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Conservation News ~ October 27 2017

10/27/2017

Suspected poacher injured by charging rhino in Namibia: http://news.sky.com/story/suspected-poacher-injured-by-charging-rhino-in-namibias-etosha-national-park-11093325
36 rhino poachers arrested in 3 weeks in South Arica: https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/36-rhino-poachers-arrested-in-three-weeks-11682329
Endling Helmeted Hornbill pushes known range: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/helmeted-hornbill-extinct-conservation-area-borneo/
CBD gives away thousands of condoms: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endangered-species-condoms-10-25-2017.php
Ohio adds Rusty Patched Bumble Bee to endangered species: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/state-adds-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-to-endangered-species/
101 Pangolins Destined for Black Market Rescued: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/wildlife-watch-pangolins-seized-alive-indonesia/
Herd of rhinos shot and killed by poachers: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rhino-shot-dead-poaching-south-africa-eastern-cape-wildschutsberg-game-reserve-a8020246.html
Nestle, Mars, and Hershey break promises over palm oil use: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/27/nestle-mars-and-hershey-breaking-promises-over-palm-oil-use-say-campaigners
St. Louis adopts a 100 percent renewable energy goal: https://thinkprogress.org/st-louis-approves-100-percent-renewable-energy-goal-3eee608149b4/
Shameful Congressmen, Industry bullies push to prosecute environmentalists as terrorists: https://www.ecowatch.com/greenpeace-environmentalists-terrorists-2501764452.html
Dr Bronner donates $600k to Animal Rights causes: https://www.facebook.com/vegnews/posts/10155736848971250
Water bills re skyrocketing and people of color are being hit the hardest: http://grist.org/briefly/water-bills-are-skyrocketing-and-people-of-color-are-being-hit-hard/
Fracking protestors vow to put their lives on line after scaling rig: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/22/fracking-protesters-vow-to-put-their-lives-on-line-after-scaling-rig
Support for whaling continues to drop in Iceland: http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/support-whaling-continues-drop-iceland
Washington State DNR denies Millennium Coal: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/washington-state-denies-key-permit-for-columbia-river-coal-terminal-citing-environmental-concerns/
Fewer Sierra Pines are dying due to California drought: https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/10/24/with-california-drought-over-fewer-sierra-pines-dying/
Entrance rates at Glacier, Yellowstone, other parks will double: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/entrance-rates-may-double-in-glacier-yellowstone-other-parks-next/article_32b583e8-e904-549f-a890-cf9bb5cbb1a0.html
Tides of plastic rubbish floating off Caribbean island coastline: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/plastic-rubbish-tide-caribbean-island-roatan-honduras-coast-pollution-a8017381.html
Elephant poaching drops in Africa but populations continue to fall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/24/elephant-poaching-drops-africa-but-populations-continue-to-fall
European Parliament votes to ban glyphosate in 28 countries: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/glyphosate-10-24-2017.php
Netherlands to build roads with recycled plastic from the ocean: http://www.sciencealert.com/the-netherlands-plans-to-pave-its-roads-with-recycled-plastic
Scientists rescue first Vaquita: https://www.vaquitacpr.org/scientists-rescue-first-vaquita-porpoise-making-conservation-history/
Congress mounts unprecedented attacks on endangered species: https://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2017/10/congress-mounts-unprecedented-attacks-endangered-species.html
Tesla is successfully restoring power to hospitals in Puerto Rico: https://www.sciencealert.com/elon-musk-electricity-back-on-puerto-rico
Saudi Arabia is building a $643 billion green-powered megacity: https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/gyjgzq/saudi-arabia-is-building-a-dollar643-billion-green-powered-megacity
Rare footage captures giant jellyfish living under Arctic ice: https://www.livescience.com/60765-rare-footage-jellyfish-under-arctic-ice.html
Study links deforestation and malaria: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-links-deforestation-malaria.html
Singapore says no more cars are allowed on the road: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/singapore-no-more-cars-allowed-on-the-road-government-says
Leonard DiCaprio commits $20 million to fight climate change: http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/leonardo-dicaprio-spoke-on-climate-change-at-yale-then-committed-20-mil-to-fight-it
EPA cancels its own scientists’ climate talks, sparking outcry over government silencing: https://www.nrdc.org/trump-watch/epa-cancels-its-own-scientists-climate-talks-sparking-outcry-over-government-silencing
Transparent solar panels could turn any building into a power generator: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/transparent-solar-technology-represents-wave-of-the-future/
Climate change at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s plans for New Zealand: http://nzfarmer.com/climate-change-at-the-heart-of-jacinda-arderns-plans-for-new-zealand/
US Feds to auction off a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/24/gulf-of-mexico-oil-companies-auction/
Standing Rock Landmark Headed to Smithsonian: https://splinternews.com/one-of-standing-rocks-most-important-landmarks-is-heade-1819782526
China developed a strain of rice that can be grown in saltwater: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/200-million-people-could-be-fed-with-chinas-new-strain-of-saltwater-rice/
USA and Syria are now the only countries not part of the Paris Agreement: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/nicaragua-paris-climate-accord-us-syria/index.html
Bears Ears attacked by US Feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/27/trump-says-he-will-shrink-bears-ears-national-monument-a-sacred-tribal-site-in-utah/
Malaysia to roll out wildlife crossing awareness measures after spate of roadkill cases: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-to-roll-out-wildlife-crossing-awareness-measures-after-9332086
China shuts down tens of thousands of factories in unprecedented pollution crackdown: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/23/559009961/china-shuts-down-tens-of-thousands-of-factories-in-unprecedented-pollution-crack
China bans foreign waste: http://theconversation.com/china-bans-foreign-waste-but-what-will-happen-to-the-worlds-recycling-85924
Operation Jungle Book leads to Federal criminal charges against wildlife traffickers: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-operation-jungle-book-20171020-story.html
206% of Scotland’s entire electricity needs provided by wind power: http://www.energydigital.com/renewable-energy/206-scotlands-entire-electricity-needs-provided-wind-power
Study finds that half of new oil production unprofitable without government intervention: https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/10/03/welfare-kings-half-current-oil-production-unprofitable-without-government-subsidies
Elephants officially banned from circuses in New York: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/elephants-officially-banned-circuses-new-york-state-article-1.3574721
Nestle is extracting water from Canadian towns on expired permits: https://news.vice.com/story/nestle-is-extracting-water-from-canadian-towns-on-expired-permits
First Nations leaders break with Ottawa on environmental policy: https://www.google.com/search?q=First+Nations+leaders+break+with+Ottawa+on+environmental+policy%3A&oq=First+Nations+leaders+break+with+Ottawa+on+environmental+policy%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.360j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
61-year old Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/another-madagascar-environmental-activist-imprisoned/

Conservation News ~ October 20 2017

10/20/2017

World’s first “negative emissions” plant turns carbon dioxide into stone: https://qz.com/1100221/the-worlds-first-negative-emissions-plant-has-opened-in-iceland-turning-carbon-dioxide-into-stone/
Feds grant endangered species protection to four Florida plants: http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2017/10/05/feds-grant-endangered-species-protection-to-four-florida-plants/
Toyota trucks that only emit water vapor are moving goods to LA: https://futurism.com/toyotas-trucks-that-only-emit-water-vapor-are-moving-goods-in-la/
Paris to ban fossil fuel cars by 2030: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-paris-autos/paris-plans-to-banish-all-but-electric-cars-by-2030-idUSKBN1CH0SI
Study reviews 1154 climate science results, finds no evidence of publication bias: https://futurism.com/study-reviews-climate-science-results-no-evidence-publication-bias/
Rooftop solar provides a record-breaking 48% of South Australia’s power: https://futurism.com/rooftop-solar-provides-record-breaking-48-south-australia-power/
Mexico takes unprecedented action to save Vaquita: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/mexico-takes-unprecedented-action-to-save-vaquita/
Whales and dolphins lead “human-like” lives thanks to big brains: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/16/whales-and-dolphins-human-like-societies-thanks-to-their-big-brains
Chocolate industry’s illegal deforestation of West Africa’s National Parks an open secret: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/chocolate-industrys-illegal-deforestation-of-west-africas-national-parks-an-open-secret/
Over 300k gallons of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico: http://wgno.com/2017/10/14/coast-guard-over-300000-gallons-of-oil-spilled-in-gulf-of-mexico/
New study finds nature is vital to beating climate change: https://www.nature.org/newsfeatures/pressreleases/new-study-finds-nature-is-vital-to-beating-climate-change.xml
Judge allows “Necessity Defense by activists in oil pipeline: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102017/climate-change-activists-arrest-pipeline-shutdown-necessity-defense
“SAVES Act” actually harms endangered species: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twisted-terms-saves-act-actually-harms-endangered_us_59dce302e4b0b48cd8e0a660
Robert Bateman receives Jay N. “Ding” Darling Award for wildlife paintings: http://wildlife.org/robert-bateman-earns-jay-n-ding-darling-award-for-paintings/
Two new stink bug species named for dragons from Game of Thrones: https://entomologytoday.org/2017/10/16/two-new-stink-bug-species-named-for-dragons-from-game-of-thrones/
The Lush Billion-Tree Spectacle of China’s Great Green Wall: https://www.wired.com/story/ian-teh-chinas-great-green-wall/
Oil rig explodes in Louisiana: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-louisiana-oil-rig-explosion-20171017-story.html
Animal biodiversity key part of carbon cycle: https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/09/animal-biodiversity-important-part-carbon-cycle/
Regreening the planet could account for one-third of climate migration: https://www.environmentguru.com/pages/elements/element.aspx?id=5634505
Resolute Forest Products RICO and Defamation lawsuit against Greenpeace dismissed: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/17/federal-court-dismisses-rico-and-defamation-lawsuit-against-greenpeace
Long Beach, California passes sytrofoam ban: https://lbpost.com/news/2000011633-a-unanimous-vote-bans-styrofoam-packaging-from-use-in-long-beach-restaurants
Photo of butchered rhino wins top photo award: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41656188
Senate is expected to pass a vote on a budget that includes opening the Arctic to drilling: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/senate-budget-tax-cuts-arctic-refuge-drilling.html
Rehab of Colorado’s Fraser River shows early signs of success: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/rehab-of-colorado-s-fraser-river-shows-early-signs-of-success
Indigenous groups sign agreement to protect Quebec caribou: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/quebec-caribou-agreement-1.4359562
UK just installed first seabin to clean plastic-polluted waters: https://futurism.com/the-u-k-just-installed-its-first-seabin-to-clean-plastic-polluted-waters/
Dramatic plunge of insects warns of ecological Armageddon: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/18/warning-of-ecological-armageddon-after-dramatic-plunge-in-insect-numbers
The Netherlands is planning to end all of its coal power by 2030: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-netherlands-is-planning-to-end-all-its-coal-power-by-2030
Solar innovation cuts cost by 60% while increasing efficiency by 24%: http://www.iflscience.com/technology/new-solar-innovation-cuts-costs-by-60-while-increasing-efficiency-by-24/
USFWS being sued by Center for Biological Diversity over failure to protect Walrus: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/12/group-plans-to-sue-over-walrus-protection/
Black butterfly wings offer a model for better solar cells: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-black-butterfly-wings-solar-cells.html
First floating wind turbines just came online off the coast of Scotland: https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/18/first-floating-wind-farm-scotland/
World’s deepest lake, Lake Baikal, crippled by putrid algae, poaching, and pollution: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/19/lake-baikal-russia-crippled-algae-fish-poaching-pollution
Climate change is causing catastrophic shortage of food for birds in the Galapagos: http://therevelator.org/climate-change-catastrophic-food-birds-galapagos/
New Mexico was just shamed into putting climate change and evolution back into science standards: https://thinkprogress.org/new-mexicos-proposed-science-standards-7c1a436bee13/
Stormwater pollution in Puget Sound streams killing Coho Salmon before they can spawn: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/stormwater-pollution-in-puget-sound-streams-killing-coho-before-they-can-spawn/
Seychelles home to new legless amphibian species: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/seychelles-home-to-new-species-of-caecilian-a-legless-amphibian/
North Atlantic winds could power the whole world: https://newatlas.com/offshore-wind-farm-atlantic-whole-world/51700/
Pollution kills 3 times more people than AIDS, TB, and Malaria combined: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/19/558821792/report-pollution-kills-3-times-more-than-aids-tb-and-malaria-combined
All-female Black Mambas guard South Africa’s wildlife: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/destinations/africa/south-africa/black-mambas-anti-poaching-wildlife-rhino-team/
Seattle increased public ridership 4.1%, more than twice of other cities: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/02/24/transit-ridership-falling-everywhere-but-not-in-cities-with-redesigned-bus-networks/

Conservation Jobs ~ October 13 2017

10/13/2017

SF Zoo Conservation Special Projects Coordinator: https://www.aza.org/jobs?job=7904
Supervisor of California’s Natural Diversity Database Program: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/supervisor-california-natural-diversity-database-program-california/
Northwest Director – Trust for Public Land: https://www.tpl.org/about/jobs/northwest-area-director#sm.00001mzultz4vieqbq95i9wevs2zh
Stewardship Director, Ojai Valley Land Conservancy: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/stewardship-director-ojai-valley-land-conservancy
Executive Director, Upper Savannah Land Trust: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/executive-director-upper-savannah-land-trust
Executive Director, San Isabel Land Protection Trust -Colorado: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/executive-director-san-isabel-land-protection-trus

Conservation News ~ October 13 2017

10/13/2017

$100 Million Fund launched to secure indigenous land rights: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/100-million-dollar-fund-launched-to-secure-indigenous-land-rights/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Senate Bill aims to strip protections from nearly 1100 endangered species: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endangered-species-09-28-2017.php
Environment is big winner in US-Mexico Colorado River agreement: https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2017/10/05/environment-is-big-winner-in-u-s-mexico-colorado-river-agreement
25 Species denied ESA protection: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2017/10/04/trump-administration-denies-endangered-species-protection-pacific-walrus-and-two-dozen-oth-25-specie/732704001/
Over 50 hippos found dead: https://www.newera.com.na/2017/10/06/breaking-news-over-50-hippos-found-dead-in-bwabwata/
Rare Pygmy Right Whale found in new range: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/ancient-whale-turns-wrong-side-world
Tusk Award for Conservation in Africa given to anti-poachers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/safaris-and-wildlife/tusk-awards-2017-winners/
UK Livestock Industry caused extinction of 33 global species: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/eat-less-meat-save-species-and-ecosystems-says-wwf-uk/
UN releases stamps featuring new endangered species: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/may/12/un-issues-stamps-featuring-newly-listed-endangered-species-in-pictures
Winifred Kessler receives Aldo Leopold Memorial Award: http://wildlife.org/kessler-celebrates-pinnacle-of-career-with-aldo-leopold-award/
British Columbia sees more human-wildlife conflicts in 2017: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/human-wildlife-conflict-bc-1.4345561
Met forensics specialist develops ivory fingerprinting kit: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-forensics-expert-invents-kit-to-catch-african-ivory-poachers-after-daughters-ask-him-to-save-a3654721.html
Penguin colony disaster as 2 chicks survive from colony of 40,000: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/12/penguin-catastrophe-leads-to-demands-for-protection-in-east-antarctica
Chevron joins BP in ditching plans to drill Australian bight: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-13/chevron-abandons-oil-drilling-on-great-australian-bight/9045870
Gucci goes fur-free: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/oct/12/italian-fashion-house-gucci-to-go-fur-free-in-2018-says-ceo
Sand Cat kittens filmed in wild for first time: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/171012-wild-sand-cat-kittens-filmed
Remote wildlife camera and suspects’ phones led Northwest investigators to carcasses in biggest PNW poaching case: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/phones-of-poaching-suspects-set-investigators-on-trail-to-carcasses-191-criminal-counts-filed/
Once declared extinct, Giant Australian Stick Insect is still alive: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/giant-australian-insect-still-alive-despite-being-declared-extinct-nearly-century-ago
Electric vehicles will drive a $5 Trillion transition: https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/07/electric-vehicles-will-drive-5-trillion-transition/
BC coal mine company fined $1.4 million for polluting BC river: https://www.desmog.ca/2017/10/06/b-c-coal-mine-company-teck-fined-1-4-million-polluting-b-c-river
Germany to miss climate targets disastrously: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/10/11/germany-miss-climate-targets-disastrously-leaked-government-paper/
Oxford aims for world's first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/11/oxford-aims-to-cut-air-pollution-car-ban-zero-emissions-zone
Pennsylvania Sunoco Pipeline spills drilling fluid three times in same area: https://www.ecowatch.com/sunoco-pipeline-spill-2495544214.html
Tanzania: 3 charged in murder of elephant conservationist Wayne Lotter: https://twitter.com/CITES/status/918004187115474945
Toshiba’s new fast-charging battery could triple the range of electric vehicles: https://newatlas.com/toshiba-scib-battery-triple-range/51667/
Ten million salmon thrown away by Scottish fish farm in industry in 2016: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15583156.A_disgrace__ten_million_salmon_thrown_away_by_fish_farm_industry_in_last_year_alone/
Scotland proposes cheap, state-owned energy: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/10/sturgeon-proposes-cheap-state-owned-energy-for-scotland
World energy hits a turning point: solar that’s cheaper than wind: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-15/world-energy-hits-a-turning-point-solar-that-s-cheaper-than-wind
North Atlantic Right Whale population dis below 450 after deadliest year since whaling era: https://www.ecowatch.com/north-atlantic-right-whale-population-2493743084.html
Brazil’s Temer decrees 1.2 million hectare Amazon reserve: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/indigenous-victory-brazils-temer-decrees-1-2-million-amazon-reserve/
Navajo Nations first solar project now producing enough electricity for about 13k homes: http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2017/08/29/navajo-nations-first-solar-project-now-producing-electricity-13-000-homes/613443001/
Renewables now provide 25 percent of the world’s power: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/renewables-now-produce-22-percent-worlds-electricity/

Conservation News ~ October 6 2017

10/6/2017

Abel Ahabwe, Wildlife Ranger, dies: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pangolin-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal/
Cats kill a million birds a day in Australia: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-cats-million-birds-day-australia.html
Catholic Church to make record divestment from fossil fuels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/03/catholic-church-to-make-record-divestment-from-fossil-fuels
Lawsuit leads to 2 days notice before wolf kill: http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20171002/conservation-groups-will-get-advance-notice-of-wolf-kills
Pandas losing ground to hungry livestock: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/pandas-losing-ground-to-hungry-livestock-in-chinese-nature-reserve/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Thresher and silky sharks now to be strictly regulated: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/trade-in-silky-and-thresher-sharks-now-to-be-strictly-regulated/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Amazon deforestation linked to McDonald’s and British retail giants: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/amazon-deforestation-linked-to-mcdonalds-and-british-retail-giants/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Indo “Queen of Coal” named as corruption suspect: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/queen-of-coal-named-corruption-suspect-in-indonesia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
TransCanada kills two eastern-based energy projects: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/transcanada-energy-east-1.4338227
Western Washington has a wolf! http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20171002/tests-verify-western-washington-has-a-wolf
Pacific Walrus failed to make ESA list, faces extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/04/walrus-endangered-species-trump-administration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other