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Conservation News ~ 30 April 2021

4/30/2021

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  • Washington moves sage grouse onto state endangered species list
  • Brazil cuts environment spending one day after US climate summit pledge
  • New species of frog in Champaign County
  • Leaders make bold climate pledges, but is it ‘all just smoke and mirrors?’: Critics
  • Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests
  • Fear not the bobcat (Commentary)
  • Novelizing wildlife crime investigations: Q&A with author Bryan Christy
  • COVID-19 compounds a poaching problem targeting the Amazon’s pirarucu
  • As climate summit unfolds, no Biden-Bolsonaro Amazon deal forthcoming
  • The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil
  • Oregon counts more gray wolves in 2020, but concerns for their safety abound
  • Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
  • California Governor bans new fracking permits starting in 2024
  • AOC’s plan for a 1.5 million-strong Civilian Climate Corps, explained
  • Washington’s Wolf Population Increased 22% in 2020
  • New-Growth Alaskan Forests May Store More Carbon After Wildfires
  • Giant Cloud Rat Species 'twice The Size Of Grey Squirrel' Discovered In Philippines
  • Eagles Set To Soar Off Vermont's Endangered Species List After Years Of Steady Recovery
  • ‘Profound ignorance’: Microbes, a missing piece in the biodiversity puzzle
  • We need more rewilding and connections to nature, says Enrique Ortiz
  • Companies and officials flout forest-clearing moratorium in Papua, report finds
  • Large-scale deforesters emboldened under Brazil’s Bolsonaro, data indicate
  • Feds begin five-year review of endangered Southern Resident orcas
  • Washington moves sage grouse onto state endangered species list
  • Twitter lends name to new species of mite discovered in Japan
  • Fortnite video game CEO makes Va.'s largest land conservation gift
  • "Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, UN Says"
  • "Why the U.S. Might Miss Biden's Climate Goal"
  • "Paris Climate Agreement Overlooks Wood Pellet Loophole"
  • EPA Calls Old Creosote Works in Pensacola Threat to Human Health
  • "The Fight to Clean Up the EPA"
  • New Conservation Corps Could Help the Nation Fight Climate Change
  • "Supreme Court: Military's Mess Sparks Guam Superfund Battle"
  • "Infrastructure Money Could Aid Push To Plug Oil, Gas Wells"
  • "Saudi Arabia To Join New Forum On Climate Change - State News Agency"
  • Fact Check: No, Biden Is Not Trying To Force Americans To Eat Less Red Meat
  • "Former Ojibwe Chairman Tapped For Interior's Indian Affairs"
  • "Biden Exploring Border Adjustment Tax to Fight Climate Change"
  • EPA, Virgin Islands Launch Probe After 2nd St. Croix Refinery Incident
  • WH Warns That U.S. Lags Behind China On Developing Clean Technologies
  • Chemical Industry Lobbying And Cash Defeated Regulation In Trump Era
  • "Why Scientists Are Sounding The Alarm On Canada’s Melting Permafrost"
  • "Diminishing Ice Cover On Maine’s Lakes Could Impact Fish Populations"
  • Study Finds Lyme-Carrying Ticks Next To Beaches And Almost Everywhere
  • Fla. Passes Bill To Protect Sugar Farmers From Health Hazard Suits
  • "Climate Crisis Has Shifted The Earth’s Axis, Study Shows"
  • Mammoth molars yield the oldest DNA ever sequenced
  • Nuts about agroforestry in the U.S. Midwest: Can hazelnuts transform farming?
  • Indigenous in São Paulo: Erased by a colonial education curriculum
  • Reversing warming quickly could prevent worst climate change effects: Study
  • Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines
  • Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds
  • Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee
  • Thousands of baby sea stars born at UW lab are sign of hope for endangered species
  • Bolsonaro abandons enhanced Amazon commitment same day he makes it
  • The Nature Conservancy’s Jennifer Morris is an ‘impatient optimist’
  • Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain
  • Researchers take up the cause of the mysterious and maligned Chaco eagle
  • Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone
  • "Biden Administration Announces $8.25B In Loans To Boost Power Grid"
  • "Why Dead Trees Are ‘the Hottest Commodity on the Planet’"
  • Extreme Weather: Flood Insurance Debate Returns. Here's What To Expect
  • "Senate Confirms Janet McCabe As Deputy EPA Chief"
  • "Scientist: Extent of DDT Dumping In Pacific Is ‘Staggering’"
  • "Biden's Unlikely New Ally On Climate Change: Corporate America"
  • "Biden Administration Makes It Easier For Tribes To Reacquire Lands"
  • Drought-Hit Calif. To Halt Nestlé From Taking Millions Of Gallons Of Water
  • "Regan's Contentious Bid To Reset EPA Scientific Integrity"
  • "Cicadas Will Overrun D.C. This Spring After 17 Years Underground"
  • Single-Use Plastics Found at the Deepest Points of the Ocean
  • "Senate Reinstates Obama-Era Controls on Climate-Warming Methane"
  • 13 U.S. Refineries Exceeded Emissions Limits For Cancer-Causing Benzene
  • "Biden Races Courts For Chance To Torpedo Trump Water Rule"
  • Migration To Flee Rising Seas Could Affect 1.3 Mln Bangladeshis By 2050
  • Deadly Air Pollutant Disproportionately Harms Americans Of Color: Study
  • "Biden Nominates Three New Members to Chemical Safety Board"
  • 'White Gold' Rush: Calif. Lithium In Demand Amid Electric Vehicle Surge
  • "Satellites Show World’s Glaciers Melting Faster Than Ever"
  • Emails Show Oil Lobby Mobilized Dem Governors’ Opposition To Biden Order
  • "The Secret Footage of the N.R.A. Chief’s Botched Elephant Hunt"
  • New pumpkin toadlet species found in Brazil
  • “Like a tiny galaxy descended into the forest”—new species of firefly found
  • A fatal stabbing sends a Gambian fishing village into turmoil over fishmeal
  • Malaysian firm bidding to clear Papua forest loses land bid, but deforestation persists
  • Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft
  • Sumatran rhinos show low inbreeding — but when it happens, collapse is quick
  • Female putty-nosed monkeys get their males to run defense against predators
  • Scientists warn of looming water crisis with millions of wells at risk
  • At Vietnam’s southern tip, mangroves defend the land from the encroaching sea
  • Gas fields and jihad: Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado becomes a resource-rich war zone
  • Using microbes to remove microplastics from the environment
  • Environmental groups urge Mexican Senate to ban mining in protected area
  • Report finds 100 wolf packs may lose pups from February hunt
  • Many scientists now say global warming could stop relatively quickly after emissions go to zero
  • Scientists discover hybrid ermine species isolated in Haida Gwaii for 300,000 years
  • German court orders revisions to climate law, citing major burdens on youth
  • Court orders ban on Chlorpyrifos to protect children’s health
  • Nobel Prize Laureates and other experts issue urgent call for action on climate change
  • Countries might actually hit their climate targets
  • 13 US refinieries exceeded emissions limits for cancer-causing benzene in 2020
  • Charlotte moves ‘clean ahead’ with electric bus pilot
  • Biden’s new moonshot: an offshore wind industry to rival Europe’s
  • Senate votes to restore regulations on climate-warming methane emissions
  • Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever
  • Switzerland is the 17th country to join SC1.5NCE not Silence campaign
  • BC kills 237 wolves while matter before the courts
  • Minnesota Supreme Court struck down PolyMet’s permit to mine
  • US Joins support of two proposed marine protected areas in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea
  • $40,000 reward offered over illegal shooting of mother Grizzly Bear in Idaho
  • Jaguar family’s release in Argentina is a step toward bringing back an important predator
  • Lawsuit challenges Trump administration approval of southeast Idaho phosphate mine
  • Scientists find way to remove polluting microplastics with bacteria
  • Researchers have hit on a widely available solution for decarbonizing fertilizer production
  • China and the EU commit to stepping up cooperation in lead up to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Northern Mexican Garter Snake gains 20,326 acres of protected critical habitat in Arizona
  • Florida legislature recognized the Florida Wildlife Corridor
  • Council rejects 1 of 2 controversial developments in Alberta mountain town
  • Biden fills out science team with NOAA, DOE, and diplomacy picks
  • Drought-hit California orders Nestle to stop pumping millions of gallons of water
  • Shell, Exxon look to profit from capturing customers’ carbon emissions
  • Mining and logging threaten a wildlife wonderland on a Philippine mountain
  • Deforestation ramps up in Cambodia’s Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
  • New study reveals down east wild blueberries warming faster than the state as a whole
  • Indigenous nation in US has right to lands in Canada
  • Salmon span un upper Colombia River first time in over 80 years
  • Appeal filed to sustain Colorado River flows and stop Gross Dam expansion
  • Whooping Cranes are nesting in Texas for the first time in over a century
  • Jury acquits Extinction Rebellion protestors despite ‘no defence in law’
  • 950sg km of essential rainforest is added to Maya Forest corridor in Belize
  • Dream team of conservationists plan to protect 7 million square miles of ocean
  • Report alleges Australia engaged in illegal shark fin trade
  • Huge clearcutting, roadbuilding plan next to Yellowstone National Park opposed
  • Montana legislator introduces bill to legally target environmentalists
  • Zimbabwe says hundreds of endangered elephants can be shot to raise money
  • Environmental scientists – up to 20% of global groundwater wells at risk of going dry
  • Student invents solar windows that turn food waste in renewable energy
  • Governments, companies pledge $1 billion for tropical forests
  • Report critizes offshore oil and gas environmental agency
  • California to ban fracking and phase out fossil fuels in California
  • Honda aims to go all-electric by 2040
  • Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history
  • Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough
  • West Virginia unions pressure Manchin to back Biden on Infrastructure plan
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Conservation News ~ 23 April 2021

4/23/2021

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  • Hunger Strikers Seeking Environmental Justice Win Air-Pollution Delay
  • U.S. Seeks To Polish Tarnished Reputation With New Climate Pledges
  • EPA IG: Trump Official Delayed Releasing Info On Cancer Chemical In Ill.
  • "Judge Nixes Civil Rights Bid to Block Chicago Metal Shredder"
  • "Infrastructure Plan Lifts Tribes’ Hope of Turning on Water Taps"
  • Texas’s Zombie Oil Wells Are Creating An Environmental Disaster Zone
  • "Regulators Rebuke PG&E For Neglect In Reducing Wildfire Risk"
  • Old Apple Orchard To Make Clean Hydrogen Energy in Washington State
  • S. Korean Fishmongers, Opposition Voice Concerns Over Fukushima Plans
  • "Environmental Group Sues Over Protections For 20 Species"
  • "‘Tiger King’ Stars’ Legal Woes Could Transform Cub-Petting Industry"
  • Human impact on South America expanded by 60% since 1985
  • Large New Amphibious Centipede Species Discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan
  • Peru to establish rainforest reserve for isolated Indigenous peoples
  • DNA from cave dirt tells tale of how some Neanderthals disappeared
  • JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER CHALLENGED TO DRINK RADIOACTIVE WATER BEFORE DUMPING IT INTO THE OCEAN
  • Female giraffe receives treatment after poachers amputate hind leg
  • Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching
  • Apple creates fund for 'working forests' as part of carbon-removal efforts
  • STUDY: HUMANITY HAS RAVAGED ALL BUT 3 PERCENT OF THE LAND ON EARTH
  • Suspected poached killed by herd of elephants in Kruger National Park
  • ‘Single-use plastics’ to be phased out in Australia from 2025 include plastic utensils and straws
  • The White House wants to spend $100 million to monitor the air we breathe
  • Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture
  • Deciduous trees offset carbon loss from Alaskan boreal fires, new study finds
  • Illegal coal mine tunnels threaten a Sumatran village
  • Rats reappear on Lord Howe Island for the first time since 2019 eradication program
  • Despite Clashes, U.S. And China Vow To Work Together On Climate Change
  • "Biden Pressed On Emissions Goal As Climate Summit Nears"
  • On Infrastructure, Lofty Ideas Collide With Congressional Reality
  • "Transmission Road Map Could Help Unlock Renewables"
  • "Interior Order Revokes Trump Moves on Coal Leasing Moratorium"
  • "Science Could Aid Climate Cases. Big Oil Is Fighting It"
  • EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals
  • "US West Prepares For Possible 1st Water Shortage Declaration"
  • "Calls Grow For Undoing Environmental Damage Of Trump's Wall"
  • Set For Summer: 49 New National Scenic Byways And All-American Roads
  • Tarantulas Were Scuttling Around Earth Alongside Dinosaurs 120 Million Years Ago
  • Environment protest being criminalised around world, say experts
  • Winners of $20M contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
  • Biggest Coal Mine Workers Union In the US Supports Switch to Renewables
  • Rare species of deer born at Keystone Safari
  • "Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment"
  • "Biden Axes Top Trump Climate Scientist"
  • Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems
  • "Is California Suffering A Decades-Long Megadrought?"
  • Paint Stripper Methylene Chloride Caused More Deaths Than EPA Identified
  • Biden Admin Releases $8 Billion In Disaster Funding For Puerto Rico
  • GAO Raises Concerns About Government Inspections Of Offshore Pipelines
  • "Size Of Pipeline Spill Again Underestimated In N. Carolina"
  • Business Booming in America’s Forests. Some Aren’t Happy About It.
  • "How Canada Is Trying To Protect Its Last Three Spotted Owls"
  • Pollution settlements cost Delaware poultry producer $205 million
  • Grizzlies use the same Yellowstone trails as people
  • Some guitar makers in pursuit of sustainable manufacturing
  • With British Columbia’s last old-growth at risk, government falters: Critics
  • Caring for those ‘just like us’: Q&A with vet and great ape advocate Rick Quinn
  • Did you know that a group of warthogs is called a sounder? Candid Animal Cam
  • The U.S. reptile most at risk from rising seas is one you likely haven’t heard of
  • Momentum is building for a ‘robust’ biodiversity framework: Q&A with Elizabeth Mrema
  • Big cats: US senators seek ban on private ownership of lions and tigers
  • Federal Analysis Finds Insecticide Malathion Imperils Continued Existence of 78 Endangered Species
  • DiCaprio, Katy Perry urge Biden to refuse Brazil environment deal
  • A recently discovered insect has been named after coronavirus 
  • After 40 years, new fish species in named by students on Guam
  • "Biden Plans To Cut Emissions At Least In Half By 2030"
  • Report On Suncor Malfunctions Doesnt Quell Calls For Refinery’s Closure
  • "Legislation Aims To Kill 90% Of Wolves Roaming Idaho"
  • Biden Admin Kicks Off Plan To Shore Up Cybersecurity Of Electric Grid
  • Watchdog: Trump-Era Rollback Of Car Rules Undercut EPA Staffers' Advice
  • "How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal"
  • ‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice
  • "U.S. To Join Global Effort To Decarbonize Shipping Industry - Kerry"
  • Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish
  • Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do We Find Next 'Big One'?
  • Melting ice in Arctic linked to bowhead whales holding off annual migration
  • New beef scorecard measures brands against their deforestation promises
  • Hunger, disorientation blamed for pilot whale mass stranding in Indonesia
  • Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing
  • Environmental art initiative aims to help paint a better future for Southeast Asia
  • Dams drove an Asian dolphin extinct. They could do the same in the Amazon
  • Nature is no longer “a nice to have,” it’s “a must-have”: Q&A with André Hoffmann
  • Food systems drive a third of greenhouse gas emissions, study estimates
  • Legislation aims to kill 90% of wolves roaming Idaho
  • "A Guide To Biden's Climate Summit"
  • "Dems Push $25B For Electric School Buses, A Biden Priority"
  • "White House Moves To Assist Western U.S. Communities Hit By Drought"
  • "Lead Detected In 80% Of Allegheny County, Pa., Water Systems: Report"
  • Collins Joins Democrats In Bid To Undo Trump Methane Emissions Rollback
  • "10 Things We Learned About Earth Since The Last Earth Day"
  • "Four In 10 Americans Live In Counties With Unhealthy Air Pollution"
  • "Texas On Track To Add Record Solar Power Capacity By End Of 2022"
  • "‘Forever Chemicals’ Coat The Outer Layers Of Biodegradable Straws"
  • "Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Unearthed In Maryland Wildlife Refuge"
  • Judge gives feds 30 days to decide if wildflower is endangered
  • Biden Administration Moves to Unwind Trump Auto-Emissions Policy
  • Governors Urge Biden To Order 100% Zero-Emission Car Sales By 2035
  • President Biden Pledges To Cut US Carbon Emission By Up To 52 Percent By 2030
  • The U.S. electric power sector is ‘halfway’ to zero carbon emissions
  • ‘Teeming with biodiversity’: green groups buy Belize forest to protect it ‘in perpetuity’
  • Thousands Of Pounds of Marine Debris Removed From Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
  • Four in 10 Americans live in counties with unhealthy air pollution levels
  • Humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with Earth can still be fixed, report says
  • Saving our ‘Beloved Beasts’: Q&A with environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis
  • The political economy of the Pan-Amazon (book excerpt)
  • Jamaican Climate Change Youth Council seizes opportunity to continue advocacy amidst pandemic
  • No monkey business: For Zanzibar’s red colobus, speed bumps are lifesavers
  • Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say
  • Researchers rush to understand kelp forests as harvesting increases
  • Pipeline tells Black Memphis landowners: sell us the rights to your land or get sued
  • Recovering America’s Wildlife Act reintroduced to U.S. House
  • The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil
  • Humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with Earth can still be fixed
  • Endangered orange-bellied parrots released into wild
  • Dolphins, turtles found dead in Kipini due to trawling activities
  • Bank climate pledges in doubt after US giants sit out global agreement
  • Florida agriculture officials ban citrus pesticide approved near end of previous administration
  • ‘Extinct’ highly venomous sea snake rediscovered in ocean’s twilight zone
  • America’s largest coal miners’ union back clean energy
  • Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis
  • JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure
  • Blue Nature Alliance aims to restore 7 million square miles of ocean in five years
  • Seagrass forests counteract ocean acidification
  • France drafts ecocide bill to punish acts of environmental damage
  • Recent jaguar sighting give experts hope for species recovery on both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border
  • One person arrested in connection with TABLE Mountain Fire
  • As coal pollution declines, crops begin to flourish
  • NZ to launch world-first climate change rules
  • Lawsuit filed to protect rare Southern Nevada wildflower
  • Phoenix Zoo welcomed new species and 14 prairie dog pups
  • New species of ehu is named after scientist who spent decades studying the fish
  • $25 million worth of giant clam shells seized in the Philippines
  • Coffee waste can boost tropical forest recovery
  • In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact
  • Deb Haaland scraps a slew of fossil-fuel friendly Trump orders
  • Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests
  • Indian government makes another attempt to amend the Indian Forest Act of 1927
  • Western US may be entering its most severe drought in modern history
  • First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys
  • With first-ever Colorado River shortage almost certain, states stare down Mandatory cutbacks
  • New species of dumbo octopus identified using minimally invasive techniques
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Conservation News ~ 16 April 2021

4/16/2021

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  • Intel Report Warns Of Fragile Future Shaped By Pandemics, Climate Change
  • Haaland Meets With Utah Politicians, Tribes As Biden Weighs Monuments
  • "Toxics: FDA Rules For Baby Food Guided By Feasibility, Not Safety"
  • "Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds"
  • "Judge Halts California Development, Citing Wildfire Risk"
  • "Interior Solicitor Nominee Pushed For Stronger Tribal Protections"
  • "Methane Has Never Risen This Fast in the Atmosphere"
  • As Rainstorms Grow More Severe And Frequent, Communities Fail To Prepare
  • "Electric Vehicles: Biden's EV Plan Is Enormous. And Maybe Too Small"
  • Scientists Track Shrinking Sea Meadows, Storing More Carbon Than Forests
  • New Invasive Mosquito Species Found in South Florida
  • Researchers discover new species of moth
  • Australian bush fires warmed the stratosphere for six months
  • A mysterious neurological disease is afflicting endangered Florida panthers
  • Transforming crop and timber production could reduce species extinction risk by 40%
  • Oldest Sea Otter At Aquarium Of The Pacific Dies At 20
  • Conservation Groups Petition Park Service to Tear Down Elk Fence at Point Reyes
  • Thousands rally in Serbia to protect the environment
  • New survey finds greater biodiversity, new species in Tibet
  • Deep-sea reef study in the 'twilight zone' could uncover key lessons in conservation
  • "EPA Watchdog to Probe Alleged Retaliation Against Scientists"
  • "Leaked Calls Show ALEC’s Secret Plan To Fight Biden On Climate"
  • Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden Climate Goals
  • Japan Says It Plans To Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea
  • Driven by Industry, More States Pass Tough Laws vs. Pipeline Protesters
  • 2.3 Million Americans Exposed To High Levels Of Strontium In Drinking Water
  • "Neighborhoods United: Highway Removal Gains Steam In U.S. Cities"
  • "5 Ways Biden Wove Climate Action Into His Budget"
  • "‘Tiger King’ Fallout Unites PETA, Feds to Fight Cub Petting"
  • "Drought and Abundance in the Mesopotamian Marshes"
  • Freshwater Mussel Gets Endangered Species Protection
  • 40 Sharks, Rays Join The international Endangered Species List
  • 'Tiger King' Cast Faces Legal Heat Under Endangered Species Law
  • Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal not ambitious enough, activists say
  • Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins
  • French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights
  • WildEarth Guardians scores big protections for wildlife in New Mexico
  • Nearly 400 state and local officials call for ban on new fracking permits
  • BLM to remove up to 3,500 horses from Wyoming
  • JPMorgan Chase expanding deforestation policies under shareholder pressure
  • Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights
  • ‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams
  • Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka
  • New palm oil frontier sparks scramble for land in the Brazilian Amazon
  • A new species of sea sponge found off the coast of Norfolk has been named Parpal Dumplin by a nine year old
  • "Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change"
  • "Schumer Pushes Plan to Ax Trump Methane Rule With Lawmaker Tool"
  • "Kerry To Visit China Ahead Of White House Climate Summit"
  • "Florida To Close Wastewater Reservoir With Leak History"
  • Delaware Poultry Plant Settles Suit Over Groundwater Contamination
  • Coalition of Greens and Industry Calls on EPA to Quickly Phase Out HFCs
  • Computer Mapping Could Help Biden Find And Fix Polluted Neighborhoods
  • "'Seismic Shift' At FERC Could Kill Natural Gas Pipelines"
  • "Energy Transitions: 4 States Weigh Plans To Rescue Coal Plants"
  • "Beehive Deliveries Keep New Yorkers Buzzing On Rooftops, Backyards"
  • Island species and endemics will bear brunt if warming exceeds 3°C: Study
  • New Spider Species Discovered in Miami
  • Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia
  • Bills before Brazil Congress slammed for rewarding Amazon land grabbers
  • South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia
  • ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
  • Cambodia puts its arduous titling process for Indigenous land up for review
  • Scientists Create Whitest Paint In The World That Could Help Us Fight Global Warming
  • Group Sues Fed For Failing To Act On Endangered Species Protection
  • Novak Djokovic now has a tiny new snail species named after him
  • Adidas Stan Smith Mylo: The First-Ever Shoe Made With Mushroom Leather
  • Wolf killed north of Fremont is the second in Nebraska since November
  • How many Tyrannosaurus rex walked the ancient world? About 2.5 billion
  • Climate crisis pushing polar bears to mate with grizzlies, producing hybrid ‘pizzly’ bears
  • Biden in risky talks to pay Brazil to save Amazon
  • Apple and partners launch first ever $200million Restore Fund
  • Denver returns 14 bison to tribal land in reparations, conservation effort
  • Belgium bans biofuels made from palm oil and soy
  • Japan confirms it will start dumping contaminated water from Fukushima into the ocean
  • New Zealand officially bans cattle exports
  • Over 700 Sea Turtles found dead in Greece last year
  • Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian River
  • Countless Barrels of toxic waste found in ocean near Los Angeles
  • New species of frog unearthed in Peruvian Amazon jungle
  • LaDonna Brave Bull Allard passes away from cancer
  • Maryland lawmakers ban wildlife killing contests
  • Amrabad Tiger Reserve project for uranium mining shelved
  • Nepal has 752 one-horned rhinos, new census reveals 107 more rhinos since last count
  • The economy would be far more fair with Mario Kart rubber-banding, experts say
  • Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused local flooding, subsequent collapse
  • Global carbon emissions drop due to COVID restrictions
  • Botswana trophy hunting season opens after COVID hiatus
  • Gianforte signs bills allowing wolf snaring, extended seasons
  • Two Ugandan police officers charged over illegal possession of ivory
  • Pipeline leaks more than 1,600 gallons of oil at Inglewood Oil Field
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Conservation News ~ 9 April 2021

4/9/2021

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  • "Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change"
  • Biden Plan's $80 Billion For Rail Could Transform Passenger Service
  • "Biden Seeks to Use Infrastructure Plan to Address Racial Inequities"
  • Biden Jobs Plan Includes $10B For Civilian Climate Corps. Is It Enough?
  • "Biden Plan Would Spend $16B To Clean Up Old Mines, Oil Wells"
  • "That Spotty Wi-Fi? There’s $100 Billion to Fix It."
  • "Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War"
  • "Study: US Pesticide Use Falls But Harms Pollinators More"
  • FEMA Unveils New Flood Insurance Calculation It Calls More Equitable
  • Soil moisture drives year-to-year change in land carbon uptake
  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect 10 Species Left in Regulatory Purgatory by Trump Administration
  • US says grizzly bears should remain protected under Endangered Species Act
  • Global Leaders Urged to Sanction Mexico to Save Critically Endangered Porpoises
  • Grizzly bears stay on endangered species list, ag groups disappointed
  • Group sues US over inaction to protect threatened species
  • New flowering plant species named after Sharad Pawar - Argyreia sharadchandrajii
  • Climate Change Has Already Cut Food Production Drastically
  • "Emergency, Evacuations In Florida County Over Wastewater Pond Leak"
  • "Test Flight for Sunlight-Blocking Research Is Canceled"
  • Biden Plan To Rev Up Electric Car Market Complicated By Battery Supplies
  • Greens Attack Australian Plan To Relax Rules For Chemicals, Pesticides
  • Canada's Herring Face Collapse, Say First Nations And Activists
  • "Energy Dept. Pushes To Reverse Trump-Era Rule On Efficiency Standards"
  • "Two New Mexico Tribal Communities Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule"
  • Parks Maintenance Fund Will Go To 165 Projects, Support 19K Jobs This Year
  • Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action
  • Lawsuits pile up over endangered species decisions made by Trump administration
  • Lawsuit launched against Chico development project, claims endangered species are threatened
  • Fish and Wildlife Service sued for failing to act on endangered species proposals
  • New deadly snake from Asia named after character from Chinese myth 'Legend of White Snake'
  • Hawaiian stilt may be downlisted to threatened
  • Even the Great Lakes’ deepest waters are now warming
  • Droughts longer, rainfall more erratic over the last 50 years in most of the West
  • Exclusive: 2020’s Hurricane Zeta Nearly Caused 'Another Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe' in Gulf of Mexico
  • Federal judge’s ruling ends Colorado’s plan to kill hundreds of mountain lions in Upper Arkansas River Basin
  • Prescribed fires boost snake diversity in longleaf pine forests
  • Scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight
  • Beef giant JBS vows to go deforestation-free — 14 years from now
  • “Activism gives you hope”: Q&A with Wallace Global Fund’s Ellen Dorsey
  • Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia
  • Australia’s pivot to plantations may be too late for nearly extinct parrots
  • Helping Papuans protect Indonesia’s last frontier: Q&A with Bustar Maitar
  • Companies back moratorium on deep sea mining
  • Endangered Species Protection Proposed for Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
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