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Conservation News ~ 29 October 2021

10/29/2021

"U.S. Warns Climate Poses ‘Emerging Threat’ to Financial System"
"Billions In Environmental Justice Funds Hang In The Balance"
"La Niña Weather Pattern Likely to Prolong Western Drought, NOAA Says"
"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security"
"Greenpeace Chief Warns Of ‘Greenwashing’ at UN Climate Talks"
"California Seeks Strict Limits On New Oil Drilling Near Communities"
"Federal Firefighters Deserve Better Pay And Benefits, Lawmakers Say"
"Planned Fossil Fuel Output ‘Vastly Exceeds’ Climate Limits, Says UN"
"Plastics Poised To Overtake Coal As Climate Driver" - Report
"Why No Tusks? Poaching Tips Scales Of Elephant Evolution"
Plastics set to overtake coal plants on GHG emissions, new study shows
Deforestation from cattle ranching also hurts rivers in Nicaragua, study says
Can we stop calling it ‘forest bathing’ now? Please, just take a hike. (commentary)
Mangrove conservation takes root with local communities on Kenya’s coast
‘Unequal exchange’ for Brazil community in shadow of Anglo American mine
COVID could wreak havoc on gorillas, but they social distance better than we do
Opposition to South Africa coal mine persists a year after murder of activist
Report: Luxury carmakers still sourcing deforestation-linked leather from Paraguay
"Biden Crafts a Climate Plan B: Tax Credits, Regulation and State Action"
"UN Warns World 'Way Off Track' As Greenhouse Gases Grow"
"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Wisconsin Fall Wolf Hunt"
Big Ag Pays Farmers For Control Of Their Soil-Bound Carbon
"Drought-Stricken California Doused By Powerful Storm"
"Judge Nixes Trump-Era Limits On Regulation Of Water-Polluting Projects"
Total Accused of Campaign to Play Down Climate Risk From Fossil Fuels"
"White House Taps Martha Williams To Head FWS"
"Navajo Nation Pushes For Radioactive Waste Remnants To Be Removed"
"Fishery Closures and the Ghosts of Past Mistakes"
Hong Kong Baptist University's discovery of new coral and nudibranch species
An endangered species of African giant owl is captured for the first time in 150 years
New flower species found in Shei-pa National Park
Critically endangered Sunda pangolin caught on camera trap
California Protects Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles As Endangered Species
Giant pandas no longer endangered, China says
Hertz will buy 100,000 Teslas, marking a big bet on electric vehicles in rental cars
State Judge Issues "Dramatic Decision" in Striking Down Wisconsin Wolf Hunt
Bolsonaro evades genocide blame amid Indigenous deaths by invaders, COVID-19
$200 million in gold extracted in Amazon mine through illegal licenses
Study chronicles dying of a lake in PNG with advent of oil & gas activities
Indigenous group faces eviction for ‘New Bali’ tourism project in Sumatra
On Nigeria-Cameroon border, joint patrols throw a lifeline to threatened apes
"World Set To Miss Goal Of $100B Climate Aid Pledged To Poor"
"Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit New Record Despite Lockdowns, UN Reports"
"Manchin Pushes For More Climate Cuts From The Budget Bill"
Natural Gas Leaks In Boston Vastly Underreported — Could Be Inside Homes
"Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater"
"Attorneys Eye Glasgow Talks for Progress on Many Climate Issues"
GenX: "EPA Deems ‘Forever Chemical’ Haunting N.C. Toxic To Humans"
Hawaii Has A One-Year Deadline To Ditch Coal. Can It Keep Lights On?
"A Climate-Conscious Fox Weather Could Leave Audiences Confused"
Conservation Dogs May Help in Search for Endangered Franklin’s Bumblebee
Trigonopterus corona, the new species of tiny beetle named after the coronavirus
On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, museum scientists have discovered 28 new species of beetles
Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are people too, US court rules
Polar bear hunting a reindeer caught on tape for first time
Court strikes down Trump EPA water permitting rule
NGOs say FSC label offers little protection for forests, Indigenous people
Hungry like the maned wolf pup: Clips give rare glimpse of elusive canine
Indigenous Bolivians take the defense of their land into their own hands
Poisoned city: The story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster
World Faces Disastrous 2.7C Heating On Current Climate Plans, UN Warns
"White House Sets Climate Spending At Up To $555 Billion"
Biden FWS Moves To Undo Two Trump-Era Endangered Species Act Rollbacks
"Amplify Energy Cashed Out Cleanup Fund While Racking Up Violations"
"Gulf Arab States, Squeezed By Climate Change, Still Tout Oil"
"Majority in US Concerned About Climate: AP-NORC/EPIC Poll"
Australia Pledges ‘Net Zero’ by 2050. Plan Makes That Hard to Believe
Big Oil Hearing To Kick Off Probe Into Climate Disinformation: Lawmaker
"White House To Release Climate Strategy Ahead Of Glasgow"
"Italy Hosts A Climate-Focused G20 As Geopolitics Shift"
Indigenous leaders to push for land tenure rights as climate solution at COP26
Indigenous Papuans won their forest back from a palm oil firm, but still lack land title
Cooking with the sun: Entrepreneurs help launch Mexico’s solar revolution
Deprived of their forests, Uganda’s Batwa adapt their sustainable practices
Biden administration plans roll backs of Trump-era Endangered Species Act rules
Discovery of a new species of fish thanks to sounds
Marine Biologists Identify New Species of Beaked Whale
Big Oil Uses Newsletter Ads to Spread Misinformation Ahead of Hearing
Putin Pledges Carbon Neutrality By 2060 -- Claims Forests Will Do Job
‘Not a Solution Itself’: India Questions Net Zero Targets Ahead of Cop26
"Release of EPA Methane Rules Expected This Week"
"EPA Taps 10 Environmental Justice Panel Members to Advise Agency"
Trudeau Picks Ex-Greenpeace Activist As Climate Chief, Angering Oil Patch
Indigenous Leaders Push Land Tenure Rights As Climate Solution At COP26
Human Rights Group To Investigate Uranium Contamination On Navajo Nation
Wildfires, Cutting, Heating Turn 10 Unesco Forests Into Carbon Sources
"Are We on the Verge of Chatting With Whales?"
Indonesian farmers resisting an iron mine run up against a sultan
Indigenous guides warn of repercussions if we don’t fix our relationship with nature
Ugandan activists’ arrest slammed as threat to space for rights defenders
Indonesia’s ‘green’ electricity plan undermines its climate vows, activists say
A new 100-page report raises alarm over Chevron’s impact on planet
What makes a ‘refugee’? It could be a life-or-death question in the climate crisis
Philippine wetland oil riches untouched by war now up for grabs in peacetime
In Zimbabwe, an irrigation project threatens a tribe’s land and trees
Podcast: Indigenous bioacoustics listens to the land for conservation and tradition
Inga tree points to way out of slash-and-burn for Central American farmers
Endangered birds experience 'virgin birth,' a first for the species
"Climate Change Became the Largest Part of Biden Spending Bill"
"Dems, Oil Execs Clash At Hearing: ‘They Are Obviously Lying’"
"China’s New Climate Pledge Changes Little, in Bad Omen for Global Talks"
Brazil's Greenhouse Emissions Rose 9.5% In 2020 With Amazon Deforestation
"Forced Relocation Left Native Americans More Exposed to Climate Threats"
Enviros Petition EPA To Rescind Factory Farms’ “Free Pass To Pollute”
"EPA Unveils Strategy For Reducing Lead Exposure"
"What a $2B Texas Project Says About U.S. Quest For CO2-Free Grid"
"What Is COP26 and Why Is It Important?"
‘We Can’t Live Like This’: Climate Shocks Rain On Honduras’s Poorest

Conservation News ~ 22 October 2021

10/22/2021

As seizures of poached giant clams rise, links to ivory trade surface
Guatemala tightens cattle ranching rules, but can they stop deforestation?
Forest biomass-burning supply chain is producing major carbon emissions: Studies
Tanzanian gold miners ten times more likely to die from road injuries, study finds
30×30 is not a one-size-fits-all biodiversity target (commentary)
Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan block roads to stop logging in Borneo
Key Biden Climate Plan Likely to Be Cut Because of Manchin Opposition
120,000+ US Sites Feared To Handle Harmful PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals
"The United States Has More Abandoned Wells Than We Thought"
"G-20 Climate Talks Stall Ahead of Rome Leaders’ Summit"
"La Niña Is Back. Here’s What That Means."
"Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant Raises Ire Of Environmentalists"
Industry Resists Decommissioning Decades-Old California Offshore Oil Rigs
Drought Brings Rough Year For U.S. Hydropower. Is It a Long-Term Shift?
"Flood Insurance Rates Are Spiking For Many, To Account For Climate Risk"
Florida Mulls The Unthinkable: Feeding Starving Manatees In The Wild
Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves
Drones are a knife in the gunfight against poaching. But they’re leveling up
Changes to global fisheries subsidies could level the playing field for traditional coastline communities
Oil company at center of Orange County spill received millions in federal relief
She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award
"Biden Administration Moves To Curtail Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"Senate Hearing On Sams To Head National Parks Set For Oct. 19"
Amid Massive Roundup Cancer Suits, Migrant Farmworkers Are Left Out
"Environmentalists Secure Water Rights For Great Salt Lake"
"Senate Democrats Release 9 Spending Bills"
"US Formally Removes Colorado River Fish’s Endangered Status"
"Satellites Reveal The Secrets Of Water-Guzzling Farms In California"
"How Industrial Chicken Production Is Breeding The Next Pandemic"
"Factbox - COP26 in Glasgow: Who Is Going And Who Is Not?"
"Russia Allows Methane Leaks At Planet’s Peril"
In Guinea, an illegal $6b gold ‘bonanza’ threatens endangered chimpanzees
Project maps soundscape of northern Adriatic and impact on marine life
Light exhibits at Indonesian botanic garden spark commercialization concerns
Mangrove photo contest winners reveal majesty of these coastal forests
Regulators can no longer rubber-stamp expansion of the oil and gas industry
Five critically endangered monkeys shot dead in Vietnam
"Biden Focuses On Climate, Families In Trimmed $2T Plan"
"Parade Of Powerful Storms To Bring Welcome Rain And Snow To California"
Net Zero Announcement: UK Sets Out Plans To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
"Dammit, Coal’s Back"
"99.9% Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans"
"Climate Report: Africa’s Rare Glaciers Soon To Disappear"
'Brown Recovery' Ends Hope Pandemic Stimulus Would Drive Climate Spending
"Diesel Trucks Are Causing Environmental Injustice Across US Cities"
WaPo Crossed Line with Climate Stories Featuring Excerpt-Style Exxon "Ads"
Canada's Peatlands Can Fight Natural Disasters And The Climate Crisis.
Supporting more holistic approaches to conservation: an interview with Kai Carter
With Bachman’s warbler and others added to the ‘extinct’ list, we must support biodiversity agreements (commentary)
Green groups call for scrapping of $300m loan offer for Borneo road project
In harm’s way: Our actions put people and wildlife at risk of disease
U.S.’s Best Hope For Real Climate Policy Is Fizzling. What Happens Now?
Document Leak Reveals Nations Lobbying To Change Key Climate Report
"How Chemical Companies Avoid Paying for Pollution"
"Feds Hit Brakes — Again — On Mining Near Boundary Waters"
"Reports: Health Problems Tied To Global Warming On The Rise"
People Exposed to PFAS Criticize EPA Action Plan as Too Little, Too Late
Wildfire Smoke Harms More People In The Eastern U.S. Than West: Study
"In Harm’s Way: Our Actions Put People And Wildlife At Risk Of Disease"
"See How the Dixie Fire Created Its Own Weather"
"Salmon Need Trees"
Paraguay failed to stop soy farms from poisoning Indigenous land, UN says
Plantation giant Socfin accused of dodging taxes in Africa
Deforestation notches up along logging roads on PNG’s New Britain Island
California OKs new protections for leatherback sea turtles

Conservation News ~ 15 October 2021

10/15/2021

9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid
Deep seabed mining is risky. If something goes wrong, who will pay for it?
Empowering Indigenous youths with tradition and tech: Q&A with Dawn Martin-Hill
High risk, low pay for DRC rangers entrusted to guard a gorilla sanctuary
The great Koh Kong land rush: Areas stripped of protection by Cambodian gov’t being bought up
Experts see no way back for NZ firm blocked from trying to mine the seabed
New Species of Primrose Family Found in Cangyuan, Yunnan
Australian museum uncovers new shell species
UN declares access to a clean environment a human right
New species of sea slug can regenerate entire body - even after losing its head
Amazon's "Mystery Plant" finally confirmed as a new species
New frog species named after late amphibian curator at Detroit Zoo
President Biden reinstates fishing limits in a Gulf of Maine conservation area
Facebook to block illegal sales of protected Amazon rainforest lands
FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
Hidden camera footage exposes bribery for palm oil in Papua New Guinea
Vermont removes bald eagle from its endangered species list after years of restoration
Lawsuit Launched After California Oil Spill to Protect Whales, Other Endangered Animals
Major Climate Action at Stake in Fight Over Twin Pending Bills
UN Urges Nations To Spend More On Species Protection As New Talks Begin
"Gas Prices, Europe's Energy Crunch Threaten Biden Climate Push"
"Chicago EPA Office To Be Led By Evanston Politician Debra Shore"
"EPA Grants Petitions to Stem Climate Pollutants in Future Rules"
"Impact Of Forest Thinning On Wildfires Creates Divisions"
Biden DOE Announces Goal Of 5 Million Homes Powered By Community Solar
"In Secret Tapes, Palm Oil Execs Disclose Corruption, Brutality"
Top UN Panel Votes to Recognize Human Right to a Clean Environment
"Beyond Coal: End To Deforestation Sought At COP26 Climate Summit"
Solar Desalination device will provide clean water to 400,000 Kenyans
Oil slicks an algae blooms marring Venezuala’s largest lake are visible from space
These farmers want to salt the earth – and grow crops in it
China’s population projected to fall by half within 30 years
Indonesian activists build museum of 10,000 items of plastic waste
Large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels encroaches on South American waters at Galapagos Islands
For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna Cunningham
Brazil farming co-op carves a sustainable path through agribusiness stronghold
Mixed signals from Gabon officials to villagers fighting to save a forest
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, celebrating Earth’s unsung environmental stewards
In a sea of oil palms, even monitor lizards need islands of natural forest
Paper giants’ expansion plans raise fears of greater deforestation in Indonesia
Fires leave trail of dead wildlife, scorched land in Bolivia’s protected areas
Brazil reports increase in Amazon logging
Feds kill 8 wolf pups from pack tracked for years by Idaho high school students
"More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions"
"Madagascar Prays For Rain As U.N. Warns Of 'Climate Change Famine'"
"Indigenous Leaders Call For Stronger Rights As UN Nature Summit Begins"
New California Law Bans Gasoline-Powered Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers
"Mass Floods Hit China’s Coal Hub, Threatening Power Supplies"
"Climate Action At COP26 Could Save Millions Of Lives, WHO Says"
Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House
"Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?"
Research Finds 'Suite Of Chemicals' In Vape Liquids, Some Unsafe
Outcry After Federal Agents Kill 8 Wolf Cubs Adopted By Idaho School
Biden Administration Urged to Triple Listing Budget for Endangered Species
Advocates call for a new human rights-based approach to conservation
‘Pristine wilderness’ without human presence is a flawed construct, study says
Fire and forest loss ignite concern for Brazilian Amazon’s jaguars
Indonesian park officials douse wildfire in Javan leopard habitat
Conservation will only scale when non-conservationists see its value, says James Deutsch
Follow the butterfly: Rediscovery of ‘extinct’ plants highlights Sri Lanka’s new red list
Indonesia urged to improve policies protecting fishing vessel workers
Deforestation threatens tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea
Inland mangroves reveal a tumultuous climatic past — and hint at our future
Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to curb pandemic risk: Experts
Fate of Malaysian forests stripped of protection points to conservation stakes
Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis
Wildlife releases have a mixed record, and climate change complicates things
Environmental defenders in Nicaragua denounce government crackdown as elections loom
To spot wild-caught birds in pet trade, researchers zoom into isotopic detail
‘Kew Declaration’ unites experts on reforestation, aims at policymakers ahead of COP26
To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest
"US Heating Bills Will Jump As Much As 54% This Winter, Says Government"
Biosurveillance of Wildlife Markets Needed To Curb Pandemic Risk: Experts
"Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats To Water, Wastewater Systems"
Canada's Iqaluit Declares Emergency After Suspected Water Contamination
"Democrats Begin Scrutiny of Abandoned Offshore Oil Equipment"
"EPA Plans to Clean Up Troubled Chemical and Pesticide Programs"
Vanished From 8 States, American Bumblebees Could Face Extinction
"Indigenous Demonstrators Make Statement At Interior"
"Taking Stock of the Energy Storage Boom Happening Right Now"
"A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms"
White House Unveils Plans For Massive Expansion Of Offshore Wind Farms
"Over 100 Nations To Adopt 'Kunming Declaration' To Boost Biodiversity"
Calif. Alisal Fire Has Prompted Evacuations, Road And Amtrak Closures
"Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push To Cut Emissions"
Pollution From N.C.’s Poultry Farms Unduly Harms Communities Of Color
"Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil"
"Nickel Shortage Spells Trouble For EVs — Report"
Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas"
"Solving Bali's Rivers of Trash"
"With a Warming Climate, Coastal Fog Around the World Is Declining"
Majority-Black Mich. City Has Water Problem That Rivals Flint Crisis
"An Empire of Dying Wells"
"Inside the Fight Against the Dixie Fire"
"Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Roads Vulnerable To Flooding — Report"
85 Percent Of World Population Affected By Climate Change, Study Shows
Bolsonaro Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity At ICC For Amazon Record
"Study Finds Tens Of Thousands Of 'Forever Chemical' Sites in US"
"Great Salt Lake’s Demise Spurs Water Emergency For Utah"
"Already This Year, 18 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Have Hit U.S.
"As Drought Worsens, California Farmers Are Being Paid Not To Grow Crops"
Researchers find Greenland’s groundwater changes with thinning ice sheet

Conservation News ~ 8 October 2021

10/8/2021

"Crews Race To Limit Damage From Major California Oil Spill"
"Manchin Clashes With Fellow Democrats Over Fossil-Fuel Demands"
Ariz. Drought Ignites Tensions and Threatens Traditions Among the Hopi
Pushed To The Edge, La. Tribe Wonder Where To Go After Ida
Op-Ed: "Migration Will Soon Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of Our Time"
"An “Attack On American Cities” Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks"
"Great Wall of Lights: China's Sea Power On Darwin's Doorstep"
"Trams, Cable Cars, Electric Ferries: How Cities Are Rethinking Transit"
"Global Natural Gas Crunch Roils Consumers and Industry"
For Bangladesh Climate Migrants, Pandemic Job Cuts Fuel 'Multiple Crises'
Oil Industry Pushback Against Biden Climate Plans
"Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick to Lead the Bureau of Land Management"
Some Utilities Support, and Others Doubt, Dem Clean Electricity Proposal
"UN Rules That Steven Donziger House Arrest Violates International Laws"
BC Anti-Logging Protesters Win As Judge Denies Firm’s Injunction Bid
"California Regulators Warn Of Dry Reservoirs, Restrictions"
"Deportations Of Haitians Spark Concerns Over Environmental Refugees"
Biden DOI Sets November Date For Gulf Lease Sale Canceled In February
The High Price Of Living Near The Shore Is About To Go Through The Roof
Cowabunga: "Scientists Drove A Robotic Surfboard Into Hurricane Sam"
Oil spills plague Venezuelan coast, but cleanup efforts are lacking: Report
Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say
How can philanthropy be more effective in environmental grant making? (commentary)
For companies eyeing net-zero carbon emissions, ‘no clue how to get there’
‘Antithetical to science’: When deep-sea research meets mining interests
Illegal logging threatens rare Cameroonian hardwood with extinction
Researchers discover 12 new species of geckos in Western Ghats
New species of swamp eel discovered in Mumbai
A gendered approach to the illegal wildlife trade could engender an anti-trafficking revolution (commentary)
For Brazil’s persecuted Krenak people, justice arrives half a century later
For Adams Cassinga, fighting wildlife trafficking in DRC is a life mission
"Three Scientists Win Nobel for Work on Climate Breakthroughs"
"14% Of World’s Coral Lost In Less Than A Decade, Study Shows"
"Did Ship’s Anchor Cause California Oil Spill? Maybe"
"Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous"
"Oil Spills Plague Venezuelan Coast, But Cleanup Efforts Are Lacking"
Rare Flower Found At Site Of Planned Lithium Mine May Be Endangered
"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Plans To Raze Old-Growth Forest"
5 Midwest Governors Agree To Create Network To Charge Electric Vehicles
Month After Ida's Landfall, Louisianians Decry 'Third World' Conditions
"How Do Thousands Prepare for a Climate Summit? With Difficulty."
"Mapping California’s Oil Spill: Aging Pipes Line the Coast"
"Germany's Center-Right Woos Greens for Possible Coalition"
Burning Wood (Biomass) Is Promoted As A Carbon Neutral Fuel. But Is It?
Historical Emissions Reveal Responsibility Of Big Polluting Nations
"Bayer Wins First Roundup Trial as Jury Rejects Cancer Claim"
"Fossil Fuel Firms Feel The Heat Over Push For Advertising Ban"
"The Ship That Became a Bomb"
"The Greenland Connection"
"UN Weather Agency Says World Ill-Prepared For ‘Looming Water Crisis’"
"Fire Brain": "What It's Like to Photograph the West's Biggest Wildfires"
Florida lawmaker pushing to put manatees back on endangered species list
Three new species of freshwater goby fish found in Japan and the Philippines
‘Acts of poaching and other crimes’: Cameroon plans a new road in Lobéké National Park
Two threatened whale groups had a mini baby boom, but not because of lockdown
Indonesia investigates alleged abuse of Sumatran tigers at city zoo
Loss of oil palm permits leaves Papuan villages uncertain and fearful
In Peruvian Andes, ancient crops hold promise for a climate-blighted future
A bridge of trees reunites gibbons separated by a railway line in India
Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for October 2021
On islands that inspired theory of evolution, deforestation cuts uneven path
Simple method for converting carbon dioxide into useful compounds
Judge halts Southern Oregon logging project
Research in climate modeling and complex systems wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Extreme heat exposure in cities tripled in less than 35 years, study finds
Brazil leads Amazon in forest loss this year, Indigenous and protected areas hold out
Southern patas monkeys face extinction in a decade without intervention
Brazil court upholds ban on missionaries trying to contact isolated Indigenous
Are nature-based solutions the silver bullet for social & environmental crises?
Gorilla baby boom sparks hope in DRC, but threats to great apes persist
In Half-Earth Project, a full-on bid to get countries to protect biodiversity
"White House Outlines Plan To Overhaul Trump NEPA Rules"
"A ‘Historic Event’: First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O."
"DOJ Investigating Trump’s Car Emissions Probe"
"City In Michigan Urged To Use Bottled Water Due To Lead Risk"
"Fossil Fuel Industry Gets Subsidies Of $11M A Minute, IMF Finds"
"Greenpeace Calls For End To Carbon Offsets"
"Pandemic Complicates Preparations for COP26 Climate Summit"
New Protections For California Aquifers Are Reshaping Central Valley
"Canada Invokes 1977 Treaty With US As Dispute Over Pipeline Intensifies"
"Google Maps Rolls Out ‘Eco-Friendly’ Routes"
Two New Species of Venomous Snakes Discovered
Timmermans vs. Bolsonaro: Will the EU get deforestation off our dinner plates?
From Shanghai Knights to gecko life: The Jackie Chan gecko among 12 new Indian species
In Bali, prominent official faces backlash over illegal pet gibbon
Tracking white-bellied pangolins in Nigeria, the new global trafficking hub
Women on storm-hit Philippine island lead Indigenous effort to restore mangroves
Biden To Expand Bears Ears, Other National Monuments, Reversing Trump
"6 Aspects of American Life Threatened by Climate Change"
Google Bans Ads With False Claims About Climate Change
"Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov Win Nobel Peace Prize"
"Moment Of Truth For Grid Expansion: Who Pays?"
"Corps of Engineers Considers Nature-Based Flood Control"
"As the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future Without Water"
"Navajo Leaders Seek Hearing On Oil And Gas Drilling Dispute"
"What Is COP26 and Why Is It Important?"
"Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters"
With a Nearly Foot-Long Proboscis, This New Moth Species Holds Record for Longest Insect Tongue
Crude oil spills from Galveston Bay, Tx refinery
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds
The Nobel in Physics is awarded to three climate change scientists
Giant, catastrophic oil spill in California ranks as one of the worst in decades
Senate confirms Tracy Stone-Manning as Bureau of Land Management in party-line vote
Northern California’s newest wolf pack welcomes first litter of 7 pups
Lawyer Steven Donziger gets six-month sentence for contempt in Chevron battle
Federal judge overturns sale of Colorado public lands for fracking
USFWS formally reinstates the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Crows are capable of conscious thought
House passes important new protections for whales
A $1 million fine didn’t stop US Steel from contaminating Lake Michigan
WHO slashes recommended limits for air pollution, which kills 7 million people per year
Judge recommends tribe be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington State
Vast area of Scottish Highlands to be rewilded in ambitious 30-year project

Conservation News ~ 1 October 2021

10/1/2021

"Biden, Congress Face Big Week For Agenda, Government Funding"
COP26 Climate Talks Won't Fulfil Aims Of Paris Agreement, Leaders Warn
"The Cost of Insuring Expensive Waterfront Homes Is About to Skyrocket"
Children Face More Climate Disasters Than Their Grandparents: Research
Defense Bill Would Require 'Forever Chemical' Testing At Military Sites
Young Climate Activists Join Greta Thunberg For Major Strikes Worldwide
"PG&E Charged With Manslaughter For Sparking California Wildfire"
"Biden Appoints 6 to Arctic Research Commission"
"Tribe Wins Major Step Toward Resuming Whaling Off Washington"
"See the Dozens of Offshore Oil Spills Caused by Hurricane Ida"
New Zealand developer denies key role in giant palm oil project in Indonesia
Black-footed ferrets riding out COVID-19 with a vaccine and a lot of TLC
Rare Florida butterfly bounces back, offers lesson for saving other critters
UOG student discovers new algae species in Micronesia
In Colombia, legal mining proves a win-win for environment, traditional communities
Bezos, Bloomberg among donors committing $5b to protect biodiversity
Overfishing threatens to wipe out bowmouth guitarfish in Indonesia, study says
Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers
Snapshot of hatchlings raises hopes for Siamese crocs in northeast Cambodia
Causes for celebration, and concern, on World Gorilla Day
Philippine-UK comic anthology looks to incite action on climate change
Congo’s bongos are in danger, and curbs on trophy hunting could save them
For World Gorilla Day 2021, a conservation success story
Boston University to end endowment investments in fossil fuels
"Climate Plans In Flux As Democrats Eye Reconciliation Deal"
"Ford Unveils Record $11B Bet On Sprawling EV Factories"
"PennEast Becomes The Latest To Scuttle A Natural Gas Pipeline Project"
21 States Urge EPA To Toughen Vehicle Emissions Rewrite
"Almost Half A Million US Households Lack Indoor Plumbing"
"Landsat-9: 'Satellite Of Record' Launches To Picture Earth"
Race To The Bottom: Disastrous Blindfolded Rush To Mine The Deep Sea
"The ‘Burn Scars’ of Wildfires Threaten the West’s Drinking Water"
"Exxon’s Secret Assist From the World’s Top PR Firm"
"Former TV Host Sues Facebook Over Climate Fact Checks"
$5 M Earmarked for Hawai'i to Combat Climate Change, Restore Forests, Support
Irish Water pleads guilty to contaminating the habitat of endangered mussel species
Lisa Schulte Moore, landscape ecologist, wins Macarthur Genius grant
When North America locked down, birds filled the gap left by people
New studies identify regions under greatest threat, and greatest conservation potential
Forest finance expected to advance under new TREES standard and LEAF Coalition
Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking road
As tigers dwindle, Indonesia takes aim at poaching ring
New transport infrastructure is opening the Amazon to global commerce
New permits for Brazilian beef exports to US could increase deforestation risk: Report
Birth of Rare Arabian Leopard Cub Marks Significant Milestone in Saving a Critically Endangered Species
A Rare White Stag Roaming the Streets of an English Town Was Shot by Police
Three Yellowstone National Park wolves killed in Montana
New lizard species discovered in Peru
"Gas Blowout Near Los Angeles Leads To Up To $1.8B Settlement"
Report Alleges Conflicts Of Interest Among Texas Oil And Gas Regulators
Canadian Dam Owner Sues Maine Over Effort To Remove 4 Kennebec Dams
Energy Firms See ‘Lithium Valley’ Riches in S. California's Salton Sea
"Nuclear Power: Downward Trend Ahead Of Climate Summit"
DOI Axes Trump Rule That Would Have Made Public Lands Drilling Cheaper
"Carbon Offsets Are Growing Fast, But Climate Benefits Remain Murky"
"US Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct"
"Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke"
"Ahead Of Winter Hibernation, Alaska Celebrates Fat Bear Week"
USFWS declares Ivory Billed Woodpecker and 22 other species extinct
Mapping threats to land mammals, amphibians and birds: study
Monitoring reveals Indonesia’s ‘legal timber’ scheme riddled with violations
Malaysian hornbill bust reveals live trafficking trend in Southeast Asia
Biden FWS Finalizes Rule Protecting Migratory Birds, Reversing Trump
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Tribes Want ‘Immediate Action’ On Bears Ears National Monument
"USDA Pledges Billions For Climate-Smart Farm Projects, Resilience"
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"Swimming With Spinner Dolphins to End in Hawai´i Over New NOAA Rule"
WHO, UN Partners Compile 500 Actions to Reduce Health and Environment Risks
New Fish Species Discovered After Years Of Scientific Studies
Malawi court sentences Chinese wildlife trafficking kingpin to 14 years in jail
Children born in 2020 will see spike in climate disasters, study says
Labor rights violations at Brazil coffee farm linked to Starbucks, Nespresso
Beached whale shark in Indonesia reportedly cut up by locals to eat
Oil pipeline on Native lands ramps up as Canada honors its Indigenous people
Podcast: Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation
For Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri women, agroforestry is an act of resistance and resilience
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 7 Alabama endangered species lost to extinction
New species of eel discovered by Maha CM's son
New species of lizard discovered in Peru at an altitude of 4,500 meters