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Conservation News ~ 27 September 2019

9/27/2019

Michigan plants 1,000 happy trees to honor painter Bob Ross:
SA teen wins international photography award for rhino dehorning shot:
San Jose to become largest US city to enact natural gas ban:
New species of worm with three sexes discovered in highly salty Californian lake:
Scientists connected fragments of pine savanna and new species keep showing up:
2 Mexican Gray Wold pups die of EEE virus at Michigan zoo:
David Attenborough praises young people for their action on climate change:
Scientists boosted from EPA panel form their own group:
Climate crisis drives Mont Blan Glacier toward collapse:
The world’s oceans are losing power to stall climate change:
Just one tea bag can release billions of microplastics in your drink:
Caribbean Islands are the biggest plastic polluters per capita in the world:
Rhino poachers break bail conditions, flee Zimbabwe:
Resnicks donate record $750 million for climate change research at Cal Tech:
Apple is working to restore African grasslands to curb climate change:
Earliest signs of life- scientists find microbial remains in ancient rocks:
New species of crocodile discovered in museum collection:
China continues intense activity with environment:
Fox News panel on climate change says liberals have forgotten about god and are worshipping the environment:
Goldman Sachs just release a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change:
Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk, UNICEF says:
Climate activists paint stunning mural on two blocks in SF:
North Sea Cod los sustainability ‘blue tick’ as fish population fails:
Small countries made big commitments at the UN climate summit:
Offshore wind energy price plunges 30 percent to a new record low:
Greta Thunberg is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize:
At least 500 jaguars died or lost their habitat in Amazon fires:
Aerosols from coniferous forest no longer cool the climate as much:
17 states sue Federal Government over weakened Endangered Species Act:
There’s no scenario that stops sea level in this century, UN climate report says:
Major cruise line to abandon plastic water bottles:
Biden’s Climate Adviser earned $1 million from a natural gas company:
Mining billionaire launches $300m war on plastics to tackle ocean pollution:
Norway releases $50m in forest funds to Guyana:
Coral gardeners bring back Jamaica’s reefs:
US Dept of Interior overturns BLM decision in victory for Grand Staircase Forests:
US House Republicans revive plan to cripple Endangered Species Act:
Fossil fuel subsidies reach $87 billion in EU countries:
Switzerland just banned the egg industry from grinding live chicks:
Senate confirms top Interior lawyer accused of lying to Congress:
Blood-red sky in Indonesia’s Jambi forest:
Nine new Fijian bees described:
800-year-old Portuguese University just banned beef:
Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells UN that the Amazon isn’t on fire but full of riches:
Greta Thunberg comes under attack on TV and social media:
Elkhorn Slough benefitting from Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter surrogacy program:
Amazon pledges surprisingly bold climate change goals:
Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat in Arctic Ocean:
US president mocks Greta Thunberg and her speech about climate change:
New species of fossilized sea creature described:
New species of frog discovered in Arunachal:
Gabon becomes the first African country to receive funding for preserving its rainforests:
Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment:
Marriot CEO says cutting out single-use toiletries will save 500 million plastic bottles per year:
Greta Thunberg, 15 kids sue five countries in groundbreaking climate lawsuit:
Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks:
Call for 1m people to join UK’s biggest mass tree-planting campaign:
7 million people displaced by extreme weather in first half of 2019:
UK unveils 1.2bn for climate and endangered species:
Kruger Park gets gunshot detection system to fight rhino poaching:
Sri Lanka wields mangroves against climate change:
The Amazon’s tallest trees are growing 50% bigger and scientists don’t know how:

Conservation News ~ 23 September 2019

9/23/2019

Extinction Rebellion: 91-year-old climate protestor arrested near port of Dover:
California sues White House over revoking state’s authority to set car emission standards:
Discovery of an endangered species in a well-known cave raises questions:
Americans are waking up: two thirds say climate crisis must be addressed:
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shuts down:
New bioreactor captures as much carbon as an acre of trees:
Germany unveils $60 billion climate package:
Researchers spot exotic creatures in marine national monument:
Scientists discovered mysterious creature below Antarctica:
Southern resident orcas spotted in Puget Sound:
Australia is running out of drinking water:
First ever Clouded Leopard debuts at Smithsonian’s National Zoo:
230 investors with USD $16.s trillion in AUM call for corporate action on deforestation, signaling support:
Texas is drowning under one of the wettest storms in US history;
Five most wanted Rhino poachers apprehended in Biswanath:
New Zealand insect named after hobbit Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings:
6 new species found in Aarey in 10 years:
Mass climate strike protests held around the world ahead of UN summit:
Conservation group to buy world’s largest privately held Sequoia Forest for $15m:
Distressed dolphin pictured comforting her pod before being slaughtered in mass killing:
Ruling stops Pedal Power timber harvest near Springfield, Or:
Tiny penguin released back into the wild after swimming from New Zealand to Australia:
Isra Hirsi is 16, unbothered, and saving the planet:
Scaling back: graduate invents plastic alternative from fish waste:
California family find mountain lion lounging in their bathroom:
Birds are vanishing from North America – there are 2.9 billion fewer birds than 50 years:
Bald Eagles have found themselves a new home in suburbia:
Colorful new gecko species described:
White House slaps tariffs on solar panels in major blow to renewable energy:
Texas hounds chase down rhino poachers in South Africa:
Arkansas city paying homeless $9.25 an hour to collect trash:
Un secretary general calls climate change an emergency:
Deforestation increase dovetails with armed conflict in Colombia:
Gran Chaco – South America’s second largest forest at risk of collapsing:
We’ve been negligent - Indonesia’s president says as fire crisis deepens:
House democrats advance bill protecting lions, elephants from trophy hunting:
Air pollution particles found on foetal side of placentas:
Bristol Bay salmon are in hot water:
Hadza wins global prize for developing solution on climate change:
This sulfur-spewing Russian volcano is turning sunsets purple:
South Korea confirms African swing fever outbreak:
Outrage in China as Giant Panda on loan to Thailand zoo dies:
England’s carnivorous sundew makes a comeback:
86 tigers rescued from Tiger Temple died in government custody:
Amazon deforestation is driven by criminal networks:
Beef and Dairy industries in death spiral, will collapse by 2030:
A Giant Salamander that lived at London Zoo turned out to be a new species:
Democrats propose bill to revoke White House endangered species:
Ruffed Grouse could make Indiana’s Endangered Species:
Sharks caught on drum lines in Australia must be released:
This is not the Sixth Extinction, It’s the first extermination event:
Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg:
Fewer people are taking up hunting, which has hunters worried about sport’s future:
Greta Thunberg to congress: You’re not trying hard enough, sorry:
Huge decline in songbirds linked to common insecticides:
Canadians just crowdfunded $3 million to buy pristine land and save it from new development:
Canada creates two huge ocean sanctuaries in the Arctic:
Outrage as blue shark is cooked and served at Plymouth Seafood festival:
Warming weather is seemingly bringing a new species of bat to DC:
Scientists discover new species of ancient flying reptile in Canada:
David Attenborough to front UK study on biodiversity loss:
Once thought to be extinct, this luck clover has recovered enough to come off the ES list:
SC eagle population soars:
Youngest Kakapo chick of this season reaches 150 days old, meaning a record 213 kakapo:
Major US insurer says it will not longer underwrite and invest in coal:
Luxembourg Peace Prize: Dame Jane Goodall awarded 2019 prize for outstanding environmental peace:
Protected areas best conserve mammalian diversity when connected with corridors:
Desert Tortoise found in Mendocino undergoes surgery at UC Davis:
California Governor says he will veto environmental regulations bill:
Endangered sea turtle found impales with 3-foot long spear in Florida:
New South American butterfly species named for Florida Museum’s Andy Warren:
Eastern Oregon Minnow removed from the Endangered Species list:
US and Brazil agree to Amazon development:
Its not cheaper to build new renewable than it is to build natural gas plants:
Ottawa announces $8.3M to help rid Canadian waters of ghost gear:
Indonesian draws fire to denial of transboundary haze problem:
Plastic food packaging was most common beach trash in 2018:
World losing battle against deforestation:
Hundred of offshore fracking wells dump billions of gallons waste into the Gulf of Mexico:
Japan’s new environmental minister calls for closing down all nuclear reactors to prevent another disaster:
Hoary bat numbers declining at rate that suggests species in jeopardy in Pacific Northwest:
Brazil environment minister to meet US climate denier group before UN summit:

Conservation News ~ 13 September 2019

9/13/2019

Denmark buys last remaining circus elephants in the country for $1.6 million to let them retire: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/denmark-buys-countrys-last-remaining-circus-elephants-to-let-them-retire
Brazilian official who protects Amazon indigenous tribes shot dead: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/09/brazilian-official-protects-amazon-indigenous-tribes-shot-dead/
US Feds to finalize rollback of Clean Water protections: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-to-roll-back-clean-water-protections.html
Butter clams: a new species diversifies the aquaculture roster on Cape Cod: https://www.capeandislands.org/post/butter-clams-new-species-diversifies-aquaculture-roster-cape-cod-0
Two new species of ginger discovered in Nagaland: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/two-new-species-of-ginger-discovered-from-nagaland/article29385926.ece
Scale of suicides by pesticide poisoning revealed: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-scale-suicides-pesticide-poisoning-revealed.html
US House passes two bills blocking oil and gas drilling off Pacific, Atlantic, and Florida Gulf coasts: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/house-to-vote-on-blocking-trump-push-to-drill-off-us-coasts-arctic.html
Death of Philippine ranger is latest in legacy of violence: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/pray-continue-death-of-philippine-ranger-is-latest-in-legacy-of-violence/
Invasive algae found in 2 Wisconsin lakes: https://www.racinecountyeye.com/invasive-algae-found-in-2-wisconsin-lakes/
$100 million German insect protection plan will protect habitats, restrict weed killers, and boost research: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/100-million-german-insect-protection-plan-will-protect-habitats-restrict-weed-killers
Oil from Deepwater Horizon spill could take at least 30 years to decompose: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/oil-from-deepwater-horizon-spill-could-take-at-least-30-years-to-decompose-study-finds
California to become third state to ban wild animal circuses: https://vegnews.com/2019/9/california-to-become-third-state-to-ban-wild-animal-circuses
Water found for time on ‘habitable’ planet: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49648746
Dragonfly swarm seen on doppler in Ohio: https://wtkr.com/2019/09/10/swarm-of-dragonflies-other-insects-spotted-on-radar-over-ohio/
New species of eel delivers highest voltage of any living creature: http://staging.news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/09/scientists-shocked-discover-two-new-species-electric-eel
Rep. Markkanen says wolves no longer deserve endangered species status in Michigan: https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Rep-Markkanen-Wolves-no-longer-deserve-endangered-species-status-in-Michigan-559976101.html
Explorer reaches deepest part of world oceans: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/victor-vescovo-historic-dive/index.html
Wild mountain gorillas found to play in water like humans: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-wild-mountain-gorillas-humans.html
Community organizing of St. James Parish Louisiana defeats $1billion petrochemical giant, Wanhua Chemical: https://www.twipu.com/BillMckibben
Japan will have to dump Fukushima radioactive water into Pacific, minister says: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fukushima-water-pacific-1.5278877
New study explains how salamanders harness regeneration to buffer themselves from climate change: https://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/new-study-explains-how-salamanders-harness-regeneration-to-buffer-themselves-from-climate-change/
Environmentalist wants to leave mines in the DMZ to preserve a biodiversity hotspot: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/environmentalist-wants-to-leave-mines-in-the-dmz-to-preserve-a-biodiversity-hotspot/vi-AAGpDyh
USC scientists and colleagues identify new species of giant flying reptile: https://news.usc.edu/160602/pterosaur-discovery-usc-scientist-new-species-giant-flying-reptile/
Loss of Madagascar’s biodiversity is a loss for Earth, Pope says: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/loss-of-madagascars-biodiversity-is-a-loss-for-earth-pope-says/
A stadium in Austria is filled with 300 trees to highlight the tenuous future of natural spaces: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/09/for-forest/
Irish teenager invents magnetic liquid trap that can remove 90% of microplastics from water: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/irish-teen-develops-magnetic-method-of-removing-microplastics-from-water-1.4534765
Rare chick ‘proof conservation effort is working’: https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c207p54mdd3t/conservation
‘Dog’s balls’ shrub to be recognized as new species but colloquial name to remain: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-09/dogs-balls-shrub-to-be-recognised-as-new-species/11492066
Critically endangered blue-tailed skink given own island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-09/near-extinct-blue-tailed-skink-recovers-on-cocos-islands/11486788
Tanzania seizes ivory tusk equivalent to 117 elephants killed: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-poaching/tanzania-seizes-ivory-tusks-equivalent-to-117-elephants-killed-idUSKCN1VQ13V
France says 1,500 died in summer’s heat wave: https://www.foxnews.com/world/france-heat-waves-1500-dead-health
Florida zoo takes in 20 premature green sea turtles: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2019-09-06/florida-zoo-takes-in-20-premature-green-sea-turtles
Malaysian supermarket bans products described as ‘palm-oil-free’: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/malaysian-supermarket-bans-products-described-as-palm-oil-free-/5072797.html
Ecuador’s northern region has lost 61% of its forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-report-reveals-northern-ecuadorian-region-has-lost-61-percent-of-forests/
Dancing tarantulas emerge in droves to mate in western US: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/tarantula-mating-season
Thousands more badgers face cull as number of killing zones surges: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/07/badgers-thousands-more-face-cull-killing-zones-extermination-bovine-tb
New dinosaur species the largest to ever be found in Japan: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/world/new-duck-billed-dinosaur-scn-trnd/index.html
New species of sunfish spotted in Monterey Bay for the first time: https://www.ksbw.com/article/new-species-of-sunfish-spotted-in-monterey-bay-for-the-first-time/28949365
Asian otters gain protection from the pet trade: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/asian-otters-gain-protection-from-the-pet-trade/
New generation of African leaders sees conservation as a growth market: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/transforming-african-conservation-from-old-social-cause-into-next-gen-growth-market/
Mother dolphin jumps for joy as she thanks fishermen for releasing her baby trapped in net: https://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/a-dolphin-jumps-for-joy-when-fishermen-manage-to-free-her-baby-that-was-in-a-deadly-situation-video-viral-fb-procida-naples-funny-animal-videos-united-states-canada-social-networks/
Scientists discover new marine species, a brittle star, in cave in Cozumel: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/scientists-discover-new-marine-species/
Discovery of new species of deep water coral and deep sea floor canyons by Australian: https://www.thefourpointplay.blog/discovery-of-new-species-of-deep-water-coral-and-deep-sea-floor-canyons-by-australian-researchers/
Pope addressed environment in speech to crowd of 800000: https://www.thelocal.it/20190907/pope-to-address-environmental-concerns-in-speech-to-800000
Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/disaster-strikes-in-bolivia-as-fires-devastate-unique-forests/
Norway urges its companies not to fund Amazon deforestation: https://www.ecowatch.com/norway-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-2640194724.html
New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-monkey-species-found-in-amazon-forest-area-thats-fast-disappearing/
Nevada’s highly imperiled Mojave Poppy Bee takes step toward Endangered Species Act: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/nevadas-highly-imperiled-mojave-poppy-bee-takes-step-toward-endangered-species-act-protection-2019-09-05/
Geese shift migration stop-off northwards: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/global-heating-geese-shift-migration-stop-off-northwards

Conservation News ~ 5 September 2019

9/5/2019

California becomes first state to ban fur trapping after Gov Newson signs laws: https://ktla.com/2019/09/04/gov-newsom-signs-law-making-california-the-1st-state-to-ban-fur-trapping/
Major shoe and sportswear companies refuse to buy leather from Brazil after cattle farmers set the Amazon on fire: https://returntonow.net/2019/09/05/major-shoe-and-sportswear-companies-refuse-to-buy-leather-from-brazil-after-cattle-farmers-set-the-amazon-on-fire/
US moves to roll back successful Atlantic Bluefin Tuna protections: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2019/09/04/us-moves-to-roll-back-successful-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-protections
Ireland will plant 440 million trees by 2040 to combat climate change: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ireland-440-million-trees_n_5d6c7b42e4b0cdfe057221e1
New viruses discovered in endangered wild Pacific salmon populations: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-viruses-endangered-wild-pacific-salmon.html
Endangered Species Act rulemakings face immediate challenge: https://www.natlawreview.com/article/endangered-species-act-rulemakings-face-immediate-challenge
New species of giant flying squirrel brings hope to one of the world’s ‘most wanted’: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-species-of-giant-flying-squirrel-brings-hope-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-wanted/
Sea Shepherd’s recommendations taken seriously at CITES CoP 18: https://seashepherd.org/2019/08/29/sea-shepherds-recommendations-taken-seriously-at-cites-cop-18/
With new protections, Saiga Antelope can continue to be a symbol of Central Asia: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/08/with-new-protections-saiga-antelope-may-continue-to-be-a-symbol-of-central-asia-commentary/
New York Times drops sponsorship of oil conference: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/03/new-york-times-drops-sponsorship-of-oil-conference
US fossil fuel subsidies exceed Pentagon spending: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/
Eight Orangutans released to Bukit Baka Raya National Park: http://orangutan.or.id/press-release-in-honour-of-international-primate-day-eight-orangutans-released-to-bukit-baka-bukit-raya-national-park/
Rice reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190903084035.htm
A new reptile species from Wales named by Bristol student: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-reptile-species-wales-bristol-student.html
The last 14 Loa water frogs had to be rescued from their natural habitat: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/last-14-loa-water-frogs-had-be-rescued-their-natural-habitat-180973023/
Brazil’s satellite agency resumes releasing deforestation data: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/brazils-satellite-agency-resumes-releasing-deforestation-data/
Indonesian court cancels dam project in last stronghold of tigers, rhinos: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/indonesian-court-cancels-dam-project-in-last-stronghold-of-tigers-rhinos/
Black whales in Hokkaido known as ‘crows’ found to be new species: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201909020023.html
BLM purchases $5million land parcel in desert tortoise reserve: https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2019/08/30/mks-blm-purchases-5-million-land-parcel-in-desert-tortoise-reserve/
Three new species add colour to Mulapadu butterfly park: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/sep/01/three-new-species-add-colour-to-mulapadu-butterfly-park-in-andhra-pradesh--2027368.html
Sea otters in California are dying after contacting parasites from cats: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/parasite-spread-house-cats-killing-californias-sea-otters-180973014/
Egypt is building Africa’s first ‘vertical forests’ with 14,000 plants and 350 trees: https://truththeory.com/2019/08/27/egypt-is-building-africas-first-vertical-forest-with-14000-plants-and-350-trees/
New reptile species found in fossil at Pant-y-ffynnon quarry: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49528904