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Conservation News ~ 26 February 2021

2/26/2021

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  • North Dakota officials block wind power in effort to save coal
  • Biden halts Trump rule that gutted a landmark bird protection law
  • Norway continues whale slaughter with 2021
  • Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive
  • Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, containing healthiest coral reefs in the world, just tripled in size
  • Kenya emerges as a leader in managing plastic pollution
  • Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
  • Cattle stranded at sea for two months are likely dead or suffering hell
  • NYC mayor’s office urges New Yorkers to slash beef by 50 percent
  • Record high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans
  • Ancient art reveals extinct goose
  • Farmers fight back – making animal feed from a locust plague
  • Texas freeze led to release of tons of air pollutants as refineries shut
  • 52 wolves killed on first day of Wisconsin wolf hunt
  • Biden administration says Texas power crisis shows US unprepared for extreme weather
  • Robot measures air-sea carbon dioxide exchange in Southern Ocean
  • Freshwater fish in catastrophic decline
  • Effort underway to reestablish oysters in Alamitos Bay
  • Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award
  • UN Chief warns that human destruction of nature is senseless and suicidal
  • Getting to net Zero is surprisingly feasible and affordable
  • New species of snail is named after Greta Thunberg
  • Four new trapdoor spider species identified
  • Greenville Zoo’s giraffe Autumn gives birth
  • Cat corridors between protected areas is key to survival of Cerrado’s jaguars
  • Pillagers of tropical forests can’t hide behind clouds
  • Mississippi wood pellet plant that supplied UK electricity grid fined $2.5m over air pollution
  • Cincinnati Zoo names new penguin hatchlings
  • The pandemic taught us how not to deal with climate change
  • Norway’s $47 billion floating highway explained
  • Scientists successfully wake microbes that had remained dormant for 100 million years
  • Florida wildlife agency to add rarely seen eastern black rail to endangered species list
  • Florida plan to ban owning pythons and many other high-risk reptiles
  • Scientists and indigenous people unite to save Colombian condor
  • Human settlements make coral reefs react unpredictably to climate change
  • Global study of 48 cities finds nature sanitizes 41.7 million tons of human waste a year
  • Zambia’s Wildlife Ranger, Solomon Chidunka, passes away
  • Prominent redwood forest preserved in $24.7 million deal
  • UN report lays out blueprint to end suicidal war on nature
  • Indigenous Standing Rock Activist imprisoned for resisting Grand Jury
  • For is investing $1 billion in Germany as it goes electric in Europe
  • New orca baby born to southern resident L-pod
  • Wildlife photographer capture never before seen yellow penguin
  • Three rare giraffes electrocuted by power lines in conservation area        
  • Manatees May Carry Half a Million Microscopic Hitchhikers
  • Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction
  • Delay in logging old-growth area helps endangered spotted owls in southern BC
  • Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife, Plants From Dangerous Smog
  • Climate Change Is Weakening Ocean Currents That Shape Atlantic Weather
  • "Giant N.C. Spill Shows Gaps In Pipeline Safety"
  • "Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer"
  • "Former Michigan Gov. Granholm Confirmed As Energy Secretary"
  • "Tribes Flex Political Muscle In Quest To Co-Manage Parks"
  • Annapolis Sues 26 Oil And Gas Companies For Role In Climate Change
  • "How A Billion-Dollar Gold Racket Wrecks The Jungle, Enriches Narcos"
  • Amid Lawsuits, Delaware R. Basin Commission Makes Fracking Ban Permanent
  • "Biden Urged To Back Water Bill Amid Worst US Crisis In Decades"
  • "Monarch Butterflies Down 26% In Mexico Wintering Grounds"
  • Haaland, With a Key Vote in Her Column, Appears Headed for Confirmation
  • "Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat"
  • "China Confirms Xie Zhenhua Appointed As New Special Climate Envoy"
  • "An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic"
  • "Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs"
  • "Corporate Climate Disclosures to Get Aggressive Scrutiny by SEC"
  • "New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms"
  • "Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Victory To PolyMet Copper Mine"
  • "RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal"
  • Hot Houses: The Race To Save Bats From Overheating As Temperatures Rise
  • Clemson using coastal research tower to study carbon and water cycling in pine forests
  • Humans have severely affected fish biodiversity in half of all rivers
  • Black-browed babbler found in Borneo 180 years after last sighting
  • Canada announces new 2021 measures to protect endangered right whales
  • "Haaland Stresses Bipartisan Outreach During GOP Grilling"
  • How Texas Froze: Neglect Of Grid And Climate Warnings Set The Stage
  • Five ERCOT Board Members Who Live Outside of Texas Resign After Outage
  • Kerry, at U.N., Likens Global Inaction to a ‘Suicide Pact’
  • "White House Urges Passage Of House Public Lands Package"
  • "Global Freshwater Fish Populations At Risk Of Extinction, Study Finds"
  • Indian Judge Grants Bail To Climate Activist Charged With Sedition
  • FERC To Examine Climate Change's Threat To Power Reliability
  • "What’s Really Behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?"
  • "Yellowstone Bison Slaughter Sets Up Tribal Conflict At Interior"
  • New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh           
  • Partisan Fight Over Deb Haaland, First Native American Cabinet Pick
  • "Long Road, Tough Choices Ahead for Biden Car-Charging Pledge"
  • "Supreme Court Weighs Blame in Georgia, Florida Water War"
  • "New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat"
  • As Cities Grapple With Climate, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business
  • "EPA Changes Stand, Sides With Ethanol Industry In Court Case"
  • "Biden Energy Dept Orders Sweeping Review Of Trump Energy Rules"
  • "Seismic Survey of Alaskan Arctic Refuge Won’t Move Forward"
  • "20% Of Wisconsin Wolves To Be Killed After Court Sides With Hunters"
  • Beavers: "Native Americans Promote Resurgence Of 'Nature's Engineers'"
  • Scientists extract from Siberian mammoth molars the oldest DNA ever recovered
  • Zero convictions as impunity blocks justice for victims of Brazil’s rural violence
  • Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable    
  • New funds could help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall. But can the massive forestry effort learn from past mistakes?
  • New snake species and genus discovered in Myanmar
  • 4 Indigenous youth Braided Warriors violently arrested at AIG insurance occupation and ceremony to CALL on all Insurance companies to stop UNDERWRITING TMX PIPE
  • Japanese joint venture to deploy all-electric shoreline tanker
  • The Jane Goodall Act Was Recently Introduced In Canada And Will Become One Of The Strongest Animal Welfare Bills In History!
  • 4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels
  • Cyprus urged to ban hunting at coast to protect flamingoes from shotgun pellets
  • Mediterranean Oil Spill Injures Wildlife, Closes Israel's Beaches
  • "Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen"
  • Abbott Appointees Cut Power Reliability Team Before Deadly Storm
  • Texas Freeze Led To Release Of Tons Of Air Pollutants As Refineries Shut
  • "Oil Spill Off Israel Reaches South Lebanese Beaches"
  • Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues for Haaland
  • Climate Change Cost? Biden Expected to Raise Carbon’s Dollar Value
  • "Water Leaks Indicate New Damage At Fukushima Nuclear Plant"
  • "4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels"
  • 'Piecing Together A Broken Heart': Tribes Rebuild Territories They Lost
  • Seagrass Is A Vital Weapon Against Climate Change, But We’re Killing It
  • Here goes nothing: Male spiders found giving females silk-wrapped zilch
  • Gold and diamonds fail to shine as drivers of Amazon development
  • ‘Everything on this planet is connected’: Q&A with WWF’s Marco Lambertini
  • Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award
  • Study reveals how species once extinct in the wild have bounced back
  • Open Space Institute Launches $18 Million Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund to Accelerate Land Conservation to Fight Climate Change
  • Banks Are Greenwashing Themselves. Don’t Believe It.
  • New bills would exclude non-native species from ESA protections
  • India's endangered lion prides conquer disease to roam free
  • New European wildlife comeback study kicks off
  • The Kalunga digitally map traditional lands to save Cerrado way of life
  • Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia
  • Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success
  • When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities
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Conservation News ~ 19 February 2021

2/19/2021

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  • People are rescuing thousands of ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles in Texas
  • Two to appear in court for alleged rhino horn possession
  • Europe’s largest meteorite crater is hom eot deep ancient fungi
  • Meat eating could bring habitat loss for 17k species by 2050
  • Ford plans to go all elctic in Europe by 2030
  • Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health
  • Soloman Islands ship crew accused of dumping 1k tonnes of oil in sea
  • Experts identify super-plant that absorbs roadside air pollution
  • Lake O Prayer walk aims to defend Everglades future
  • Public hearing scheduled after TSMV’s development proposal passes first hearing
  • At least 12 animals dead at San Antonio primate sanctuary after winter storms cut off power
  • New species of reef-dwelling fish discovered
  • California Condor eggs laid at Oregon Zoo boost recovery
  • Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
  • 800 radiated tortoises rescued
  • Sceintists find 11 mysterious new species of stygofauna in potential fracking sites
  • Abalone poacher sentenced to jail for 244 years
  • Line 3 water protectors have locked themselves inside pipeline
  • Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
  • Agroforestry-grown coffee gives Amazon farmers a sustainable alternative
  • Mexico was once a climate leader – now its betting big on coal
  • San Diego pilots sea-life boosting alternative to conventional tidal defences
  • Scientists discover new giant fish species off Japan’s coast
  • Judge: Trump’s lifting of mining ban in Oregon, US West was wrong
  • Inuit hunters braved -30C weather to block an iron mine
  • Lizards may be protecting people from Lyme disease in the southeastern United States
  • China’s new species of Nemoura named after actors
  • Scientists and law professors urge Biden to pull unlawful Endangered Species Act rules
  • An ozone-depleting chemical’s recent frightening ris has been reversed
  • Kenya launches $34 million project to tackle efforts of climate change
  • Kenya Wildlife Services says no rhinos were killed by poachers in the country in 2020, first time in 20 years
  • Newly discovered mineral ptrovite could revolutionize batteries
  • Southeast Asian wild pigs confront deadly African swine fever epidemic
  • Hedge-trimmer fish facing global extinction
  • Adidas bans fur, commits to sustainable materials
  • Idaho proposes to expand wolf hunting, trapping on public and private lands
  • Ancient trees show when the earth’s magnetic field last flipped out
  • CBD sues Feds for failing to update population analyses for polar bears, walruses, and manatees
  • US makes official return to Paris climate pact
  • Bank of America matches efforts by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase with net-zero financing goal
  • "Lights Come Back On In Texas As Water Woes Rise In The South"
  • "U.S. Needs To Brace Itself For More Deadly Storms, Experts Say"
  • "Supreme Court Loads Up On Environment Cases"
  • "UN: Huge Changes In Society Needed To Keep Nature, Earth OK"
  • "Ancient Trees Show When The Earth's Magnetic Field Last Flipped Out"
  • "UN Chief, Climate Envoy Kerry To Mark Us Return To Paris Accord"
  • "Wind Farms Aren’t All Ready for Icing Amid Changing Climate"
  • Indigenous, Greens Oppose Saskatchewan Peat Moss Mining Project
  • "New Invasive Mosquito Found In Miami-Dade, Broward"
  • "1st Clone of US Endangered Species, A Ferret, Announced"
  • Livestock grazing in eastern Himalayan pastures enhances biodiversity and productivity 
  • Life - and potentially new species - discovered below 900m Antarctic ice shelf by Cambridge ...
  • Scientists clone the first US endangered species
  • "Texas Was Warned a Decade Ago Its Grid Was Unready for Cold"
  • "Firefighters Face Lies, 'Phony' Studies on PFAS Exposure"
  • 'Send Us Your Ideas': Biden Pledges To Protect 30% of US Lands By 2030
  • DuPont Sold La. Plant Amid Fears Over Cost Of Offsetting Toxic Emissions
  • "California Lawmakers Propose Ban On Fracking By 2027"
  • "Biden’s Plea to Remake Grid Gets a Boost on Texas Power Crisis"
  • "Piecing Together the Next Pandemic"
  • "WHO Team Found No 'Credible Link' Between Wuhan Labs, COVID-19"
  • After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, FBI Pursued Its Critics
  • "The Staggering Decline of Oceanic Sharks and Rays"
  • Black-footed ferret COVID-19 vaccination seems to be working
  • Appalachia’s fracking boom has done little for local economies
  • New species Found: Life Possible Under 3000 Layers of Ice in Antarctica!
  • Big dream: NGO leads in creating 1,615-mile Amazon-Cerrado river greenbelt
  • Wasting away: Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals
  • Indigenous community wins recognition of its land rights in Panama
  • In the fight to save the vaquita, conservationists take on cartels
  • Tragic gorilla killing launches initiative to tackle food poverty in Uganda
  • TEXAS SNAP FREEZE CAUSES ELECTRICITY PRICES TO SOAR 10,000 PERCENT
  • Rarely seen jaguar reported in 2016 shows up again on camera in southeast Arizona
  • Suit filed to ensure action on Suncor oil refinery air pollution permits
  • Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Animal populations fall by 62% where wildlife trade occurs, study reveals
  • Biologists uncover forests' unexpected role in climate change
  • Glimpse America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids
  • "How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves"
  • "The Auto Industry Bets Its Future on Batteries"
  • Poultry Plant Workers Complain Of Intimidation After Fatal Chemical Leak
  • "EPA Dumps Trump-Era Chemical Analysis Approach After Rebuke"
  • 15 States Sue NHTSA Over Delayed Hike In Automaker Emissions Penalties
  • "Package Of Public Lands Bills Expected To Face House Vote Next Week"
  • "The Extinction Crisis: Coming to a Dinner Table Near You?"
  • "Deb Haaland’s Senate Hearing Set"
  • Photos Show Thousands Of Stunned Sea Turtles Rescued From Texas Storm
  • Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US
  • Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
  • Carmakers in US to spend $250B on electrification by 2023, push for national standard, group says
  • Court Rules Against Ecuador’s Oil Industry in Appeal by Children Living Next to “Flares of Death”
  • The price of solar electricity has dropped 89% in 10 years
  • Biden Climate Task Force Meets, Aiming to Restore ‘Credibility’
  • "Grijalva Hopes To Work With Haaland To 'Repair' Interior"
  • Biden DOI Delays Trump Cut In Royalties For Drilling On Federal Lands
  • "Can Biden Transmission Order Avoid State Backlash?"
  • "Interior Unwinds Bernhardt LWCF Actions"
  • "Judge: Trump’s Lifting Of Mining Ban In US West Was Wrong"
  • "Appalachia’s Fracking Boom Has Done Little For Local Economies: Study"
  • Court Says Minnesota Can Regulate Mine Waste Seeping Into Groundwater
  • Bittman Book Says Next 100 Years of Food Must Be Radically Different
  • "Inside Clean Energy: How Norway Shot to No. 1 in EVs"
  • As Bahamas offshore project falls flat, oil driller island-hops across Caribbean
  • Nearly one-third of all oak species threatened with extinction, report says
  • The controversial hunt for a multibillion-dollar treasure in a Chilean park
  • Southeast Asian wild pigs confront deadly African swine fever epidemic
  • "Power Cut Across Texas As Snow, Ice Blanket Southern Plains"
  • Japan Rocked By 'Aftershock' From Devastating 2011 Fukushima Quake
  • "Biden Has Chance to Boost Leftward Tilt on D.C. Circuit"
  • "U.S. Interior Department Postpones Sales of Oil Drilling Rights"
  • "Biden EPA Asks D.C. Circuit to Freeze Mandate on Clean Power Plan"
  • "Wisconsin Judge Orders Start To Wolf Hunt This Month"
  • "Biden Picks Ex-Obama Climate Official For Energy Department Deputy"
  • "Why the Poor in Baltimore Face Such Crushing ‘Energy Burdens’"
  • "Wildfires Can Pollute Drinking Water." Worries Above Santa Cruz.
  • "How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean"
  • New species of gall midges found near Singanallur lake
  • This Chinese City Has 16,000 Electric Buses And 22,000 Electric Taxis
  • Zero convictions as impunity blocks justice for victims of Brazil’s rural violence
  • As forests shrink, mammals are stressed out— with possible fallout for humans
  • More meat and playtime can calm your killer kitty
  • 500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy
  • ‘Hungry’ palm oil, pulpwood firms behind Indonesia land-grab spike: Report
  • "Cold Snap Leaves 8 Million In Texas, Mexico Without Power"
  • "Luxury Car Brand Jaguar To Go All-Electric By 2025"
  • EPA Awards $220M To Clean Up Abandoned Uranium Mines On Navajo Nation
  • "Climate Activist Jailed in India as Government Clamps Down on Dissent"
  • Chicago Plant Sparked A Hunger Strike Amid Environmental Racism Claims
  • "Top Economists Warn U.S. Against Underestimating Climate Damage"
  • Can Biden Stop Invisible Climate Threat Seeping From Store Freezers?
  • "An Inside Look at Cuba’s Constant Struggle for Clean Water"
  • Facing A Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles With A Transition From Fossil Fuels
  • "They’re Arctic Survivors. How Will They Adapt to Climate Change?"
  • European public roundly rejects Brazil trade deal unless Amazon protected
  • ‘A better world is within reach’: Q&A with Greenpeace’s Jennifer Morgan
  • Cat corridors between protected areas is key to survival of Cerrado’s jaguars
  • Grim toll from Indonesia’s abandoned mines may get even worse, report warns
  • TOURIST SELFIES COULD BE SPREADING COVID TO ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
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Conservation News ~ 12 February 2021

2/12/2021

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  • Agroforestry-grown coffee gives Amazon farmers a sustainable alternative
  • SHELL SAYS OIL PRODUCTION WILL FALL EVERY YEAR, FOREVER
  • Federal judge overturns Trump administration’s gutting of greater sage grouse protections
  • Gene-hacking mosquitoes to be infertile backfired spectacularly
  • Climate action could save ‘millions of lives’ through clean air, diet and exercise
  • Burnett Oil inching towards drilling at Big Cypress National Preserve
  • New invasive mosquito species found in Miami-Dade
  • Cheetahs born in Canada return to Africa
  • Women working as fishery observers allege sec harassment, assault at sea
  • NASA appoints climate advisor to prioritize Earth science in Biden administration
  • Southern Ocean waters are warming faster than thought, threatening Antarctic ice
  • Ship exhaust studies overestimate cooling from pollution-altered clouds
  • Inuit hunters blockade iron mine in freezing temperatures over expansion
  • Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods
  • As nature declines, so does human quality of life
  • Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup
  • Pandemic fails to slow agribusiness’s thirst for Cerrado’s water
  • Fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018
  • Flooring giant Lumber Liquidators may have breached trade probation w/ Brazil timber importing
  • Pilanesburg wildlife warrior dies after being attacked by lion
  • Thousands of gallons of fracking waste spilled from Noble County well for days
  • Brazil guts agencies, ‘sabotaging environmental protection’ in Amazon
  • Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors
  • The first electric school buses are now rolling in Oregon, Washington, and Michigan
  • DNR seeks info on illegal wolf kill in Becker County
  • Mining companies knew about coal policy removal long before Albertans
  • General Motors, the largest US automaker, plans to be carbon neutral by 2040
  • Politicians capitalize on the Manaus oxygen crisis to promote a disastrous
  • Deepwater Horizon spill created horrific mutant creatures
  • Rhino poachers are winning the war in KZN
  •  Ethopia plants 350 million trees in 12 hours, smashing world record
  • Rare, endangered short-tailed albatross chick hatches at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
  • Lack of enforcement threatens the Endangered Species Act
  • Cambodian environmental activists reportedly arrested
  • Dutch, Japanese pension funds pay for Amazon deforestation
  • European rewilding hits TV screens in the US
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  • Erratic weather slows down the economy
  • Three of world’s largest sugar pine trees are found in California
  • The Maldives to ban-use plastics by 2023
  • Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over
  • Chilika lake records rise in migratory
  • At least 800 Olive Ridleys dead in Odisha since January
  • New study reveals mechanism for formation and discovery of fairy circles in Kalahari Desert
  • Vestas launches 15MW offshore wind turbine – world’s largest
  • New plant species with possible medicinal properties discovered in TN
  • Predicted habitat availability does not address recovery success for Mexico’s Mexican wolves
  • New Report Provides Roadmap for Fully Protected Oceans
  • Appalachian Trail Conservancy Refuses to Make Public $19.5 Million Pipeline Agreement
  • Great white shark numbers are up significantly in Monterey Bay
  • Energising renewable electricity procurement in Ethiopia
  • Dead dolphin protest seeks better French fishing practices
  • Teachers create lasting change for people and other primates via clean cookstoves (commentary)
  • As the Amazon unravels into savanna, its wildlife will also suffer
  • Where does the name of the crab-eating fox come from?
  • For marine life, human noise pollution brings ‘death by a thousand cuts’
  • Scientific survey maps 73 snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh
  • EPA Alleges Political Interference By Trump Officials On Toxic Chemical
  • Fossil Fuel Pollution Causes 1 In 5 Premature Deaths Globally: Study
  • "Biden Faces Calls To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline"
  • Countries Must Ramp Up Climate Pledges By 80% To Hit Key Paris Target
  • "Senate Advances Nomination Of Biden EPA Pick Regan"
  • "Water Plant Cyberattack Raises Critical Infrastructure Concerns"
  • "Drilling Fight Near Tribal Site Shows Challenge Awaiting Haaland"
  • "'Be Alarmed': Air Pollution in US Subway Systems Stuns Researchers"
  • New Biden Conservation Corps Stirs Hopes Of Nature-Focused Hiring Spree
  • "Deep South Towns Are Counting on Biden to Keep His Climate Promises"
  • A Nairobi Entrepreneur Is Recycling Plastic Waste into Bricks That Are More Durable Than Concrete
  • International Barriers Block Species Escaping Climate Change's Heat
  • Hacker Tried To Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Sheriff Says
  • "States Clash With Pentagon on PFAS Water Limits, Polluted Sites"
  • House Panel Renews Probe Into Trump Interference With Covid-19 Response
  • "Before Himalayan Flood, India Ignored Warnings of Development Risks"
  • "What Can Parents Do About Toxic Baby Food? Not Much"
  • "Biden's Promise For Justice Tested In Tribal Coal Fields"
  • Black Community Fights Project On Coast Land Fouled By Arsenic, Lead
  • "JoAnn Chase To Head Indian Environmental Office"
  • "Achoo! Climate Change Lengthening Pollen Season in U.S., Study Shows"
  • "Learning To Live With 'El Lobo:' Mexican Wolves Make A Comeback"
  • "Judge Orders US Officials To Weigh Coal Mine’s Climate Costs"
  • "Justice Department Tosses Trump-Era Environmental Directives"
  • "Tribes Expect A Voice On Land And Waters Under Haaland"
  • "Biden Admin Delays Trump Rule Slashing Migratory Bird Protections"
  • "China Brings Back Climate Envoy With Record of Deals With U.S."
  • Rich Countries Must Update Financial Vows To Tackle Climate Crisis: UN
  • "California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season: Study"
  • S Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan For World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
  • Climate Melting of Glacier Threatens To Flood Peruvian City
  • "Under The Sea, Humans Have Changed Ocean Sounds"
  • Ikea bought 11,000 acres of forest in Georgia to protect it from development
  • $43 bn deal for 'world's biggest' offshore wind farm in South Korea
  • New orchid species from Guiana Highlands named by Indigenous group
  • Sweden to build reindeer bridges over roads and railways
  • Blue whales threatened by ship collisions in busy Patagonia waters
  • China adds 517 species to protected wildlife list
  • Mexican gray wolves released from BioPark into the wild
  • Scores Are Feared Dead In India After Himalayan Glacier Breaks Away
  • Standing Rock Lakota youth announce 93-mile relay run calling for Biden to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline
  • Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions
  • "Montana Senator Says He'll 'Block' Deb Haaland's Interior Nomination"
  • "House Democrats Reintroduce Green Energy Tax Package"
  • "This GOP Congressman Wants To Remove 4 Dams To Save Idaho’s Salmon"
  • "Incinerator That Turns Waste To Energy Is Shutting Down"
  • "Pacific Islands’ Most Important Megaphone Falls Into Discord"
  • Climate Scientist Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science
  • "Himalayan Glacier Breaks In India, Around 125 Missing In Floods"
  • "Court Order Delays Construction at ConocoPhillips' Alaska Project"
  • Russian Court Orders Mining Giant To Pay $1.96 Billion For Arctic Spill
  • Brazil flower-gatherers win acclaim: ‘Efficient, long-lasting, resilient’
  • Brazil timber imports ‘may have breached US flooring giant’s probation’
  • The queen sets the tone: Deciphering the dialects of naked mole-rats
  • Pandemic fails to slow agribusiness’s thirst for Cerrado’s water
  • Indigenous leaders killed in Philippines were ‘red-tagged’ over dam opposition
  • Ikaze, a 19 year old female in Musilikale’s group, gave birth over the weekend to a new baby! Ikaze is a very successful mom, having raised 3 strong gorillas ranging in age from 3yrs old to 10 yrs old. Ikaze’s new baby brings Musilikale’s group to 22 gorillas!
  • 'Unacceptable': Chevron Oil Spill Leaks 600 Gallons of Petroleum Into San Francisco Bay 
  • New climber plant found in Tamil Nadu
  • Environment America redoubles “100% Renewable” campaign in 13 states
  • A mysterious, lethal chimp disease is linked to a human illness
  • Bolivia Probes Deaths of 35 Endangered Condors             
  • Lawsuit Launched Over Army Corps' Failure to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Nationwide
  • Pollen season grows 20 days in 30 years as climate crisis hits hay fever sufferers
  • Whale threats from fishing gear 'underestimated'
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Conservation News ~ 5 February 2021

2/5/2021

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  • California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it used to
  • BC allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas
  • Wollongong coalmine expansion rejected due to risk at Sydney and Illawara water catchments
  • New study warns that sea level will rise faster than expected
  • Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world’s ocean
  • Senators debate whether cutting fossil fuels will save the planet
  • Denmark strikes deal on 25bn-pound artificial wind energy island
  • Renewables expected to replace coal by 2033
  • Cacophony of human noise is hurting marine life
  • Cory Booker becomes first vegan senator on the senate agriculture committee
  • In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change
  • Justice at the National Bison Range
  • Qatar Airways cargo saves wildlife with ‘WeQare’ initiative by flying Endangered Species back to their natural habitat
  • Endangered African Penguin chick ready for public debut
  • Men sentenced in Columbus federal court over tiger skin purchase, mounted leopard sale
  • Lawsuits battle over removing wolves from endangered species list
  • Bottom trawling ban in four protected UK areas proposed
  • New pair of wolves spotted in Northern California
  • For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
  • New approaches needed to protect biodiversity as Aichi targets go unmet
  • Bill introduced to safeguard New Mexicans from oil and gas
  • Nordstrom officially bans fur and exotic animal skins
  • 65 plant extinctions in the continental US and Canada
  • Sea ice kept oxygen from reaching deep ocean during the last ice age
  • UK North Sea oil rigs release as much CO2 as coal-fired power station
  • New study warns that sea level will rise faster than expected
  • Vegan Mexican cactus leather wins international eco award
  • Mob killing of Malagasy officer spotlights risks faced by forest guardians
  • EPA: judge scraps Trmp’s secret science rule
  • Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills
  • Biden suspends border wall construction for two months
  • Rivers could generate thousands of nuclear power plants worth of energy
  • eBird research shows less light, more trees help migrating birds
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada purchases three new sites on Nova Scotia’s southwest shore
  • Ocean pollutants ‘have negative effect on male fertility’
  • Calumet River communities seek a clean water future
  • Timber trafficking with Vietnam threatens biodiversity and the economy
  • Human activity forces animals to move 70% further to survive
  • 3,000 scientists call for governments and businesses to ‘step up’ adaptation to climate change
  • Nicaragua operation rescues two endangered jaguar cubs
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