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Conservation News ~ 27 May 2022

5/27/2022

Int'l Day Of Biodiversity: DG Forestry Institute Of Nigeria Speaks Nigeria's Alignment
Saint Louis Zoo announces birth of two leopard cubs from critically endangered species
New species of venomous snake registered from Northeast India
Easing of crackdown sees Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters
That ‘killer’ spider story you read online? Fake news, most probably
Researchers compile largest-ever photo database of Amazon wildlife
A whiz and a buzz: Bee attacks at Sri Lanka rock fortress point to need for toilets
The price of oil spills in Peru and Colombia? Millions of dollars in fines
In Singapore, a forensics lab wields CSI-like tech against wildlife traffickers
Drivers of Colombia’s peacetime deforestation weave a complex web
New species of Chinese giant salamander discovered
Stained by oil: A history of spills and impunity in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
Investors force Home Depot to review wood-sourcing policy over logging concerns
Ecotours aimed at saving monkeys are likely stressing them out, study finds
‘The promise was a lie’: How Indonesian villagers lost their cut of the palm oil boom
"Australia’s ‘Climate Election’ Finally Arrived. Will It Be Enough?"
"US Forest Chief Calls For A Pause On Prescribed Fire Operations"
Drought, Food Prices From Ukraine War Leave Millions In Africa Starving
"California Is About To Begin The Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project"
"Pet Collars Saga Escalates With Watchdog Probe"
"Ryan Zinke Makes His 'Energy Dominance' Pitch To Montanans"
Air Monitors Alone Won’t Save Communities From Toxic Industrial Pollution
"What Is Monkeypox, The Rare Virus Now Confirmed In The U.S. And Europe?"
"EPA, NJ Announce $588M In Water Infrastructure Spending"
"It’s a La Niña Year, And That Means Bigger, Badder Hurricanes"
For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope
In the Mekong’s murky depths, giants abound, new expedition finds
Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes
200 mysterious sea turtle deaths: Q&A with Kenyan fisherman and turtle rescuer Daniel Katana
Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: Birds still fading from the skies
Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support
'Living fossil' spider discovered in southern Sierra Nevada
"Sharp Cut In Methane Now Could Help Avoid Worst Of Climate Crisis"
"White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group"
Worried by Ukraine War, Enviros Petition Feds To Dump LNG By Rail
Newsom Urges Aggressive Water Conservation, Warns Of Statewide Cuts
"Companies Face Billions in Damages as PFAS Lawsuits Flood Courts"
"Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach"
"The Lithium War Next Door"
"Contractor Quitting Puts Shell In Spotlight Over Climate"
"Climate Change Boosted Odds Of Recent Deadly Heat In India, Pakistan"
"Sinking Maldives Plans To Reclaim Land From The Ocean"
U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg
Meet the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)
Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future
Tale of two pandemics as mining thrived while communities faced restrictions
Efforts bloom to save southern Brazil’s last butiá palm groves
In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
PEFC endorses Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain of Custody Standard
Four sturgeon species proposed for the endangered species list
Half of UK's butterfly species vulnerable to extinction as five join red list
Lawsuit Launched Challenging USDA's Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Insecticide
Brazil's Bolsonaro hikes environmental fines to protect Amazon rainforest
Biden Admin, Settling a Long Feud, Moves to Block Pebble Mine in Alaska
"As Hunger Spreads In Somalia, Babies Start To Die"
"Block-By-Block Data Shows Pollution’s Stark Toll On People Of Color"
"Pesticide Label Safeguards Urged for Workers, Endangered Species"
"SEC Proposes New Guidelines For ESG Investing"
"Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs Hit Population Low"
"As U.S. Flooding Worsens, South Carolina Redraws Risk Maps"
‘It Seems This Heat Will Take Our Lives’: Pakistan City Hits 51C
"An Ocean First: Underwater Drone Tracks CO2 In Alaska Gulf"
"8 Rails-to-Trails Adventures in the U.S."
"NOAA Forecasts Seventh Straight Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season"
"PFAS in Sewage Sludge, Industrial Wastewater Targeted for Rules"
"ExxonMobil Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change Lawsuit"
New Bill May Boost Electric Heat Pumps as Alternative To Gas
Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds
"Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield"
Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago
"Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US"
Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps
"Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%"
Ancient cypress in Chile may be the world’s oldest tree, new study suggests
Massachusetts just ruled 7-0 that Exxon must face trial for deceiving the public over climate change
Honeybees survive weeks buried under volcanic ash in La Palma
Australia to stand with Pacific islands no climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Penny Wong says
China triples solar investments as clean energy push accelerates
California is set to get its first new state park in over a decade
In a dramatic change, whales are now hanging around in San Francisco Bay
Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier
Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation
Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport
Seed banks catalog Brazil’s food past to safeguard its future
Repeated fires are silencing the Amazon, says new acoustic monitoring study
Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania
Lawsuit Launched to Stop Extinction of Guam's Endangered Animals, Plants
New Species of Cave-Dwelling Mollusk Discovered
"Supreme Court Rebuffs Republican-Led States On Greenhouse Gas Policy"
"Interior Moves Toward First Wind Lease Sales Off Calif. Coast"
"White House Eyes Restarting Idle Refineries"
"How the Media Stokes Needless Fears About Sharks"
Repeated Fires Are Silencing The Amazon: New Acoustic Monitoring Study
"Tribes Celebrate Montana Land Ownership And Bison Range Restoration"
CDC IDs 9 Suspected Monkeypox Cases In US Amid Signs Of Local Spread
"Federal Government Sues Alaska Over Subsistence"
"Climate Change Leads to Decline in Lichen Biocrusts"
"The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground"

Conservation News ~ 20 May 2022

5/20/2022

Ugandan court hands Congolese parrot trafficker seven-year jail sentence
New investigation links chicken supply chains in Europe to Indigenous rights abuses in Brazil
Pasture replaces large tract of intact primary forest in Brazilian protected area
Release the cats: Training native species to fear invasive predators
In Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous lands stop deforestation and boost recovery
The slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah
Small-island fishers petition Indonesian president to end coastal dredging
As tiger numbers in Nepal and India grow, their freedom to roam shrinks
Wage-related abuses in fishing industry exacerbated by pandemic response
‘The wheels came off’: South Africa court nixes coal mine extension
Geoengineering Earth’s climate future: Straight talk with Wake Smith
‘Bring back burning culture’ to save seabirds: Q&A with Wudjari ranger Jennell Reynolds
Malawi steps up action against illegal charcoal trade (analysis)
Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil’s cattle ranchers and forests
Banks bet big on coal in Indonesia, bucking global shift away from fossil fuel
China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity
Conservation win for Bangladesh as efforts to halt vulture decline pay off
New plant species discovered in Knuckles Range
Infrastructure Act to Provide $68 Million for Ecosystem Restoration Projects
Archaeologists stunned on discovering 'totally new species' of human in African cave
Trophy hunting incentivises killing of endangered animals, warns Zambian environmentalist
Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species
Striking new snake species discovered in Paraguay
CCAS professor helps discover salamander species in US Gulf Coastal Plain
Dust Storm, Hurricane-Force Winds Tear Path Across U.S. Upper Midwest
"Texas Heatwave To Test Power Grid Again This Week"
Study Says Warming Played a Role in Deadly South African Floods
"Hearing Shows Uphill Fight For Progressive Mining Reform"
"Here’s the First-Ever Map Showing Wildfire Risk to American Homes"
"Why the Biden Administration’s Plan to Fix Gas Prices Isn’t Working"
"Lawsuit Targets EPA Clean Air Act Waiver Revival"
"9th Circuit Keeps Massive Ariz. Copper Mine On Ice"
"Poor Workers Bear The Brunt Of India's Heatwave"
Justice Dept. Tries to Put Teeth Into Environmental Justice Efforts
Rivers could generate thousands of nuclear power plants worth of energy, thanks to a new ‘blue' membrane
Environment award stokes urge to save Indonesia’s karst landscape
Village uses Indigenous seeds to slow down Cerrado deforestation
Ousted anti-mining mayor heads back to Philippine city hall after landslide win
Oil exploration in DR Congo peatland risks forests, climate and local communities
"Buffalo Suspect May Be Latest Mass Shooter Motivated By ‘Eco-Fascism’"
"Menaced By Flames, Nuclear Lab Peers Into Future Of Wildfire"
"Meatpackers Drafted Trump Order On Meat Plants During Covid-19"
"6 Months In, Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has 4,300 Projects"
"U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drops To Lowest Level Since 1987"
"Climate Change Is Hurting Insurers, Report Says"
Pennsylvania Senate Candidates Support Fracking, Barely Mention Climate
"The ‘Carbon Bombs’ Set To Trigger Catastrophic Climate Breakdown"
"In US, States Struggle To Replace Fossil Fuel Tax Revenue"
"Far From Lake Powell, Drought Punishes Another Western Dam"
Amazon deforestation threatens newly discovered fish species in Brazil
Scientists Discover New Non-Venomous Snake Species in Paraguay
"Pollution Killing 9 Million People A Year, Africa Hardest Hit - Study"
"Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Are Going Dangerously Unregulated"
"Fukushima Water Release Plan Gets Initial OK From Japan Regulator"
"$230M Settlement Reached Over 2015 California Oil Spill"
Chicagoans Near Heavy-Traffic Corridors Breathing Most Polluted Air
"Judge Reverses Trump-Era ESA Sage Grouse Move"
"Europe Rethinks Its Reliance on Burning Wood for Electricity"
"Oceans Are Hotter, Higher And More Acidic, Climate Report Warns"
"U.N. Secretary General Asks Countries To Ease Barriers To Green Energy"
"He Bought The House 9 Months Ago. Then The Ocean Swept It Away."
Two New Fish Species Discovered in Brazil
Scientists Discover Nearly 1 Billion-Year-Old Organisms, Possibly Alive
Australia's tropical rainforests have been dying faster for decades in 'clear and stark climate warning'
Carbon pollution pushed environmental breakdown to record levels in 2021
New species of non-venomous snake recorded in Mizoram
Podcast: Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for the climate, biodiversity crisis and hunger
EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning
Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture
Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project
Spotted hyenas adapt to climate change in famed Tanzanian park
Study: Breeding adaptations help tree frogs thrive in different climates
Ivory from at least 150 poached elephants seized in the DRC raid
Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories
‘Wildlife-friendly’ infrastructure rules in Nepal and India ignore the birds
‘It’s just a bird’: Online platforms selling lesser-known Indonesian species
From victims to claimants: Mobilizing the IPCC Assessment for climate justice (commentary)
Scientists uncover widespread declines of raptors in Kenya
In Brazil’s Amazon, Quilombolas fight the erasure of their African heritage
"Vast Swath of US at Risk of Summer Blackouts, Regulator Warns"
"Environmentalists Oppose More Life For California Nuke Plant"
"SEC To Consider Sustainable Investing Rules"
Droughts, Fires, Floods: Could Climate Change Decide Australian Election?
"Climate Change Swells Odds Of Record India, Pakistan Heatwaves"
"Here’s What We Know About The Legacy of DDT Dumping Off L.A.'s Coast"
"Senators Announce Bipartisan Deal To Aid Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits"
"UN Floats Plan To Boost Renewables As Climate Worries Mount"
Plastic 'Recycling' Gets Boost In 18 US States — But Is It Really Recycling?
Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, But Still A Threat
Bird watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird watching TV show
DOE announces nearly $25 million to study advanced clean hydrogen technologies
Activists disrupt Africa Energies summit in Mayfair, London
Fly researchers find another layer hiding in the code of life
Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
San Diego Port commits to $180,000 to help propagate endangered Ridgeway Rail
Netherlands to ban fossil heating from 2026, make heat pumps necessary
The first electric fire truck is deployed in the US by the LAFD
Conger ice shelf has collapsed
Wolf seen in Brittany for first time in a century
India bans all wheat exports over food security risk
An engineer grows giant pyramids of ice to store water in the world’s highest desert
California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren’t fading away
1GW project pipeline firms up in New Zealand
Construction begins on Australia’s first gigawatt scale wind project
New species of Chinese giant salamander discovered
Results from mining tax for reforestation in the DRC leave more questions than answers
Conflict over resources in Kenya hits deadly highs with firearms in play
As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?
9m deaths a year from pollution, the ‘largest existential threat’ to humans
In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest
Slick operator: Indonesian cooking oil probe may spread to biodiesel industry
With Severe Drought, An Urgent Call To Rework Colorado River Pact
"Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds"
Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year
"Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls"
Foresters Hope To Help Trees Migrate Amid Climate Change
"Rare Monkeypox Case Confirmed In Massachusetts"
"Biden Forest Plan Stirs Dispute Over What Counts As “Old”"
"Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study"
21 Democratic AGs File Motion To Intervene In Calif. Emissions Lawsuit
"What the Insect Crisis Means for Food, Farming — and Humanity"

Conservation News ~ 13 May 2022

5/13/2022

Native Peoples Harvested Huge Amounts of Seafood Without Harming Ecosystems
To curb the climate crisis, transforming forestry is key, UN says
Unknown box jellyfish species spotted in Cronulla
Amazon deforestation surges in April
Fisher groups are the marine militia in Indonesia’s war on illegal fishing
For more fish and healthier coral in Bali, focus on communities and connectivity: Study
‘They died from the spill: The animals that couldn’t escape Peru’s oil slick
“Indigenous people are fighting to protect a natural equilibrium”: Q&A with Patricia Gualinga
DRC logging contracts suspended as audit uncovers serious violations
To gauge impact of nitrogen pollution, Sri Lanka project looks to lichens
Climate limit of 1.5C close to being broken, scientists warn
New Species Discovered In Toxic Cave By Denver Researcher
Lessons from panda conservation could help Asia’s other, overlooked, bears
Wildlife Diversity At Risk: 23 Species Declared Extinct in 2021
"Earth Given 50-50 Chance Of Hitting Key Warming Mark By 2026"
"Gas Prices Jump To Fresh Record Highs"
"Religious Leaders Urge Banks To Stop Financing Drivers Of Climate Change"
"Haul Of Atlantic Cod, Once Abundant, Reaches New Low"
"A Fight Over America’s Energy Future Erupts on the Canadian Border"
"In Focus: Migration And Climate Change"
"These Mushrooms Borrowed the Same Deadly Toxin From a Mysterious Source"
"America’s Love Affair With The Lawn Is Getting Messy"
"Wildfires Rage in Siberia, Killing at Least 10"
"In Journalism, ‘Objective’ Is A Good Word With A Noble History. But ..."
"Strong Winds Batter New Mexico, Complicating Wildfire Fight"
La. Solon Pushes Bills Benefiting Oil & Gas Industry — And Her Husband
"Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation Hits Record For Month Of April"
"DOE Updates Water Heater Rule For First Time In Two Decades"
After A Century, Lead Still Poisons Thousands Of Midwestern Kids
"Pentagon Halts Burning Of ‘Forever Chemicals’"
Wis. County Sues Makers Of Fire Foam Over Airport PFAS Contamination
Report: Fashion Industry Sustainability Claims Mask ‘Greenwashing’
"The Ocean’s Biggest Garbage Pile Is Full of Floating Life"
Extinction Obituary For The Quiet And Beautiful Hawaiian Po’ouli
Brazil Using Rock Powder to Fight Fertilizer Shortages and Climate Change
WCS CEO to depart conservation group for the Bezos Earth Fund
Newly described plant is latest fruit of Sri Lankan botanists’ collaboration
Himalayan musk deer talk to each other through poop, but poachers are also listening
Scheme to stop ‘conflict minerals’ fails to end child labor in DRC, report says
Indonesia’s revocation of palm oil, mining permits marred by ‘maladministration’
Thai gold mine blamed for sickening local villagers is set to reopen
Boom and bust on Lake Victoria: Q&A with author Mark Weston
Bull run: South Africa marks latest rhino relocation to boost populations
What’s popping? Humpbacks off South Africa, new acoustic study finds
Can celebrities and social media influencers really ‘rewrite extinction’?
Human disturbance is pitting wolverines against an unlikely competitor: Coyotes
Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals: Study
"Oil and Gas Industry Tries to Hold Public Schools Hostage"
Emails: RCMP Changed Its Story About Arresting Journalists In B.C. Raid
"U.N. Seeks $144 Million To Offload Decaying Yemen Oil Tanker"
"California Urban Water Use Rose 19% In March Despite Worsening Drought"
A New Trump-Tied PAC Enters War Against Biden’s Conservation Goals
More Than 100 Vultures Found Dead Near Maryland Dam From Avian Flu
"U.S. Attorneys to Step Onto Environmental Justice’s Front Lines"
‘Forever Chemicals’ May Have Polluted 20M Acres of US Cropland: Study
"Scientists Study Secrets Of Starling Murmurations"
Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia
Food for all: Q&A with Michel Pimbert of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience
In oil palm-dominated Malaysia, agroforestry orchards are oases of bird life: Study
Podcast: She’s here! Rare Sumatran rhino calf born at rhino sanctuary
Biologist fighting plastic pollution to save sea turtles wins ‘Green Oscar’
Deforestation-neutral mining? Madagascar study shows it can be done, but it’s complicated
Indonesia cancels fisheries infrastructure projects in Maluku region amid lack of funds
"US Boarding School Investigative Report Released"
"House Democrats Seek Criminal Charges Against Bernhardt"
"Coming This Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts"
House Democrats Advance Bill To Require New USPS Delivery Vehicle Review
"U.S. Firefighters In Final Push For Healthcare As Wildfires Surge"
"U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit A High, But The Oil Market May Signal Relief"
"Wildfires In Russia: Will War In Ukraine Limit Firefighting Response?"
"Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims That Yield Few Results"
"Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity"
"Big Meat Is Gobbling Up Fake Meat Companies"
Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to come online in Portugal
A New Species of Plant has Been Discovered at Six Senses Ninh Van Bay
"Biden Marks The Approaching Milestone Of 1 Million U.S. COVID-19 Deaths"
"Biden Pulls 3 Offshore Oil Lease Sales, Curbing New Drilling This Year"
"House Panel Will Investigate USPS Plan To Purchase 8.6 Mpg Trucks"
US Oil Refineries Spewing Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Communities: Report
"Jackson’s Sewer Dumped 44.7 Million Gallons Of Waste Into The Environment"
"U.S. Asbestos Imports Surge Despite Crackdown"
"Calif. Coastal Commission Rejects Plan For Poseidon Desalination Plant"
"Meat Industry Hyped ‘Baseless’ Shortage To Keep Plants Open Amid Covid"
"States Weigh ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Bans to Exceed Federal Rules"
"Vegas Mob Lore Floats To The Surface Along With Bodies At Lake Mead"
Forever chemicals may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland
Endangered Hawaiian monk seal population highest in decades

Conservation News ~ 6 May 2022

5/6/2022

"Firefighters Battling New Mexico Blaze Brace For Wind"
"EPA Staff Backs Status Quo On Ozone Limits In Blow To Enviros"
"Why Americans Became More Vulnerable to Oil Price Spikes"
"Buffeted by Weather, a Historic Black Town Strives To Endure"
"Rescuing The Massive Swamp U,S, Depends On But Has Mostly Forgotten"
New Iron Curtain Eroding Norway's Hard-Won Ties With Russia On Arctic
"Rob Bilott On His 20-Year Fight Against Forever Chemicals"
"EPA Proposes Scaling Back Weedkiller Tied To Cancer"
Calif. Accuses Exxon Deceiving Public, Push ‘Myth’ Of Plastics Recycling
"The Tick That Makes People Allergic To Red Meat Is in D.C."
In Mexico, a divine bird inspires a community’s sustainable forestry efforts
Q&A with Whitley Award winner Sonam Tashi Lama
Why are Florida manatees showing up in Cuba and Mexico?
‘Enough is enough’: California subpoenas ExxonMobil over plastic pollution
Scaling Palauan tradition to regional fisheries: Q&A with Noah Idechong
Conservation costs are rarely reported, making it difficult to prioritize funding
Rare birth of Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran
200 New Freshwater Fish Species Discovered
Tropical mammals under rising chemical pollution pressure, study warns
Land restoration requires immediate action and Indigenous land rights, says U.N. report
With protections restored, tribal council charts new path for Bears Ears
A seagrass restoration project to preserve the past may also protect the future
"Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries"
"Progressives Seize On Quarterly Oil Profits To Call For Windfall Tax"
"A Longer Life For Diablo Canyon? Newsom Touts Nuke Extension"
Florida Black Woman Fights Polluting Landfills Made From Sand Pits
Gas Giants Ghostwrote Letters Of Support From Elected Officials
"Texas Stumbles In Its Effort To Punish Green Financial Firms"
"Pandemic, War, Politics Hamper Global Push For Climate Action"
"Extreme Heat Kills At Least 25 In India's Maharashtra State"
"Biden’s Environmental Civil Rights Effort Wrestles With Caseload"
"Is That an Outlaw Lawn? Las Vegas Has a New Approach to Saving Water"
Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries
Prey-go-neesh (California condors) will soon fly over Northern California’s iconic Redwoods for the first time in more than a century - the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks will facilitate the release of the first two California condors to take flight in the center of the bird’s former range since 1892.
"Historic Drought Forces Feds to Withhold Water From States"
"U.S. Plastic Recycling Rate Drops To Close To 5% - Report"
"Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High Electric Bills"
"EPA Announces $40M To Help Restore Chesapeake Bay"
"Brazil Dams: 1 Million Live Close To Danger"
Forgotten Toxic Dump Site Raises New Worries For This L.A. Neighborhood
"Scientists Believe Beavers Can Build Resilience In Northwest Waterways"
Calif. Bill Could Require 'Blue Carbon' To Offset Coastal Development
"Condors Soar Again Over Northern California Coastal Redwoods"
"Why We Need Slow Solutions to Solve Our Water Problems"
A Butterfly That Frequents Southwest Colorado Could Be Put On The Endangered Species List
Researchers discover new species of salamander from Gulf Coastal plains hotspot
India to set up 30,000 MW offshore wind power, 50,000 MW of solar capacity
Surge in deforestation as Brazil pushes to pave a forgotten Amazon road
Indonesia to probe scale of tax-dodging illegal oil palm plantations
Indigenous group fights cattle onslaught, defends uncontacted relatives in the Gran Chaco
Partnering with farmers is key to land restoration success (commentary)
Sri Lanka’s environmentalists brace for economic meltdown’s toll on nature
Saving the near-extinct estuarine pipefish means protecting estuary health
To secure a future for wildlife, look to their distant past, study says
Senate Panel Approves Kigali Amendment in Bipartisan Vote
"E.U.’s Russian Oil Ban Could Reduce Global Emissions"
"Stanford Gets $1.1 Billion for New Climate School From John Doerr"
"EPA Recommends Army Corps Not Reissue PolyMet Permit"
"Supreme Court Leak Strikes Fear Among Environmental Lawyers"
"In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar"
Floods Threaten N. Dakota Dam, Border Area
"What Are Millets And Can They Help Create Global Food Security?"
"Arctic Inupiaq Leaders Take Aim At Biden Oil Policy"
"Jamestown: America's First English Settlement Now Endangered"
One in Five Reptiles Worldwide Are Threatened With Extinction
California drought: Officials worry there's not enough water to get through summer without cuts
Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein 'could halve deforestation'
California Coastal Conservancy unanimously approved The Trust for Public Land's acquisition grant to support the permanent preservation of the Banning Ranch property
New species of Isodon discovered in Indian Eastern Himalaya
"AP Analysis Finds Growing Number Of Poor, High-Hazard Dams"
"Report Says Michigan 2020 Dam Failures Were 'Preventable'"
"Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades"
"Biden Admin Unveils Long-Awaited EJ Strategy"
"Ukraine’s Battlefield Is Haunted by Putin’s Chemical Weapons Legacy"
"Who Will Profit From Saving Scotland’s Bogs?"
"Bird Flu Takes Unheard-Of Toll On Bald Eagles, Other Birds"
Massive Amount Of Water Discovered Below Antarctic Ice Sheet
"EPA Accelerates Asbestos Crackdown"
Scientists: Endangered Porpoise Not Doomed — If Humans Stop Killing Them
Santa Cruz is getting a $5.4 million wildlife tunnel crossing next year
Scientists discover greener route to widely used industrial material
After more than a century, California Condors soar over redwoods once again
The Devil’s Hole pupfish has paddled back from the brink in a hellish desert domain
There aren’t enough batteries in the world to power our huge cars
New frog species discovered in Australia and it’s already endangered
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
Citizen participation: a key achievement at the first COP to the Escazú Agreement
“We are on the front line”: Q&A with Indigenous land defender Adiela Jineth Mera Paz
Indonesian government lagging independent effort to recognize Indigenous lands
A new index measures the human impacts on Amazon waters
Ecuador promises more openness of fisheries information under new initiative
Amid war, Ukrainians are tracking Russia’s crimes against the environment
Putin’s financial interest in Brazil’s Amazon highways (commentary)
Podcast: Wonder on wings: The fierce nature and enduring beauty of birds
Community-led coral restoration project is rare hit amid slew of misses in Indonesia