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Conservation News ~ 28 June 2019

6/28/2019

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  • Endangered Species Gila Topminnow to be released in newly created Tucson stream: https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/endangered-species-gila-topminnow-to-be-released-in-newly-created-stream-at-mission-garden
  • New species of loquat-killing beetle identified: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-species-loquat-killing-beetle.html
  • Researchers find new dinosaur species in the South of Brazil: https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/life-brazil/researchers-find-new-dinosaur-species-in-the-south-of-brazil/
  • Eel smuggling arrests rise 50% in Europe-wide crackdown: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/27/eel-smuggling-arrests-rise-50-europe-wide-crackdown
  • Coral found to prefer eating microplastic, that they don’t digest, to natural food: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-coral-microplastic-natural-food.html
  • Fungal hallucinogens send cicadas on sex binges after their genitals fall off: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9377699/fungus-cicadas-rampant-sex-addicts/
  • Two Indian nationals were traveling with 5,225 red-eared sliders in their luggage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/malaysia-detains-4-indians-seizes-drugs-5255-turtles/ar-AADrCRP
  • UK’s goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 becomes law: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/uks-goal-of-net-zero-carbon-by-2050-becomes-law
  • Southeast Asian countries pledge to tackle marine plastic waste crisis: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/southeast-asian-countries-pledge-to-tackle-marine-plastic-waste-crisis/
  • Murray state biology professor and young daughter discover 60 new insect species: https://www.wkms.org/post/murray-state-biology-professor-and-young-daughter-discover-new-insect-species
  • BSI scientists discover new species of terrestrial orchid near Lonavala: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/bsi-scientists-discover-new-species-of-terrestrial-orchid-near-lonavla/articleshow/69965389.cms
  • Sea slug species named after Muppets creator: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/sea-slug-species-named-after-muppets-creator/
  • Rare California salamanders move closer to Endangered Species Act protection: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/rare-california-salamanders-move-closer-endangered-species-act-protection-2019-06-26/
  • Struggling Mountain Lions in southern California need Endangered Species protection: https://www.kqed.org/science/1943970/state-filing-says-isolated-struggling-mountain-lions-need-endangered-species-protection
  • Camera trap captures rare high-definition photos of a jaguar in the wild: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/camera-trap-captures-photos-wild-jaguar-french-guiana-rainforest
  • Florida Everglades fires spreads to 32,000 acres: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/videos/wildfire-florida-everglades-spreads
  • Canada first G20 country to ban shark fin trade: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48714320
  • House blocks money for new offshore oil drilling off California coast: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/24/checkmate-house-blocks-money-for-new-offshore-oil-drilling-off-california-coast/
  • ‘Climate apartheid’ to push 120 million into poverty by 2030, UN says: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/world/climate-apartheid-poverty-un-intl/index.html
  • Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy: https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-germany-coal-power-20190126-story.html
  • Food choice leaves some lemurs more vulnerable to loss of forest habitat: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/food-choice-leaves-some-lemurs-more-vulnerable-to-loss-of-forest-habitat/
  • Sponges supply DNA for new method of monitoring aquatic biodiversity: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/food-choice-leaves-some-lemurs-more-vulnerable-to-loss-of-forest-habitat/
  • Nigeria plans 8-fold increase in palm oil production: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/nigeria-plans-8-fold-increase-in-palm-oil-production/
  • Europe heatwave: record high of 45c expected in France: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/25/highs-of-45c-expected-in-france-as-heatwave-scorches-europe
  • New estimate for an oil leak: a thousand times worse than rig owner claimed: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/climate/taylor-energy-gulf-of-mexico.html
  • Bali becomes the first Indonesian island to ban single use plastic bags, straw, and polystyrene: https://www.gapurabali.com/news/2019/06/25/bali-leads-way-and-officially-bans-single-use-plastic-bags-straws-and-polystyrene
  • G20 nations triple coal power subsidies despite climate crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/25/g20-nations-triple-coal-power-subsidies-climate-crisis
  • OSU names NOAA director of marine mammal science as head of its Marine Mammal Institute: https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-names-noaa-director-marine-mammal-science-head-its-marine-mammal-institute
  • After Republican protest, Oregon’s climate plan dies: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/25/735792788/after-republican-protest-oregons-climate-plan-dies
  • More spring Chinook returning to Deschutes Basin: http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/7242918-151/more-spring-chinook-returning-to-deschutes-basin
  • Female grizzly bear put down after being hit by a vehicle in Banff National Park: https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2019/06/24/female-grizzly-put-down-after-being-hit-by-a-vehicle-in-banff-national-park.html
  • National Wildlife Federation urges Senate to fully fund Land and Water Conservation Fund: https://www.nwf.org/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2019/06-25-19-NWF-Urges-Senate-to-Fund-LWCF
  • Great Indian Bustard eggs being collected to kick-start captive breeding: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/great-indian-bustard-eggs-being-collected-to-kick-start-captive-breeding/
  • Angola pledges $60m to fund landmine clearance in national parks: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/angola-pledges-60m-to-fund-landmine-clearance-in-national-parks/
  • Glacier National Park’s name will outlive its glaciers: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/0618/Glacier-National-Park-s-name-will-outlive-its-glaciers
  • Scientists say dinosaur fossils found in Colorado are those of a 68 million years old trilobite: http://www.paleontologyworld.com/paleontologists-curiosities/scientists-say-dinosaur-fossils-found-colorado-are-those-68-million
  • US EPA oks ‘emergency’ to dump bee-killing pesticide on 16 million acres: https://www.ecowatch.com/emergency-trump-epa-pesticides-2638979880.html
  • Conservationists buy rare B.C. temperate rainforest to protect it from development: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/next-creek-watershed-bc-protected-1.5185480
  • New species of worm found in Scotland has eyes on its butt: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb844n/this-scottish-worm-has-eyes-on-its-butt
  • Scripps oceanography scientist helps identify unusual new species of Damselfish: https://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2019/06/24/scripps-oceanography-scientist-helps-identify-new-species-of-damselfish/
  • Hearing to delist wolves from Endangered Species set: https://www.alloutdoor.com/2019/06/24/delist-wolves-endangered-species/
  • Plan to save endangered Leadbeater’s possum must consider timber industry: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/24/plan-to-save-endangered-leadbetters-possum-must-consider-timber-industry-minister-says
  • Police arrest 70 climate change protestors outside New York Times building: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/police-arrest-climate-change-protesters-outside-new-york-times-building.html
  • US Vice President repeatedly refuses to say climate crisis is a threat to US: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/23/mike-pence-climate-crisis-threat
  • Palm oil importers won’t meet zero deforestation goals by 2020: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-19/palm-oil-importers-won-t-meet-zero-deforestation-goals-by-2020
  • Scientists discovered a sea of fresh water under the ocean: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/scientists-have-discovered-a-sea-of-fresh-water-under-the-ocean
  • Blue belt zones to protect Minke whales: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48542985
  • White House buried reports warning climate change could hurt crops: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/23/agriculture-department-climate-change-1376413
  • Venezuela’s isolated indigenous groups under siege from miners, disease, and guerrillas: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/venezuelas-isolated-indigenous-groups-under-siege-from-miners-disease-and-guerrillas/
  • Logging road construction has surged in the Congo Basin since 2003: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/logging-road-construction-surged-in-the-congo-basin-since-2003/
  • Zimbabwean President says ivory sales could fund conservation: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/elephant-campaign/zimbabwean-president-says-sale-of-ivory-stocks-could-fund-conservation-for-next-20-years-a8972926.html
  • The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit: https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/06/23/the-salish-seas-orcas-are-late-for-their-annual-summer-visit-scientists-warn-its-the-latest-sign-something-is-wrong.html
  • Glacier Park approves native trout preservation project: https://flatheadbeacon.com/2019/06/23/glacier-park-approves-native-trout-preservation-project/
  • Ethiopia begins nationwide project of planting 4 billion trees to fight deforestation: https://www.intelligentliving.co/ethiopia-4-billion-trees/
  • Great Pacific garbage patch: giant plastic trap put to sea again: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/23/great-pacific-garbage-patch-floating-plastic-trap-deployed-again
  • Pilot projects launched to meet India’s pledge to restore its 13 million hectares of degraded land: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pilot-projects-launched-to-meet-indias-pledge-to-restore-its-13-million-hectares-of-degraded-land-by-next-year/articleshow/69844498.cms
  • Using GPS locators, crew collects 40 tons of ‘ghost nets’ floating in Pacific: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/06/19/using-gps-locators-crew-collects-tons-ghost-nets-floating-pacific/
  • Man finds prehistoric mastodon tooth on Myrtle Beach: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/man-finds-prehistoric-mastodon-tooth-on-myrtle-beach/959895313
  • New Begonia species unearthed in Sabah: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/06/498315/new-begonia-species-unearthed-sabah
  • For the first time ever, scientists see whale sharks mating: https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2019/06/19/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-see-whale-sharks-mating/
  • Deforestation spikes in Guatemala’s largest national park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/invaders-cattle-cocaine-deforestation-spikes-in-guatemalan-national-park/
  • Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour auctions off 126 guitars and raises $21m for climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/entertainment/david-gilmour-climate-change-auction-trnd/index.html
  • Pronghorn antelopes spotted in county in greater numbers: https://www.goldendalesentinel.com/story/2019/06/05/news/pronghorn-antelopes-spotted-in-county-in-greater-numbers/11800.html
  • Chattanooga become first US airport to run entirely on solar: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/chattanooga-become-first-us-airport-to-run-entirely-on-solar
  • Top 20 investor in Exxon disinvests from company over climate change stance: http://priceofoil.org/2019/06/21/top-20-investor-in-exxon-disinvests-from-company-over-climate-change-stance/
  • ‘Extinct’ creatures found alive in Honduras’ ‘Lost City’: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/extinct-creatures-alive-honduras-rainforest-lost-city-endangered-species-a8970936.html
  • United States spend ten times more on fossil fuel subsidies than education: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/
  • 34 birds, crammed into hair rollers, flew into NYC: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/06/18/man-arrested-smuggling-singing-birds-stuffed-hair-rollers/
  • Giant squid, phantom of the deep, reappears on video: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/science/giant-squid-cephalopod-video.html
  • Sydney to declare a climate emergency in face of national inaction: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/world/australia/sydney-climate-emergency.html​
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Conservation News ~ June 21 2019

6/21/2019

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  • Akagera National Park receives five endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceroses: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/endangered-rhinos-ready-europe-rwanda-63835627
  • New species of rock-eating shipworm identified in freshwater river in the Philippines: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/new-species-rock-eating-shipworm
  • River Herring not added to Endangered Species list: http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/river-herring-will-not-be-added-to-endangered-species-list
  • Chevron, Equinor depart NZ exploration scene: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12241688
  • Record numbers of honey bee colonies died last winter: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/19/733761393/more-bad-buzz-for-bees-record-numbers-of-honey-bee-colonies-died-last-winter
  • India’s sixth largest city runs out of water: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-indian-city-has-all-but-run-out-of-water-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it
  • 56 new species of arachnids found in Western Australia: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-species-arachnids-western-australia.html
  • EPA knows its new coal rule could kill 1,400 people per year: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmy79/trumps-epa-knows-its-new-coal-rule-could-kill-1400-people-per-year
  • Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-permafrost/scientists-amazed-as-canadian-permafrost-thaws-70-years-early-idUSKCN1TJ1XN
  • In ‘war on terrorism’ Pentagon has emitted over a billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses: https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-emitted-billion-metric-tons-greenhouse-gases-war-terror/259324/
  • In a colony of 40k, just two penguin chicks survived this year: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28067879/two-penguin-chicks-40-000-colony-climate-change-birds/
  • Canada officially bans the import of shark fins: https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canada_has_officially_banned_the_import_of_shark_fins/
  • Environmentalists sue Federal government for failing to protect threatened Alaska seal habitat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-seal-habitat-1.5174610
  • EPA finalizes plan to replace Obama-era climate rules: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
  • Sheep, foxes, bears fonud dead after marijuana raids in Los Padres, other state forests: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/06/18/forest-service-cleans-marijuana-site-los-padres-dead-sheep-foxes-bears/1445228001/
  • Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/primates-lose-ground-to-surging-commodity-production-in-their-habitats/
  • Corsica ‘Cat-Fox’ once thought to be a myth, could be its own species: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-new-catfox-species-may-have-been-indentified-in-corsica/
  • Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/ammonia-pollution-damaging-uk-land-report
  • Louisiana bans ‘meat’ labels on vegan food: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/louisiana-bans-meat-labels-on-vegan-food
  • Trudeau Cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-trudeau-cabinet-decision-1.5180269
  • Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/norway-sees-sharp-drop-in-palm-oil-biofuel-consumption-after-ban-on-government-purchasing/
  • Pennsylvanians demand a fracking halt until rare childhood cancers are investigated: https://grist.org/article/pennsylvanians-demand-a-fracking-halt-until-rare-childhood-cancers-are-investigated/
  • Slovakia welcomes first female president, and she’s an environmental activist: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/world/europe/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president.html
  • Crow Nation seeks protection for Crazy Mountains in forest plan revision: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2019/06/crow-tribe-crazy-mountains/
  • Idaho State University researcher names seven new fossil species: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/community/idaho-state-university-researcher-helps-name-seven-new-fossil-species/article_f110650b-35a3-5217-b658-5373709fe6f5.html
  • New dinosaur species found in Chongqing, Southwest China: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154634.shtml
  • 4,100 smuggled tortoises discovered in Russia: https://news.sky.com/video/4-100-smuggled-tortoises-caught-in-russia-11743717
  • Galapagos island to be used by US military: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48663283
  • Aududon testifies at US House hearing on the Migratory Bid Treaty Act: https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-testifies-us-house-hearing-migratory-bird-treaty-act
  • Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/greenland-sudden-ice-melt-wxc/index.html
  • A vegan is now in charge of advising the Israeli government on animal-rights issues: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/a-vegan-is-now-in-charge-of-advising-the-israeli-government-on-animal-rights-issues
  • Major global firms accused of concealing their environmental impact: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/16/major-global-firms-accused-of-concealing-their-environmental-impact
  • G20 environment ministers agree to tackle marine plastic waste: https://www.dw.com/en/g20-environment-ministers-agree-to-tackle-marine-plastic-waste/a-49225550
  • Biologists have discovered an underwater octopus city: https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-underwater-octopus-city-octlantis-jervis-bay-australia
  • Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on Kangaroo Island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/giant-trilobite-redlichia-rex-found-on-kangaroo-island/11207232
  • US renewable power capacity surpasses coal for first time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2019/06/10/u-s-renewable-power-capacity-surpasses-coal-for-the-first-time/
  • Woman arrested for stomping on, stabbing sea turtle nest: https://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-beach-woman-arrested-stomping-sea-turtle-nest/story?id=63743992
  • Eastern Himalayas, a treasure trove of Balsams, yields 20 new species: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/eastern-himalayas-a-treasure-trove-of-balsams-yields-20-new-species/article27951138.ece
  • Kakapo could be wiped out by fungal infection: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/worlds-fattest-parrot-endangered-kakapo-fungal-infection-new-zealand
  • Satellites show 740 square kilometres of rainforest cleared in 30 days: https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/satellites-show-740-square-kilometres-of-rainforest-cleared-in-30-days-20190605-p51uly.html
  • 633 divers set world record cleaning ocean floor off Deerfield Beach: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/deerfield-beach/fl-ne-world-record-diver-cleanup-20190615-i6qik2bluzh7tekb3hg2nspqxi-story.html
  • Scotland planted over 22 million trees last year: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/448428-scotland-planted-over-22-million-tree-last-year-smashing-planting
  • Comenius University scientists discover a new species of snake: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22141351/comenius-university-scientists-discover-a-new-species-of-snake.html
  • Bermuda land snail comes back from the dead after disappearing 40 years ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/bermuda-land-snail-chester-zoo-back-from-the-dead-extinction-a8956926.html
  • Kuwait and Saudi Arabia record highest temperature on Earth: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait-and-saudi-arabia-record-highest-temperature-on-earth-1.1560325581417
  • 537 vultures found poisoned in dark day for Botswana conservation: https://africageographic.com/blog/catastrophic-breaking-news-537-vultures-found-poisoned-in-dark-day-for-botswana-conservation/
  • Song of one of rarest whales on the planet recorded for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/20/song-rare-whale-first-time-north-pacific-right-whale
  • Estee Lauder companies will end animal testing: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/news-and-media/newsroom/press-releases/2019/06-20-2019
  • Russia to release first whales held in jail for months: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/europe/whales-released-in-russia.html
  • Costa Rica has banned Styrofoam: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/costa-rica-to-ban-the-use-of-styrofoam-containers/Akagera National Park receives five endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceroses: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/endangered-rhinos-ready-europe-rwanda-63835627
  • New species of rock-eating shipworm identified in freshwater river in the Philippines: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/new-species-rock-eating-shipworm
  • River Herring not added to Endangered Species list: http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/river-herring-will-not-be-added-to-endangered-species-list
  • Chevron, Equinor depart NZ exploration scene: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12241688
  • Record numbers of honey bee colonies died last winter: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/19/733761393/more-bad-buzz-for-bees-record-numbers-of-honey-bee-colonies-died-last-winter
  • India’s sixth largest city runs out of water: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-indian-city-has-all-but-run-out-of-water-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it
  • 56 new species of arachnids found in Western Australia: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-species-arachnids-western-australia.html
  • EPA knows its new coal rule could kill 1,400 people per year: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmy79/trumps-epa-knows-its-new-coal-rule-could-kill-1400-people-per-year
  • Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-permafrost/scientists-amazed-as-canadian-permafrost-thaws-70-years-early-idUSKCN1TJ1XN
  • In ‘war on terrorism’ Pentagon has emitted over a billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses: https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-emitted-billion-metric-tons-greenhouse-gases-war-terror/259324/
  • In a colony of 40k, just two penguin chicks survived this year: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28067879/two-penguin-chicks-40-000-colony-climate-change-birds/
  • Canada officially bans the import of shark fins: https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canada_has_officially_banned_the_import_of_shark_fins/
  • Environmentalists sue Federal government for failing to protect threatened Alaska seal habitat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-seal-habitat-1.5174610
  • EPA finalizes plan to replace Obama-era climate rules: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
  • Sheep, foxes, bears fonud dead after marijuana raids in Los Padres, other state forests: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/06/18/forest-service-cleans-marijuana-site-los-padres-dead-sheep-foxes-bears/1445228001/
  • Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/primates-lose-ground-to-surging-commodity-production-in-their-habitats/
  • Corsica ‘Cat-Fox’ once thought to be a myth, could be its own species: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-new-catfox-species-may-have-been-indentified-in-corsica/
  • Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/ammonia-pollution-damaging-uk-land-report
  • Louisiana bans ‘meat’ labels on vegan food: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/louisiana-bans-meat-labels-on-vegan-food
  • Trudeau Cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-trudeau-cabinet-decision-1.5180269
  • Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/norway-sees-sharp-drop-in-palm-oil-biofuel-consumption-after-ban-on-government-purchasing/
  • Pennsylvanians demand a fracking halt until rare childhood cancers are investigated: https://grist.org/article/pennsylvanians-demand-a-fracking-halt-until-rare-childhood-cancers-are-investigated/
  • Slovakia welcomes first female president, and she’s an environmental activist: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/world/europe/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president.html
  • Crow Nation seeks protection for Crazy Mountains in forest plan revision: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2019/06/crow-tribe-crazy-mountains/
  • Idaho State University researcher names seven new fossil species: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/community/idaho-state-university-researcher-helps-name-seven-new-fossil-species/article_f110650b-35a3-5217-b658-5373709fe6f5.html
  • New dinosaur species found in Chongqing, Southwest China: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154634.shtml
  • 4,100 smuggled tortoises discovered in Russia: https://news.sky.com/video/4-100-smuggled-tortoises-caught-in-russia-11743717
  • Galapagos island to be used by US military: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48663283
  • Aududon testifies at US House hearing on the Migratory Bid Treaty Act: https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-testifies-us-house-hearing-migratory-bird-treaty-act
  • Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/greenland-sudden-ice-melt-wxc/index.html
  • A vegan is now in charge of advising the Israeli government on animal-rights issues: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/a-vegan-is-now-in-charge-of-advising-the-israeli-government-on-animal-rights-issues
  • Major global firms accused of concealing their environmental impact: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/16/major-global-firms-accused-of-concealing-their-environmental-impact
  • G20 environment ministers agree to tackle marine plastic waste: https://www.dw.com/en/g20-environment-ministers-agree-to-tackle-marine-plastic-waste/a-49225550
  • Biologists have discovered an underwater octopus city: https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-underwater-octopus-city-octlantis-jervis-bay-australia
  • Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on Kangaroo Island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/giant-trilobite-redlichia-rex-found-on-kangaroo-island/11207232
  • US renewable power capacity surpasses coal for first time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2019/06/10/u-s-renewable-power-capacity-surpasses-coal-for-the-first-time/
  • Woman arrested for stomping on, stabbing sea turtle nest: https://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-beach-woman-arrested-stomping-sea-turtle-nest/story?id=63743992
  • Eastern Himalayas, a treasure trove of Balsams, yields 20 new species: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/eastern-himalayas-a-treasure-trove-of-balsams-yields-20-new-species/article27951138.ece
  • Kakapo could be wiped out by fungal infection: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/worlds-fattest-parrot-endangered-kakapo-fungal-infection-new-zealand
  • Satellites show 740 square kilometres of rainforest cleared in 30 days: https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/satellites-show-740-square-kilometres-of-rainforest-cleared-in-30-days-20190605-p51uly.html
  • 633 divers set world record cleaning ocean floor off Deerfield Beach: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/deerfield-beach/fl-ne-world-record-diver-cleanup-20190615-i6qik2bluzh7tekb3hg2nspqxi-story.html
  • Scotland planted over 22 million trees last year: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/448428-scotland-planted-over-22-million-tree-last-year-smashing-planting
  • Comenius University scientists discover a new species of snake: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22141351/comenius-university-scientists-discover-a-new-species-of-snake.html
  • Bermuda land snail comes back from the dead after disappearing 40 years ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/bermuda-land-snail-chester-zoo-back-from-the-dead-extinction-a8956926.html
  • Kuwait and Saudi Arabia record highest temperature on Earth: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait-and-saudi-arabia-record-highest-temperature-on-earth-1.1560325581417
  • 537 vultures found poisoned in dark day for Botswana conservation: https://africageographic.com/blog/catastrophic-breaking-news-537-vultures-found-poisoned-in-dark-day-for-botswana-conservation/
  • Song of one of rarest whales on the planet recorded for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/20/song-rare-whale-first-time-north-pacific-right-whale
  • Estee Lauder companies will end animal testing: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/news-and-media/newsroom/press-releases/2019/06-20-2019
  • Russia to release first whales held in jail for months: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/europe/whales-released-in-russia.html
  • Costa Rica has banned Styrofoam: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/costa-rica-to-ban-the-use-of-styrofoam-containers/​
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Conservation News ~ June 14 2019

6/14/2019

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  • Invasive species moth species rising in MI, DNR: https://www.wxyz.com/news/invasive-gypsy-moth-species-rising-in-michigan-dnr-officials-warn
  • New Pinocchio frog species has a strange, pointy nose: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/06/pinocchio-frog-new-species-new-guinea/
  • Rich American businessman proudly kills 2 elephants and receives major backlash: http://achnews.org/2019/06/09/rich-american-businessman-proudly-kills-2-elephants-and-receives-major-backlash/
  • Woman in Mexico creates plastic from cactus that biodegrades in a month and is safe to ingest: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3354/Mexican-Researcher-Creates-Plastic-From-Cactus-That-Is-Biodegradable-And-Safe-To-Ingest
  • Rare sea life, including possibly new species discovered by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/NOAA-Okeanos-Explorer-finds-rare-animal-new-specie-13963952.php
  • Dig unearths new species of crocodile: https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/dig-unearths-new-species-of-crocodile/article_3eaa36a4-1a0b-508c-81b4-72003afc13e2.html
  • Indigo Ag announces new initiative to remove carbon from the environment: https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/06/12/indigo-ag-announces-new-initiative-remove-carbon-environment/
  • Baby elephant’s incredible recovery from deadly virus gives hope for endangered species: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/baby-elephants-incredible-recovery-deadly-16508454
  • Lawsuit seeks endangered species protections for Lesser Prairie Chickens: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-seeks-endangered-species-protections-lesser-prairie-chickens-2019-06-12/
  • Elephant riding to be banned at Cambodia’s largest tourist attraction, Angkor Wat: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/elephant-riding-to-be-banned-at-cambodias-largest-tourist-attraction-angkor-wat
  • First Nations push for massive conservation area in northern British Columbia: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/first-nations-push-for-massive-conservation-area-in-northern-british-columbia
  • NOAA investigating ‘unusually large numbers’ of dead ice seals along Alaska coast: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2019/06/12/noaa-investigating-unusually-large-numbers-of-dead-ice-seals-along-alaskas-coast/
  • New rainforest gecko joins growing list of reptiles unique to Sri Lanka: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/new-rainforest-gecko-joins-growing-list-of-reptiles-unique-to-sri-lanka/
  • Darwin’s finches sing out of tune call after parasites deform beaks: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/12/darwins-finches-sing-out-of-tune-mating-call-parasites-deform-beaks
  • Tanzania trophy hunting imports once again authorized by the US: https://www.afrik21.africa/en/tanzania-trophy-hunting-imports-once-again-authorised-by-the-us/
  • Study says warming may reduce sea life by 17%: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/hot-water-study-warming-reduce-sea-life-17-63635306
  • Caribbean nations boost protection for extremely rare largetooth sawfish: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/caribbean-nations-boost-protection-for-extremely-rare-largetooth-sawfish/
  • United Airlines makes history flying the most eco-friendly commercial flight: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-airlines-makes-history-flying-the-most-eco-friendly-commercial-flight-of-its-kind-300862594.html
  • Free ‘Shazam for Nature’ app identifies plants and animals in your photos: https://petapixel.com/2019/06/06/this-free-shazam-for-nature-app-can-identify-plants-and-animals-in-photos/
  • Two new species of T. rex discovered: Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi and Vayuraptor nongbualamphuensis: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/megaraptoran-dinosaurs-thailand-07232.html
  • Red states are criminalizing speech to wage war on environmental activists: https://www.gq.com/story/criminalizing-pipeline-protests
  • Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/brazil-guts-environmental-agencies-clears-way-for-unchecked-deforestation/
  • Man caught trying to smuggle 17 rare animals, including possible new species into Japan: https://www.khq.com/top_video/man-caught-trying-to-smuggle-rare-animals-including-possible-new/video_fc6afb1e-8c89-11e9-83ac-5f5a42cd5c8a.html
  • New to science New Zealand moths link mythological deities to James Cameron’s films: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190611092437.htm
  • Scientists film lice having sex for the first time: https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-film-lice-having-sex-for-the-first-time
  • UK commits to ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206302-uk-commits-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-to-net-zero-by-2050/
  • Oregon passes controversial plan to set the stage for trophy hunting of wolves: https://blog.humanesociety.org/2019/06/oregon-passes-controversial-plan-to-set-the-stage-for-trophy-hunting-of-wolves.html
  • Radiohead donates money to climate change group instead of paying ransom to hackers: https://www.gq.com/story/radiohead-ransom-extinction-rebellion
  • IUCN advises “in danger” status for three World Heritage sites: https://www.iucn.org/news/iucn-43whc/201906/iucn-advises-danger-status-three-world-heritage-sites
  • Indonesian ban on clearing new swaths of forest to made permanent: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/indonesian-ban-on-clearing-new-swaths-of-forest-to-be-made-permanent/
  • Nestle gears up to launch the plant-based Awesome Burger under the Sweet Earth brand: https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2019/06/10/Nestle-gears-up-to-launch-the-plant-based-Awesome-Burger-under-the-Sweet-Earth-brand
  • First ever high-seas conservation treaty would protect life in international waters: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/first-ever-high-seas-conservation-treaty-would-protect-life-international-waters
  • Energy industry’s carbon emissions rise at fastest rate in nearly a decade: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/11/energy-industry-carbon-emissions-bp-report-fossil-fuels
  • Insects are disappearing in India, and we don’t even have data: https://india.mongabay.com/2019/06/insects-are-disappearing-in-india-and-we-dont-even-have-data/
  • Complaint claims abusive conditions for dolphins at Madrid Zoo: https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/06/10/inenglish/1560181525_095173.html
  • Pregnant Orangutan photographed clinging to last tree in rainforest destroyed for palm oil: https://thewildchild.co.za/pregnant-orangutan-pictured-clinging-to-final-tree-as-bulldozers-destroy-rain-forest-around-her/
  • Seahorses decline due to rampant export: https://z6mag.com/2019/06/10/seahorses-decline-due-to-rampant-export/
  • Rare white bear cub spotted by Alberta wildlife photographers: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/white-bear-cub-kananaskis-1.5159547
  • US, Brazil and Australia lead the world in weakening national parks: https://cosmosmagazine.com/society/us-brazil-and-australia-lead-the-world-in-weakening-national-parks
  • Chile just became the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45066268
  • $180 million DNA barcode project aims to discover 2 million new species: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/180-million-dna-barcode-project-aims-discover-2-million-new-species
  • Texas reforms feral pig law – no state licenses required to hunt: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/06/texas-reforms-feral-pig-law-no-state-license-required-to-hunt/
  • A new strategy s saving endangered California Sea Turtles from deadly fishing nets: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-welch-sea-turtles-swordfish-climate-change-20190610-story.html
  • New insect species discovered on the slopes of the Maungatua Range: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-insect-species-slopes-maungatua-range.html
  • WA’s endangered pygmy rabbits bounce back from the brink: https://crosscut.com/2019/06/was-endangered-pygmy-rabbits-bounce-back-brink
  • Rights to water stored by Willamette dams up for grabs: https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2019/05/29/water-behind-willamette-river-dams-cities-farmers-fish-compete-salem-oregon/1198208001/
  • Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-passes-legislation-that-bans-whale-and-dolphin-captivity-in-canada-1.4459753
  • Young Quebecers take Ottawa to court in class action over climate change: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/young-quebecers-class-action-climate-change-environment-1.5164929
  • Canada poised to pass two historic animal rights bills: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/06/05/canada-poised-to-pass-two-historic-animal-rights-bills/
  • Arctic death spiral speeds up sixfold, driving coastal permafrost collapse: https://thinkprogress.org/arctic-death-spiral-coastal-permafrost-collapse-23d650acea99/
  • World’s largest plant survey reveals alarming extinction rate: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01810-6
  • Tigers are orange to confuse their prey who see them as green: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7078823/Tigers-orange-confuse-prey-green-experts-say.html
  • Fossil ‘sea monster’ found in Antarctica was the heaviest of its kind: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/06/fossil-sea-monster-found-antarctica-heaviest-of-its-kind-elasmosaurs/
  • A court ruling declared animals a legal person or entity in Indian State: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/high-court-india-animals-same-rights-humans
  • NOAA forecasts very large ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico: https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-forecasts-very-large-dead-zone-for-gulf-of-mexico
  • Feds declare emergency as Gray Whale deaths reach highest level in nearly 20 years: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-feds-declare-emergency-gray-whale.html
  • Whale Jail firm fined after outcry: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48557320
  • Canada will ban harmful single-use plastics as early as 2021: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48477087
  • Destructive super termites are swarming in South Florida: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/fl-fea-super-termites-damage-worse-2019-20190610-bherqxf66vgz7huiavwbvcvdja-story.html
  • EPA moves to streamline process for evaluating pesticide impacts on endangered species: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/06/10/epa-moves-to-streamline-process-for-evaluating-pesticide-impacts-on-endangered-species/
  • Endangered species discovered clinging on in Great Sandy Desert ‘island refuge’: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-10/endangered-species-discovered-clinging-on-in-island-refuge/11190590
  • Japan will resume commercial whaling in July after a 30-year-break: https://qz.com/1639171/japan-to-resume-commercial-whaling-july-1-after-30-year-break/
  • Scottish coastal protection zones proposed for dolphins, whales, and sharks: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-coastal-protection-zones-proposed-for-dolphins-whales-and-sharks-38191996.html
  • New research finds wolves limit spread of animal disease: https://envirotecmagazine.com/2019/05/30/new-research-finds-wolves-limit-spread-of-animal-disease/
  • Millions of Salmon in Norway killed by algae bloom: https://envirotecmagazine.com/2019/05/30/new-research-finds-wolves-limit-spread-of-animal-disease/
  • Four species of plume moths discovered in Bahamas: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/fmon-fns060719.php
  • WHO’s recognition of Chinese medicines threatens Indian wildlife: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/06/article/whos-recognition-of-chinese-medicines-threatens-indian-wildlife/
  • A giant Pleistocene wolf discovered in Yakutia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05gqt-WY8ro
  • Dallas Zoo debuts hippo calf: https://www.dallaszoo.com/news/dallas-zoos-baby-hippo-to-make-its-public-debut-saturday-june-1/
  • Wyoming tells 9th circuit Yellowstone Grizzly not endangered: https://www.law360.com/articles/1167104/wyo-tells-9th-circ-yellowstone-grizzly-not-endangered
  • White House plans to reclassify high-level radioactive waste as low-risk: https://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/7/headlines/trump_administration_plans_to_reclassify_high_level_radioactive_waste_as_low_risk
  • Cost plunges for capturing carbon dioxide from the air: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/cost-plunges-capturing-carbon-dioxide-air
  • Wildlife activists outraged as Zimbabwe’s president offers land in national parks to China: https://www.theepochtimes.com/wildlife-activists-outraged-as-zimbabwes-president-offers-land-in-national-parks-to-chinese-investors_2950772.html
  • Lake Tahoe clarity level bounces back: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/lake-tahoe-clarity-level-bounces-back/
  • Fossil of giant sea creature discovered in South Australia: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190613095148.htm
  • Once threatened, sea turtle nests thrive along the Georgia coast: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/science/sea-turtles-georgia.html​
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Conservation News ~ June 7 2019

6/7/2019

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  • Montana T. Rex to be centerpiece of massive Smithsonian dino exhibit: https://www.abcfoxmontana.com/bozeman/montana-t-rex-fossil-to-be-centerpiece-of-massive-smithsonian/article_dbd8d702-864b-11e9-a235-4b8de7556bbd.html
  • Feds sued to stop use of bear bait by hunters in Idaho and Wyoming: https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-sued-to-stop-use-of-bear-bait-by-hunters-in-idaho-and-wyoming/
  • Deli Paddy Frog (Micryletta inornata) rediscovered in Sumatra after 129 years: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/57896/0
  • Bolivia to be completely food independent in 2020 by investing in small farmers: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/bolivia-be-completely-food-independent-2020-investing-small-farmers%E2%80%A6
  • Extreme flooding across Midwest ‘exactly in line’ with scientific warnings of climate crisis: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/04/extreme-flooding-across-midwest-exactly-line-scientific-warnings-climate-crisis
  • Leaving a car idling while parked could be banned in Los Angeles: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Idling-Law-California-Los-Angeles-Car-Proposal-510876281.html
  • India roasts under heat wave with temperatures above 120 degrees: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/its-horrid-india-roasts-under-heat-wave-with-temperatures-above-120-degrees/2019/06/05/bd713dea-877c-11e9-b1a8-716c9f3332ce_story.html
  • Controlled burns not only help forest health but human health: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Controlled-burns-not-only-help-forest-health-but-13905362.php
  • Canada – endangered orca pod produces its first calf in three years: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/canada-endangered-killer-whales-orcas-calf
  • Elephant poaching falls dramatically in Africa: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/elephant-poaching-falls-dramatically-africa
  • Brazil’s Congress reverses Bolsonaro, restores Funai’s land demarcation powers: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/brazils-congress-reverses-bolsonaro-restores-funais-land-demarcation-powers/
  • High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ladybugs-on-radar-20190604-story.html
  • Smalltooth sawfish endangered in Gulf: https://fishgame.com/2019/05/a-look-at-sawfish-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
  • Prince Williams calls for animal traffickers and poachers to be jailed: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-calls-evil-animal-15813342
  • New species of dung beetle found in Tawang: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/tawang-yields-a-new-species-of-dung-beetle/article27401472.ece
  • Robert Downey Jr. announces project to clean up the environment using robotics at Amazon: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jilliandonfro/2019/06/05/robert-downey-jr-footprint-coaltion-for-cleaning-environment-amazon-ai-conference/
  • Sparkling opal preserved new dinosaur species for 100 million years: https://www.history.com/news/dinosaur-new-species-opal-australia-discovery
  • Reward increases to $10,000 for info on killing of endangered Washington Wolf: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/reward-increased-10000-info-killing-endangered-washington-wolf-2019-06-04/
  • Endangered mussels to gain protected habitat in 18 Eastern, Midwestern states: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-mussels-gain-protected-habitat-18-eastern-midwestern-states-2019-06-04/
  • Carnival Cruise lines hit with $20 million penalty for environmental crimes: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729622653/carnival-cruise-lines-hit-with-20-million-penalty-for-environmental-crimes
  • Australian musicians band together to invest in solar farms: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/04/theres-no-reason-why-this-couldnt-go-global-australian-music-industry-invests-in-solar-farms
  • Lawsuit seeks federal habitat protection for central Texas salamanders: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-seeks-federal-habitat-protection-two-central-texas-salamanders-2019-06-03/
  • New sub-species of pilot whale identified in Pacific Ocean: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190603102606.htm
  • MN court says PUC didn’t weigh oil spill impact in Line 3 pipeline decision: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/03/line3-oil-pipeline-minnesota-court-environement-spill-impact
  • Long-term ecological research threatened by short-term thinking: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/long-term-ecological-research-threatened-by-short-term-thinking/
  • New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/new-nets-make-shrimp-trawling-more-sustainable-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
  • Clemson workshop explores carbon market’s potential profits for SC landowners: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-workshop-explores-carbon-markets-potential-profits-for-s-c-landowners/
  • India is losing the battle in saving tigers: 51 tigers died since Jn 2019: https://www.ranthamborenationalpark.com/blog/tiger-deaths-india/
  • Horror 50c heatwave hits 200 million: http://australia.trendolizer.com/2019/06/horror-50c-heatwave-hits-200-million.html
  • Newborn baby orca spotted swimming with J pod: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/newborn-baby-orca-spotted-swimming-with-j-pod-1.5158194
  • New species of flycatcher discovered: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/dialilaenus/hainanus-a-new-species-of-flycatcher/articleshow/69622939.cms
  • Mexico ranks second globally for critically endangered species: https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/mexico-ranks-second-globally-for-critically-endangered-species/2019.html
  • Wolf rule peer-reviewers find science lacking: https://ladailypost.com/content/wolf-rule-peer-reviewers-find-science-lacking
  • Exotic monkeys, lion cub, smuggled in nylon bags; rescued in Bengal: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/exotic-monkeys-lion-cub-smuggled-in-nylon-bags-rescued-in-bengal-2046819
  • US Energy Department rebrands fossil fuels as ‘molecules of freedom’: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-department-molecules-freedom-fossil-fuel-rebranding
  • Ethiopia will plant 4bn trees to fight deforestation: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ethiopia-will-plant-4bn-trees-to-fight-deforestation-nbqjt5mzv
  • South Korea bans importation of Taiji’s dolphins: https://www.dolphinproject.com/blog/south-korea-bans-importation-of-taijis-dolphins/
  • Lawsuit launched to force US Federal Government to protect endangered species from nuclear power: https://seaturtles.org/lawsuit-launched-to-force-federal-government-to-protect-endangered-species-from-nuclear-power-plant-in-florida/
  • Oregon ranchers blame growing eagle population for livestock deaths: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2019/05/oregon-ranchers-blame-growing-eagle-population-for-livestock-deaths.html
  • Two wolves killed in Stevens County over Memorial Day weekend: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/may/31/two-wolves-killed-in-stevens-county-over-memorial-/
  • Marine snail gains Washington state endangered species listing: https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/marine-snail-gains-state-endangered-species-listing/article_d0423a8e-1c7a-5453-96a8-b0dc5e43efe8.html
  • Puffins found starving to death in mass die-off likely linked to climate change: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/puffins-birds-died-bering-sea-arctic-warming
  • Lego is running 100 percent on renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule: https://www.good.is/articles/lego-renewable-energy
  • NOAA declares deaths of 70 gray whales on US west coast ‘unusual mortality event’: https://abcnews.go.com/US/noaa-declares-deaths-70-gray-whales-us-west/story?id=63405661
  • High radiation levels found in giant clams near US nuclear dump in Marshall Islands: https://www.latimes.com/science/environment/la-me-marshall-islands-dome-is-leaking-radiation-20190528-story.html
  • Tanzania Forest Services agent was slain by poachers in shootout in Nature Reserve:
  • Oregon Senate passed Wildlife Corridor and Safe Road Crossing Act: https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/1044979
  • Brazil green-lights oil prospecting near important marine park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/brazil-green-lights-oil-prospecting-near-important-marine-park/
  • Chile pledges to make its fishing vessel tracking data public: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/chile-pledges-to-make-its-fishing-vessel-tracking-data-public/
  • Land grabbing, cattle ranching ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC demobilization: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/land-grabbing-cattle-ranching-ravage-colombian-amazon-after-farc-demobilization/
  • New species of rat snake discovered: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/urartian-rat-snake-elaphe-urartica-07236.html
  • Brazil reduces top environment council, trims independents: https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazil-reduces-top-environment-council-trims-independents
  • Albino panda caught on camera in China in world first: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/albino-panda-caught-on-camera-in-china-in-world-first
  • Niassa Reserve celebrates one year without single elephant poached: https://clubofmozambique.com/news/niassa-reserve-celebrates-one-year-without-a-single-elephant-poached-mozambique/
  • More than a ton of shark fins seized at Brussels airport: https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgium-all-news/health/57576/more-than-a-ton-of-shark-fins-seized-at-brussels-airport/
  • UK creates ‘blue belt’ of marine protected areas twice England’s size: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/31/uk-creates-blue-belt-of-marine-protected-areas-twice-englands-size
  • Brail subsidiary awarded $62 million in US Farm Aid is sued over Colorado Pollution: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/62-million-farm-aid-jbs-colorado-pollution-lawsuit_n_5ceb4c91e4b00356fc244a97
  • DNA barcodes jump-start search for new species: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6444/920
  • Two new species of 'tweezer-beaked hopping rats' discovered in Philippines: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190606101811.htm​
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