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Conservation News ~ 30 December 2022

12/30/2022

8,000-Mile Atmospheric River Stretching From Indonesia to US West Coast Forecast
Federal authorities say North Atlantic right whale must remain on endangered list
Plant With 'Otherworldly' Look Identified As New Species
Endangered species of bumblebee has been seen in Devon for the first time in 44 years
20 New Frog Species Found in Madagascar
New tick species found in 7 states
Deaths of 3 endangered Cambodian dolphins raise alarm
Endangered crocodile dead from electrocution at National Zoo
Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually new species
Greenwashing complaint filed against Canada's biggest certifier of sustainable forestry
World's Most Endangered Species: 2 Young Javan Rhinos Seen in Indonesia National Park
A new species of leeches discovered in the Arctic
Four people arrested for illegal logging in Kajiado
Appreciation of Gren Lucas for IUCN
Mark Stanley Price 1947-2022
Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
Report from the 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference: The Transformative Power of Law
IUCN welcomes Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as an important step towards addressing the nature crisis
Sports organisations commit to safeguard nature under new framework
IUCN statement to UN Biodiversity Conference 2022
The Government of Monaco and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation join forces with IUCN to support the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Human activity devastating marine species from mammals to corals - IUCN Red List
Improved forestry could boost carbon storage in New England by nearly half a billion tons
Legal Victory: Court Rules EPA's Registration of Bee-Killing Insecticide Unlawful
'Crucial' Cop15 deal includes target to protect 30% of nature on Earth by 2030
New Species Of Yeast Found On (And Named After) Leonardo Da Vinci's Iconic Self-Portrait
2 new weevil species found by Mindanao
US FWS lists Tiehm's buckwheat as an endangered species
Feds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake
Rhodiola added to endangered species list
'Queen's hedgehog' fungus among 2022's new discoveries recorded by Kew
"Cop15: Historic Deal Struck To Halt Biodiversity Loss By 2030"
"Report: World’s Coal Use Creeps To New High In 2022"
"Conservationists Hail US Plan To Ban Shark Fin Trade"
Fears Of ‘Dead Pool’ On Colorado River Grow As Drought Threatens Hoover Dam
Illinois Failed To Act on PFAS in Mississippi River For Over a Decade
"UK Government Blocks Release of CO2 Figures Behind Transport Plan"
Tribes Accuse Calif. Water Board Of Discrimination And Urge EPA Oversight
AK Gov. Dunleavy Names Former Oil And Gas Lobbyist As DNR Commissioner
"Chilkat Indian Village Says Alaska Mine Poses Risk To Watershed"
"In 2022, AP Photographers Captured Pain Of A Changing Planet"
"Things To Watch In The Omnibus Spending Bill"
"UN Chief Calls For Credible Climate Action, Convenes Summit"
"DRC Drops Objections To Seal Deal On Historic Action On Biodiversity"
"Idaho Officials Copy-Pasted A Fossil Fuel Industry Letter"
"Biden Rule Proposes Phasing Out Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs"
"EPA Overhauls Chemical Reviews To Boost Transparency"
Midwest Soil Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be To Blame.
"Global Study Reveals Widespread Salt Marsh Decline"
Corps Grants Louisiana Permits To Build $2.5 Billion Sediment Diversion
"This Bird Is Extinct, The Government Says. Not Everyone Is So Sure."
"Postal Service Will Electrify Trucks By 2026 In Climate Win For Biden"
"Congress Offers $1 Billion for Climate Aid, Falling Short of Biden’s Pledge"
"E.P.A. Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks"
"She Was An ABC News Producer. She Also Was A Corporate Operative"
To Protect Lobstermen, Spending Bill May Speed Whales’ Extinction: Enviros
"3M Will Stop Making 'Forever Chemicals.'"
Big Oil Is Behind Conspiracy To Deceive Public: First Climate RICO Suit
"Inside Big Plastic’s Faltering $1.5 Billion Global Cleanup Effort"
Great Bear Lake in NW Territories To Become Indigenous Protected Area
Op-Ed: "New Hope for Horseshoe Crabs — and the Shorebirds That Depend on Them"
"Extreme Cold Blasting South Ahead Of Developing Blizzard"
"What Congress’s Spending Bill Includes For Energy, Sustainability"
"Court Faults EPA For Approving Bee-Killing Pesticide"
"Suit Challenges Review Underlying Alaska Oil Lease Sale"
Record High Number Of Dead Trees Found As Oregon Copes With Extreme Drought
"High Number Of Mosquitoes Found With Mutation That Resists Insecticides"
"New Mexico Seeks Tougher Provisions For US Nuclear Dump"
"Japan Adopts Plan To Maximize Nuclear Energy, In Major Shift"
"New Regulation Head Revesz Seen as Most Progressive Rules Czar"
"A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating"
"A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River"
"Alaska Native Group Protects Land Coveted By Pebble Mine Developers"
"Alberta Broke Law by Keeping Oil Lobbying Records Secret For Years"
"Target Date For Cleaning Up Waterways In England Is Moved Back By 36 Years"
"Groundwater in California’s Central Valley Disappearing At Alarming Rate"
"Chile's Artisanal Fishermen Fear Die-Out As Trawling, Climate Bite"
"Arizona Restricts Farming To Protect Groundwater Supply"
"Environmental Enforcement Has Fallen Off Under Biden, Report Says"
"Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?"
"For Humpbacks, Bubbles Can Be Tools"
Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
Greenwashing complaint filed against Canada's biggest certifier of sustainable forestry
Swinomish Tribe builds US’s first modern ‘clam garden’, reviving ancient practice
New technology could tap into a virtually limitless supply of fresh water
Verra signs mou to create nature crediting framework
Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity
Groundwater replenishes much faster than scientists previously thought
Discovered in the deep – the jaw-dropping gulper eel and its super stretchy skin
Beatrice Crona and Magnus Nystrom appointed new Science directors of the Stockholm Resilience Center
We can now 3d print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree
3M to phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in 2 years
California Leaders Hail Sweeping Global Deal to Protect Nature
Scientists strap cameras to sharks and discover huge underwater forest
Nearly every country signs on to a sweeping deal to protect nature
Red Panda cubs die in cold snap
Secret Penguin Kingdom found thanks to images from space

Conservation News ~ 16 December 2022

12/16/2022

"U.S. To Announce Fusion Energy ‘Breakthrough’"
Climate Change is Driving Millions in Africa to ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’
"America Underwater"
Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rick Snyder Related To Flint Water Crisis
"Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live"
"Waves of Abandonment"
"Op-ed: What The Pesticide Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know"
"Virginia Air Pollution Board Votes To Leave Regional Carbon-Credit Program"
Bald Eagles Believed To Have Been Poisoned Near Minnesota Landfill
Political Will Favors Indian Coal Billionaire And His Dirty Fossil Fuel
New species of shark with 'spiny fins' discovered in depths of ocean at holiday hotspot
Small Nevada Toad Listed as Endangered Due to Power Project
Manatee relative, 700 new species now facing extinction
Reindeer Population Wins Endangered Species Protection in Time for Holidays
Children Dying In Somalia As Climate-Driven Food Catastrophe Worsens
"US Blizzard Expected To Impact Millions In Rockies, Midwest"
Energy Secretary Set To Announce Fusion Energy "Breakthrough"
"The Myth of Plastic Recycling"
"Legislators Have Goals For Fixing Florida’s Property Insurance Market"
"Environmentalists Want Jaguars Reintroduced To US Southwest"
"EPA: US Fuel Economy Flat In 2021, Emissions Down Slightly"
"Michigan, Native Tribes Reach New Great Lakes Fishing Deal"
"U.S. Carbon Farming Takes Root - But Do The Economics Add Up?"
"Parched Peru Is Restoring Pre-Incan Dikes To Solve Its Water Problem"
"The Arctic Is Becoming Wetter and Stormier, Scientists Warn"
"NASA To Conduct First Global Water Survey From Space"
"Zelenskyy Asks New Zealand To Focus On War’s Ecological Toll"
"The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped"
"Coal Plant Tied To W.Va Governor Faces $1M Fine"
"Children Of India's Burning Coalfields Dream Of A Fire-Free Future"
"EPA Aims to Cancel Last Food Use Registrations for Chlorpyrifos"
"Starving Seabirds On Alaska Coast Show Climate Change Peril"
"Keystone Pipeline Has History Of Spills, Warnings And Fines"
"Ladakh Herders Endeavor To Save Future on Climate Frontier"
Whitebark pines added to endangered species list
20 new gurgling and creaking frog species from Madagascar named
Tiehm's Buckwheat Protected as Endangered Species
As Workers Battle Cancer, OSHA Admits Its Limit for Chemical Is Too High
"White House Flexes Purchasing Power to Curb Climate Emissions"
"Keystone Pipeline Break Spilled Diluted Bitumen, Complicating Cleanup"
"Senate Rejects Manchin’s Energy Permitting Amendment To Defense Bill"
"$698M Deal To End Monsanto PCB Pollution Lawsuit In Oregon"
"FERC Climate Reviews In Limbo As Glick Departs"
"How to Hand Out Billions in Climate Subsidies? Very Carefully."
"California Just Slashed Rooftop Solar Incentives. What Happens Next?"
China’s Return To Wildlife Farming Risks Global Health And Biodiversity
"‘Space Hurricanes’ Swirling Over The Earth Surprise Scientists"
"Developing Nations Halt COP15 Talks After Biodiversity Fund Demand"
"Drought Emergency Declared for All Southern California"
"Fla. Lawmakers Force Homeowners To Buy Flood Insurance"
"FTC Reviews ‘Green Guides’ to Root Out False Environment Claims"
"Nevada Flower Listed As Endangered At Lithium Mine Site"
"G7 Agrees $15.5B Energy Deal With Vietnam To Cut Emissions"
"Whitebark Pine That Feeds Grizzlies Is Threatened, US Says"
"In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining"
"#ClimateScam: Denialism Claims Flooding Twitter Have Scientists Worried"
"They Fought the Lawn. And the Lawn Lost."
Endangered Gray Wolves give birth to largest pack of pups California has seen in a century
Alligators are now the largest species known to regrow severed limbs
Black-naped Pheasant Pigeon rediscovered after 140 years

Conservation News ~ 9 December 2022

12/9/2022

West Coast scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars
Tanzania to introduce white rhinos in national parks
Nevada toad in geothermal power fight gets endangered status
2,500 dead seals found on Russian coast of Caspian Sea
"Gunfire On N.C. Substations Causes Widespread Power Outages"
"Top Dems Weigh Adding Permitting Reform To Defense Bill"
"Europe Agrees To Cap The Price Of Russian Oil At $60 A Barrel"
"EPA Proposes Restrictions To Block Proposed Alaska Mine"
"Countries Split On Plastics Treaty Focus As U.N. Talks Close"
"Natural Resources Democrats Seek Interior Documents On Bribery Allegation"
Is China Ready To Lead On Protecting Nature At Upcoming UN Conference?
"The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action"
"In Alaska, a Mystery Over Disappearing Whales"
"In Mexico, Endangered Monarch Butterflies Inspire Hopes Of A Comeback"
Two Channel Island Plants Found Nowhere Else are Off Endangered Species List
36 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) approved!
"U.N. Chief Urges Strong Global Nature Deal To End 'Orgy Of Destruction'"
World Will Gain Enough Renewable Energy In 5 Years To Power China, Says IEA
Scientists Thought Carbon Emissions Had Peaked. They’ve Never Been Higher
Alberta Withholding List Of 100s Of Dangerous Oil And Gas Sites From Public
"The Earth Has a Microbiome — And It Needs Help"
"Ranchers, Greens On Edge As BLM Rewrites Grazing Rule"
A Town in Washington Recognizes the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas
"Deal At N.J. Superfund Site Draws Fire"
"McMorris Rodgers’ Journey To The Energy And Commerce Gavel"
"Mumbai Embraces Its Booming Flamingo Population"
Trudeau announces $800M for Indigenous-led conservation initiatives
"Global Nature Pact In Doubt As COP15 Talks Seek Breakthrough"
"Britain Approves New Coal Mine Despite Climate Concerns"
Study Details Coca-Cola’s Big Influence On Public Heath Groups, Events
PFAS From Fracking Waste May Pollute Nearly 100 Sites In Pa., Ohio And W. Va.
"John Kerry Plans to Meet With Biden to Discuss His Future as Climate Envoy"
"West Coast’s First Offshore Wind Sale Tops $750M"
"White House Looks To Set 'A New Gold Standard' For Green Buildings"
"Heat Pump Push Sparks Gas-Electric Battle Over Home Efficiency"
"L.A. City Council Votes To Ban Styrofoam, Single-Use Plastics"
"EPA Takes Environmental Justice Push To Coal Country"
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act
Court Orders U.S. to Examine California Shipping Lanes' Role in Endangered Whale Deaths
With the Help of Local Anglers, Researchers Discover Two New Species of Sawsharks
"Attacks On Grid Infrastructure In 4 States Raise Alarm"
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found In Virtually Every S. Carolina River Tested
"Oil Spill In Rural Kansas Creek Shuts Down Keystone Pipeline"
"At COP15, U.S. Is Pushing Key Nature Goals From The Sidelines"
"Truck Makers Lobby To Weaken U.S. Climate Policies, Report Finds"
"Despite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’"
Big Oil Talks ‘Transition’ But Perpetuates Petroleum, House Documents Say
"Okefenokee Titanium Mine Fight Escalates With Interior Move"
"House Approves Defense, Water Projects Bill"
"A Deadly Wildfire Traumatized Their Town. Can Nature Help Them Heal?"

Conservation News ~ 4 December 2022

12/4/2022

"In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations"
"'Landmark Vote' Gives Boost To Threatened Sharks"
Black Communities In Louisiana Far More Exposed To Industrial Pollution
Investigations Of Chemical Incidents Hampered By Board's Staff Shortages: IG
Monterey Bay Desalination Plant OKd Despite Environmental Injustice Concerns
"Multinationals Opening New Gas Sites, Despite Climate Change Warnings"
"Leak At Pennsylvania Gas Storage Well Spewing Methane"
"White House Announces $13 Billion In Grid Resilience Funds"
Soaring West Virginia Electricity Prices Trigger Standoff Over Coal Power
"How Russia Is Weaponizing The Ukrainian Winter"
"How Vulnerable Countries Finally Got A Fund For Climate Damage"
"Coal Emissions On Pace For Record-Setting 2022"
"Democratic Gains Embolden State Lawmakers Eyeing Climate Action"
"In War-Torn States Hurt By Climate, Scant Hope For New Funds"
"EPA, Watchdog Clash Over Water Cyberthreats"
"U.S. Approves Aid to Extend Life of California Nuclear Plant"
"Car Tire Chemicals Are Killing Salmon And Steelhead"
"Analysis: First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks The Rise Of The Reef Brigades"
"Growing Storms Push Shrinking La. Insurers Into Failure"
"How The Forest Dies"
"Who Were the Worst Climate Polluters in the US in 2021?"
"How China, The World’s Top Polluter, Avoids Paying For Climate Damage"
"Uncertainties About Climate Compensation Fund Trigger Skepticism"
"UN Climate Boss Settles For No Cuts On Emissions"
Longer Australian Bushfire Seasons, More Wild Weather Seen As Climate Warms
"Vietnam Boosts Coal Use Plan For 2030 As G7 Climate Offer Stalls"
"U.S. Aims To Sanction Brazil Deforesters, Adding Bite To Climate Fight"
"Public Utility To Pipe Water To Residents Of ‘Gasland’ Town"
BLM Announces New Proposed Oil And Gas Lease Sales In Nevada, Utah
"Politics, Climate Conspire as Tigris and Euphrates Dwindle"
"Wildlife Conference Boosts Protection For Sharks, Turtles"
"Plastics Tsunami: Can A Landmark Treaty Stop Waste From Choking The Oceans?"
Biodiversity: "Can Montreal Summit Deliver For Nature?"
"Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out 50.54 Million U.S. Birds, A Record"
"Whole Foods Decision To Pull Lobster Divides Enviros, Politicians"
"Swedish Activists Sue State Over Its Climate Policies"
"The Colorado River Compact Turns 100 Years Old. Is It Still Working?"
Corn Nourishes Hopi Identity, but Climate-Driven Drought Stressess Tribe
Enviros Urge Md. Gov.-Elect Moore to Roll Back State Fossil Subsidies
"Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest"
COP27: Global Forestry Report Highlights Importance of Growing National Forest-Based Economies
Scientists Discover 5 New Species of Black Corals Living Near Great Barrier Reef
Record number of species to be regulated by CITES after CoP19
Alarming manatee death toll in Florida prompts calls for endangered status
EPA Announces the Release of Its Endangered Species Act Workplan Update
A newly described cave bat in Sri Lanka indicates presence of more species
EPA hit with court order on insecticide as it tackles endangered species compliance
Tackling Marine Plastics in Thailand, from Community-based Actions to Policy: A special day to keep “Koh Yao clean by our hands”
IUCN expresses concern over slow progress at COP27 while welcoming recognition of Nature-based Solutions
IUCN leads development of a new manual for the management of invasive alien species in the EU, incorporating animal welfare
Luxembourg becomes an IUCN Framework Partner to help combat climate change and nature loss
Egyptian COP27 Presidency, Germany and IUCN announce ENACT Initiative for Nature-based Solutions
IUCN statement to UN Climate Change Conference 2022
Wildlife in a changing climate
Feeding the world in a changing climate
The Mangrove Breakthrough: a call to action for a critical ecosystem
Kenya launches implementation of UN framework for ecosystem accounting
$6.5M in Reimbursement Funds for Endangered Species Care on Way
Verified after two decades: The fourth anaconda species
Two New Species of Slender Gecko Reported from Yunnan Karsts
Texas woman arrested after smuggling endangered spider monkey in box she claimed held beer
New limu species from Papahānaumokuākea named after Kauaʻi scientist who died at 41
"U.S. Proposes Rules To Limit Methane Leaks From Public Lands Drilling"
"U.N. Mission Joins Growing Calls to Label Great Barrier Reef ‘In Danger’"
"US to Auction Almost 1 Million Acres Off Alaska for Oil Drilling"
For Many, the Global Warming Confab in the Egyptian Desert Was a Mirage
"Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Is Erupting For The First Time Since 1984"
Pennsylvania’s 1st Proposed Hazardous Waste Landfill Near Homes And Schools
"On The Edge Of Retreat"
"Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange"
"Drilled Down: Old School Climate Denial Is Back"
"Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple"
Tanzania re-allocates 74000 hectares of conservation area for human activities
Scientists in Peru discover two new endangered plant species
"Biden To Honor Tribes With Nevada National Monument, His Biggest Yet"
"DOJ Sues Jackson Over Water Crisis"
"Air Pollution Linked To Almost A Million Stillbirths A Year"
"NASA Cancels Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellite Due To Cost"
"Mauna Loa Eruption Halts Key Atmospheric Measurements"
"US Bat Species Devastated By Fungus Now Listed As Endangered"
"Drying California Lake To Get $250M in US Drought Funding"
Treaty On Plastics Must Cut Production To Ease Pollution, Some States Say
Petition Circulators Lie To Calif. Voters about New Well Ballot Measure
"Ancient Virus Revived From Russian Permafrost After 48,500 Years - Study"
Two California Plants Saved From Extinction by Endangered Species Act
Northern Long-Eared Bats Win ‘Endangered’ Status
"Biden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain"
"U. S. to Pay Millions to Move Tribes Threatened by Climate Change"
"COP15: Why The World Needs A New Deal To Protect Nature"
"Lula Wants New Brazil Police Unit To Tackle Environmental Crimes"
"CDC Expands Wastewater Testing For Polio To Michigan And Pennsylvania"
"Gas Driller Pleads No Contest To Polluting Town’s Water"
Puerto Rican Towns Sue Oil Companies Over Suppression Of Climate Science
In Ancient Reindeer Forest, One Woman Finds A Way To Slow Climate Change
"What Happens On The Colorado River’s Descent To ‘Dead Pool’"
"Coastal Job: Underwater Cave Ecologist"
New species of sea creatures discovered by researchers
"EPA Seeks To Mandate More Use Of Ethanol And Other Biofuels"
"Drought-Hit California Cities To Get Little Water From State"
"Denver Gets Go-Ahead From EPA After Progress On Lead Pipes"
"Feds List Dixie Valley Toad, Found Only In Nevada, As Endangered"
"Florida Will Pull $2 Billion of Assets From BlackRock Over ESG"
"California's Water Thieves Are Getting Away With It"
Governments Subsidize Destruction Of Nature As They Promise To Protect It
"With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate Goals"
"Europe’s Surprising Record of Dam Removals"
"Waste Pickers Risk Their Lives To Stop Plastic Pollution"
Forest Fire Threatens Global Carbon Sinks and Population Centres under Rising Atmospheric Water Demand