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Conservation News ~ June 22 2018

6/22/2018

Rare Manta Ray Nursery Discovered: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/animals-manta-rays-nurseries-babies/
111 million tonnes of plastic waste will have nowhere to go by 2030: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-plastics-import-ban-1.4712764
Scientists discover new specimen of ancient marine lizard: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-species-ancient-marine-lizard.html
David Attenborough launches wildlife fund for advertisers: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/21/david-attenborough-launches-wildlife-fund-lions-share-for-advertisers
Long extinct Gibbon found inside tomb of Chinese Emperor’s grandmother:
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/621487897/long-extinct-gibbon-found-inside-tomb-of-chinese-emperors-grandmother
Parliament adopts motion to lift elephant hunting ban: https://africasustainableconservation.com/2018/06/22/botswana-parliament-votes-to-end-elephant-hunting-ban/
Grizzly Bear committee delays vote on NCDE Conservation Strategy: http://mtpr.org/post/grizzly-bear-committee-delays-vote-ncde-conservation-strategy
Paul Simon says goodbye to Oregon fans with a gift for Outdoor School: https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life_and_culture/erry-2018/06/582328e6056821/paul_simon_says_goodbye_to_ore.html
Greater Yellowstone wildlife crossing plan wins county approval: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/this_just_in/article_73f782a5-280c-509c-8abc-4fe815e58bf8.html
Killing dogs for meat ruled illegal by South Korean court: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/killing-dogs-for-meat-illegal-south-korea-court-rules
Koko, the gorilla, dies at 46: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/koko-gorilla-mastered-sign-language-dead-at-46/
Peru’s Bahuaja-Sonene National Park at risk over illegal mining: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/perus-bahuaja-sonene-national-park-at-risk-over-illegal-mining/
Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-cut-global-warming
Puan, the world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, dies at 62: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-cut-global-warming
Edinburgh Zoo rhino flies to Indonesia for a mate: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/976723/celebrity-rhino-flies-Indonesia-mate-Edinburgh-zoo
The entire habitat is gone – Hawaii’s natural wonders claimed by lava: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea-natural-wonders-destroyed-kapoho-bay
Myanmar dolphin conservation area decided: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/new-dolphin-conservation-zone-decided.html
Humboldt Marten may get endangered species status: http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20180621/NEWS/180629957
Nuns resurrect endangered salamanders in first-of-its kind conservation effort: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/salamander-conservation-nuns-mexico-animals/
Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620162415.htm
Mining to begin in national monument eliminated White House: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/393540-canadian-company-to-begin-mining-in-land-that-used-to-be-protected
US EPA has spent a total of $4.6 million on security: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/20/scott-pruitt-epa-security-total-expenses-foia/
There could be as many as 7000 tigers living in American backyards: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/18/there-could-be-as-many-as-7000.html
Colorado to join backers of California vehicle emissions rules in face of EPA rollbacks: https://thinkprogress.org/colorado-to-join-backers-of-california-vehicle-emissions-rules-in-face-of-epa-rollbacks-19cc2c233ded/
Greenville Zoo announces birth of Red Panda cubs: https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/06/20/greenville-zoo-announces-birth-of-red-panda-cubs/
Exxon says climate lawsuits violate its right to free speech: https://grist.org/article/exxon-says-climate-lawsuits-violate-its-right-to-free-speech-seriously/
4 Mountain Lion kittens discovered in California: http://smdp.com/4-new-mountain-lions-kittens-found-in-california-mountains/166952
Oil hunt damages Everglades’ Big Cypress National Preserve: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alison-kelly/oil-hunt-damages-everglades-big-cypress-national-preserve
Bat-killing fungus spreads to two new species and two new states: http://therevelator.org/bat-fungus-spreads/
NASA to host teleconference on near-Earth object preparedness report: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-media-teleconference-on-national-near-earth-object-preparedness-report
North Dakota oil refinery construction near national park: https://www.apnews.com/39f3848a2a2340db9abdb0958ad23df4
Tucson to resurrect river with recycled water: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/tucson-resurrect-ancient-santa-cruz-river-recycled-wastewater
Southern resident orca L92 missing as community returns to the Salish Sea: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/tucson-resurrect-ancient-santa-cruz-river-recycled-wastewater
After violence, Congo’s Virunga National Park closes for the year: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/travel/virunga-national-park-congo-closed-kidnapping.html
Spotted Owl decline continues: https://www.fseee.org/2018/06/18/spotted-owl-decline-continues/
Mexico jaguar population grows 20% in eight years: http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/06/15/mexico-jaguar-population-grows-20-in-eight-years.html
Maine’s elver season shut down 2 weeks early as off-book sales disrupt quota: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/23/suspected-illegal-elver-sales-forces-early-closure-of-fishery/
USFWS considers dropping wolf protections: https://apnews.com/0a9027ff419a4b3d9b547968e6042c32
Delhi’s air pollution is now so bas it is literally off the chart: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/delhi-blanketed-by-smog-so-toxic-it-cant-be-measured
Golden Andean bear captured on camera in Peru: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/latam-eco-review-paddington-bear-captured-on-camera-in-peru/
RI club seeks state permission to import exotic animals for hunting: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180605/ri-club-seeks-state-permission-to-import-exotic-animals-for-hunting
Endangered 10-month old Mexican Gray Wolf killed: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/mexican-gray-wolf-killed-with-shovel
Colombia declares new natural park protecting water for 116,000 people: https://natureandculture.org/paramo-ovejas-tauso-park/
In the Philippines, dynamite fishing decimates entire ocean food chains: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/world/asia/philippines-dynamite-fishing-coral.html
Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168174-tourism-is-four-times-worse-for-the-climate-than-we-thought/
Animal rights activist charged in mink farm break-in: http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/animal-activist-charged-in-mink-stink
Even in the Bronze Age, humans altered soil chemistry: https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54848/title/Even-in-the-Bronze-Age--Humans-Altered-Soil-Chemistry/
Washington University researcher got paid $300,000 to resign after he said shooting wolves is bad: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5knkk/a-researcher-got-paid-dollar300000-to-resign-after-he-said-shooting-wolves-is-bad

Conservation News ~ June 14 2018

6/14/2018

One new species of ‘micro-moth’ found in Britain every year: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/14/one-new-species-of-micro-moth-found-in-britain-every-year
New type of photosynthesis discovered: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-photosynthesis.html
Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/13/antarctic-ice-loss-has-tripled-in-a-decade-if-that-continues-we-are-in-serious-trouble/
Germany fines Volkswagen $1.2 billion over diesel scandal: http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/13/investing/volkswagen-fine-germany/index.html
Yosemite grove of giant sequoia trees reopens to public after $40m restoration: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yosemite-mariposa-grove-reopens-restoration-sequoia-trees/
Judge orders EPA to comply with Clean Air Act in Ozone lawsuit: https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-to-limit-pollution-into-new-york-connecticut-2578008277.html
Field Museum honors Peruvian organization for its conservation work with indigenous groups: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/field-museum-honors-peruvian-organization-for-its-conservation-work-with-indigenous-groups/
Russell Mittermeier wins Indianapolis Prize: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/renowned-wildlife-conservationist-russell-mittermeier-awarded-2018-indianapolis-prize/
TransCanada Pipeline explodes in West Virginia: https://www.ecowatch.com/transcanada-pipeline-explodes-west-virginia-2576042392.html
Pope Francis tells oil chiefs to keep it in the ground: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/06/09/pope-francis-tells-oil-chiefs-keep-ground/
Record number of Blue-throated Macaws spotted: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/record-numbers-blue-throated-macaws-spotted
New Zealand ‘marine heatwave’ brings tropical fish from 3,000km away: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/new-zealand-marine-heatwave-tropical
California comeback for Grey Wolf hits farthest point south: https://www.kqed.org/science/1925619/california-comeback-for-gray-wolf-hits-farthest-point-south
DNC votes unanimously to no longer accept money from fossil fuel companies: https://thinkprogress.org/dnc-ban-fossil-fuel-companies-408e1595bcda/
Black Bear hunter mistakenly bags grizzly in Swan Valley: https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/06/11/mistaken-identity-black-bear-hunter-shoots-18-year-old-grizzly/692590002/
US, Japan decline to sign G7 agreement to reduce plastic waste in oceans: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-us-japan-decline-to-sign-g7-agreement-to-reduce-plastic-waste-in/
Succulent plant poachers convicted in Humboldt County: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/06/12/succulent-plant-poachers-convicted-in-humboldt-county/
Washington must remove salmon barriers, ruling favors tribes: https://www.theolympian.com/latest-news/article212940589.html
Leaked report warns Cambodia’s biggest dam could literally kill Mekong river: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/leaked-report-warns-cambodias-biggest-dam-could-literally-kill-mekong-river
The first jaguars born in this Argentinian wetland in over a century: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/jaguar-reintroduction-argentina-animals/
Kinder Morgan Pipeline leak two days before Trudeau buyout was 48 times larger: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/10/anyone-surprised-kinder-morgan-pipeline-leak-two-days-trudeau-buyout-was-48-times
Costa Rican Minister of Environment declares Paul Watson a hero: https://seashepherd.org/2018/06/11/costa-rican-minister-of-environment-declares-paul-watson-a-hero/
Glacier National Park sees highest-ever May visitor count: http://montrealgazette.com/pmn/news-pmn/glacier-national-park-sees-highest-ever-may-visitor-count/wcm/736364ed-ae98-4c02-9029-c7b49b3f48ad
Fishermen are illegally killing endangered dolphins to use as bait: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/dolphins-seals-killed-bait-fisherman-endangered-illegal-latin-america-africa-a8387271.html
Volkswagen ends all experiments on animals: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/volkswagen-vows-to-end-experiments-on-animals.html
Court rules in favor of Mexican wolves: https://mexicanwolves.org/index.php/news/1912/51/Court-rules-in-favor-of-Mexican-wolves
TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia: https://www.ecowatch.com/transcanada-pipeline-explodes-west-virginia-2576042392.html

Conservation News ~ June 9 2018

6/9/2018

More than 100 new species discovered in Bolivian park: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/latam-eco-review-more-than-100-new-species-in-bolivian-park/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Super plane, satellites help map the Caribbean’s hidden coral reefs: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/super-plane-satellites-help-map-the-caribbeans-hidden-coral-reefs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Online pet trade in Southeast Asia poses a major new threat to otters: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/online-pet-trade-in-southeast-asia-poses-a-major-new-threat-to-otters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
India’s Prime Minister calls for crackdown on plastic pollution: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/asia/india-world-environment-day-modi-intl/index.html
British government pledges 41 new marine conservation zones as Prime Minister prepares to lobby G7 on plastics pollution: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/marine-conservation-zones-michael-gove-uk-coastline-theresa-may-g7-plastic-pollution-a8388671.html
China will conduct 6-month survey on conservation land areas to protect the environment: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/03/c_137226939.htm
Marine protected area now covers 35% of Maltese waters: https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20180605/local/marine-protected-area-now-covers-35-of-maltese-waters.680953
Endangered Species protection urges for 23 Southeast species threatened by White House budget cuts, backlog: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/southeast-species-06-08-2018.php
Rare Colorado butterfly plant’s recovery an Endangered Species Act success: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/colorado-butterfly-plant-06-07-2018.php
Audubon Zoo welcomes one of the planet’s most endangered species – Sumatran Orangutan: https://wgno.com/2018/06/04/audubon-zoo-welcomes-one-of-the-planets-most-endangered-species/
11-year-old raises $30k for Endangered Species with artwork: http://www.kdlt.com/2018/06/03/11-year-old-raises-30-for-endangered-species-with-artwork/
Democratic lawmakers seek criminal corruption probe of EPA leader: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/dem-lawmakers-seek-criminal-corruption-probe-of-epas-pruitt/2018/06/08/7ee56542-6b35-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html?noredirect=on
Zanzibar leopard captured on camera, despite being declared extinct: https://www.insideedition.com/zanzibar-leopard-captured-camera-despite-being-declared-extinct-43962
Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05357-w
Russ Mittermeier discovers 18 new species: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/06/08/russ-mittermeier-passionate-primates-and-discovers-new-species/676651002/
National Park Service to add 20 to 30 wolves to Isle Royale: http://www.startribune.com/national-park-service-to-announce-long-awaited-isle-royale-wolf-plan/484849111/
Head of Yellowstone feels abused by Interior Department: http://ypradio.org/post/exclusive-head-yellowstone-feels-abused-interior-department-0
Ca Prop 68 passes to inject $4.1 billion into CA water, land conservation projects: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Prop-68-passes-to-inject-4-1-billion-into-CA-12971957.php
Species found to lose fear of predators after 13 generations of protective isolation: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-species-predators-isolation.html
Steelhead Trout evolved to live in freshwater in just 100 years: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/saltwater-trout-evolved-live-fresh-water-just-100-years
Ocean advocates take to the streets to rally for marine protection: https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/06/04/ocean-advocates-take-to-the-streets-to-rally-for-marine-protection
California Wildlife conservation board funds environmental improvement and acquisition: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/wildlife-conservation-board-funds-environmental-improvement-and-acquisition-projects-27/
Kagame commends conservationists for gorilla population growth: http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/kagame-commends-conservationists-gorilla-population-growth
South Africa canned hunter successfully convicted: https://africageographic.com/blog/south-african-canned-hunter-successfully-convicted/
Hawaii pledges to become carbon neutral by 2045: http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/hawaii-pledges-to-become-carbon-neutral-by-2045
Judge orders EPA to produce science behind administrator’s warming claims: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/judge-orders-epa-to-produce-science-behind-pruitts-warming-claims/
Colorado oil producers to curtail activities on high ozone days: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/06/04/colorado-oil-producers-high-ozone-days/
Mount Taranaki: will New Zealand’s ‘living person’ status bring respect?: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/jun/05/mount-taranaki-will-the-new-zealand-peaks-living-person-status-bring-respect
Pope Francis meets with oil executives, says ‘no time to lose’ on climate change: https://thinkprogress.org/pope-francis-warns-fossil-fuel-execs-on-climate-f2d417d4401d/
Trophy hunter invited to slaughter hippos for $10k: http://bulletsfirst.net/2017/11/18/big-game-hunting-good-thing-animals/
64 elephants trapped near Rohingya camps: http://en.prothomalo.com/environment/news/177271/64-elephants-trapped-near-Rohingya-camps
Wardens shoot three dead, foil attempt to poach elephants: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001282756/wardens-shoot-three-dead-foil-attempt-to-poach-elephants
Sylvia Earle is the latest Indianapolis Prize finalist: https://www.wthr.com/article/sylvia-earle-is-the-latest-indianapolis-prize-finalist
In desert trials, next-generation water harvester delivers fresh water from air: http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/06/08/in-desert-trials-next-generation-water-harvester-delivers-fresh-water-from-air/
NASA to explore an asteroid containing enough mineral wealth to collapse the world’s markets: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4128582/Nasa-plans-explore-expensive-asteroid.html

Conservation News ~ June 4 2018

6/4/2018

Largest fish factory vessel in the world arrested and seized in Peru: https://seashepherd.org/news/largest-fish-factory-vessel-in-the-world-arrested-and-seized/
Indo targets illegal fishing vessels under new bill: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/indonesia-targets-illegal-fishing-vessel-owners-under-new-bill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Madagascar upholds sentence for environmental activist: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/madagascar-court-upholds-sentence-for-environmental-activist/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Belize reef recovers: https://www.iucn.org/news/iucn-42whc/201805/world-heritage-danger-belize-reef-recovers-while-lake-turkana-faces-dam-threat-%E2%80%93-iucn?utm_campaign=2068490_Protecting%20the%20Planet%20-%20MAY%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=IUCN&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=2GI3,199RF,85JNQE,40UG2,1
Lake Turkana faces dam threat: https://www.iucn.org/news/iucn-42whc/201805/world-heritage-danger-belize-reef-recovers-while-lake-turkana-faces-dam-threat-%E2%80%93-iucn?utm_campaign=2068490_Protecting%20the%20Planet%20-%20MAY%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=IUCN&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=2GI3,199RF,85JNQE,40UG2,1
Rhino poached outside Port Alfred: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2018-06-01-another-rhino-poached-outside-port-alfred/
Chile bans plastic bags at retail businesses: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/americas/chile-plastic-bags-ban.html
39 arrested protesting industrial farm supplying “cage-free” eggs to Amazon and Whole Foods: https://www.democracynow.org/2018/5/30/39_arrested_protesting_industrial_farm_supplying
California Senate just voted to phase out deadly driftnets: https://mercyforanimals.org/breaking-california-senate-just-voted-to
Nine lions found dead in Serengeti: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Nine-lions-found-dead-in-Serengeti/1840340-4591868-ukp3s4z/index.html
Everglades National Parks wants you to kill its Burmese Pythons: http://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article212188594.html
Volkswagen to end experiments on animals: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/business/volkswagen-animal-testing-peta-monkeys.html
Dead whale found with 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dead-whale-found-thailand-17-pounds-plastic-its-stomach-n879581
5 Giant salamander species identified: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/chinese-giant-salamander-species-animals/
Tonne of endangered whale shark fins discovered on a plane to Hong Kong: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/hong-kong-whale-shark-fins-endangered-smuggling-extinction-risk-a8378626.html
Mountain Gorilla population has now risen above 1,000: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/mountain-gorilla-population-rises-above-1000
Plastic water bottles to be banned from Montreal city buildings following unanimous vote: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plastic-water-bottles-to-be-banned-from-montreal-city-buildings-following-unanimous-vote-1.4683568
At the edge of the Arctic Circle, oil drilling threatens the indigenous: https://grist.org/article/at-the-edge-of-the-arctic-circle-oil-drilling-threatens-the-indigenous-gwichin/
Kinder Morgen pipeline: Canadian government to buy project for $4.5bn: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/canada-kinder-morgan-pipeline-trans-mountain
EPA used disavowed research to justify putting dirtier trucks on the road: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pruitt-polluting-trucks-20180528-story.html
US President’s resort in Ireland will build seawalls to protect against climate change: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-12-22/trump-resort-in-ireland-will-build-seawalls-to-protect-against-climate-change
Japan killed 120 pregnant whales this year in the name of scientific research: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/more-than-300-whales-were-killed-this-year-in-the-name-of-scientific-research/
Newly described Araguaian river dolphins: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325395411_The_newly_described_Araguaian_river_dolphins_Inia_araguaiaensis_Cetartyodactyla_Iniidae_produce_a_diverse_repertoire_of_acoustic_signals
Vietnam’s first Goldman Prize winner pushes for energy conservation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/vietnams-first-goldman-prize-winner-pushes-for-energy-conservation/
EU proposes single-use plastics ban: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-44280532
Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws and foam containers: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-plastic-straw-ban-foam-cups-1.4666586
Return of the bison – herd makes surprising comeback on Dutch coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/28/return-of-the-bison-herd-makes-surprising-comeback-on-dutch-coast
Four whales shot in head on Pacific island beach: http://www.oceansentry.org/four-whales-found-shot-head-pacific-island-beach/
Us Govt’s offshore oil drilling proposal threatens 68 national parks: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/trumps-offshore-oil-drilling-proposal-threatens-68-national-parks/page-2/
New Zealand to kill 150,000 cows to end bacterial disease: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/new-zealand-to-kill-150000-cows-to-end-bacterial-disease/2018/05/28/a1ab9dc4-62d6-11e8-81ca-bb14593acaa6_story.html?noredirect=on
Otters recolonize Singapore following successful river cleanup effort: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/a-tale-of-two-otters-settling-in-singapore-suffering-in-china/
Zambia resumes barbaric slaughtering of hippos: https://www.zambiawatchdog.com/zambia-resumes-barbaric-slaughtering-of-hippos/
Emails show collaboration among EPA and climate-change deniers: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/emails-show-collaboration-among-epa-climate-change-deniers/2018/05/25/16c056d4-605e-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?utm_term=.830d6ec06b5b
China is using furnaces to manufacture 10 billion tons of rain: https://www.google.com/search?q=China+is+using+furnaces+to+manufacture+10+billion+tons+of+rain%3A&oq=China+is+using+furnaces+to+manufacture+10+billion+tons+of+rain%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.379j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Animal ag companies fined $29m for destroying Amazon: http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=11329&catId=1
Couple busted at Sea-Tac airport with dozens of illegal ivory items: http://komonews.com/news/local/couple-busted-at-sea-tac-airport-with-dozens-of-illegal-ivory-pieces
Runaway barges full of coal spill into Pennsylvania river: https://thinkprogress.org/coal-barge-spill-pennsylvania-011655d2831b/
Giant predatory worms have invaded France: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/giant-worms-france-hammerhead-asia
Rangers face a toxic mix of mental strain and lack of support: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/rangers-face-a-toxic-mix-of-mental-strain-and-lack-of-support/