Made 2021 Costly For Disasters"
U.S. Emissions Surged In 2021, Pushing Nation Off Its Climate Targets
"U.S. Aims To Double Cover Crop Planting To Address Climate Change"
"Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew"
"U.S. Supreme Court Leaves In Place Limits On Higher-Ethanol Fuel Blend"
"Biden Administration To Scrap Trump Plan For Wider Alaska Oil Drilling"
Lakes Are Losing Their Ice Cover Faster Than Ever — What That Means
"The Great Siberian Thaw"
"Rare Snowy Owl Soars Over Washington, Thrills Crowds"
Climate crisis: last seven years the hottest on record, 2021 data shows
Cars are about to get 3 billion tons cleaner
In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures
Coastal deforestation fuels more frequent storms in West Africa, study warns
Despite sanctions, U.S. companies still importing Myanmar teak, report says
The thick of it: Delving into the neglected global impacts of human waste
Indonesia’s clean energy transition must start with clean rivers (commentary)
Foreign capital, blamed for depleting Indonesia’s fish stocks, is set to return
Philippine groups slam ‘cruel Christmas gift’ as open-pit mining ban is lifted
‘I feel obligated to protect them’: A lifelong love affair with Guinea-Bissau’s turtles
In Bolivia, Indigenous groups fear the worst from dam project on Beni River
Colombia’s new anti-deforestation law provokes concern for small-scale farmers
Community project helps Kenya aim for climate goals one mangrove tree at a time
Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills
New atlas illuminates impact of artificial light in the ocean at night
Fighting a Chile mining project with science: Q&A with biologist Maritza Sepúlveda
New species of deepwater soft coral discovered west of Scotland
"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds"
"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics"
"US Navy To Drain Hawaii Tank System Blamed For Tainted Water"
Warming Permafrost Puts Key Arctic Pipelines, Roads At Risk: Study
DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO
"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution"
"Ghost Flights Are Polluting the Skies Thanks to Omicron"
EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides
"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing"
Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint
Oil production or carbon neutrality? Why not both, Guyana says
As Indonesia retakes land from developers, conservation is an afterthought
Guinea-Bissau turtle hatchery addresses unusual problem of too many eggs
Wild cat trade: Why the cheetah is not safe just yet (commentary)
As its end looms, Cerrado tracker records 6-year deforestation high
Wyoming governor asks feds to remove grizzly bears from endangered species list
Extremely rare 'rainbow-like' blanket octopus spotted in the wild on Great Barrier Reef
"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air"
"Biden To Hold Wind Power Auction Off New York, New Jersey Coast"
"Hottest Ocean Temperatures In History Recorded Last Year"
In Orlando, A Mountain Of Coal Ash Evades EPA Rules. One of Many.
"An Alabama Town’s Sewage Woes Test Biden’s Infrastructure Ambitions"
"EPA OKs Weedkiller ‘Cocktail’ With New Wildlife Protections"
"On the Defensive a Year Ago, the American Petroleum Institute Is Back"
Powell Says Climate Stress Tests Likely A 'Key Tool Going Forward'
"No English River Is Free From Pollution - Parliament Report"
"Here’s How Climate Change and Covid Are Transforming Skiing"
Motorists Kill Two Nēnē At Haleakalā National Park
Two new species of freshwater goby fish discovered in the Philippines
"The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year On Record"
The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment
"The US 'Megadrought' Sets Another Stunning Record"
"Still No Penalties for Coastal GasLink Environmental Violations"
"How California Plans To Spend $37 Billion Fighting Climate Change"
Six in 10 Americans ‘Alarmed’ Or ‘Concerned’ About Climate Change: Study
Plants At Risk Of Extinction As Climate Disrupts Animal Migration
"Postal Service: Here’s The Price Tag For 100% EVs"
"Manatee Feeding Experiment Starts Slowly As Cold Looms"
"CDC Warns Americans: Don’t Kiss Or Snuggle Your Bearded Dragon"

Conservation News ~ 7 January 2022

1/7/2022

"Germany Calls Nuclear Power ‘Dangerous,’ Rejects EU Plan"
"Ormat Nevada Geothermal Project Approval Before a Federal Judge"
"Hawaii Upholds Order Requiring Navy To Drain Fuel Tanks"
"Famed Fossil Hunter And Conservationist Richard Leakey Dies At 77"
"Jackpile Mine Toxic Legacy Continues At Laguna Pueblo"
"Changing Climate Parches Afghanistan, Exacerbating Poverty"
"EPA To Require More Facilities To Report Releases Of Carcinogenic Gas"
Jump in Deforestation Of World's Most Biodiverse Savanna Alarms Scientists
"Advocates Call EPA 'Forever Chemical' Testing Announcement Insufficient"
"Chile Writes Its Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On"
"Colorado Residents Ponder the Road Ahead After Wildfires"
Ecologist Thomas Lovejoy, Who Urged Preserving Amazon Rainforest, Dies
"E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92"
"Solar Power Projects See The Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land"
"Powerful Methane Cloud Seen by Satellite Came From Georgia Pipe"
"Germany Shuts Down Half Of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants"
In Most Polluted SF Neighborhood, Polluters Operated Without Permits
"China Fires Up Giant Coal Power Plant In Face Of Calls For Cuts"
"As Its Topsoil Washes Away, The Corn Belt Is Losing Yields — And Carbon"
"This Tree Has Stood Here For 500 Years. Will It Be Sold For $17,500?"
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’ that depends on deeper understanding of animals’ lives
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Tucson Shovel-Nosed Snakes Under Endangered Species Act
Giant New Species of Begonia Discovered in Tibet
New species of crustacean named after internationally acclaimed writer Andrzej Stasiuk
New Species of Orchids Discovered in Sichuan, China
Researchers discover two new species of rare wasp
5 new species of reptiles identified in Iran
Groups welcome decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
More trees means healthier bees, new study on air pollution shows
E.O. Wilson’s last dream
Mali’s centuries-old pastoralist traditions wilt as the climate changes
Rare turtles keep washing up on Cape Cod. “Turtle movers” fly them to Texas
A new species of glow-in-the-dark shark has been discovered in New Zealand
Endangered chimps ‘on the brink’ as Nigerian reserve is razed for agriculture, timber
In round 2 of Philippine geothermal project, tribes dig in for a greater say
As its topsoil washes away, the Corn Belt is losing yields — and carbon
Dual pressures of hunting, logging threaten wildlife in Myanmar, study shows
Getting African grasslands right, for people and wildlife alike: Q&A with Susanne Vetter
Urban ecology that saved Argentina’s Rosario held up as a model for others
China’s building spree in Nepal casts shadow over Himalayan ecosystem
Court order blocks Shell’s seismic surveys off South Africa’s Wild Coast
Sinkholes emerge in rural Kenya after series of floods, droughts
Burnt pellets complicate impact of plastic spill off Sri Lanka, study finds
Agricultural frontier advances in Nicaraguan biosphere reserve
Mongabay’s Top 10 Indigenous News Stories of 2021
Mongabay’s 10 most popular posts of 2021
How can illegal timber trade in the Greater Mekong be stopped?
New shrews just dropped: Sulawesi yields up 14 freshly described species
NASA-NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response
Biden ‘Over-Promised and Under-Delivered’ on Climate. 2022 Trouble Looms
"Regulatory Fight Looms Over First-Ever Air Toxics Addition"
"US Judge Blocks Work At Nevada Geothermal Plant For 90 Days"
"Federal Report IDs New Carcinogens"
"Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic"
PG&E Power Line Sparked The Nearly Million-Acre Dixie Fire: Probe
"What To Watch At DOE, FERC, Interior in 2022"
"Six Hot Topics For Climate Change And Nature Policy In 2022"
"Off-Season 'Cover' Crops Expand As U.S. Growers Eye Low-Carbon Future"
"The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island"
Florida's Panama City Crayfish Protected Under Endangered Species Act
Researchers Discover New Species Of Wasp-like Flower Flies
New species of catfish discovered in Milak river
Indonesia’s Womangrove collective reclaims the coast from shrimp farms
Podcast: Exploring New Guinea’s extraordinary natural and cultural richness
In Madagascar, beekeepers persist in the face of fires and forest loss
Josefina Tunki: ‘If we have to die in defense of the land, we have to die’
Across Latin America, palm oil violations abound — with little accountability
For species on the very brink of extinction, cloning is a loaded last resort
Light-fingered monkeys threaten critically endangered Príncipe thrush
In the Brazilian Amazon, solar energy brings light — and new opportunities
In Indonesia’s Sulawesi, a community works to defuse blast-fishing crisis
Community control of forests hasn’t slowed deforestation, Indonesia study finds
More Zoom, less climate gloom as conferences move online, study finds
As temperatures rise, so does risk of kidney disease, study finds
Farmers in Brazil’s Cerrado cotton on to the benefits of agroecology
"Va. Governor-Elect Taps Trump EPA Chief For Key Post"
"EPA's Failure To Disclose Chemical Health Risk Draws Ire"
EPA Prevented Staff From Warning Public About Widely Used Carcinogen
Biden Administration Eyes Wind Leases Off California’s Coast
"This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet"
N Dakota Judge Rules 1000s Of Disputed DAPL Documents Are Public Records
"Panel Probes Trump Aide Over NPS Permit For Jan. 6 Rally"
"Texas Enacts Nation’s Strongest Flood Disclosure Law"
Charges Dropped Against Journalists Arrested on Wet’suwet’en Territory
"6 Big Environmental Stories to Watch in 2022"
Amazing new species discovered include 'ghost' orchid and 'exploding fireworks' flower
Leonardo 'Tree' Caprio: new species named after star
Warmer, oxygen-poor waters threaten world’s ‘most heavily exploited’ fish
‘Great Blue Wall’ aims to ward off looming threats to western Indian Ocean
"Biden To Tour Damage From Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire"
"Virginia Democrats Aim to Block Trump’s EPA Chief From State Agency"
Over 40% of Americans Live In Counties Hit By Climate Disasters In 2021
Can Roadless Areas Help Stem the Extinction Crisis in the U.S.?
Interior: US Has Twice As Many Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells As Was Thought
"First Advanced Reactor Proposal Suffers Setback"
"Monarch Butterfly Conservation Efforts Improve. Are They Enough?"
"Health Risks of Smoke and Ozone Rise in the West as Wildfires Worsen"
"Groups File Complaint Against Water Utility Over Lead Pipes"
In the Year of the Electric Truck, Some Real Talk from Texas Auto Dealers
US becomes world’s top exporter of liquified natural gas
Lawsuit launched to protect imperiled Kirtland’s snake
California adopts drought rules outlawing water wasting with fines of up to $500
Goldman Sachs announces commitment to set 2030 emissions reduction targets
Bennet ‘deeply concerned’ about oil trains in Colorado as feds approve Utah project
Airborne DNA used to detect insect species in breakthrough for ecologists
England’s farmers to be paid to rewild land
Embracing a wetter future, the Dutch turn to floating homes
Few realistic scenarios left to limit global warming to 1.5C
Tucson shovel-nosed snake weeds Endangered Species Act protection
China switched on its nuclear fusion device
American National Parks reckon with record-smashing year
Monarch population soars 4,900 percent since last year in thrilling 2021 western migration
Law change allows wild birds to be killed to protect game birds in England
Jaguar released in Argentina to help endangered species
India saw record 126 tiger deaths in 2021
Developers cancel Oregon pipeline and LNG export terminal
Richard Leakey dies