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I generally focus on conservation issues effecting biodiversity, land use/abuse, research, and job opportunities that I have come across. Most of the opportunities come from the Opps page and you can click on the button below to take you there.
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Conservation News ~29 April 2022

4/29/2022

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  • "Greenwashing 101: How To Decipher Corporate Claims About Climate"
  • "For Earth Day, Houston Public Media Is Promoting... Chevron?"
  • Over 137 Million Americans Live In Areas With Poor Air Quality: Report
  • "Obama: Disinformation Is Killing People"
  • "EPA Floats Emissions Cuts For Gas Plants"
  • "Groups Push Congress To Pass Climate Package Before Memorial Day"
  • "Study: Low-Producing Oil Wells Cause 50% Of Methane Emissions"
  • "Biden Order Aims To Protect Old-Growth Forests From Wildfire"
  • Op-Ed: "We Have the Technology to Stop Superspreading Without Masks"
  • "Ten New Environmental Books Offering Inspiration, Insight and Ideas"
  • Critically endangered Sumatran tigers lose 3 to animal traps
  • New Hemsleya species discovered in central China
  • UH Researchers Discover New Wasp Species
  • For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups were born in the wild
  • Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds
  • Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd
  • Pilot program tries to get U.S. aquariums to raise their own fish, not catch them
  • The world’s dams: Doing major harm but a manageable problem?
  • Warming could nip Southeast Asian forests’ mass flowering in the bud, study finds
  • Carnivore sightings highlight richness of Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan region
  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings
  • "Fires Hit Southwest, New Mexico's Season 'Dangerously Early'"
  • "Protesters Amass at White House, Demanding Action on Climate"
  • "4 Issues To Watch As Dems Eye Reconciliation Return"
  • "Alaskan Locals Call Haaland Visit On Izembek Road A Success"
  • "Highly Contagious Marine Epidemic Rips Through Caribbean’s Coral Reefs"
  • These Whales Are On The Brink; Now Comes Climate Change And Wind Power
  • Calif. Bans Fracking Wastewater For Irrigation, But Allow Drilling Water
  • Seed Savers Revive Rare Varieties Of Collard Greens
  • "Olmsted’s Enduring Gift"
  • "The End of the Great River"
  • Funding, titling project for Indigenous-led organizations launched
  • With ban on palm oil exports, Indonesia reaps condemnation and praise
  • Iwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains
  • Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land
  • Troubled waters: A massive salmon farm off the coast of Maine is stalled
  • Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers
  • Brazil bill seeks to redraw Amazon borders in favor of agribusiness
  • Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul mobilizes to reduce wildlife massacre on its roads
  • Analysis: Myanmar’s gemstone riches bring poverty and environmental destruction
  • Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera
  • President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.
  • Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity
  • To get people thinking about seagrass, Seychelles coins new Creole words
  • Just outside Mexico City, community-run forests provide eco services, livelihoods
  • Study: Farmland birds in Nepal, India in dire need of conservation action
  • Forestry industry facing 'perfect storm' of skyrocketing demand, dire staff shortages, sawmill boss says
  • 3 critically endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in a single day in traps
  • Baby Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Anlong Kampi conservation area
  • "China Promotes Coal In Setback For Efforts To Cut Emissions"
  • "Ford Juices Production Of Lightning F-150 Electric Truck"
  • "White House Finalizes Help For Burn Pit Veterans"
  • "Birth Of Six Endangered Red Wolves Has Their Advocates Howling For Joy"
  • "Record Heat Has Gripped India Since March. It’s About To Get Worse."
  • Critics Blast Calif. Poseidon Desalination Plan As Crucial Vote Looms
  • "Twitter Bans Ads That Contradict Science On Climate Change"
  • Could Turning An Invasive Fish Into A ‘Super-Male’ Save A Native Species?
  • "Finland Is On The Brink Of A Nuclear Power ‘Game Changer’"
  • "Beyond Ecology: The Trees At The Heart Of Our Culture"
  • California breaks ground on largest wildlife crossing in the world
  • David Theobald Receives Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
  • Unseen crisis: Threatened gut microbiome also offers hope for world
  • In Mexico, a race to save the last wetlands of San Cristóbal de las Casas
  • With record $5.3B in pledges, GEF aims for more flexible environmental funding
  • Asia’s troubled trees need better conservation to reach restoration goals: Study
  • Unprecedented water restrictions as LA and Ventura counties declare water emergency
  • Rare Southern Nevada Wildflower, Bee One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
  • Six new species of tiny frog discovered in Mexico
  • Abu Dhabi discovers new species of eagle ray
  • "Two Million Children At Risk Of Starvation In Horn Of Africa: U.N.
  • "Russia Halts Gas Flows To Poland, Bulgaria"
  • Too Many New Coal-Fired Plants Planned For 1.5C Climate Goal: Report
  • Dam Accounting: Taking Stock of Methane Emissions From Reservoirs
  • ‘We Want It Back To What It Was’: The US Village Blighted By Toxic Waste
  • Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Phased Out To Save Energy
  • "50bn Tonnes Of Sand And Gravel Extracted Each Year, Finds UN Study"
  • "A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought"
  • "Biden Admin Shrinks Area Eligible For Drilling At Arctic Reserve"
  • "DOE Unveils $500M Loan For Massive ‘Clean Hydrogen’ Project"
  • Wildlife don’t recognize borders, nor does climate change. Conservation should keep up
  • 2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach
  • Illegal miners bring sexual violence and disease to Indigenous reserve in Brazil
  • Cradle of transformation: The Mediterranean and climate change
  • Contorted energy politics of the Ukraine crisis (commentary)
  • Study finds high prevalence of gut parasites in Nepal’s rhinos
  • Where satellites come up short, drones can fill in a picture of our oceans
  • Teaching climate issues through gameplay gains a following in Brazil
  • Freshwater planetary boundary “considerably” transgressed: New research
  • Podcast: Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut in Papua New Guinea
  • For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle
  • "Biden Administration Allows Additional Natural Gas Exports"
  • "U.S. Identifies Possible Wind Power Areas Off Oregon, Atlantic Coasts"
  • "UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land"
  • Drought Imposes Watering Restrictions on Southern California
  • "From King Cobras to Geckos, 20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction"
  • "Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
  • "China Detects First Human Case Of H3N8 Bird Flu Strain"
  • "Canada Lynx Protections Deal Sealed By US, Environmentalists
  • "Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health"
  • "Ships Asked To Reduce Speed Off San Francisco Coast To Protect Whales"
  • B.C. increasing forestry revenue-sharing with First Nations
  • Early snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada causes snowpack to fall to seven-year low
  • UN says up to 40% of world's land now degraded
  • New species of frog smaller than a 1p coin discovered in Mexican forest
  • Hydrogen-powered ferry prepares to launch in San Francisco Bay
  • California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling
  • "16 States, D.C., Climate Activists Sue USPS To Block Truck Purchase"
  • Warming Risks Most Cataclysmic Extinction Of Marine Life In 250M Years
  • "Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as Biden Administration Investigates China"
  • California AG Subpoenas Exxon For Details On Role In Plastic Pollution
  • "Chemical Industry Fights U.S. Government Move To Ban Asbestos"
  • "Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing."
  • "Canada’s Attempt To Phase Out Open-Pen Salmon Farms Faces Setback"
  • "‘Relentless’ Destruction Of Rainforest Continuing Despite Cop26 Pledge"
  • Invasive African Clawed Frogs Threaten Native Species In Washington
  • "Swiping Right On Climate Love: Dating Apps And Environmental Advocacy"
  • Court setback doesn’t sway Indonesian villagers fighting a mining firm
  • Reframing trophy hunting’s socio-economic benefits in Namibia (commentary)
  • To stop plastic pollution, we must stop plastic production, scientists say
  • Better deep-bore wells aim to stop Indonesia’s groundwater waste
  • Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data
  • As animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk
  • All 4 building blocks of DNA have been found in meteorites
  • Volcano-dwelling mice confirmed as world’s highest-living mammals
  • US egg factory roasts alive 5.3 million chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker
  • Climate activist, Wynn Alan Bruce, dies after setting himself on fire outside of US Supreme Court
  • Squamish nuns complete decade-long clean electricity project on Pilchuck Creek
  • Wildlife agency turning invasive water hyacinth into organic fertilizer
  • For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups was born in the wild
  • CDFW releases four orphaned bears to the wild
  • Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid plant begins production
  • Dr. Drew Lanham win American Birding Association lifetime achievement award
  • Ancient human playground found inside sloth footprints 
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Conservation News ~ 21 April 2022

4/21/2022

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  • Oceans conference comes up with $16b in pledges to safeguard marine health
  • Forest loss shows stopgap decrees failing to protect Brazil’s Isolated Indigenous
  • Outcry in Malaysia as failure to replant forests sparks ‘cover-up’ accusation
  • International funding nowhere near enough for Indonesia to cut emissions: Study
  • Colombian Indigenous community waits in poverty as courts weigh ownership of ancestral land
  • Are conservation trust funds part of the answer for ongoing land protection? (commentary)
  • Sharing a marine reserve with fishers: Q&A with Belize Fisheries’ Adriel Castañeda
  • Monkeys, porcupines team up to destroy crops, Nepal’s farmers say
  • Death of last river dolphin in Laos rings alarm bells for Mekong population
  • Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad
  • From traditional practice to top climate solution, agroecology gets growing attention
  • Of rats and bats: Hundreds of mammal species still unidentified, study says
  • Tiger politics and tiger conservation: Where the stakeholders are going wrong (commentary)
  • In landslide-prone Colombia, forests can serve as an inexpensive shield
  • Climate pledges could limit warming to 2C. What’s needed is action, study says
  • Podcast: Who owns the companies destroying rainforests in the heart of New Guinea?
  • Small farmers take a stand for one of Dakar’s last urban woodlands
  • "Biden Plans to Open More Public Land to Drilling"
  • "Scott Pruitt, Former EPA Leader, Files for Oklahoma Senate Run"
  • "Proposal To Restore Sovereignty To Tribes In Maine Advances"
  • Black, Latino Communities Have Higher Level Of Oil Drilling, Pollution
  • Fight Brewing Over Calif. Ballot Measure To Reduce Single-Use Plastics
  • Green Infrastructure Helps Cities With Climate Change. Do We Need More?
  • "Climate Toll On Arctic Bases: Sunken Runways, Damaged Roads"
  • Wind Power Overtook Coal, Nuclear For First Time in U.S. on March 29
  • "Companies, Not FDA, Approve Most Chemicals In Food"
  • To Fight Climate Despair, Christian Ecologist Says Science Isn’t Enough
  • Six arrested after climate activists scale oil tanker in central London
  • 80 critically endangered spotted tree frogs to be released into Kosciuszko national park, Australia
  • New shrimp species discovered in Andaman sea
  • Biologists are discovering a new species every day in Norway
  • Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador
  • Lawsuit Leads To Critical Habitats For Endangered Species In The Pacific
  • Scientists discover 17 new millipede species, one named after Taylor Swift
  • Amid extinctions, forest corridors aim to save rare birds in Brazil’s northeast
  • In media coverage of wildlife crime, ‘feedback loops’ entrench biases: Study
  • Robot revolution: A new real-time accounting system for ocean carbon
  • Plan to carve up Indonesian Papua rings alarm over fate of people and forests
  • Colorado R. Tops 10 Most Endangered Rivers In America
  • "Biden To Tout Climate Policies For Earth Day"
  • "People Of Color More Likely To Be Harmed By Pesticides, Study Finds"
  • Conference Comes Up With $16 Billion In Pledges To Safeguard Ocean Health
  • Natural Gas Prices Are Soaring. What Does It Mean For Climate?
  • "‘Frontline’ Review: Why The Climate Changed But We Didn’t"
  • "US Wildlife Officials Aim To Address Illegal Wolf Killings"
  • As Drought Hammers Mono Lake, Thirsty L.A. Must Look Elsewhere For Water
  • "Supreme Court Denies Claim To Portion Of Yakama Lands"
  • Blue Corn And Melons: The Seed Keepers Reviving Ancient, Resilient Crops
  • ‘No’ to corporate-driven tourism development in Komodo National Park (commentary)
  • Indonesian trade official, palm oil execs charged in cooking oil crisis
  • Sluggish growth of renewables threatens Bangladesh’s clean-energy goals
  • In Brazil’s northeast, family farmers are guardians of creole seeds
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Hit Lowest Level Since Satellite Observations Began, Study Finds
  • South Africa declares national emergency as flood toll crosses 440
  • "Biden Restores Climate to Landmark Environmental Law, Reversing Trump"
  • "Biden Launches $6Bn Effort To Save America’s Distressed Nuclear Plants"
  • Deep Sea Gold Rush Raises Questions About Protection Authority
  • "Supreme Court Denies Penobscot Indian Nation Appeal"
  • "New CDC Team: A ‘Weather Service’ To Forecast What’s Next In Pandemic"
  • "Environmentalists Target Mountains of Fertilizer Waste"
  • Zombie Kentucky Strip Mines Produce Safety, Environmental Violations
  • "Climate-Change Risks Get the Attention of Real Estate Investors"
  • "California Leads Effort To Let Rivers Roam, Lower Flood Risk"
  • "Parks Coalition Presses Biden To Establish 6 New Protected Monuments"
  • Legal Action Defends Endangered Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
  • Birth of endangered Hawaiian monk seal caught on camera
  • Biden restores climate safeguards in key environmental law, reversing Trump
  • Remarkable new species of deep-sea crown jelly discovered in depths of Monterey Bay
  • Canadian miners get high-level lobbying boost for Brazilian Amazon projects
  • Trees and soil at the forest’s edge store more carbon than we thought, studies reveal
  • New report pieces together toll of environmental damage in Venezuela in 2021
  • Amateur naturalists deserve more support and fewer barriers (commentary)
  • Funding for women-led conservation remains tiny, but that’s changing fast
  • Road projects threaten integrity of Uganda’s mountain gorilla stronghold
  • Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital
  • Tropical trees’ growth and CO2 intake hit by more extreme dry seasons
  • "Rapidly Moving Wildfire In Arizona Destroys Dozens Of Structures"
  • "Climate Change, Big Agriculture Combine To Threaten Insects"
  • South Asia Toxic Air: Vehicle Exhaust, Farm Burning and In-Home Cooking
  • "BLM On Pace To Exceed 25K-Megawatt Renewable Energy Goal"
  • "Report: Oregon Has $5.3B Invested In Fossil Fuel Companies"
  • "Energy Shift Creates Opening For ‘World’s Largest Batteries’"
  • "Why Are Nature-Based Solutions on Climate Being Overlooked?"
  • "Can Portland Be a Climate Leader Without Reducing Driving?"
  • "Housing Crisis Propels High Death Toll in South Africa Floods"
  • "How Climate Change Is Reshaping The World"
  • Gigantic floating fossil fuel gas station now runs on electric power
  • THDC, Rajasthan sign agreement to develop 10,000 MW solar projects
  • Scientists achieve record energy efficiency for thin solar panels
  • NASA shows off spacecraft visiting $10 quintillion asteroid
  • ANL completes a sailing on low emission biofuel in Oceania
  • New technology to effectively remove 99% of carbon dioxide from air
  • New York clears $4.5 billion plan to bring hydropower to Big Apple
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Conservation News ~ 15 April 2022

4/15/2022

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  • Endangered species among $32m haul of stuffed animals seized in Spain
  • Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
  • Extinction Rebellion stages mass protest in central London
  • Amazon deforestation dips slightly in March, but remains high
  • Sustainable fashion: Biomaterial revolution replacing fur and skins
  • Big Apple birding is set to take flight: Here’s how to get started this Spring
  • ‘A huge mistake’: Concerns rise as deep-sea mining negotiations progress
  • Bat rediscovered in Rwandan forest after 40 years
  • Environmental Officials Celebrate Delisting Of Cumberland Sandwort As Endangered Species
  • "EPA Launches Civil Rights Inquiry Into Louisiana Agencies"
  • "How Texas' Energy Woes Are Derailing Life In This Houston Neighborhood"
  • "2 Bald Eagles In Vermont Found Infected With Avian Influenza"
  • Biomass Power Plant In Rural N.C. Ignites Environmental Justice Concerns
  • Behind Trudeau Government’s OK of Bay du Nord Offshore Oil Development
  • Big Oil Companies Are Using Wartime Profits To Enrich Investors: Report
  • "A ‘New Era of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Have a Huge Toll"
  • "Dutch Watchdog Rules KLM’s ‘Carbon Zero’ Ad Is Misleading"
  • "Iraqis Clean Up River As First Green Projects Take Root"
  • "Why ‘Eco-Conscious’ Fashion Brands Can Continue To Increase Emissions"
  • Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
  • Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation
  • ‘Nature has priority’: Rewilding map showcases nature-led restoration
  • Poll: Most Americans say prioritize the environment over economic growth - The Week
  • Three new species of 'moss animals' (bryozoa) discovered in Southern Islands | The Straits Times
  • Cherry Blossom New Species Found In Manipur, Named After Scientist
  • New RNA virus species: Over 5,500 in world oceans, study finds
  • In Iowa Trip, Biden Will Announce That E15 Gas To Be Sold This Summer
  • "Majorities in US Back Climate Change Proposals: Gallup"
  • "White House Launches $1B Program To Boost Conservation Goal"
  • "Rural Arizonans Might Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year
  • "Brightmark, Georgia County Cancel $680 Million Plastic-To-Fuel Project"
  • "Farms, Fish On Dry California-Oregon Border See Scant Water"
  • "Company Proposes Largest Offshore Wind Farm On West Coast"
  • "Ukraine Conflict Hurts Russian Science, As West Pulls Funding"
  • "Energy Company To Pay Up To $35 Million After Turbines Killed Eagles"
  • "Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection"
  • Two New Beetle Species Identified at NEON Field Site in Hawai'i
  • Most biodiversity hotspots lack formal protection in Borneo and Sumatra
  • In Gabon, a community’s plea against logging paves the way for a new reserve
  • "Biden Will Allow Summertime Sales Of Higher-Ethanol Gas"
  • Newsom's Wildfire-Prevention Program Hasn't Completed a Single Project
  • "Backed-Up Pipes, Stinky Yards: Climate Change Is Wrecking Septic Tanks"
  • "New Sanctions Deal Fatal Blow to Russia's Arctic LNG"
  • "Pouring It On: Climate Change Made 2020 Hurricanes Rainier"
  • "California Utility To Pay $55 Million For Massive Wildfires"
  • "Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms"
  • "A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War"
  • Back From The Dead? Elusive Ivory-Bill Woodpecker Not Extinct: Researchers
  • "An Ocean Of Noise: How Sonic Pollution Is Hurting Marine Life"
  • "California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035"
  • "U.S. Warns Newly Discovered Malware Could Sabotage Energy Plants"
  • "Environmental Justice Leaders Fault White House's Race-Neutral Approach"
  • Wind Whips Destructive Wildfires In New Mexico, Colorado
  • Calif. Joshua Tree Not Threatened, Regulators Say, Signalling Development
  • "Amid Hopes and Fears, a Plastics Boom in Appalachia Is On Hold"
  • ‘Historic’: Global Climate Plans Can Now Keep Heating Below 2C: Study
  • Researchers Link Silica Dust Directly To Severe Black Lung Disease
  • "Battle Over Carbon Capture As Tool To Fight Climate Change"
  • "Fossil Fuels v. Our Future: Young Montanans Wage Historic Climate Fight"
  • For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.
  • B.C. group cuts 30-metre wide hole in jetty, opens path for salmon not seen in 100 years
  • White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy Planning To Step Down: Sources
  • "Expanding Drought Leaves Western US Scrambling For Water"
  • "East And Horn Of Africa Prep For Worst Drought In Decades"
  • "Canada Ignored Warnings Of Virus Infecting Farmed And Wild Salmon"
  • "EPA: Breathing Formaldehyde Causes Cancer"
  • Analysis-Biden Plan To Aid Europe With LNG Poses Risk To US Climate Goals
  • "Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over State Air Pollution Plans"
  • "Is Your Electric Utility Blocking Climate Action?"
  • "Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change"
  • "America’s Favorite Truck Is About to Test Tesla’s Dominance"
  • Temblor Legless Lizard Gets Closer to California Endangered Species Protection
  • Scientists convert pure energy into matter and antimatter, creating new physics
  • Cool horsehoe bat seen again after 40 years
  • California Coastal Commission approves closure of sea lion rookery during pupping season
  • Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts
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Conservation News ~ 8 April 2022

4/8/2022

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  • Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report
  • Climate crisis forecasts a fragile future for wildflowers and pollinators
  • For a beekeeping couple in Costa Rica, pesticides are killing the buzz
  • How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds
  • Congo Government Publishes Scathing Report on Logging Industry
  • Lawsuit Launched to Stop Destruction of Endangered California Tiger Salamander Habitat
  • New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park
  • 'Astounding': Record-breaking number of orcas spotted off B.C.
  • "New UN Climate Report To Tackle Reining In Emissions"
  • "Fire And Rain: West To Get More One-Two Extreme Climate Hits"
  • "In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics"
  • Calif. Drought: Sierra Snowpack Falls To One Of Lowest Levels In 70 Years
  • "New Vehicles Must Average 40 Mpg By 2026, Up From 28 Mpg"
  • "Washington Creates First Sea Grass And Kelp Sanctuary Off Everett"
  • "'Forgotten People': Sundarbans' Climate Refugees Forced To Move Again"
  • Inside The Leadership Battle At The Nation’s Biggest Environmental Group
  • Market With A Mission: Non-Profit Grocery Stores Help Heal ‘Food Deserts’
  • "Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters"
  • New Begonia francisabuidii plant species in Albay named after late biologist
  • Seagrass joins other marine life in accumulating sunscreen compounds
  • For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves
  • PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes
  • They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans
  • ‘A risky business’: Online illegal wildlife trade continues to soar in Myanmar
  • US Fish and Wildlife Gives Rare Nevada Toad Emergency Endangered Species Protection
  • Tiny new species of chocolate frog with tapir-like nose is discovered
  • Peptides on stardust may have provided a shortcut to life
  • The first country in the world has given legal rights to individual wild animals
  • NASA makes first-of-its-kind detection of reduced human CO2 emissions
  • NASA’s Hubble telescope has photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet
  • New technique produces hydrogen from banana peels within a few milliseconds
  • "Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns"
  • Sold As A Dream For Black Home Buyers, Development Was A Toxic Nightmare
  • Opinion: "It’s Time for Journalists to Talk Climate Change Solutions"
  • "WHO Says 99% Of World’s Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air"
  • "How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords"
  • "It's Feared A Vital Lake In Oregon Could Run Dry Within A Generation"
  • "Biden Admin Announces $500M For Energy Efficiency In Public Schools"
  • Chile May Replace Pinochet-Era Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
  • "Record-Setting Cold Snap Hits Europe, Stunning Spring Crops"
  • "The Planet Inside"
  • Shell of a comeback: New app, awareness campaigns bring hope for hawksbill turtles
  • Photography, nature, truth and war: Q&A with top photographer Ami Vitale
  • GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks
  • "EPA Rule Would Finally Ban Asbestos, Carcinogen Still In Use"
  • "House Dems Tell USPS To Pump The Brakes On Gas-Guzzling Truck Contract"
  • Food, Farming, Forestry Must Change To Curb Global Warming, U.N. Says
  • "Native American Tribe Reacquires Hundreds Of Acres in Virginia"
  • "Gallup Finds Worries Abut Environment Have Grown Since Trump"
  • Climate Change Risks Trillions To Federal Budget, White House Says
  • "Declared Extinct, the Yaghan Rise in the Land of Fire"
  • "UN: 18 Nations Have Gone Green On Climate, Raked In Green"
  • "With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Arctic Science Crumbles"
  • "‘Superblooms of Fungus’: Climate Change Is Making Valley Fever Worse"
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes "Endangered" Listing for Northern Long-Eared Bat
  • Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season
  • ‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly
  • Climate change causes a run on banks, for crop genes (commentary)
  • Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test
  • Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
  • The amazing — and unknown — diversity of insects living in the Amazon canopy
  • ‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise
  • IPCC report calls for ‘immediate and deep’ carbon cuts to slow climate change
  • All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine
  • Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
  • New species of spider uncovered by SDSU biologists
  • "Supreme Court Revives Trump-Era Environmental Regulation"
  • Blamed For High Gas Prices, Oil Execs Defend Themselves At House Hearing
  • "Storms Batter Aging Power Grid As Climate Disasters Spread"
  • A First: Researchers Find Microplastics Deep In Lungs Of Living People
  • "US To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change"
  • "Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America"
  • "New Power Plant Rule Awaits Supreme Court Ruling, EPA Chief Says"
  • "Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp"
  • "How The War In Ukraine Could Speed Up Europe's Climate Plans"
  • "The Razor's Edge of A Warming World"
  • "NOAA: Potent Heat-Trapping Methane Increases At Record Pace"
  • "Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season"
  • "Bringing Back Fire: How Burning Can Help Restore Eastern Lands"
  • "Pollution Shields for Faulty Plants Need Better Fix, Groups Say"
  • "US Agency To Review Oil, Gas Leases Near Chaco in New Mexico"
  • "Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire"
  • "Interior To Reverse Key Indian Affairs Policy In Place Since 1975"
  • "Facebook Takes Down Brazil Environmental Disinformation Network"
  • "Here’s What The Ban On Russian Coal Could Mean For Europe"
  • "These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting."
  • 'Vast majority' of California's Sierra snowpack could be gone by mid-to-late April
  • More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
  • Nature Journal: Appalachian swallowtail butterfly is a new species
  • Scientists Say 50,000 Spider Species Have Now Been Discovered
  • Rangers in DRC gorilla park abused Indigenous villagers, report says
  • Export of elephants to UAE drags Namibia wildlife policy into the spotlight
  • Bonobos torn from the wild make their return, with a helping hand
  • Indonesians, too reliant on palm oil, should go back to their roots (commentary)
  • After failure, reflection: effective conservation requires regular assessments (commentary)
  • Stranded coal barge spills cargo, disrupts fishery in Indonesian waters
  • Razing of Indigenous hamlet highlights Nepal’s conservation challenge
  • More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
  • Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report
  • Podcast: Afield at last, researchers head out for a new season
  • How much does air travel warm the planet? New study gives a figure
  • Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford
  • Two adorable Giant Galapagos tortoises are born at a British Zoo for the first time
  • NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss
  • Luminous plankton light up New Zealand shores
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Conservation News ~ 1 April 2022

4/1/2022

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  • "Egypt: Soaring Wheat Prices Turn Food Security Into A Priority"
  • "How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions"
  • "Ice Shelf Collapses In Previously Stable East Antarctica"
  • "Fiery Emails Show EPA Turmoil Over Pet Collars Tied To Deaths"
  • "Large Fires Becoming Even Larger, More Widespread"
  • As Biden Promises U.S. LNG Exports, Gulf Coast Enviros Say Whoa
  • Chemical Spill At Compton Plastics Factory Triggers Odor Complaints
  • "Maryland Moves To Take Over Troubled Baltimore Sewage Treatment Plant"
  • "1,000-Year-Old Oaks Used To Create 'Super Forest'"
  • "Scientists Figure Out How Vampire Bats Got A Taste For Blood"
  • Biden, E.U. Announce Push To Reduce Europe’s Reliance On Russian Energy
  • "US Pipeline Agency Pulls Back Plan To Assess Climate Impacts"
  • "The World’s Forests Do More Than Just Store Carbon, New Research Finds"
  • "Nunavut Capital Struggles To Fix Water System"
  • "Revealed: The Dangerous Chemicals In Your Food Wrappers"
  • "Pressure Grows For Deal To Save Nature At Crunch Talks In Geneva"
  • "EPA Moves To End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad"
  • "Banks Undermine Their 'Net Zero' Pledges Through Lobbying - Report"
  • "Explainer: Why South Gets More Killer Tornadoes At Night"
  • "Officials: Florida Manatees Eat ‘Every Scrap’ In Food Trial"
  • USDAs Wildlife Services Killed More Than 400 000 Native Wildlife in 2021              
  • Researchers detect new species of jumping spider in Rajasthan's Thar Desert
  • ‘Giving up’: Amazon is losing its resilience under human pressure, study shows
  • Coalition against online wildlife trafficking shares little evidence of success (analysis)
  • The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching — once again — and over a larger area
  • On a Honduran island, a community effort grows to protect its precious reefs
  • Australia's carbon credit scheme 'largely a sham', says whistleblower who tried to rein it in
  • Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
  • Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria
  • Northern Long-Eared Bat Proposed as Endangered Species
  • "EPA Would See Highest Funding Ever Under Biden Budget Plan"
  • "Misinformation Is Derailing Renewable Energy Projects Across The U.S."
  • "Commerce Inquiry Imperils Solar Industry, Advocates Say"
  • "Ukraine’s Pipelines Are Still Carrying Russian Gas To Europe"
  • "War Shakes Europe Path To Energy Independence, Climate Goals"
  • "Turning Cities Into Sponges to Save Lives and Property"
  • "FirstEnergy Utility Gave To Pro-Trump Dark Money Group"
  • "As Climate Fears Mount, Some in U.S. Are Deciding to Relocate"
  • "Heavy Rains In Australia Trigger Fresh Round Of Flood Evacuations"
  • "Infectious Fungus Wreaks Havoc on Crazy Ants—and Scientists Are Thrilled"
  • Largest American Wind Farm ever Built all-at-Once Opens in Oklahoma, Saves Customers $1 Billion over Fossil fuels
  • Federal emissions reduction plan still undercounts forestry, environmentalists say
  • Coastal California Sunflower Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
  • That dead whale on the beach? Let it be, study says. Or at least don’t blow it up
  • Food security framing increases relevance of biodiversity negotiations to less industrialized nations (commentary)
  • WWF casts a wide net to save dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef
  • Rare mammals caught on camera highlight value of Annamite Mountains
  • Online trade in rare silvery pigeon is cause for concern, researchers say
  • Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment
  • Making room in the Atlantic Forest for the largest primate in the Americas
  • The ocean is a cacophony of fish talk, study shows. We just can’t hear it
  • Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and Indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)
  • Opium production down as communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle turn to forestry
  • Indonesian bill turns coal-derived fuels clean by ignoring true scale of emissions
  • EU response to palm oil is opportunity, not threat (commentary)
  • Madagascar’s insistence on using seized rosewood rattles conservationists
  • In Benin, the line between conservation and counterinsurgency blurs
  • As the Horn of Africa heats up, the risks of insecurity are rising (commentary)
  • ‘Marine conservation talks must include human rights’: Q&A with biologist Vivienne Solís Rivera
  • It’s a girl: Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center
  • FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua
  • Opium production down as communities in Mexico's Golden Triangle turn to forestry
  • Rare birth of Sumatran rhino brings hope for endangered species
  • "Biden Expected To Announce Massive Release Of Oil Reserves"
  • "Biden To Use Defense Production Act For U.S. Critical-Minerals Supply"
  • "Historic Restructuring Of Flood Insurance Begins Tomorrow"
  • "Major Automakers Back Tough US Vehicle Emissions Rules In Court Battle"
  • "Md. Poised To Enact Sweeping Energy, Climate Plan"
  • Taxpayers Spend Billions on Crop Insurance on Frequently Flooded Land
  • "Canada Lays Out C$9.1 Bln Roadmap To Meet 2030 Climate Targets"
  • EPA Report Describes Toxic Work Environment in New Chemicals Division
  • "Maine Politicians Ask For Time To Comply With Whale Rules"
  • Europe Has Designs On Making 'Fast Fashion' Industry More Sustainable
  • "Biden Seeks Major Spending Jump For Global Climate Efforts"
  • "Biden Renews Push For Environmental Justice Boss at EPA"
  • "How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims"
  • "BLM Would Undergo A Major Hiring Spree Under Biden Budget"
  • "Oil Executives Snub House Committee, Will Appear at Another"
  • Iowans Push For Limits On Eminent Domain For Carbon Capture Pipelines
  • US Poised To Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Battle Diseases
  • "Greenpeace, Crypto Billionaire Lobby to Change Bitcoin Code"
  • Salmon Travel Deep Into Pacific. As It Warms, Many ‘Don’t Come Back.’
  • Bobcats With Taste for Python Eggs May Guard Florida’s Swamp
  • Traditional knowledge guides protection of planetary health in Finland
  • Wild bison, taking over Europe and North America, will once again roam England
  • Saving Nigeria’s gorillas was also meant to help communities. It hasn’t (analysis).
  • At Donner Summit, snowpack measures at 47% of average
  • "Biden Admin To Roll Out New Fuel Efficiency Rule Today"
  • "E.P.A. Decides Against Limiting Perchlorate in Drinking Water"
  • "House Panel To Grill USPS On Plan To Buy Gas-Guzzling Trucks"
  • "EPA Resurrects Plan To Drop Air Pollution Liability Shield"
  • "New Gloal Nature Pact Hangs In Balance As 'World Burns'"
  • "White House Turns To Air Quality In Latest Effort To Thwart Coronavirus"
  • "White House Advisers Denounce Race Exclusion From Equity Tool"
  • "UN Chief Names Panel To Probe Companies’ Climate Efforts"
  • "US Taps $420M To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change"
  • "Hope for Coral Reefs"
  • Deserts breathe water vapor
  • California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing
  • Shocking mass die-off in Antarctica – From 100,000 Antarctic Petrels to Zero Birds
  • Secret Great White Shark social club discovered off Mexican coast
  • Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm
  • 500% boom in numbers of eggs laid by breeding Green Sea Turtles
  • Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
  • Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center
  • New genetic tricks for boosting crop yield take clues from ancient farmers
  • Microplastics found in human bloodstream for first time
  • Biden’s environment and energy agencies would see funding boost under proposed budget
  • The fourth Peruvian indigenous leader is assassinated in a week
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