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Conservation News ~ 26 May 2023

5/26/2023

"The Bat Lands: The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats"
Canada Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Colorado, Montana
Russia Targets Greenpeace In Crackdown On Dissent"
Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates of Coastal Flooding
"Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong"
New York City Is Sinking Due To Weight Of Its Skyscrapers: Research
As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story
"The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil"
"Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading"
"A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy."
New species of freshwater crab discovered burrowing in India
Scientists discover 380 new species in lower Mekong
Two new mollusk species discovered in Hainan
‘A truly thrilling find’: Extremely rare species found in California
7 States Reach Colorado River Deal, Bringing Big Water Cuts For 3 Years
Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought
"Global Heating Will Push Billions Outside ‘Human Climate Niche’"
WMO: 2M Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over 50 Years
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Won’t Seek Reelection
Oak Flat: "Biden Admin Hits Pause On Ariz. Copper Mine"
"Chemours’ PFAS Challenge Affects Semiconductors, State Cleanups"
"Food Prices Are Still High. What Role Do Corporate Profits Play?"
"Why Tree-Planting Schemes Aren’t a Silver Bullet"
"The Scientist And The Bats"
'Dancing' semislug emerges after rainfall — and discovered as new species in Thailand
California Backs Consensus Plan to Bolster the Colorado River
A color-changing lizard and "Muppet" orchid are among 380 newly found species
New frog species with "groins of fire" discovered in Amazon with colors that resemble flames
Coastal Guam Residents Evacuate As Approaching Typhoon Mawar Threatens
"US, EU Lawmakers Push To Depose UAE's Jaber From Climate Talks"
"Climate Protests Over Private Jets Disrupt Geneva Airport Flights"
"EPA Under Pressure To Revive Noise Pollution Program"
Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health
"EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat"
"Colorado River Water Sharing Agreement Likely Dodges Legal Fight"
CEO Of Top Carbon Credit Certifier To Resign After Claims Offsets Worthless
"These Countries Will Be Dangerously Hot Within The Next Century"
"America’s Big Shift To Green Energy Has A Woolly Mammoth Problem"
Cheaper method to capture carbon dioxide could shake up industry
Conservation bill aims to preserve half of Vermont’s land mass by 2050
A preserved Amazon rainforest worth USD $317 billion per year
Microsoft signs one of the largest ever carbon removal deals
Seabird conservation mostly works
Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture
World’s largest carbon capture facility will store 9M tonnes of CO2 yearly
IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident
"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs"
In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature'
"Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk And Some May Harm, Research Says"
"Scrapped DOE Funding For Battery Company Fuels New Concerns"
"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch."
"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky"
Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters
"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland talks with Arizona tribes at the Grand Canyon"
"Weird, Rare, and Everywhere"
New species of frog discovered in Peru wetland
Two new species of crustacean discovered in Saudi Arabia
Almost half world's species seeing rapid population decline, study finds
Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries
More than 5000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
New species of shrimp with 'intriguingly' large eyes found in Thailand
Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board
Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners
How Busy Will Atlantic Hurricane Season Be? Depends Two Clashing Forces.
Environmental Racism: The Battle Over Long Island Brookhaven Landfill
"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume"
"India Has Big Clean Energy Goals - So Why Is It Banking On Coal?"
"Lula Summons Ministers As Congress Seeks To Dilute Environmental Powers"
"Most of Guam Without Power, Water After Typhoon Mawar Exits"
"North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools"
"Germany Conducts Raids Against Climate Activists, Alleging Criminality"
"A Boat Went Dark. Finding It Could Help Save The World’s Fish."

Conservation News ~ 19 May 2023

5/19/2023

In Honorable Memory of Ziad Samaha
COP28 High-Level Champion Calls for Greater Inclusion and Partnerships with Indigenous Communities for Climate Action
The new IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology promotes a comprehensive approach to analyze ecosystems in the face of present and future challenges
Earth Day 2023: Inclusive conservation invests in Indigenous and local women
The IUCN Green List, what it is and why it’s useful
Putting people at the heart of human-wildlife conflict: Outcomes of the International Conference on Human-Wildlife
Conflict and Coexistence
Maher Mahjoub, new director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Brief IUCN WCEL statement regarding the sixth session of the Environment Assembly
Utah's Endangered Species Mitigation Fund allocates $4.4 million to fund 42 wildlife
Taiwan passes organic law to establish Ministry of the Environment
New demon catshark species discovered off coast of Western Australia
New stoloniferous species of begonia found in Yunnan
Butterfly Group With Fiery 'Eyes' Is Named After 'Lord of the Rings' Villain Sauron
Sacramento Zoo announces Sumatran orangutan birth; 1st since 1981
Rare owlfly species discovered from Rajasthan
Texas A&M Forest Service To Receive $21.75 Million For Urban Forestry Initiatives
Indianapolis Zoo offers $1 million sponsorship of endangered species preservation plan
Almost 30,000 People Displaced As Alberta Continues Battling Wildfires
"Fire Burns For Third Day At Shell Texas Chemical Plant"
"Federal Pipeline Agency Rolls Out Methane Proposal"
"West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice"
"Oil Boom Transforms Guyana, Prompting A Scramble For Spoils"
"Circuit Panel’s Halt of EPA Ozone Rule Threatens National Limits"
Florida Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by Proposed LNG Plant
Tribe Was Barred From Cultural Burning — Then A Fire Hit Their Community
"Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines"
"Radar, Cameras Show Sea Birds Avoid Wind Turbines"
"Warming-Stoked Tides Eating Huge Holes In Greenland Glacier"
Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias?
"Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says."
"Outdoor Brands Phase Out PFAS, “Forever Chemicals,” Ahead Of State Bans"
Project Documents D.C. Region’s Dying Ash Trees
Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting
Puppy Mills: Iowa Still Leads The Nation In Both Violators And Citations
"Charles Is Not Your Climate King"
"Wanted: Lost Crab Traps. Reward: $5"
"D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water"
"Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire"
"US Approves Temporary Nuclear Waste Storage In New Mexico"
"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says"
"Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling"
Making Shift Happen: Momentum for New Thinking About River Restoration
"Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan"
‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam
Death Toll From Wildfires In Russia’s Urals Hits 21, Authorities Suspect Arson
"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans"
Program announces birth of endangered wolves once found in Tennessee
EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change
"In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan"
"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee"
Rail Safety Bill, Inspired by Fiery Ohio Derailment, Clears Major Hurdle
"Climate Maths 'Doesn't Add Up' Without Carbon Capture: COP28 Chief"
"Florida Lawmakers Want To Use Radioactive Material To Pave Roads"
New Mexico Officials: FEMA Delays Lead To Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims
Number Of Internally Displaced People Hits Record Amid War, Climate Change
Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit
Sound Artist Eavesdrops On What May Be World’s Heaviest Organism
Examination of unique shark eggs leads to discovery of new species
"Unusually Early Heat Wave In Pacific Northwest Tests Records"
"Cyclone Mocha: Deadly Storm Hits Myanmar And Bangladesh Coasts"
Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescues
Flush With Federal Money, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize
Climate Deniers Target Scientists For Vicious Abuse On Musk’s Twitter
Controlled Burns Prevent Wildfires, But Regulations Make It Very Hard
"Nature Lawyers Up"
Biden Pledged To Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Overseas. ExIm Bank Does Anyway
"Getting A Silent Killer Out Of The Kitchen"
"On The Hunt For Yellowstone’s Bison"
"U.S. Supreme Court Preserves California Humane Pig Confinement Law"
EPA Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants
"Scientists Warn Of Disinfectant Dangers: Study"
"Biden Moves To Mandate Greener Building Codes In One-Sixth Of New Houses"
"Tohono O’odham Nation To Get Ancestral Land Back"
"As Exxon Bows Out, Industry Takes Step Toward Sustainable Algae Biofuels"
"Veterans on Borrowed Time Fume Over Delays on Toxic Water Claims"
"As Climate Risks Rise, Flood Insurance Costs Stun US Homeowners"
Environmentalists Aim To Block Gold Mine Near Yellowstone — By Buying It
Koalas Are Dying From Chlamydia. A New Vaccine Effort Is Trying To Save Them
New species of flying gecko found in Mizoram; named after state
"Biden Nominates National Cancer Institute Director To Lead NIH"
"Wind Is Main Source of UK Electricity for First Time"
"EPA Looks To Toss ‘Deceptive’ Plastics Recycling Symbol"
Ads Claiming Products Are Carbon Neutral By Using Offsetting Face UK Ban
"Intensive Farming Is Biggest Cause Of Bird Decline In Europe, Study Says"
"Exxon Targets Standing in Largest-Ever Citizen Lawsuit Penalty"
Maker Of Graphite For Batteries Plans $800 Million Factory in SW Georgia
Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways
Enviro, Oil Companies Battle Ohio Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater
Herders In Kenya Kill 10 Lions, Including Loonkiito, One Of The Oldest
Platypuses return to Sydney's Royal National Park after disappearing for decades
New species of parachute gecko discovered in India: study
"Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline"
"Plastic Pollution Could Be Slashed By 80% By 2040, UN Says"
"Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution Resuming Solar Tariffs"
"WSU Researchers Win Historic FDA Approval For Gene-Edited Pork"
"Cop28 Host UAE’s Approach Is ‘Dangerous’, Says UN’S Ex-Climate Chief"
"Goodbye, Fish And Chips? New England Haddock Imperiled By Overfishing"
"Can the World Make an Electric Car Battery Without China?"
"US Approves Emergency Use Of Bird Flu Vaccine To Save California Condors"
Communities Of Color Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS In Drinking Water
"Burning Man Becomes Latest Adversary in Geothermal Feud"
"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills"
Earth May Briefly Hit Key Warming Threshold, UN Forecasts
"Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit."
"Manchin Blocks DOE Nominee Over Gas Stoves"
US Power Grids Vulnerable To Extreme Heat Conditions This Summer: NERC
Federal Rules Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills: Report
“Halliburton Loophole” Lets Fracking Firms Pollute Water Without Oversight
Report Finds Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs
"A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook the Planet"
"Weather Extremes: What Happens To People After A Disaster?"
Climate Change, Diversion Shrink World's Lakes By Trillions Of Gallons
El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Could Cost The Global Economy Trillions
Senate Dems Enter Permitting Fray With Bill Aimed at Climate, Electricity
Brazil Rejects Oil Drilling Project Near Mouth of Amazon River
US Greenlights Major Transmission Line For Renewable Energy In West
"Villagers Evacuated As Wildfire Ravages Woodlands In Western Spain"
"Green Banks Spring Up in States, Spurred by $27 Billion Fund"
"Colombia's Climate Migration Draft Law Hailed As 'Life Saver'"
Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate
"Most Teachers Support Teaching Students About Climate Change, Survey Finds"

Conservation News ~ 5 May 2023

5/5/2023

"EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer"
"California Phases Out Diesel Trucks: What Happens Next?"
"New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Buildings"
"House OKs Resolution Overturning Biden Solar Tariff Pause"
"California's Fire Season Under Way Weeks After Heavy Rain and Snow"
"Dispatcher Frustration Over Stress And Pay Risks US Wildfire Chaos"
"Will A New National Park Mend Tribal Ties?"
"The Places At Greatest Risk From Extreme Heat"
"Maine Transmission Line Is Stalled Despite Court Victories"
"What Cheetahs, Armadillos and Whales Revealed About Human DNA"
Scientists discover 3 new sea worms that glow in the dark
ZSI team discovers 2 new spider species in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power"
"Many California Hospitals Are Near Wildfire Danger Zones, Study Says"
"Navajo Nation, Activists Feel Cut Out As Company Plans Uranium Mining
Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can Farm Bill Create Solutions?
"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Over SpaceX Launch License For Texas"
"Orbiting Methane ‘Speed Cameras’ Are Catching Polluters in the Act"
Brazil’s Lula Recognizes Six Indigenous Lands, And Says More To Come
"California Condors In Arizona, Utah Died From Avian Flu"
"What Sound Can Tell Us About Our Changing World"
"A Grove Of Tree Books For Arbor Day"
58 species added, 36 removed from Michigan's threatened, endangered species list
Scientists Use NASA Satellite Data to Determine Belize Coral Reef Risk
"Famine Still Stalks Somalia"
"Biden’s Push To Disclose Climate Risks Hits Wall Of Industry Resistance"
"How Dust Storms Happen, And Why They’re So Dangerous"
"Outrage Over Fresh Chemical Leak At Shell Plastics Plant"
Enviros Want FTC Green Guides to Shun ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic Waste
"Climate-Hit Wetlands Lay Bare Britain's Biodiversity Struggle"
"The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t."
"Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming"
"Toxic Vinyl Chloride Is A Widespread Environmental Injustice"
"They Pollute. You Pay (Literally)."
New mushroom species discovered from Sri Lanka
New subterranean catfish species discovered in India
"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards"
"Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast."
"Fla. And La. Must Borrow Millions To Pay Insurance Claims"
"Biden Administration Proposes Water Quality Standard For Tribes"
Senators Hopeful They Can Keep Rail Safety Bill On Track After E Palestine
"Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend And Downplay"
"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says China Has Invited Him For Talks"
"Hawaii Lawmakers Fail To Pass Annual Park Fee For Tourists"
"UN Warns Heat Records Could Be Broken As Chance Of El Niño Rises"
"The Latest To Be Evacuated From California's Floods? Bunnies"
Black Alabamians Endured Poor Sewage For Decades. Now They May See Justice.
Texas’ Water Infrastructure Is Broken, Jeopardizing Quality And Supply
"Living and Breathing on the Front Line of a Toxic Chemical Zone"
In ‘Cancer Alley’, Chemical Giants Campaign Against Grassroots Organizers
"WVa Residents Rip Pesticide Facility Plan As Hearing Looms"
Tribe Signs Pact To Work With California To Save Endangered Salmon
"Commonwealth Hard Hit By Climate Impacts"
First Nation Fights In B.C. Court To Stop Dozens Of Mineral Claims
"Do Hungry North Atlantic Right Whales Follow Their Noses?"
"Long Reviled as ‘Ugly,’ Sea Lampreys Finally Get Some Respect"
German Zoo welcomes first polar bear cub in 21 years
Rice loving Asian elephant captured and relocated after killing six people in India
Rare statue of Maya lightning god found in Mexico
American Museum of Natural History in NYC to open state of the art Richard Gilder Center
Rare, revered reptile on brink of extinction after last female dies
‘Extinct’ snail return to Tahiti in largest wildlife reintroduction ever
Volcanic microbe discovered can eat CO2 astonishingly quickly to cut climate-heating gases
California bans the sale of new diesel trucks by 2036
Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China