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Conservation News ~ 17 March 2023

3/17/2023

Inspired by butterflies, researcher invents new paint that has no pigments
Oldest Known Pollen-carrying Insect Lived About 280 Million Years Ago, Pushing Fossil Records
New disease caused by plastics discovered in seabirds
Master of camouflage: new gecko species found living among rocks on remote Queensland island
Endangered Mexican wolf species is making a US comeback, officials say
New Hummingbird Species with Golden Collar Discovered in Peru
3 new species of cascade frogs discovered from Arunachal
Rare orchid species found in China's Yunnan – Xinhua
Exciting Possibilities: New Species of Microalgae Discovered
"Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas"
Plan To Incinerate Soil From Ohio Derailment Is ‘Horrifying’ - Expert
"Storms Bolster California Snowpack, Ease Drought"
"EPA Mandates States Report On Cyber Threats To Water Systems"
Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees
"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo"
Canada Environment Minister Concerned About Imperial Oil Tailings Leak
"‘Silicon Valley of Lithium’: Nevada Mine Breaks Ground"
‘15-Minute City’ Planning Is On The Rise, Experts Say. Here's What To Know
"US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds"
Bhutan adds 26 new species of moths to science
Green Groups Sue Biden Administration Over Gulf Offshore Oil Lease Sale
Meat, Dairy And Rice Production Will Bust 1.5C Climate Target: Study
"Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids"
"Colorado Lawmakers Seek Suspension Of Utah Oil Train Project"
"EPA Fires Back Against Texas Challenge of Biden’s Waters Rule"
"What To Know About The 'Red Tide' Hitting Florida Beaches"
"Environmentalists: Maine Dam Operator Not Protecting Salmon"
"UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change"
Norfolk Southern To Pay For Temporary Relocation During Soil Cleanup
"Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests"
New species of cockroach discovered in Singapore, named after Pokemon
Chile announces biological corridor to protect endangered deer
NTSB Opens Special Probe Of Norfolk Southern Safety Practices And Culture
1,000 Super-Emitting Methane Leaks Risk Triggering Climate Tipping Points
"The Creeping Threat Of The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt"
New Scrutiny: Is California’s Antiquated Water Rights System Racist?
"Tracking the Erratic Path of US Climate Migrants"
"Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs"
Time Running Out to Restore Plants, Animals That Exist Only in Captivity
"#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?"
"‘We’re Going After’ PFAS Exposure, Biden Tells Firefighters"
"Cattle Country Fends Off Climate Villain Label"
Feds decline Endangered Species Act protections for Joshua trees
Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy
"Norfolk Southern CEO Bringing Apology, Aid To Senate Hearing"
"Biden Budget Seeks Big Deficit Cuts In Challenge to GOP"
"EPA Proposes ‘Strongest Ever’ Limits On Coal Plant Discharges"
"Antarctic Sea Ice Cover At Record Low"
"Smoke From Australian Bushfires Depleted Ozone Layer By Up To 5% In 2020"
"US Carbon Pipeline Faces Setback As Residents Refuse To Cede Land Rights"
"California Flood Watch Issued As Next Atmospheric River Looms"
"Fossil Fuels Received £20Bn More UK Support Than Renewables Since 2015"
"Federal Protection Granted For Imperiled Freshwater Mussels"
"Alaska Communities Try to Keep Their Whale Freezers Frozen"
'This is an endangered species': calls to take eels off the European menu
Pittsburgh zoo welcomes newborn Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species
New species of spider discovered on NISER campus in Bhubaneswar
700 New Species Are Facing Extinction, According to a Red List Update
New bacterial species found in plumes of hydrothermal vents
Leaping lizards: Peru finds a new one
Western Forests 3 Times the Size of Yellowstone Could Be Transformed by Midcentury
Record-Breaking Amount of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Wildfires in 2021
"EPA Would Get 19% Boost to Record High Funding in Biden Budget"
Norfolk Southern CEO Says He’s Sorry For Train Derailment Impact On Ohio
Senate Panel That Grilled Norfolk Southern CEO Is Awash In Company's Cash
"U.N. Buys Tanker To Store Oil From Decaying Vessel Off Yemen"
"House GOP Votes To Overturn Biden Rule On Water Protections"
"La Nina Is Gone. These Were The Deadly Storms During Its Run"
"House Republicans Announce Major Energy Package As Top Priority Bill"
"Business Backlash Pushing GOP To Weaken Anti-ESG Proposals"
"Record-Breaking Storm Freddy Due To Hit Mozambique Again"
As Iditarod Mushers Rest, Warm Weather Is Melting Strategies And Plans
California Copes With Heavy Rain, Flooding In Latest 'Atmospheric River'
Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on Major Oil Project in Alaska
Company Testing Air in East Palestine Homes Was Hired by Norfolk Southern
Many Worry Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules
"U.S. Landowners In Privacy Fight With Govt Surveillance Cameras"
"In Rift With Biden, Manchin Vows To Block Oil, Gas Nominee"
Insurers Slashed Hurricane Ian Payouts Far Below Damage Estimates: Docs
"A Huge City Polluter? Buildings. Here’s a Surprising Fix."
"Ukraine War’s Environmental Toll Will Devastate Lives For Decades"
"Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves"
Good News From The Zero Tolerance Area in Late 2022: Less Illegal Gillnetting And More Evidence Of Vaquita Survival
More Storms Ravage California, Northeast
"EPA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water"
"Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists"
"What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Means for Climate Tech"
"Governments Vet Crucial UN Climate Science Report"
"Confirmed: Global Floods, Droughts Worsening With Warming"
"The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes"
"Scientists Warn Of ‘Phosphogeddon’ As Critical Fertiliser Shortages Loom"
In Rail Hazmat Crashes, Small Town Firefighters Can Be Vulnerable
"In Cambodia, a Battered Mekong Defies Doomsday Predictions"
"Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York"
"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision"
"EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule"
"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project"
"Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment"
"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package"
"Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique"
"What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?"
"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023"
"Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage"
Pink, fuzzy and lurking deep in the ocean — new lobster species is one of 5 just found
Mysterious Corsican 'cat-fox' revealed as unique species
Australian scientists discover new species of 'giant' spider
Sunflower sea star needs Endangered Species Act protection, U.S. says
Student finds new 'glossy' jumping spider species in India
KFU scientists partake in describing two new species of crustaceans from the Arctic
"E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks"
"Is A Common Industrial Chemical Fueling The Spread Of Parkinson’s Disease?"
Water Restrictions Lifted For Millions in SoCal, But Conservation Urged
"California Salmon Season Is Canceled For The First Time Since 2009"
"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks"
"Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says"
"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill"
"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets"
"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals"
"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff"
"Biden Plans to Name Nevada’s Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument"
Survivors In Shock As Cyclone Freddy Toll Passes 400 In Malawi, Mozambique
"How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic"
"Shell Rules Out More Ambitious Goal For End-User Emissions"
"Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines"
"US Toxic Chemical Releases Climbed 8% in 2021, EPA Report Says"
"Public Health vs. Economic Growth: Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden"
"A 24-Armed Hunter, Threatened With Extinction, Is Set to Get Protection"
"Farmers Wary Of Proposal To Save Colorado River Water"
"Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida"

Conservation News ~ 3 March 2023

3/3/2023

"After Ohio Train Wreck, Biden Orders Door-To-Door Checks"
"In India, ‘Phase Down’ Of Coal Actually Means Rapid Expansion Of Mining"
"As Fatal Fungus Takes Its Toll, Can We Save Frog Species on the Brink?"
"Here Comes The Haboob: Texas High Plains Getting Walloped By Dust Storms"
Bacteria Measurements Shows High Amounts Of Dog Feces On NY City Sidewalks
Despite 1996 Law, EPA Still Hasn't Tested Pesticides For Hormone Impacts
"As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy"
"Plastic Consumption On Course To Nearly Double By 2050 - Research"
"Thunberg, Indigenous Protesters Block Norway Energy Ministry Over Wind Farms"
Hurricane Winds Will Hit New Places In Coming Decades. Check Your Zip
Two New hedgehog species discovered in Philippines
Rare Milkweed Gains Endangered Species Protection, Critical Habitat
In Iran, endangered Asiatic cheetah dies at 10 months old
Biologists discovered a new species of tiny owl on the forested island
Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Drilling on Indigenous Land, Murdered
"House Republicans Accelerate March Toward Big Energy Package"
Biden Adm Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’
"Extreme Heat Is A Health Crisis, Columbia Experts Say"
"US 2022 Power Plant Emissions Fell On Switch From Coal To Gas - EPA"
Kerry To Serve In Climate Envoy Role At Least Through Nov. COP28 Summit
"Texas Led the U.S. in Wind and Solar Energy Production Last Year"
All Fish Tested From Michigan Rivers Contain ‘Forever Chemicals’ - Study
"Border Plant Joins ESA List Despite Texas AG’s Objections"
"Warm Canadian Winter Threatens Algonquin Ice-Fishing Traditions"
Democrats Unveil Bill To Tighten Regulations For Hazmat Trains
"Waters Lawsuits Will Roll on Even as High Court Weighs in"
"How Environmentally Conscious Investing Became a Target of Conservatives"
"Here's Why Arizona Says It Can Keep Growing Despite Historic Megadrought"
"Maryland PSC Appointee With Ties To Fossil Fuels Withdraws"
"US Sues Chemical Company Over Cancer Risk To Minority Area"
"Is LNG By Rail Safe?"
"DOE Touts Grid Expansion Plans As Operators Raise Concerns"
"Solar For All? U.S. Cities Take Green Power To Low-Income Homes"
Sapsucker Housing Crisis: Endangered Woodpecker ‘Condos’ Being Clear Cut
As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy
In Transit: California Looks to Green Its Trucking Industry
How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream
EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices
The Biden administration aims to make EV charging as easy as filling up
Home of the future: Climate-friendly, electrified and closer than ever
Californians voted for two progressive policies. Now, corporations want to undo them
‘No Excuse’ for Methane Leaks, IEA Says
As little as one day of wildfire smoke exposure in pregnancy may raise risk of preterm birth
Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’
'He baked': Heat waves are killing more L.A. homeless people who can't escape broiling sun
Biden-Harris Administration Invests Nearly $10 Million for Reforestation through Forest Nursery and Native Seed Partnerships
Mountain Valley Pipeline does not threaten endangered species, federal agency finds
'Like a little dragon': new gecko species discovered on rugged Queensland island
Scientists discover a gold-throated hybrid hummingbird
Rare south Texas milkweed listed as endangered species
There's A New Species Of Magic Mushroom
Two new plant species discovered in Central China
Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment
"Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ About To Get Their First US Limits"
"Did Dioxins Spread After The Ohio Train Derailment?"
Congress Tackles Farm Bill As Ag Emissions Rise, Climate Batters Farms
"California Reactors Win Exemption In Fight To Keep Running"
Tijuana River Sewage May Be Contaminating Air Along S. Calif. Coast: Study
"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached A Record High In 2022"
"Next Labor Secretary Will Face A Big Shortage Of Clean-Energy Workers"
"Deforestation Inc.: How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action"
"Climate Change Is Fueling More Conflict Between Humans And Wildlife"
"ESG Investing Rule Rejected by Senate, Biden Promises Veto"
"Ohio Senators Introduce Rail Safety Bill After Fiery Crash"
"Fossil Fuel Companies Donated $700M To US Universities Over 10 Years"
Unseen War: "Brazilian Force Driving Out Mining Gangs From Indigenous Lands"
"Advocates Seek To Boost Clean Energy Program In Latest Farm Bill Renewal"
"DeSantis, Pence Allies Launching Campaign To Speed Energy Approvals"
"The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’"
EPA Coal Ash Settlement Raises Hopes For Cleanup Beyond Lake Michigan
"Gas Stoves Are One Step Closer to New Rules"
"Study: Online Trade In Arachnids Threatens Some Species With Extinction"

Conservation News ~ 24 February 2023

2/24/2023

Happy Friday! Here’s some conservation news from last week: a lot of new species (7 new spider species discovered in "UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity"
"Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules"
"Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump"
"Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’"
Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
Group Is Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Projects In Rural America
"Water Utilities Brace for Imminent EPA Proposal on PFAS in Water"
"Paleotsunami Detectives Hunt for Ancient Disasters"
"A Dance Of Hope By Children Who Scavenge Coal"
"Two Evangelical Leaders on ‘Radical Faith’"
"'No Excuse': IEA Tells Energy Firms As Methane Emissions Rise"
"Madagascar, Mozambique Set For “Dangerous” Cyclone Freddy"
Green Groups Call On Buttigieg To Restore Obama-Era Train Brake Rule
"FERC Approves Power Plant Rules To Fight Extreme Weather"
"Weather Whiplash: How Climate Change Killed Thousands of Migratory Birds"
Biggest Calif. Environmental Cleanup Leaves Lead Contamination, Angst
"How Russia’s War Shattered Global Energy Routes"
"Four Rail-Borne Risks Moving Through American Communities"
"State And Federal Funds Fuel More Wildlife Crossings"
Pythons Snacking on GPS-Wearing Opossums That Give Up Their Locations
IUCN renews call for release of Iran conservationists
Arizona aquarium welcomes endangered African penguin chicks
Snake's alive! Salem man discovers new species of boa constrictor in the Amazon
'Greenwashing' firms face steep new UK fines for misleading claims
Chadron professor discovers possible new species of bumble bee scarab beetle
Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Squid in the Pacific Ocean
Wood stork to be removed from threatened and endangered species list
Researchers discover new species of cricket in Ashoka University campus
Huge Winter Storm Churns Across Northern US, Threatening Record Snowfall
"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response"
"A Sudden Rush to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream"
"Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response"
"These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air"
"Bird Flu Kills Sea Lions And 1000s Of Pelicans In Peru's Protected Areas"
"With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations"
"Russian Gas Out, Renewables In? Europe Clings To Green Goals"
"Supreme Court Seems Likely To Move Cautiously In Gonzalez v. Google"
"Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet"
More than 100 new species of insects discovered in Norway
California Spotted Owl Gets Endangered Species Act Protections After 23 Years
Maine to add 2 new species to Endangered list
Kiyooka land now protected conservation area
"Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks In Focus On Visit To Ohio Toxic Train Site"
"Railroads Fought to Crush Rules That Biden Aims to Revive After Ohio Derailment"
Feds Slash Gulf Wind Farm Areas To Make Room For Drilling, Shipping, Fishing
"Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued by Billions, Study Finds"
"Australia To Make Area The Size Of Germany A Marine Park In Southern Ocean"
"Pay and Plug: Federal Funds Spur Cleanup of Lost Oil Wells"
"How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere."
"Citing Birds And Bees, Groups Petition EPA To Close Pesticide Loophole"
"EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says"
"Marine Commission: Whale Deaths Not Linked To Wind Prep Work"
Harvard Researchers Discover Five New Deep-Sea Squat Lobster Species
Portland State graduate student identifies new species of bat in Cameroon
"This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk"
Earlier Warning Might Have Spared Ohio A Derailment, Investigator Says
US Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
"Community Solar Is About to Get a Surge in Federal Funding"
"Biden Nominates Ajay Banga To Lead World Bank"
"Federal Agency Proposes California Spotted Owl Protection"
EPA Outlines Another $550 Million Toward Environmental Justice
'The Great Displacement' Looks At Communities Altered By Climate Change
Appeals Court Rules NC’s Ag-Gag Law Is Unconstitutional
He Ran The NAACP. Now He’S Leading Sierra Club’s Fight On Climate
Feral cows in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness will be shot from air
Bruce’s Beach was a Reparations model, then the family sold it

Conservation News ~ 17 February 2023

2/17/2023

Recovery of Once Rare Wood Stork Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
7 new spider species discovered in caves in Israel
Imperiled Leopards One Step Closer to Increased Endangered Species Act Protection
New frog species named after fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien
Scripps Oceanography researchers discover new species of deep-sea fish
Ugandan Residents Accuse National Forestry Institute of Brutal Eviction from Forest Land
Trout species under consideration for endangered species list
New species of grass fly with unusual genitalia discovered in South Bristol
"What We Know About the Train Derailment in Ohio"
"Why The Narwhal And Amber Bracken Are Suing The RCMP"
"EPA Outlines $27B ‘Green Bank’ For Clean Energy Projects"
"Electric Vehicle Sales Top $1 Trillion in Wake-Up Call for Carmakers"
"Rising Seas Threaten ‘Mass Exodus On A Biblical Scale’, UN Chief Warns"
"US Pledges Amazon Fund Donation, Renewing Hope For The Rainforest"
"A Slew of State Proposals Shows the Threat of 'Forever Chemicals'"
"Climate Change May Already Be Spreading Malaria Mosquitos"
"London Ship Insurers Accused Of Enabling Fishing Vessels To ‘Go Dark’"
"The Edges Matter: Hedgerows Are Bringing Life Back to Farms"
"Health Concerns Grow In East Palestine, Ohio, After Train Derailment"
"Ford To Build EV Battery Plant In Michigan, Use Chinese Tech"
"Orphan Well Cleanup in Pennsylvania Underscores Enormity of Task"
Oil Industry Flags Concern About EPA's Methane 'Super Emitter' Plan
Groups Urge Feds To Track Illnesses Common After BP Spill"
"Moscow's Decades-Old Gas Ties With Europe Lie In Ruins"
"Washing Machines And Fridges Could Be Much Cheaper To Power By 2027"
"What To Know About The Deadly Marburg Virus As New Outbreak Emerges"
"Exxon Gives Up on Much-Hyped Algae Biofuels"
Earth Has Lost 1/5 Of Wetlands Since 1700; Most Could Still Be Saved
Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment
The Next Deadly Pandemic Is Not Inevitable, But The Elements Are In Place
"Neglected Tropical Diseases Threaten Global Health"
"NPS Completes Largest Move Of Yellowstone Bison To Tribal Land"
"Shell, BP Boost Profit, Sink Investment In Renewable Energy"
"Report: Companies’ Climate Targets Not What They Claim To Be"
"U.S. EPA Announces $1 Billion For New Hazardous Waste Cleanups"
"Biden and Lula Project Unity On Democratic Values And Climate Change"
"Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up"
"DeSantis, Aiming at a Favorite Foil, Wants to Roll Back Press Freedom"
"Upset Ohio Town Residents Seek Answers Over Train Derailment"
Greens and Tribes Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short
"Deadly Arizona Crash, Leak Leaves Highway Stretch Blocked"
"World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Will Step Down Early"
"Tesla Opens Its EV Charging Network To The Masses"
"Floating Ice Around Antarctica Just Hit A Record Low"
Mono Lake Tribe Asserts Water Rights, Urges Halt of Water Diversions to LA
Will SEC Scale Back ESG Requirements For Publicly Traded Corporations?
"Poor Nations Seek To Go Green With Debt Swaps"
"Feinstein Will Leave A Vast Environmental Legacy"
Scientists discover new species of Fabaceae
New species of tiny catfish discovered in Kerala
"Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Last Year Subsidizing Fossil Fuels"
Feds Send Help After Ohio Derailment, but Residents’ Frustrations Persist
"Two Dozen Republican-Led States Sue EPA Over Water Protection Rule"
"Great Lakes Ice Cover Plummets To Record Mid-February Low"
Analysis: "The 2023 Farm Bill Should Be A Climate Bill, Democrats Say"
"Shell Greenwashing Challenge Highlights Risk of ESG Claims"
EPA To Restore Pesticide Protections For Farmworkers Rolled Back Under Trump
"Lake Powell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up"
First Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest
"Lonely Tunes: Humpback Whales Wail Less As Population Grows"
NOAA announced that a North Atlantic right whale was found dead, killed by a vessel
Zoo director killed 4 rare pygmy goats and served them at a party
IKEA now sells solar panels
Legal action launched to protect hippos under the Endangered Species Act
Study finds endangered elephants regularly leaving protected area
Three new spider species discovered in alpine Australia during Bush Blitz expedition
Evolution in absolute darkness: New fish species discovered in India

Conservation News ~ 10 February 2023

2/10/2023

Sierra Nevada forests have seen 'unprecedented' level of high-severity wildfires, study finds
Critically Endangered Horse Species Born to Surrogate Using Cloned DNA
Controversial mine could threaten iconic Okefenokee Swamp
'Soliga ecarinata': Meet the new wasp genus
Bird surveys record 8 new species in MTR, 2 rare in NNTR
"As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain"
"Air and Climate Standards Top EPA’s 2023 Rulemaking To-Do List"
"9 Diseases That Keep Epidemiologists Up At Night"
"Ski Resorts Can Now Make Fake Snow In 80 Degrees." Why That’s A Problem
"In the Fight Over Gas Stoves, Meet the Industry’s Go-To Scientist"
"Texas Heat-Related Deaths Reached A Two-Decade High In 2022"
"The Future of Organic Food Is Taking Shape at the USDA — and Beyond"
"The Political Debate On Shipping Oil Through Manitoba’s Arctic Port"
"Nobody Is Happy With the Federal Grazing Program"
"Listening to the Endangered Sounds of the Amazon Rainforest"
New Mexico Butterfly Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
Two new species of rare succulents found in Mexico named by UCSC botanist
New Species Found in Thai Aquatic Insects
"E.P.A. Bans Disposal of Mine Waste in Bristol Bay"
"California Holdout In Agreement Over Colorado River Cuts"
"This Group Is Sharpening the GOP Attack On ‘Woke’ Wall Street"
Watchdog Says White House Science Integrity Measure Amounts To A ‘Gag Rule’
New Wind and Solar Cheaper Than Operating All But One US Coal Power Plant
"In Israel, Disposable Plastics Trigger Culture War, Test PM"
"Turmoil And Turnover Plague Audubon"
Dereliction of Doodie: Ontario’s Sewage Plans Could Hurt Great Lakes
"Dolphins, Humans Both Benefit From Fishing Collaboration"
"Water Pipe Robots Could Stop Billions Of Litres Leaking"
Every household in England 'to be within 15 minutes of green space or water'
Unicorn-like blind fish discovered in dark waters deep in Chinese cave
"Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project"
Pressure Builds As States Miss Deadline In Colorado River Water Crisis
"Shell Is Selling ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuels Again"
"White House Blasts Exxon Over Historical $56 Billion Annual Profit"
"Climate Disinfo Surges In Denial, Conspiracy Comeback"
How Does The Deadly Nipah Virus Spill From Bats To Humans?
"Maine Regulators Allow Wind, Utility Project To Move Forward"
Brazil Readies Task Force To Expel Miners From Yanomami Lands: Officials
US Emissions of Most Potent Greenhouse Gas 56% Higher Than Estimates
"Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests"
"Biden Administration Recommends Major Alaska Oil Project"
"Shell Accused of Greenwashing by Climate Group in SEC Claim"
Green Group Urges California To Limit The Growing Of Almonds And Alfalfa
Texas Oilfield Waste Company Gave $53,750 to Regulators Overseeing Permit
Gas Industry Is Under Fire. It’s Hiring Democratic Politicians To Help.
"House Republicans Blast Environmental Rules In First Energy Meeting"
"Lawmakers Clash Over Allowing Guns In Natural Resources Committee"
"Judge: Defiant NJ Beach Town Can Sue For $21M In Dune Costs"
"That Dreamy Haze In Monet’s Impressionist Paintings? Air Pollution."
"Punxsutawney Phil Is Wrong: Spring Is Arriving Early In Some Places"
Monarch butterfly population reaches highest number in decades
JPMorgan Invests Hundreds of Millions into Forestry and Minority-led Businesses Projects
Bahrain releases endangered dolphins from illegal captivity
Three new nautilus species described from the Coral Sea and South Pacific
A recent deep sea expedition in the Indian Ocean revealed a plethora of new species
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows
New species of voiceless frog discovered in Tanzania
China designates conservation area for Beijing Central Axis
"Bird Flu 'Spills Over' To Otters And Foxes in UK"
"Manchin, Westerman Plot New Push For Permitting Reform"
"Court: US Needs To Consider Effects Of Drilling Near Chaco"
"Gas Stoves Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed"
‘Hypocritical’: Environmental Groups Blocking Union Efforts, Workers Say
Calif. Turning Mountain Lions Into Roadkill Faster Than They Can Reproduce
"They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?"
Oversight Chair Seeks Info On Kerry’s International Climate Negotiations
"Atlanta Shooting Part Of Alarming US Crackdown On Environmental Defenders"
"Bring Back Dodo? Ambitious Plan Draws Investors, Critics"
50-Car Hazmat Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations In Ohio
"At Least 24 Dead In Chile As Wildfires Expand; Foreign Help On The Way"
U.S. Includes Dam Emissions in UN Climate Reporting for the First Time
"Sens. Cruz, Manchin Team Up To Fight A Nonexistent Gas Stove Ban"
"Adani’s Crisis Points to the Big Risk in India’s Net Zero Plan"
Cutting Red Tape For Clean Energy: The Pros And Cons Of Permitting Reform
As SE States Warm, TVA Criticized On Prep For Dealing With Climate Hazards
"The Colorado River Drought Crisis: How Did This Happen? Can It Be Fixed?"
'Modern-Day Slavery' In The Congo Powers Rechargeable Battery Economy
Comment: Caledonian Pinewoods Face Extinction As Humanity Reshapes Planet
The U.S. has a long history of environmental protests. Police had never killed an activist — until now.
Save The Nautilus! Three New Species Described From The Coral Sea And South Pacific
Seven new spider species discovered in Israel
TROY graduate student describes and names a new species of mud dragon
Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Grid
"Toxic Fumes Are Released From Burning Train That Derailed in Ohio"
"Census: Disasters Displaced More Than 3 Million Americans In 2022"
"Nevada Monument Will Shield Sacred Tribal Land — From Renewables"
"Essential Insects In East Asia Have Declined Massively, Study Finds"
Coal Ash Along Shores of Great Lakes Threatens Water as Residents Protest
"Climate Denial Campaign Goes Retro With New Textbook"
"Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought"
"Making Sense of Menhaden"
"Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive"
St. Louis and Chicago trade gorillas to protect endangered species
Seven new species of whitefish described in Central Switzerland
Idaho grizzly bears near Yellowstone could lose endangered species protections
New Veronicastrum species discovered in central China
"America, Meet Biden’s Climate Bill"
"Judge Backs Federal Approval Of Massive Lithium Mine"
Farming, Pharmaceuticals And Sewage Fuel Rise In Superbugs, UN Warns
"Canada Adds Federal Protection To Indigenous-Declared Marine Refuge"
Despite Protections, Extreme Heat And Wildfire Take A Toll On Farmworkers
"Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat Of Glacial Floods"
"Feds Warn Rio Grande Settlement Could Trigger Disaster"
Offshore Wind In The Gulf Take A Back Seat To Oil Drilling Under New Law
Drought, Disease Killed 36.3 Million Trees In California Last Year
"How Tensions With Russia Are Jeopardizing Key Arctic Research"
Adrift: Communities On Front Lines Of Pesticide Exposure Fight For Change
14 Million Americans Live Near Plants Emitting Cancer-Causing Gas: Report
Million-Strong Army Of Environmental Super Voters Recruits In 2 Red States
How US Climate Funding Could Make Water Pollution Worse
"The Race to Waterproof Your Outdoor Gear — Without Toxic Chemicals"
"First-in-US Green Concrete Tax Break Offered as Model for States"
Biden FWS Seeks Landowner Help To Protect Endangered Animals, Plants
"Brazil Pushes Illegal Miners Out Of Yanomami Territory"
"Drifting Toward Disaster: Breaking the Brazos"
"Drought May Have Doomed This Ancient Empire" — A Climate Warning
Plug-in hybrids pollute more than claimed in cities and on commutes, new tests show
Leonardo DiCaprio Names New Snake Species Discovered in Central America
"Exclusive: U.S. Eyes Joining Amazon Fund During Biden-Lula Visit"
"Daunting Medical Issues For Earthquake Survivors Are Just Beginning"
"BP, in a Reversal, Says It Will Produce More Oil and Gas"
Biden DOE Announces $2B Loan For Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing
Attorneys General Call For Federal Protections Against Deadly Workplace Heat
"U.S. EPA Approves Hazardous Chemicals Removal From St. Croix Refinery"
"California Bill Would Protect Native Western Joshua Tree"
"Australia Rejects Open-Pit Coal Mine Near Great Barrier Reef"
"How E-Bike Rebates Will Make Cycling Safer"
"Mexican Avocados Shipped For Super Bowl Named In Complaint"

Conservation News ~27 January 2023

1/27/2023

"Davos 2023: Big Oil In Sights Of Climate Activist Protests"
"African Activists Cast Doubt Over Climate Talks’ Credibility"
"Feds Offer $700M To Lithium Project At Heart of ESA Dispute"
"Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off"
‘Death By 1,000 Clearcuts’: Canada’s Deep-Snow Caribou Are Vanishing
Major Prairie Dog Die-Off Had Consequences For Other Animals, Wildland
"Climate Gentrification Is Coming to Hurricane-Wrecked Florida"
"Road Salts Wash Into Mississippi River, Damaging Ecosystems and Pipes"
"Monitors Show Months-Old Alabama Landfill Fire Polluting Air"
"Newfoundlanders Identify With The Ocean. Now Some Are Moving Inland."
High levels of 'forever chemical' found in endangered orcas in Canada
Bureau of Land Management Sued Over Handling of Ormat's Geothermal Exploration Project
New species of lizard discovered in Peru national park
A new species of gecko in New Zealand
Endangered species of turtles washing up on Irish shores
Critically Endangered Yangtze finless porpoise shows signs of recovery
"China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis"
"How Dark Money Groups Led Ohio To Redefine Gas As ‘Green Energy’"
"3.3 Million People Displaced By Natural Disasters In US Last Year"
‘Extinction Crisis’ Of Sharks And Rays Devastates Other Species: Study
Banks Still Investing Big In Fossil Fuels Despite Net Zero Pledges: Study
"Biden’s Green Energy Bank Races to Leverage $394 Billion to Scale Cleantech"
"Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects"
Arizona’s New Governor Takes on Water Conservation and Groundwater Report
"Moving Species Emerges As Last Resort As Climate Warms"
"Greta Thunberg Carried Away By Police At German Mine Protest"
Odd parasitic plant with fleshy flowers identified as new species of hydnora
"Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged California Coast Thursday"
"New Ice Core Analysis Shows Sharp Greenland Warming Spike"
"Brazilian Meat Giant Under Fire For Allegedly Misleading Investors"
Over 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets By Top Provider Worthless: Study
Granholm Says GOP Bill Would Weaken SPR, Result In Higher Gas Prices
‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Is Costly and Polluting: Study
"‘It’s Time To Start Suing’: States Tee Up Next WOTUS War"
As California’s Storms End, Reckoning With Flood Insurance About To Begin
"Climate Misinformation ‘Rocket Boosters’ On Musk’s Twitter"
Greta at Davos: Fossil Fuel Giants 'Throw People Under The Bus' For Gain
New Species of Deep-Sea Fish Discovered off Costa Rica
St Petersburg University zoologists discover four new species of micro-invertebrates
Meet Nautilus, a deep-sea squat lobster species recently discovered
"Thunberg Says Davos Elite 'Fuelling Destruction Of Planet'"
"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds"
"These Farmers Dominate The Colorado River. Cross Them At Your Peril"
Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets
Enviro Groups, Justice Company Reach Settlement Over Cleanup Of Va. Mines
"Feds Send $930 Million To Curb ‘Crisis’ Of US West Wildfires"
Renewables Soon To Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon
"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. To Stop Deepwater Oil-Export Facility"
"Racist Beauty Standards Leave POC More Exposed To Harmful Chemicals: Study
"Twinkle, Twinkle Fading Stars: Hiding In Our Brighter Skies"
"In Soaked California, Few Homeowners Have Flood Insurance"
"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee"
"1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Certified For Use In US"
"EPA Strategy For Alabama Landfill Fire: Smother It In Dirt"
"EPA to Regulate PFAS Effluent From Landfills, Launch Studies"
"Salt Marsh Microbes Threaten to Reshape the Atmosphere"
"Native American Tribe In Va. Reclaims Big Parcel Of Its Homeland"
"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold"
"What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear"
"Yeah, Actually, Your Plastic Coffee Pod May Not Be Great For The Climate"
NASA study reveals amount of Sierra Nevada groundwater feeding Central Valley
"Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission"
"Big Tech Helps Big Oil Spread Subtle Climate Denialism"
Brazil Police Say Gang Leader Likely Ordered Killing of Phillips, Pereira
"How Biden Can Meet His 100% Clean Electricity Goal"
"Here’s What We Know About Kerry’s Offset Gambit"
What If The Largest Owner Of Oil And Gas Wells In The US Goes Bankrupt?
Some Landfills Will Begin Treating PFAS On-Site As Regulations Tighten
"How The White House Found EJ Areas Without Using Race"
"Growing Dust from Desert Wind Storms Has Curbed Warming, Study Finds"
"Fear The Deer: Crash Data Illuminates America’s Deadliest Animal"
IUCN President, Razan Al Mubarak, has been appointed UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the COP28 Presidency
San Clemente Island Bell's Sparrow Flies Off Endangered Species List
Endangered Sierra Nevada red fox discovered in national park
Five species on San Clemente Island fully recovered, no longer considered endangered - CBS 8
"The FDA Proposes New Targets To Limit Lead In Baby Food"
‘No Miracles Needed’: Mark Jacobson On How Renewables Can Power The World
"The Sierra Club Tries to Move Past John Muir, George Floyd and #MeToo"
"NIH Biosecurity Advisers Urge Tighter Oversight Of Pathogen Research"
"Ukraine War Moves ‘Doomsday Clock’ To 90 Seconds To Midnight"
"FAO: Rising Prices, Food Insecurity Add To Ranks Of Hungry"
Ancient Seeds From Fertile Crescent Could Help Save Us From Climate Change
"PFAS Foam Replacement Challenges Nation’s Fire Departments"
"4th Circuit Asked to Nix Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline"
"An Ant’s Sense Of Smell Is So Strong, It Can Sniff Out Cancer"
"Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest"
Enviros Seek Tougher Oil And Gas Rules To Protect Rare Whale In Gulf
Bill To Withdraw Va. From Carbon-Trading Program Dies In State Committee
Pa. Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Gas Wells In 5 Years, Ignored State Law
US Refuses Calls For Immediate Protection Of North Atlantic Right Whales
Regulators Nix Proposal To Delay Closure Of Last California Nuclear Plant
"Silencing Science: How Indonesia Is Censoring Wildlife Research"
"Agency Delays Protections For Imperiled Bat, Prairie Chicken"
"Sea Otter Recovery Is Sending Ripples through the Ecosystem"
"Dolphins Make A Splash In The Bronx River For First Time In 5 Years"
New Species of Lizard Discovered in Peru
New species of microalgae discovered
"Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness"
"Town Where Child Cancer Rose Blasts Deal Over Polluted Site"
"Lax Oversight Allows U.S. Refineries To Pollute Waterways - Report"
"Puerto Rico Hands Control of its Power Plants to a Natural Gas Company"
"U.S. Native Seed Shortage Hinders Land Restoration - Report"
Colorado River Is Overused And Shrinking. Crisis Transforms The Southwest
"Meet The Top House Recipients Of Oil And Gas Money"
In Atlanta, a Deadly Forest Protest Sparks Debate Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’
"Climate Groups Decry Selection Of Oil Chief To Oversee COP28"
"New Museum In Mexico Spotlights Endangered Axolotl Salamander"
The Royal Opera House has dumped BP as its sponsor
US President announces plants to fully restore the Roadless Rule in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, protecting 9 million acres from construction and logging
Kristine Tompkins wins 2023 Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
Electric vehicles made up 10% of all new cars sold globally last year

Conservation News ~ 13 Friday 2023

1/13/2023

"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters"
"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution"
Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy
"Biden Signs Water Bills Benefitting 3 Tribes in Arizona"
"Great Salt Lake On Track To Disappear In Five Years, Scientists Warn"
"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023"
"Biden Moves to End Doughnut Lures and Other Bear Hunting Tactics in Alaska"
"Republicans Target Oil Reserve Releases With Initial Energy Bills"
"US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears"
"Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change"
Forestry Lubricants Market to hit USD 6 Billion by 2032
NZ Forestry company on trial for failing to stop contamination of waterways during log harvest
Oregon Zoo awarded $2 million to help California condors
Unusual bush tomato with ladder-like features discovered in Northern Territory national park
Hong Kong scientists excited to find rare leopard cats thriving in Kadoorie Farm reforested area
England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons
"UN Says Ozone Layer Slowly Healing, Hole To Mend By 2066"
Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier
"EPA, Pipeline Operator Reach Deal To Clean Up Kansas Spill"
Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study
"India Expects Utilities' Annual Coal Demand To Surge About 8%"
"The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record"
"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.3% In 2022 - Rhodium"
"Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year – Study"
Louisiana Coastal Plan Update Promises Billions In Hurricane-Damage Savings
On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real
California Death Toll Reaches 17 As Floods And Extreme Wind Wreak Havoc"
"Governments Urged To Confront Effects Of Climate Crisis On Migrants"
"N.Y. Weighs East Coast’s First Statewide Building Gas Ban"
Reversing Trump, White House Moves To Weigh Climate In Infrastructure
"U.S. Sets Up Office To Oversee Abandoned Oil Well Cleanup"
"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting"
"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden"
"EPA Urges Groups to Apply for Record Environmental Equity Grants"
"Extreme Weather Caused 18 Disasters In US Last Year, Costing $165Bn"
The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars
California Death Toll Reaches 17 As Floods And Extreme Wind Wreak Havoc"
"Governments Urged To Confront Effects Of Climate Crisis On Migrants"
"N.Y. Weighs East Coast’s First Statewide Building Gas Ban"
Reversing Trump, White House Moves To Weigh Climate In Infrastructure
"U.S. Sets Up Office To Oversee Abandoned Oil Well Cleanup"
"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting"
"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden"
"EPA Urges Groups to Apply for Record Environmental Equity Grants"
"Extreme Weather Caused 18 Disasters In US Last Year, Costing $165Bn"
The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars
"Ban Gas Stoves? Just the Idea Gets Some in Washington Boiling."
"Climate Change: UAE Names Oil Chief To Lead COP28 Talks"
"A Climate Fund Was Born. It Still Doesn’t Have Any Money."
"Oceans Surged To Another Record-High Temperature In 2022"
"After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up"
UN Calls For Probe Of Killing Of Two Environmentalists In Honduras
"Key House Republican Floats Energy Package"
"World's Dams To Lose A Quarter Of Storage Capacity By 2050 - UN Research"
"'Dangerous' Tunisian Droughts Threaten Food Security"
"Where the Bison Could Roam"
Exxon Scientists Predicted Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts: Study
"U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Exports Of Reserve Oil To China"
"Brazil Makes Official Bid For Amazonian City To Host COP30"
"Korean Solar Company Plans to Build $2.5 Billion Plant in Georgia"
"Interior Proposes 5-Year Schedule For Offshore Wind Sales"
"Fukushima Water To Be Released Into Ocean In Next Few Months, Says Japan"
"How Climate Change Will Make Atmospheric Rivers Even Worse"
"American Kids Are Being Exposed to Lead From Airports"
"Sweden Finds Rare Earth Deposits That Could Benefit Western Consumers"
"Dolphins Can Shout Underwater, but It’s Never Loud Enough"
NASA’s Webb telescope has discovered its first exoplanet
Germany generated a historical amount of electricity from wind energy this week

Conservation News ~ 6 January 2022

1/6/2023

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