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I generally focus on conservation issues effecting biodiversity, land use/abuse, research, and job opportunities that I have come across. Most of the opportunities come from the Opps page and you can click on the button below to take you there.
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Conservation News ~ 29 July 2022

7/29/2022

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  • The Vatican has just called to protect Half of Earth’s Lands and Seas by 2030 while simultaneously ensuring the full rights of Indigenous Peoples.
  • Industrial soy drives deforestation spike in southeastern Brazil, satellite images show
  • Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out
  • Bolsonaro’s new deforestation data board sparks fear of censorship of forest loss, fires
  • Tigers may avoid extinction, but we must aim higher (commentary)
  • ‘Only a tribe can speak for a tribe’: Q&A with Native conservationists on Biden’s 30 by 30 project
  • Turkey’s authoritarian development ignores planetary boundaries
  • Monarch butterflies are officially endangered
  • New DNA test aims to help bust illegal trade in precious red coral
  • Cut off from Sundarbans and denied compensation, Bangladesh communities face arrest
  • ‘The sea means everything’: Q&A with deep-sea mining opponent Debbie Ngawera-Packer
  • Restoring Mexico’s ‘Garden of Eden’ is a process of deep regeneration
  • Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake
  • First-of-its-kind freshwater mangroves discovered in Brazil’s Amazon Delta
  • Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact in Indonesia, experts say
  • "How the Government Is Failing Americans Uprooted by Calamity"
  • "Crews Protect Homes As California Fire Burns Near Yosemite"
  • Epidemiologists Warn U.S. Reaches Critical Moment To Contain Monkeypox
  • "Texas Republicans Make Renewable Energy a Political Punching Bag"
  • Revealed: Oil Sector’s ‘Staggering’ $3Bn-A-Day Profits For Last 50 Years
  • "Biden’s Climate Emergency Decision Would Unlock Pentagon Funding"
  • "'Dead Bodies' And Dump Sites Draw DOJ Civil Rights Probe Of Houston"
  • "Alaska Experiencing Wildfires It’s Never Seen Before"
  • "Explainer: What’s Behind Europe’s Spate Of Deadly Wildfires?"
  • "DRC To Auction Oil And Gas Permits In Endangered Gorilla Habitat"
  • Supercharged biotech rice yields 40% more grain
  • Researchers Discover New Species of Venomous Snake in China
  • "Papal Visit: 'It's Going To Take A Long Time'"
  • FPL Secretly Took Over A Florida News Site And Used It To Bash Critics
  • Is Calif. Carbon Capture Play a Climate Solution or a Ruse?
  • "US To Plant 1 Billion Trees As Climate Change Kills Forests"
  • "Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us"
  • "Flooding Could Expose Toxic Soil In City Neighborhoods"
  • Pa. Just Lost A Key Tool To Address Its Abandoned Oil Well Problem
  • Atlanta Superfund Site Leaves Black Neighborhoods Wary of Gentrification
  • "The Audacious PR Plot That Seeded Doubt About Climate Change"
  • "There Are 40% More Tigers In The World Than Previously Estimated"
  • Scientists find 30 potential new species at bottom of ocean
  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Expands Fleet with MV Sharkwater
  • Grim Heat And Stressed Grids Make Dangerous Outages Increasingly Likely
  • "Federal Government Fires Up Website All About Heat"
  • "Documents Show BLM Wild Horses Sold To Slaughter, Advocates Say"
  • 175+ Green Groups Urge Buttigieg To Reinstate State Emission Rule
  • "MISO Approves Large Grid Expansion, Paving Way For Renewables"
  • "Audit: California Too Slow To Fix Contaminated Water Systems"
  • "Climate Disinformation Leaves Lasting Mark As World Heats"
  • "US Could Require Steps For Dams To Save Last Atlantic Salmon"
  • Oak Fire Tops 18,000 Acres, Destroys 41 Structures As Crews Battle Blaze
  • "The Barbados Rebellion"
  • Newsom pushes for 20 GW offshore wind goal by 2045, says California must ‘up our game’ on climate
  • California hopes to fight global warming by pumping CO2 underground. Some call it a ruse
  • Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Southern Plains Bumblebee
  • "Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan"
  • "Hidden Menace: Massive Methane Leaks Speed Up Climate Change"
  • "Temperatures Could Hit Triple Digits Again In Northwest"
  • "Biden Administration Announces Initiatives To Boost Solar Energy Use"
  • Wildfire Pollution May Play Surprising Role in Fate of Arctic Sea Ice
  • These Hurricane Flood Maps Reveal Climate Future For Miami, NYC and DC
  • DOE Gives Major Loan To Facility For Processing Electric Vehicle Materials
  • Largest Audubon Chapter Yet Is Changing Its Name, Rebuking An Enslaver
  • "Streaming Service Hulu Is Rejecting Ads About Climate Change"
  • "Climate Change and Vanishing Islands Threaten Brown Pelican"
  • Bees may feel pain - Study suggests all insects may be sentient
  • Scientists discover new 'origins of life' chemical reactions
  • Rhino protector Anton Mzimba is murdered
  • Captain Paul Watson resigns from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (USA)
  • James Lovelock, creator of Gaia hypothesis, dies 103rd birthday
  • Big falls in crop yields across Europe due to heatwaves
  • Straightening out kinky roots capture carbon and avoids drought stress
  • A 105-mile-long city will snake through the Saudi desert
  • Four Critically Endangered Condors released in Northern California
  • How indigenous sea gardens produced massive amounts of food for millenia
  • Litter of critically endangered Red Wolf pups born in the wild
  • Switzerland’s massive water battery will stabilize European Electricity grids
  • Two year study shows living seawalls promote regeneration in Sydney Harbour
  • Thousands of frogs are dying Australia and scientists aren’t sure why
  • First wild jaguars in 70 years born in Argentina national park
  • UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
  • Genetics suggest two new species of bush robin
  • "Flooding In Central Appalachia Kills At Least 8 In Kentucky"
  • "Extended Triple-Digit Heat Suspected In 4 Deaths In Oregon"
  • "Seven Key Provisions in the Climate Deal"
  • "US EPA Chief Views Pollution In Puerto Rico, Vows To Fight For Change"
  • "Federal Office Focused On Climate Change And Health Has Zero Funding"
  • "Climate Migration Growing But Not Fully Recognized by World"
  • Concerns Over Transparency And Access At Deep-Sea Mining Negotiations
  • "Unearthing the Secret Superpowers of Fungus"
  • "Invasive Species Bullfrog And Snake Cost World $16Bn - Study"
  • Romance and Ecological Damage: The Saga of Sable Island’s Wild Horses
  • Flowers can hear buzzing bees and it makes their nectar sweeter
  • Crustaceans help to fertilize seaweeds
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Conservation News ~ 22 July 2022

7/22/2022

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  • Over half of threatened species require targeted recovery actions
  • ZSI Scientists Identify New Eel Species
  • Scientists confirm new species of legless lizard found only in the Hunter Valley and Liverpool Plains
  • Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park
  • Scientists call for end to violence against Amazon communities, environmental defenders
  • Study: Climate impacts to disproportionately hurt tropical fishers, farmers
  • Meet the new species found deep in sea off Hawaii
  • "France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires As Europe Swelters"
  • "Berlin Hosts Envoys For Heart-To-Heart Talks On Climate"
  • "Pacific Islands Demand Climate Action As China, US Woo Region"
  • "Kigali Summit To Outline Strategy For Nature Conservation In Africa"
  • "4 Issues To Watch As Energy, EPA Bills Reach House Floor"
  • "Four Ways the United States Can Still Fight Climate Change"
  • "Penny Mordaunt Pledges To Create ‘Millions Of Green Jobs’ If Elected"
  • "Without Land, Bangladesh's Manta People Live - And Die - On Boats"
  • Beach Trips Can Be Costly To The Environment. How To Reduce Your Impact
  • "Giving Voice To An Ailing Oregon River"
  • Endangered salmon will swim in California river for first time in 80 years
  • "UK Breaks Its Record For Highest Temperature As Heat Builds"
  • "Tory Leadership Race: Where Do Candidates Stand On Net Zero Goal?"
  • "Biden Could Declare Climate Emergency As Soon As This Week, Sources Say"
  • Shocking Report Shows How Australian Land And Wildlife Are Being Destroyed
  • "Endangered Salmon Will Swim In California River For First Time In 80 Years"
  • "Govts Turn Against Deep-Sea Mining as EV Boom Drives Demand for Metals"
  • More Mountain Glacier Collapses Feared as Heat Waves Engulf Hemisphere
  • "Gavin Newsom Plants Flag On Climate, Spurring 2024 Chatter"
  • "Which Elected Leaders Should Do More on Climate?" What Americans Say.
  • "Podcast: ‘Water Always Wins,’ So Why Are We Fighting It?"\
  • Legal Victory: Court Orders New Endangered Species Review for Toxic Fungicide
  • 10 Captive-Bred Vultures Of Critically Endangered Species Released In Bengal
  • Australia's environment in 'shocking' decline, report finds
  • Lehr Discovers New Species of Lizard in Peru
  • In Brazil, an Indigenous group turns a day of grief into a celebration of life
  • Red-hot demand for ipê wood coincides with deforestation hubs in Brazil
  • Amid rising pressure, Indonesia’s sea-based communities adapt to change
  • Turtle DNA database traces illegal shell trade to poaching hotspots
  • In a former conflict zone in Sri Lanka, a world rich in corals thrives
  • Wildlife ‘rehabbers’ wage a herculean fight for a noble cause
  • Three new species of black-bellied salamander found in southern Appalachian Mountains
  • Worries and whispers in Vietnam’s NGO community after activist’s sentencing
  • Sri Lankan environmental policy failures helped fuel people power revolution
  • Between six ferns: New tropical fern species described by science
  • White rhino conservation project attempts paradigm shift by including local community
  • First IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress opens in Kigali, Rwanda
  • New Legal Protections for the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict
  • IUCN side event at the 2nd Asia Parks Congress: Engaging local communities in protected and conserved areas
  • Sustainable use re-affirmed as key to conservation by new UN report
  • IUCN and Esri collaborate to promote Green List and biodiversity conservation through digital innovation
  • Valuing, financing and mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in China
  • Nepal hosts inception workshop for GCF's Gandaki Basin Climate Resilient project
  • HIST and IUCN sign MoU for collaboration on Space Technologies for natural World Heritage conservation
  • The IUCN Green List: Sharing Experiences at the 2nd Asia Parks Congress
  • "Biden To Announce Executive Actions On Climate"
  • Grim Warnings Issued As Oppressive US Heat Wave Shows No Signs Of Slowing
  • "Most Major Nations Lag In Acting On Climate-Fighting Goals"
  • "Crushed By Heatwaves, More Cities Are Hiring ‘Chief Heat Officers’"
  • ‘The Scale Is Hard To Grasp’: Avian Flu Wreaks Devastation On Seabirds
  • Calif. Forests Are Vanishing As Wildfires Burn Larger And More Intensely
  • Offshore Fish Farms: Source Of Food Production - Or Of Ocean Pollution?
  • "Schools Race To Improve Indoor Air Quality As Coronavirus Cases Climb"
  • "XR Protesters Smash Windows of News UK Over Coverage Of Britain’s Heat"
  • "Polar Bears Scavenge On Garbage To Cope With Climate Change"
  • Eucalypt found only in Sydney suburbs confirmed as new species
  • Six new species of miniature frog discovered
  • "Biden Cites Climate Threat, Stops Short of Declaring Emergency"
  • "Extreme Heat Prompts Alerts In 28 States As Texas, Oklahoma Hit 115"
  • "Fuel Spills In The Bahamas Near White Sand Beaches Of Great Exuma"
  • "Aviation Faces Hurdles To Hit Goals For Cutting Emissions"
  • Fauci Says He Will Retire From Post By The End Of Biden’s Term
  • "War and Warming Upend Global Energy Supplies and Amplify Suffering"
  • "Biden Admin Tosses Trump Habitat Rule"
  • "USPS Will Make 40% Of Its New Trucks Electric, Up From 10%"
  • "Shifting Sands: Carolina’s Outer Banks Face a Precarious Future"
  • "Officials: Starvation Threat Not Over For Florida Manatees"
  • Three New Cryptic Salamander Species Discovered
  • Monarch butterflies now classified as endangered
  • African cheetahs to be spotted soon in India thanks to Namibia deal
  • Humanity faces collective suicide over climate crisis, warns UN chief
  • Greenland lost 6 billion tons of water per day over one weekend
  • Rainforest Chimpanzees seen digging wells for the first time
  • Surprising sea creature found in Pacific Ocean for first time
  • The global tiger population estimate has increased by 40% since 2015
  • Heatwaves and fires scorch Europe, Africa, and Asia
  • Tiny elephant shrew spotted alive for first time in 50 years
  • London wraps historic bridge in foil to save it from horrific heatwave
  • Cherokee tribe supports renaming Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Experts confirm white whale carcass on Victorian beach is not Migaloo
  • George Monbiot wins Orwell prize for journalism
  • "Trump Admin Tried To Blunt EPA Review Of Popular Weedkiller"
  • "Beloved Monarch Butterflies Now Listed As Endangered"
  • "Biden Balked Late at Bold Climate Decree After Rush to Get Ready"
  • Advocates of Climate Emergency Disappointed by Biden's Small Steps
  • "Huge Wildfire, Drought Package Readied For House Votes"
  • "Report: Brazil Authorities Pay No Mind To Deforestation"
  • "Explainer: Smoke From Raging Wildfires Can Harm Health"
  • "A Painful Deadline Nears as Colorado River Reservoirs Run Critically Low"
  • "Japan Regulators Approve Release Of Fukushima Water Into Sea"
  • "Russia's War In Ukraine Is Hurting Nature"
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Conservation News ~ 15 July 2022

7/15/2022

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  • Officially extinct butterfly ‘making a comeback’ in UK
  • Amazon deforestation is off to the fastest start to a year since 2008
  • For women on Bangladesh’s coast, rising seas pose a reproductive health dilemma
  • ‘We have advanced, but with much pain’: Q&A with Indigenous leader José Gregorio Díaz Mirabal
  • Return to agroforestry empowers women in Nepal
  • BP exploited Mexican communities hoping to benefit from carbon credits: report
  • Amazonian communities in Peru try to keep oil-rich Block 64 in their own hands
  • Under Bolsonaro policy, invaders seize control of 250,000 hectares of Indigenous lands
  • Myanmar wildlife trade remains opaque, despite focus on border hubs
  • On hazardous mine tailings dams, ‘safety first’ should be the rule (commentary)
  • Scientists strive to restore world’s embattled kelp forests
  • Tree plantations in Patagonia are the site of wildfires and land dispute
  • Vietnam targets US$5.5bln in agro, forestry, fishery export value to EU
  • Seven new tropical forest ferns found hiding in plain sight
  • New species of Miliusa spotted in Agasthyamala
  • Endangered Species Act Rollbacks Reversed After Animal Legal Defense Fund Lawsuit
  • Australia's greater glider now an endangered species
  • "Yosemite Wildfire Is Latest Threat To Giant Sequoia Trees"
  • "EPA Seen as Prepared for Big Challenges Ahead of Carbon Rules"
  • "Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project"
  • "Wild Species Relied On By Billions At Risk, Report Warns"
  • "Summer In America Is Becoming Hotter, Longer And More Dangerous"
  • "Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In Brazil"
  • Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me"
  • DOE Unveils $40M For Electricity, Weatherization In Low-Income Communities
  • "A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success"
  • "Huge Underground Search For Mysterious Dark Matter Begins"
  • Study suggests pocket gophers may be the only other mammal that farms
  • Researchers Derive New Method for Turning Plant Materials Into Better Green Energy
  • "Europe’s New Heat Wave Is Going To Be Expensive"
  • Australian Prime Minister Pledges 'New Era' of Climate Action Under Labor
  • "US Cruise Ships Using Canada as a 'Toilet Bowl' for Polluted Waste"
  • "World Population Day: India Will Overtake China In 2023, Says The UN"
  • Record-Breaking Seafood Production Must See ‘Blue Transformation’: FAO
  • First Climate Agreement To Center Indigenous Voices Gains Support
  • "Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bid To Block All-Electric Building Codes"
  • "Green Groups Push Senate To Confirm EPA Enforcement Chief"
  • "Texas Grid Avoids Blackouts With Voluntary Cutbacks Amid Scorching Heat"
  • "Biden and NASA Share First Webb Space Telescope Image"
  • In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish
  • Protected areas not exempt as blast fishing blows up in Sri Lanka
  • Inside Sierra Leone’s Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (video)
  • Record-breaking seafood production must undergo a ‘blue transformation’: FAO
  • Space: New frontier for climate change & commodification, or conservation? (commentary)
  • Colorful new corals bedeck the busy waters off Hong Kong, study shows
  • Natural regeneration and women-led initiatives help drive Atlantic Forest Pact
  • World's Most Endangered Whales Move Closer to Expanded Habitat Protections off Alaskan Coast
  • New hawk moth species are among the smallest ever discovered
  • "Manchin, Playing to the Home Crowd, Is Fighting Electric Cars to the End"
  • "NOAA: Breaching Snake River Dams ‘Essential’ To Save Salmon"
  • "Midwest Wind Energy Transmission Line Gets Supersized"
  • "Dangerous Heat Wave Strikes China"
  • "OIG Chides Former Zinke Aide But Finds No Ethics Violation"
  • Caregivers of Seniors, Disabled Trained for Climate Disasters
  • "Wealthy N.Y. Areas Called ‘Disadvantaged’ For Climate Aid"
  • "Science Offers Basis For National Climate Damage Claims - Study"
  • "Hawaii National Park Gets Land Where Ancient Villages Stood"
  • "Scientists Design Contraceptives To Limit Grey Squirrels"
  • California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change
  • These charts show how California is generating energy differently than a decade ago
  • Solid-State Batteries for EVs Make a Leap Toward Mass Production
  • As blackouts loom, PG&E changes tune about shutting California’s last nuclear plant
  • Will OC’s Green Energy Agency Release the Findings of CEO Whistleblower Complaint Investigation?
  • Why the Supreme Court ruling won’t help coal
  • This Virtual Power Plant Is Trying to Tackle a Housing Crisis and an Energy Crisis All at Once
  • Save the Climate by Improving Jobs
  • MCE Reports Almost 150% Increase in Energy Efficiency in 2021
  • Orange County Power Authority Makes Five Key Hires
  • France will require Ph.D.s to take a research ethics oath
  • Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet
  • Bringing Back the Beasts: Global Rewilding Plans Take Shape
  • As Industry Tightens Its Grip, Horseshoe Crabs Finally Have Safe Haven in Cape Romain
  • Endangered amphibian species reintroduced in Colorado
  • New species of Begonia found in Gaoligong Mountains
  • Genomic research supports recognizing new scrub jay species in Texas and Mexico
  • Study assesses wildlife exposure to rat poison on oil palm plantations
  • Climate change amplifies the risk of conflict, study from Africa shows
  • Can we save the Leuser Ecosystem? | Chasing Deforestation
  • Displaced by a dam, women defenders fight for their land rights in Colombia
  • Sighting of an American black vulture in Nepal causes a flutter
  • Podcast: ‘Water always wins,’ so why are we fighting it?
  • Why World's First Malaria Shot Won't Reach Millions Of Children Who Need It
  • "Extreme Heat Blasting Western Europe Could Set All-Time Record In U.K."
  • "Haaland Defends Interior Policies, Cites Unused Leases"
  • "EPA Faces Legal Dead Ends After SCOTUS Climate Decision"
  • "Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From Labs to Mass Production"
  • "White House Environmental Permit Helper Sees Applications Rise"
  • Canada's Climate Minister: "From ‘Green Jesus’ To ‘Radical Pragmatist’
  • "NIH: Common Chemicals Linked To Preterm Births"
  • "Once Nearly Extinct, Bison Are Now Climate Heroes"
  • Oregon Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science
  • Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm
  • Overexploitation threatens Amazon fisheries with collapse, study warns
  • Young Māori divers hunt invasive crown-of-thorns starfish to save coral reefs
  • With plantation takeover, Brazil’s Indigenous Pataxó move to reclaim their land
  • $245-million initiative to create and maintain protected areas in Colombia
  • In world convulsed by climate-driven conflict, are peace parks an answer?
  • Community-based seed banks in Nepal help conserve native species
  • Small mammals stranded by hydropower dams die out surprisingly fast: Study
  • Is invasive species management doing more harm than good? (commentary)
  • New species of fungi unknown to science discovered in Scotland's Cairngorm mountains
  • New research reveals mutation responsible for disease resistance in Cassava
  • Secretary Haaland Announces Expansion of National Wildlife Lost Trail Conservation Area
  • Elusive fox that threatened Phillip Island’s little penguins caught after two-month hunt
  • CRISPR plants can combat climate change
  • "How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan"
  • Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds
  • "Biden Set to Leave Saudi Arabia With No Announcement on Oil"
  • "A Big Bipartisan Wildlife Bill Could Be Headed to Biden's Desk"
  • "Officials Suggest Pipeline Company Hid Problems After Spill"
  • "As Europe Bakes In Heatwave, Wildfires Rage From Portugal To Croatia"
  • "Washington Set To Be 2nd East Coast City With Gas Ban"
  • "Lawmakers Warn EPA of Several Risks From Chemical Recycling"
  • Biggest U.S. Cryptominers Use as Much Power as Houston, Findings Show
  • "US Solicits Help As It Defines Old Growth And Mature Forests"
  • Barbie unveils new Dr. Jane Goodall doll in honor of 88-year-old conservationist
  • 107 critically endangered sea turtle eggs found in Texas State Park
  • Researchers rediscover oak tree thought to be extinct
  • Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
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Conservation News ~ 8 July 2022

7/8/2022

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  • Scientists discover a new giant waterlily that was hiding in plain sight for 177 years
  • Construction begins on controversial water project inside Lake Malawi National Park
  • Habitat loss, climate change send hyacinth macaw reeling back into endangered status
  • Peru’s Amazon rainforest is threatened by an ecosystem of environment crime (commentary)
  • Protecting Brazil’s Amazon could be a bargain — if the government were willing to pay
  • Rare crocodiles on the brink of extinction will be raised at North Carolina aquarium
  • Raise-and-release program keeping Nepal’s gharials alive can be improved, study says
  • Lawsuit launched to challenge new federal rule that fails to recover Mexican gray wolves
  • Carnivorous plant that traps prey underground is the 1st of its kind to be discovered
  • Biden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Few Backers
  • Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins And Wildfires — How War Hurts Nature
  • "Youngkin Appoints Former Trump EPA Head To New Deregulation Office"
  • "Environmental Justice Advocates Slam Supreme Court Ruling"
  • Newsom Signs Nation’s Most Sweeping Law To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics
  • "Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem"
  • "Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, US To Make Climate Goals"
  • "The EPA Prepares For Its 'Counterpunch' After The Supreme Court Ruling"
  • "EPA Sets Wildlife Protections On 3 Pesticides"
  • UK: "Environment Agency Chief Hits Out At Greenwashing By Businesses"
  • iden Administration Offers an Offshore Drilling Plan. Few Backers
  • Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins And Wildfires — How War Hurts Nature
  • "Youngkin Appoints Former Trump EPA Head To New Deregulation Office"
  • "Environmental Justice Advocates Slam Supreme Court Ruling"
  • Newsom Signs Nation’s Most Sweeping Law To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics
  • "Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem"
  • "Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, US To Make Climate Goals"
  • "The EPA Prepares For Its 'Counterpunch' After The Supreme Court Ruling"
  • "EPA Sets Wildlife Protections On 3 Pesticides"
  • UK: "Environment Agency Chief Hits Out At Greenwashing By Businesses"
  • New Ozone Hole Has Been Discovered Over The Tropics – And It's Huge
  • Heat Wave from the Midwest to the Southern US Prompts Heat Warnings
  • "Scientists Find Ozone Hole in Tropics Much Bigger Than in Antarctica"
  • "Judge Throws Out Trump-Era Rollbacks On Endangered Species"
  • "Set It Back: Moving Levees to Benefit Rivers, Wildlife and Communities"
  • Is A Uranium Mill In Utah Making Tribal Members Sick? Results In 2025
  • Methane Much More Sensitive To Global Heating Than Thought: Study
  • "Australia Flood, Boosted By Climate Change, Making History In Sydney"
  • "Experts: US Court Fractures Decades Of Native American Law"
  • "Rising Heat Drives Crippling Sandstorms Across The Middle East"
  • "14 New Environmental Books to Kickstart Your Summer Reading List"
  • AB 2146—California’s Pollinator Protection Act—passed in the California State Assembly
  • Fish-farming practices come under scrutiny amid surge in aquaculture
  • As dry season starts in Indonesia, risk of fires — and haze — looms
  • Rubber used by leading European tire makers linked to forest loss in Africa: Report
  • Traditional communities rally behind ecotourism to conserve their forests
  • In Thailand’s deep south, a fight to stop quarrying in a global geopark
  • Net-zero commitments must include more anti-deforestation policies, UN tells private sector
  • ‘The volume of water is beyond control’: Q&A with flood expert M. Monirul Qader Mirza
  • In Brazil’s semiarid region, agrivoltaics show promise for food, energy security
  • Insects Probably Feel Pain, With Big Implications For How We Treat Them, Study Says
  • "EU Lawmakers Back Gas, Nuclear Energy As Sustainable"
  • "US Water Likely Contains More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Than EPA Tests Show"
  • Full Of Holes, New International Agreement Targets Fishing Subsidies
  • "Alaska Is on Track for a Record Fire Season"
  • "Will a Nile Canal Project Dry Up Africa’s Largest Wetland?"
  • "Oil Industry Sees Ongoing Leasing Pause in New Biden Gulf Plan"
  • "Dutch Airline KLM Sued Over 'Greenwashing' Ads"
  • ‘Every Year It Gets Worse’: On Frontline Of Climate Crisis In Bangladesh
  • Photographer Joined Researchers Examining Climate Change In Antarctica
  • North Wales’ Ancient Felled Pontfadog Oak Returns In 5 Cloned Saplings
  • EPA Describes How It Will Regulate Power Plants After Supreme Court Loss
  • "Watchdog Slams Trump EPA Tampering With PFAS Rule"
  • DOT Proposal Would Require States To Track Carbon Emissions From Driving
  • "Higher Gas Prices Hurt Pockets, Make Small Dent In Emissions"
  • Calif. Deepens Water Cuts To Cope With Drought, Hitting 1000s Of Farms
  • "The Bitter Fight To Stop A 2,000-Mile Carbon Pipeline"
  • BP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Carbon Credits
  • "‘Carbon Capture’ Is No Fix. Big Oil’s Known for Decades"
  • "Federal Purchases of Single-Use Plastics Targeted by Biden’s GSA"
  • "Biologists’ Fears Confirmed On The Lower Colorado River"
  • Study shows two million ancient and veteran trees in England, ten times more than previously recorded
  • Carnivorous plants that trap prey underground is 1st of its kind discovered
  • Rare orchid rediscovered in Vermont after 120 years
  • Rhode Island sets fastest timeline of any US state to reach 100% renewable electricity
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Conservation News ~ 1 July 2022

7/1/2022

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  • Tanzania's Masaai demand Indigenous rights in UN framework
  • Wolverines win in court to consider Endangered Species Act inclusion
  • New spider species discovered in Thar named after Malayali arachnologist
  • Frogs that lay eggs on land – new genus named after WA teacher whose lab was a campervan
  • "Ukraine War’s Latest Victim? The Fight Against Climate Change."
  • "Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘To the Edge’"
  • "Energy, Environment Spending Debate To Sharpen This Week"
  • "DOE Keeps Hiring Oil Industry Public Relations Firm"
  • "These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate"
  • "Forest Service Finds Mining Would Pose Risk To Minnesota Watershed"
  • "‘Biblical’ Insect Swarms Spur Oregon Push To Fight Pests"
  • "New Colombian President Pledges To Protect Rainforest"
  • "Drought And Bark Beetles Are Killing The Oldest Trees On Earth"
  • "Family, Friends Mourn British Journalist Killed In Brazil"
  • "UN Head Declares ‘Ocean Emergency’ As Global Leaders Gather In Lisbon"
  • "Biden, NOAA Announce New Actions On Illegal Fishing"
  • "LNG Explosion Shines Light On 42-Year-Old Gas Rules"
  • Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals: Study
  • "Dems Look To Federal Lands For Red-State Abortion Access"
  • "New Tools May Predict Wildfire Season Severity, Rainfall Months Ahead"
  • Enviros Hope New Law Will Clean Up Wastewater Nutrient Pollution in Md.
  • "Court: Land Swap For Ariz. Mine Doesn’t Violate Tribal Rights"
  • "Cement Carbon Dioxide Emissions Quietly Double In 20 Years"
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