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Conservation News ~ 25 June 2021

6/25/2021

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  • "Western Heat Wave Threatens Health In Vulnerable Communities"
  • White House Again Opposes Raising Gas Tax Amid Infrastructure Debate
  • "Biden Picks Career Water Policy Adviser To Lead Water Agency"
  • "Small Farmers in California Face Tough Choices Amidst Drought"
  • UN Blasts World Leaders For Failing To Seal £72Bn-A-Year Climate Deal
  • "Climate Change Presents Challenging Future For Apple Industry"
  • "Raccoon River Water Quality Lawsuit Dries Up In Iowa Supreme Court"
  • Wild Horses End Up In Slaughterhouses Under New Adoption Program: Lawsuit
  • "The Race To Save African-American Cemeteries From Being 'Erased'"
  • "Weird ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Lives 100 Years, Pregnant For 5"
  • St. Croix Refinery That Rained Oil On Neighbors Shuts Down Indefinitely
  • "House To Take Big Step On Eliminating Trump-Era Rules"
  • Manchin Committee Puts Forth Sprawling Energy Infrastructure Proposal
  • "EPA Can Keep Formaldehyde Health Assessment Under Wraps"
  • UN Irks Australia By Urging That Great Barrier Reef Be Listed 'In Danger'
  • "City Sinking Into Sea Welcomes Bitcoin Miners"
  • New Oilfield In African Wilderness Threatens Lives Of 130,000 Elephants
  • "Shawnee Reclaim The Great Serpent Mound"
  • "Mapping Quest Edges Past 20% Of Global Ocean Floor"
  • Tasmanian Devils Wipe Out Penguins On Tiny Australian Island
  • Man charged with violating Endangered Species Act after allegedly stealing lemur from SF Zoo
  • Endangered species to receive additional protections under Biden Administration plans
  • Cambodia charges environment youth activists with insulting the king
  • New Species of extinct Giant Rhino Excavated in China
  • When it comes to carbon capture, tree invasions can do more harm than good
  • In fight against wildlife trafficking, Brazil police turn to nuclear science
  • Researchers look to locals to fill knowledge gap on Philippine tarsier
  • Farmers in the Amazon could earn 9 times more and prevent ecosystem collapse
  • New survey nearly doubles Grauer’s gorilla population, but threats remain
  • $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest contest announces 33 qualifying teams
  • In Scotland, the rewilding movement looks to the past to plan its future
  • Deb Haaland’s Department of Interior to Investigate Burial Sites of Indigenous Students at Boarding Schools
  • "Western Wildfires Force Evacuations, Shut Down Recreation"
  • Some GOPers Find Failure to Address Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
  • "Sudan Asks U.N. Security Council To Meet Over Ethiopia's Blue Nile Dam"
  • Maine Enacts Bills To Tackle Pollution From ‘Forever Chemicals’
  • "Fossil Fuel Firms Face New Challenge Over 'Greenwashing' Ads"
  • Haaland Says Interior Will Investigate Boarding School Legacy
  • "Illinois AG Sues Utility Company For 'Unlawful Disposal Of Coal Ash'"
  • "California Oil Regulators Delay Health, Safety Rules Again"
  • "Trees Are Missing in Low-income Neighborhoods"
  • What's The Best Way To Help Climate And People, Too? Home Improvement
  • New species of skittering frog discovered from surroundings of Thattekkad bird sanctuary
  • LEAKED UN CLIMATE REPORT: THE APOCALYPSE IS ALMOST HERE
  • Farming Robot Kills 100,000 Weeds per Hour With Lasers
  • Mapping quest edges past 20% of global ocean floor
  • Siberian Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees, Shattering RecordsDemand for soy puts pressure on Pantanal, Brazil’s largest wild wetland
  • Rights groups demand end to Cambodia’s persecution of green activists
  • Earth tipping points could destabilize each other in domino effect: Study
  • Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came
  • Lear’s macaws threatened by planned wind farm in Brazil, experts warn
  • New oilfield in African wilderness threatens lives of 130,000 elephants
  • Florida population growth devours natural lands, imperils over 133 protected species
  • Brazil's environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes
  • "IPCC Steps Up Warning On Climate Tipping Points In Leaked Draft Report"
  • "Biden and Senators Close In on Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal"
  • "Brazil’s Environment Minister Resigns Amid Criticism, Probes"
  • "Army Corps Plans Extensive Review Of Great Lakes Tunnel Plan"
  • Watchdog Calls On Pentagon To Detail PFAS Chemicals' Cleanup Expenses
  • "Birds Are Dying Of A Bizarre Mystery Illness In 6 States, D.C."
  • "Report: Climate Change Means Less Snow For Yellowstone"
  • "EPA’s Environmental Justice Boss Touts Early Actions for Biden"
  • New Research Raises Ozone Depletion Alarm Over Arctic, Too
  • Britain Will Not Demand Climate Delegates Be Vaccinated Against COVID
  • Four sites including Great Barrier Reef could become “World Heritage in danger”, while Selous may lose its status – IUCN advice
  • Decades of research back the value of marine reserves to Kenya’s fisheries
  • Timber troubles fell Ricardo Salles, Brazil’s environment minister
  • Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows
  • Private investors look to high-end tourism to fund conservation in Mozambique
  • Exhibition showcases Claudia Andujar’s half-century fight for the Yanomami
  • Camera trap pics of rare species in Vietnam raise conservation hopes
  • Under assault at home, Indigenous leaders get a violent welcome in Brasília         
  • New Ant Species Discovered in Mizoram, One to be Named After ATREE Founder
  • "Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Omits Big Climate Measures"
  • Biden Calls Closure Of Hong Kong Daily 'Sad Day For Media Freedom'
  • Enbridge Line 3: "Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project"
  • "Hungry Grasshoppers Spurred By US Drought Threaten Rangeland"
  • EPA Inaction Blamed as Bees Suffer 2nd Highest Colony Losses on Record
  • ‘War In The Woods’: 100s Of Anti-Logging Protesters Arrested In Canada
  • Pollution Linked to Higher Cancer Rates in Low-Income La. Communities
  • "Can We Trust Corporations To Deal With Their Own Waste?"
  • "‘The Water Is Coming’: Florida Keys Faces Stark Reality As Seas Rise"
  • America’s First Filipino Settlement Is Vanishing Into The Sea

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Conservation News ~ 18 June 2021

6/18/2021

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  • One of world's most endangered whales species has shrunken in size in recent years
  • Barks in the night lead to the discovery of new species of 3 tree hyraxes
  • 15-metre tree discovered in Andaman &Nicobar Islands
  • 1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each
  • New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
  • Can the Japanese seafood industry reconcile their finances with nature?
  • Forest advocates press EU leader to rethink views on biomass and energy
  • Climate change isn’t fueling algal blooms the way we think, study shows
  • Marbled cat: Candid Animal Cam meets the mini clouded leopard
  • Illegal logging in Philippines’ Palawan stokes fears of a mining resurgence
  • Meet the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
  • Calls for independent probe after anti-mine Indonesian official dies
  • "Schumer To Trigger Reconciliation Process On Wednesday"
  • Judge Says Biden Can't Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands
  • As Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat
  • "Study: Half of US Cosmetics Contain Toxic Chemicals"
  • Cancer Alley Campaigner Wins Goldman Prize For Environmental Defenders
  • China Promised To Go Carbon-Neutral By 2060, But Coal Is Still King
  • G7 Brightens Outlook For New Nature Pact But Pandemic Threatens Deadline
  • "Arab States Call On U.N. Security Council To Meet Over Ethiopian Dam"
  • New Ecolabel Will Certify ‘Whale-Safe’ Shipping Firms And Cruise Lines
  • "Freeing Oysters from a Parasite’s Hold"
  • New beetle species discovered and named after iconic sci-fi heroines
  • New tardigrade species named after Kerala
  • Kenya's 'Legendary' Scarface Lion Found Dead in Important Conservation Area
  • Scientists name frog found in Ecuadorian Andes after Led Zeppelin
  • 50+ groups across US Northwest unveil Green New Deal vision for region’s vital forests
  • A mission to rescue 469 doomed trout at the Arroyo Seco fans Pasadena water war
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to reconsider walrus listing
  • Biden’s ban on new oil and gas lease is blocked by a federal judge
  • Marin nabs $1.1M to clear fire fuels in elevated terrain
  • Great Apes could lose 94% of African Home due to climate crisis and other human action
  • Greenpeace International takes Norwegian state to the European Court of Human Rights over climate inaction
  • A new population of endangered Eastern Spadefoot toad is discovered
  • Arizona plant threatened by Rosemont Copper Mine receives endangered species protection
  • European Parliament votes in favor of caged farming ban by 2027
  • Two rare Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesia
  • Number of scientists worldwide reaches 8.8M as global research spending grows
  • Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’
  • New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors
  • Sea Eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century
  • Ancient Gardens persist in British Colombia’s forests
  • Winners of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize announced
  • New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
  • "Historic Heat Wave Expands Across California, Wildfire Risk Builds"
  • Gulf Coast Braces For Flooding, Winds As Tropical Storm Approaches
  • "Senate Confirms Biden Pick For No. 2 Role At Interior"
  • "NOAA Gets First Senate-Confirmed Administrator Since 2017"
  • Plan To Raze 4 Dams On California-Oregon Line Clears Hurdle
  • "EPA Chief Reinstates Science Advisory Board He Dismantled"
  • UN Climate Chief Urges Unity As Covid, Finance Cloud COP26 Outlook
  • Companies Bet Carbon Labels Can Help Climate. Will Consumers Catch On?
  • Infrastructure: Schumer Vows To Pass Only 'A Strong, Bold Climate Bill'
  • "Spirituality Underpins Migrant Activism in US Borderlands"
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Conservation News ~ 11 June 2021

6/11/2021

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  • DNA toolkits protect endangered species from illegal trafficking
  • Lesser Prairie-Chicken Faces Re-Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
  • 2 North Carolina Animals Added to 'Endangered Species' List
  • 2 new species of Himalayan gigantic woolly flying squirrels discovered
  • In Gabon, a new partnership for sharks and rays announced on World Ocean Day
  • NGOs back Maldives’ ambitious plan to save Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna
  • In less than a generation, legal mining in Colombia deforested over 120,000 hectares
  • Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more
  • Unregulated by U.S. at home, Facebook boosts wildlife trafficking abroad
  • 'Zombie frog' discovered: 3 new species described from the narrow-mouthed frog family
  • ‘Listening to communities must go beyond ticking compliance boxes’, says Peter Kallang, a Kenyah leader
  • New areas of primary forest cleared in Brazil’s ‘lawless’ Lábrea
  • As U.K. eyes new environmental rules, some firms want to pump the brakes
  • Indonesia’s biodiesel program fuels deforestation threat, report warns
  • For Africa’s great apes, a post-pandemic future looks beyond tourism
  • Chinese banks pouring billions into deforestation-linked firms, report says
  • The secret bears of Bolivia’s lost dry forests
  • No oil spill reported, but Sri Lanka braces for worst after X-Press Pearl sinks
  • Brazil ‘Adopt-a-Park’ program may negatively impact traditional peoples
  • Griffon Vultures are breeding in Morocco after 40-year absence’
  • "Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Project"
  • "EPA to Rewrite Trump-Era Waters Rule That Boosted Builders"
  • B.C. Agrees To Defer Old-Growth Logging For 2 Years In Fairy Creek Area
  • IG: Park Police Didn’t Clear Lafayette Square Protesters For Trump Visit
  • "Vale's Decomissioned Brazil Dam At Risk Of Collapse, Labor Body Says"
  • Red States Warn of ‘Collusive’ Tactics by Biden in Kids' Climate Case
  • US-Funded Study Of Whale Hearing Going Ahead Despite Concerns For Whales
  • After Exposé, Oregon House Moves To Curb Forest Institute’s Power, Budget
  • Hook To Plate: Blockchain Tech Could Turn Tide For Sustainable Fishing
  • "In Mexico, Dive Tourism Is Worth as Much as Fishing"
  • Infrastructure Talks With Capito Collapse, As Biden Shifts Strategy
  • Alaska Native Corp. To Protect Its Land, Deals Blow To Pebble Mine
  • Amid Mega-Drought, Rightwing Militia Stokes Water Rebellion in West
  • ‘Birds Are Here For Everyone’: Black Birdwatchers Finding A Community
  • Canada Launches C$647 Million Bid To Avert Pacific Wild Salmon Collapse
  • GOPers Grill Biden Public Lands Agency Pick Over Finances, Advocacy
  • "A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse"
  • "Will the U.S. Ban PFAS in Food Packaging?"
  • "Texas Governor Says Power Grid Fixed; Experts Cite Problems"
  • "California Sea Lions Face 'Unprecedented Rate Of Cancer'"
  • Panama expands the limits of the Coiba protected area
  • Two new species of cat-size flying squirrel discovered in the Himalaya
  • Slash-and-burn clearing nears Indigenous park as Brazil’s fire season ignites
  • Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary
  • Big bioacoustics boost: Cornell University program receives $24 million donation
  • ‘Conservation litigation’ tries to put a true price on wildlife crime
  • Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data
  • Brazil’s Uru-eu-wau-wau document COVID-19 victory with new video
  • IUCN: World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve
  • Developer Abandons Keystone XL pipeline
  • 1st Gray Wolf pup since 1940s spotted in Colorado
  • Battle to save Spains wolves as threatened species named protected wild animal
  • Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years
  • Umatilla Tribes lead the way in reacquisition of treaty lands
  • Study shows it took the Amazon as we know it over 6 million years to form
  • Scientists discover new species – Chocolate Frog
  • Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • Maryland has officially become the 8th state to ban wildlife killing contests
  • Florida Panther mom uses wildlife crossing under i-75 to move three kittens to refuge
  • An almost complete extinct dwarf emu egg found on King Island
  • Back from the Brink: Iberian Lync population rises to over 1,000
  • Giant tortoise found in Galapagos a species considered extinct a century ago
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