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Conservation News ~ 27 October 2023

10/27/2023

$300 Million Conservation Financing Mechanism for New Protected Areas Established in BC!
"Hurricane Otis Makes Rare Category 5 Landfall Near Acapulco, Mexico"
Fossil Firms Spent Millions On Lawmakers Who Sponsored Anti-Protest Bills
"Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like"
"World Far Off Track On Pledges To End Deforestation By 2030 - Report"
Pa. Gas Firms Used 160 Million Lbs. of Secret Chemicals From 2012 to 2022
"What to Know About Dengue Fever as Cases Spread to New Places"
"Earth’s Climate Shatters Heat Records. These 5 Charts Show How."
After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Big Flood Control Projects Get Underway in NJ
Tiny Deer And Rising Seas: Climate Change Tests Endangered Species Act
Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima Cats: Ambassadors For Island Conservation
8-eyed creature lurks in underwater nest to ambush prey on land. It's a new species
How This Photographer Is Using Sony Cameras To Solve A Scientific Ethical Conundrum
New species of horned toads discovered in China
US Fish & Wildlife proposes huge new conservation area in Southwest Florida
The Department of the Interior announces two new wildlife refuges
Footage from underwater research expedition reveals rare sighting of 'dumbo' octopus
First Successful Captive Birth Of Endangered Sawfish Species At SeaWorld
"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health"
FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns
"Climate 'Loss And Damage' Talks End In Failure"
"EPA Tightens Reporting Requirements For PFAS Releases, Closing Loophole
Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process
"Forecast Predict An El Nino Winter. What Does That Mean?"
"Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence
Louisianans Near Gulf Struggle As Drinking Water Crisis Persists
"How Plants Communicate With Each Other When In Danger"
‘I Got To Know The Wolf’: Spain’s Shepherds Learn To Live With Old Enemy
"EPA Proposes Ban On Carcinogenic Cleaning Chemical TCE"
"How the Israel-Hamas War Imperils Action Against Global Warming"
Drought And Rising Temperatures Drove Millions Of Somalis From Homes
"Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Unavoidable, Study Says"
FWS Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed
Chevron Buys Hess For $53 Billion, 2nd Oil Megadeal As Energy Prices Soar
"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World"
Democrats Ask For Review Of Environmental Threat From ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines
Seasonal Fog, Swamp Fires Combine To Create Deadly Louisiana Pileup
"The Slow Death Of A Desert Giant"
Expect to see solar panels along San Diego highways per one of the energy bills Newsom has signed into law
Climate change groups urge CA to prioritize nature-based solutions
California Utilities Launch New Microgrid Incentives for Disadvantaged Communities
California to get up to $1.2 billion in federal funds to expand hydrogen energy projects
California poised for big climate moves after Gov. Newsom backs new laws
'A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
California lawmakers urge SEC to follow their lead in climate disclosure requirements
The cottage industry around corporate emissions disclosure
California’s biggest solar+storage facility powers up at retired gas-fired plant
Gavin Newsom signed some climate laws — and vetoed others
Boiling Point: California’s fossil fuel crackdown continues — with some exceptions
Enviros join UAW picket lines in pursuit of climate goals
SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds
IEA Report Makes Clear the Urgent Need to 'Rapidly Replace and Phase Out All Fossil Fuels'
Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn
What you need to know about the loophole hiding the extent of US wildfire pollution
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
California Lets Companies Keep 'Dangerous' Oil Wells Unplugged Forever
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed
New species of millipede discovered in caves of Brazil
Crusty creatures with 'rather complex' genitalia found in caves. It's a new species
World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says - Reuters
"New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"
Hurricane Otis Unleashes Massive Flooding In Acapulco, Triggers Landslides
"Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"
Earth’s Vital Signs Worse Than At Any Time In Human History, Scientists Warn
"Companies Capture A Lot Of CO2. Most Of It Is Going Into New Oil."
"Scientists Discover Why Dozens Of Endangered Elephants Dropped Dead"
"‘Prudence Demands We Act’: Bank Regulators Unveil Climate Rules"
"Living With Rural Water Scarcity In Southwest Colorado"
Analysis: "Igniting a Journalism Renaissance"
"Can We Save the Redwoods by Helping Them Move?"
Discovery of three novel minorisa species, the smallest predatory marine picoplankton
Microalgae research advances toward goal of net zero carbon emissions
Port of Long Beach aims to restore ocean habitat when it builds a massive wind turbine facility
Land use change can produce more food and store more carbon, study finds
At Least 27 Killed By 'Disastrous' Hurricane Otis, Damage Seen In Billions
"Johnson Maps Out Ambitious Agenda"
Landfills In Washington And Oregon Leaked ‘Explosive’ Levels Of Methane
"UK Regulator Trying To Block Release Of Shell North Sea Documents"
Some Companies Want To Use Less Water. Few Are Close To Their Targets
"Environmental Groups Reject Deep-Sea Mining As Key UN Meeting Looms"
"The Rio Grande Isn't Just A Border —- It's A River In Crisis"
"In Graphic Detail: Cigarette Butt Research Is Lighting Up"
Growing Montana Bear Population Spotlights Need for Wildlife Corridors
Hot Summer Blamed For Hungry Javelinas Ripping Through Arizona Golf Course

Conservation News ~ 20 October 2023

10/20/2023

New species of chameleon fish discovered in river in India
Dominica's mountain chicken frog disappears in 'fastest extinction ever recorded'
Giant Open-Pit Mine Near Two National Parks Dealt A Blow By Biden DOI
"Canada's Top Court Backs Alberta Challenge To Trudeau Environment Law"
"How Megafires Are Remaking the World"
"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands"
Prosecutors: Stolen Activist Emails Were Later Cited In Court By Exxon
Refrigerants Are A Nightmare For The Climate. Alternatives Must Spread Fast
"To Save Monarch Butterflies, They Had to Silence the Lawn Mowers"
"No Shade, No Water, And Record Heat: More Migrants Die In U.S. Desert"
Biden Touts Huge Hydrogen Investment. How Much Will It Help The Climate?
"Why You Should Be Lazy And Leave Your Leaves In The Yard"
21 Species Delisted from the Endangered Species Act due to Extinction | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Huawei and IUCN to Expand Global Impact of Nature Conservation in Tech4Nature Phase 2
Business leaders in Asia commit to Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights at inaugural conference organised by IUCN, UNDP and UNEP
Promoting Nature-based Solutions for springshed management in Bhutan’s mountain ecosystems
IUCN WCEL joined the "Expert Consultation on Rights of Nature" in Nairobi
"Federal Government Declares 21 Species Extinct"
Watchdog Finds La. Honeywell Chemical Plant Isn’t Reporting Emissions of CFCs
Factory Fishing In Antarctica For Krill Threatens A Fragile Ecosystem
"In Brazil’s Amazon, Rivers Fall To Record Low Levels During Drought"
Texas Quietly Sets Weak Cancer Risk Standard For Industrial Air Pollution
Enviros Warn Of Intent To Sue Over Snail Species Near Nev. Lithium Mine
Lake Erie Is Full Of Algae Again Amid SW Ontario’s Exploding Greenhouse Sector
Georgia Slave Descendants Sue Over Zoning Threatenening Island Homes
New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says
"Home Energy Devices Hold Untapped Potential for Strained Grids"
"How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics To Avoid Gas Stove Regulations"
"FWS Helps Create Bank Of Endangered Species DNA"
"Climate Advocacy Group Plans to Spend $80 Million on Ads to Aid Biden"
PHMSA Regulating 400,000 Miles of Gas Gathering Lines; Industry Unhappy
"DOJ Touts Broad Range of Environmental Justice Courtroom Wins"
"Alaska Cancels Snow Crab Harvest Again Due To Population Concerns"
Little-Known Pollution Rule Keeps The Air Dirty For Millions Of Americans
Foul-Smelling Biofuels Plant In Southwest Dallas Is Shutting Down
"Saving Yellowstone for the Grizzlies"
"Battling Desertification: Bringing Soil Back To Life In Semiarid Spain"
Wart-covered creature — with a 'peeping' call — discovered in Indonesia is new species of frog
Feds OK Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion In Pacific Northwest Over Protests
"Norma And Tammy Gain Strength En Route To Mexico, Leeward Islands"
Ships Speeding Through US 'Go Slow' Zones Meant To Protect Endangered Whale
"In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning"
‘It’s Never Too Late’: Canada Sued Over Near-Extinction Of Spotted Owls
"USDA Working With Ranchers Toward Indigenous Food Sovereignty"
New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says
UN Nations Agreed To Support Climate Reparations, Now Deadlocked On Details
GOP AGs, Industry Ask For Emergency Supreme Court Stay Of Biden Smog Rule

Conservation News ~ 25 August 2023

8/25/2023

International Standardization Organisation – mainstreaming biodiversity standards
Chapultepec Park in Mexico City to host 2024 IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
The Tiger Programme has opened its new Call for Concept Notes
New global guidance on Ranger Competences and on Work and Employment Standards for Rangers
IUCN announces Second Call for Concept Notes for SADC TFCA Financing Facility
Check out the new IUCN Member magazine
Application For SSC EDGE Internal Grants opens soon!
IUCN SULi launches new database on the use of wild species
Global EbA Fund announces its 6th call
Call for nominations, information, and proposals regarding the development of an IUCN policy on synthetic biology in relation to nature conservation
Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund – New Calls for Proposals now open!
New species of 'docile' snake discovered in India:
Six-legged creature found in Chinese cave is new species
Kenya faces $1 billion shortfall for forestry plans over next five years, says Environment ministry
New species of small gecko discovered in Uzbekistan canyons
Costa Rica's Cloud Cover Forest Evaporating from Lack of Rain"After Maui Wildfires Kill 96, Search For The Missing Continues"
"Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns"
"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case"
"Mi’kmaw Nation, Lobster Harvesters Suing Feds For Treaty Violations"
"EPA Launches Civil Rights Probe Over Calif. Water Fight"
"We're In For An 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts"
"Playing Matchmaker for Corals"
"South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge"
‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword
Bear Known As 'Hank The Tank' To Sanctuary After Breaking Into 21 Homes
Young Activists Win First-Of-Its-Kind Climate Change Trial In Montana
Mishmash Of How US Heat Deaths Are Counted Complicates Safety Efforts
"Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears"
"Mosquito Season Has Gotten A Month Longer In Some Places"
"The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think"
"DOE Rule Would Permit Power Lines Quickly"
"US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To Mountain Valley Pipeline"
Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall
"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated"
Off Alaska Coast, Research Crew Peers Down To Map Deep And Remote Ocean
"Canada's Northwest Territories Declares Emergency Due To Wildfires"
90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming
"Despite Climate Goals, California Will Let Three Gas Plants Keep Running"
"Interior Announces Potential Offshore Wind Areas For Oregon"
Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves
"Reviving the Redwoods"
Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water
"Alarm At Exodus Of Climate Voices On Twitter After Musk Takeover"
"What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?"
Researchers Identify A New Pack Of Endangered Gray Wolves In California
New Study Finds More Hurricane Deaths In US, Especially Among Vulnerable
"Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout"
"US Launches Program To Provide Electricity To More Native American Homes"
"NYC Buildings Complying With Emissions Law Faster Than Expected"
Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma
Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home
"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt"
"‘This Way Of Farming Is Really Sexy’: The Rise Of Regenerative Agriculture"
"How 10,000 Years Of Plagues Left Their Mark On Our DNA"
"Books For Our New, Climate-Changed Summers"
World’s largest private rhino herd auction ends in silence
"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years"
Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals
"Major US Blackout Anniversary Renews Call for Power Grid Updates"
"Here’s Where Water Is Running Out In The World — And Why"
"Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers"
"New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track"
"UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN"
"SoCalGas Said Its Natural Gas Was ‘Renewable.’ Now, It’s Paying Penalties."
"The Republic of Cows"
"Time to Dance the Salmon Home"
São Paulo students plant mini-forests on school grounds as urban oases
"Fierce Hilary Rolls Into Southern California, Bringing Heavy Rain, Flooding"
"Locals Have Been Sounding The Alarm For Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk"
Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass
Court Pauses Uinta Basin Railway Project That Would Ship Oil Through Colorado
"No More Radioactive Dumping In Hudson River: NY Gov. Hochul Signs Ban"
NOAA Plans to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture; Not Everyone Is Onboard
"Mexico Announces 13 New Protected Areas, With More To Come"
Indian Floods: More Rain, Less Snow Are Turning Himalayas Dangerous
"Inside The Narwhal: An Existential Threat To Online News In Canada"
"These Animals Are Already Adapting to a Changing Climate"
"After Hilary, A Big Clean-Up And Lots Of Water But Lives Spared"
"The Latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico Threat"
"Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito"
"850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit"
"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review"
"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court"
Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike on Extreme Heat Days
Record Heat, Smoke Trigger Air Quality Alerts For New Orleans, Baton Rouge
"Gardening Changed How I See Myself As A Disabled Woman"
Biden Revives Rules to Prevent Another Deepwater Horizon Disaster
"Japan To Release Fukushima Water Into Ocean From Aug. 24"
"Greece Discovers 18 Charred Bodies As Southern Europe Wildfires Spread"
PHMSA Raises Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
Storm Harold Triggers Floods, Outages And Tornado Warnings As It Hits Texas
Some States Reject Federal Money To Find, Replace Dangerous Lead Pipes
"Biden Administration Approves 4th Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Project"
How A Mix Of Natural And Human-Caused Factors Cooked Up Storm Hilary Mess
"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not."
"The Next Pandemic Could Strike Crops, Not People"
Deadly Heat Wave In Central US Strains Infrastructure, Transport, Grid
"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate"
"Coastal Areas Will Face Record ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding In 2024 — NOAA"
"Appalachia’s Fracking Counties Are Shedding Jobs And Residents: Study"
"Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries"
"Amazon Forest Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed Under Bolsonaro, Study Shows"
"Lahaina’s Deadly Fire Has Intensified Maui’s Fight Over Water Rights"
Climate Change May Force More Farmers And Ranchers To Costly Irrigation
"This Songbird’s Genes May Show How Climate Change Has Sped Up Evolution"
"Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives"
New dolphin species discovered along SC coast, study shows
New species of 'leaf-toed' gecko discovered in Vietnam
"Countries Adopt Multibillion-Dollar Fund To Protect Nature"
Worries Over Seafood Safety Mount As Japan Releases Fukushima Water Into Sea
Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’
"Canada: 14 Whales Have Died at Aquarium"
"NASA Shares First Images From US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument"
"Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study"
Loss Of Antarctic Ice Hurting Survival Of Emperor Penguin Chicks: Study
New Flame Retardants Found In Breast Milk Years After Others Were Banned
Poor Safety Rules Leave Farmworkers Suffering In Increasing Heat Waves
"Stop Kissing And Snuggling Turtles, CDC Warns Amid Salmonella Outbreak"

Conservation News ~ 11 August 2023

8/11/2023

"Biden Expected To Designate Grand Canyon Monument"
EPA Approved a Chevron Fuel Ingredient Despite Huge Cancer Risk
ER Visits For Heart Problems Plummeted After Coal Processor Shut Down
"Vineyard Wind Begins Construction After Ducking Financial Peril"
"There’s A Crisis Unfolding In Florida's Waters. DeSantis Hasn’t Said A Word."
"‘Death Star’ Law Will End Water Breaks For Texas Workers"
China Floodwater Diversions To Populated Areas Unleash Wave Of Anger
‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation
Governments Meet To Talk About Amazon Rainforest. Why Is It So Important?
"Paris Olympics Swimming Test Event In Seine Canceled Due To Pollution"
New species of Gecko found in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district
Scientists Discover New Species of Butterfly in the Amazon Rainforest
Bend man catches elusive Sierra Nevada red fox on camera during South Sister hike
New species of treefrog discovered in Indonesia
New species of 'bronze' snake discovered in Vietnam
"New Chemical Reviews Still Inconsistent EPA Watchdog Finds"
"BLM Proposes End To New Oil Leases On 1.6M Acres In Colorado"
The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress If Trump Wins
Homeless Struggle To Survive Record Temperatures In Blistering Phoenix
EPA Rejects Alabama Coal Ash Plan; Could Force Utilities To Dig Out Ponds
Chemical Companies’ PFAS Payouts Are Huge – But The Problem Is Even Bigger
"Growing Number Of Sewage Monitors In England’s Bathing Waters ‘Broken’"
"Takin’ Out The Trash: How Do Transnational Waste Traffickers Operate?"
"Republicans Want To Plant A Trillion Trees. Scientists Are Skeptical."
Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms: New Research
Former DOJ Environment Chief Described As Co-Conspirator in Indictment
"Climate Change Made July Hotter For Almost Every Human On Earth"
6 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety
"NIH Taps Jeanne Marrazzo To Succeed Fauci As Infectious-Disease Chief"
"A Look at How Much Less Antarctic Sea Ice There Is This Year"
"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations"
"Presidents of Mediterranean States Demand Climate Crisis Action"
"Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands"
California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace
"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement"
New 'secretive' frog species discovered in Paraguay
Pacific wasp named as a new species over a century after first being spotted
New species of tiny orange goblin spider discovered in Japan
"Biden To Protect Vast Sacred Lands Near Grand Canyon"
"In DeSantis’ Fla., Schools Get OK For Climate-Denial Videos"
In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
"Marine Heatwave Off Oregon Coast Considered ‘Extreme’ By NOAA"
"BPA's Evil Cousin"
"Despite Reforms, Mining For EV metals in Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers"
"As Climate Change Worsens, Military Eyes Base Of The Future On Gulf Coast"
"Facing The Surge"
Vermont’s Flood-Wracked Capital City Ponders A Rebuild -- And Climate
"There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On."
"Amazon Deal Lacks Concrete Measures, Say Climate Activists"
"Biden Protects Land by Grand Canyon but Will Still Allow Mining"
European Scientists Announce July Was The Hottest Month On Record By Far
"Fears Over Antarctic Sea Ice As Yearly Ozone Layer Hole Forms ‘Very Early’"
"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’"
As Feds Cut Red Tape, More Local Governments Are Curbing Wind And Solar
US Judge To Hear Case On Nevada Mustang Roundup Where 31 Wild Horses Died
‘Metal Box Heated From The Inside’: Food Truck Workers Battle Heat
Indigenous Inspire Amazon City To Grant Personhood To An Endangered River
"More Than Half Of Earth’s Species Live In The Soil, Study Finds"
Bearded Vulture to be reintroduced to Bulgaria and the Balkans
Kenya faces $1 billion shortfall for forestry plans over next five years
More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement
New species of small gecko discovered in Uzbekistan canyons
"Maui Fires: Hawaii Death Toll Hits 55, Recovery To Take Years"
"White House Seeks $12B To Refill The Nearly Broke Disaster Fund"
Battle Rages Over Trump ‘Sweetheart Deal’ With Giant Water District
"Host of U.N. Climate Summit Moves To 'Counteract All Negative Press'"
$2.9 billion Mississippi River Diversion Job Will Make 21 Sq. Mi. Of Land
"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?"
"Putin Profits Off US And European Reliance On Russian Nuclear Fuel"
Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water, Sewage Treatment Plants Across US
WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants
US Commits To Releasing More Endangered Red Wolves Into The Wild
At Least 36 Killed on Maui as Fires Burn Through Hawaii; Thousands Flee
"First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers"
Severe Thunderstorms In First Half Of 2023 Caused Record Damages
After Decades, Tribe's Vision For A New Marine Sanctuary Coming True
Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change And El Nino For Other Heating Factors
"White House Unveils New Tracking Tool For Heat-Related Illnesses"
Millions Struggle To Pay AC Bills In Heat Waves. Federal Aid Reaches Few.
"What New Data Reveal About How Hurricanes Kill"
"Utility Group Calls For Changes To Proposed EPA climate Rules"
Activists Sue BLM For Transparency At Wild Horse Roundups

Conservation News ~ 7 July 2023

7/7/2023

L.A. mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged
Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
New octopus species discovered by scientists in rare 'nursery' off Costa Rican coast
Two new species of bent-toed gecko discovered in Vietnam
US-German Satellites Show California Water Gains After Record Winter
"World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded On July 3"
DeSantis Signs Bill Authorizing Radioactive Roads For Florida
"Elon Musk Tweets False Climate Claim"
"Climate-Heating El Niño Has Arrived And Threatens Lives, Declares UN"
Advocates Push For Constitutional Guarantees In Face Of Climate Crisis
Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie Climate Projects
"Saudi Arabia, Russia Deepen Oil Cuts, Sending Prices Higher"
Labor Dept. Proposes Silica Exposure Rule Sought By Appalachian Democrats
"Threatened Seabirds Get a Life Raft in Maryland"
"As the Sea Rises, Will a Prized National Seashore Wash Away?"
"Expect A Hot, Smoky Summer In Much Of America." Better Get Used To It.
5 People Contract Malaria Within U.S. Borders — First Cases In 2 Decades
"EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution"
Climate Groups Accept Millions From Charity Linked To Fossil Fuels
"Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Residential Solar Grant Program"
New Mexico Regulators Fine Oil Producer $40 Million For Flaring Gas
"Texas Heat Wave Invigorates Calls For Worker Heat Protections"
"Pressure Builds For FEMA To Declare Deadly Heat Events As Disasters"
"Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid"
"Microbes Play Leading Role In Soil Carbon Capture, Study Shows"
New species of bumpy frog discovered on Venezuela mountain
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023
New Species of Frog Found Under a Rock in Venezuela has Copper Eyes
Countries Agree To Slash Shipping Emissions, But Not Enough
Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Safety Standards
"John Kerry to Visit China to Restart Climate Negotiations"
"83,000 Hawaii Homes Dispose Of Sewage In Cesspools"
U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean
As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil
"U.S. Animal Industries Pose Disease Risks to People, Report Says"
"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Drops 34% In First Half 2023"
"Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals"
"Corporate Landscaping Lets Its Hair Down"
"Earth Entering ‘Uncharted Territory’ As Heat Records Quickly Shatter"
"Almost Half Of U.S. Tap Water Contains ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"Commercial-Scale Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Approved"
"A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast"
Colorado R. Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Tribe Struggles For Share of Water
Little Publicized, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives of W.Va. Families
Grid Operator Must Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects: Report
Heat Is A Mortal Threat To Farmworkers. How To Protect Them.
"Global Shipping Industry Faces Head Winds Over Going Green"
"US Targets Environmental Crime in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands"
World’s protected lands are safeguarding more carbon than the US emits in a year
New glass could cut carbon footprint by nearly hald and is 10x more damage resistant
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles released at West Dennis Beach after months of rehab
Scientists find the ‘extinct’ Victorian Earless Dragon not seen since 1969
Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255 billion annually, including vast carbon storage

Conservation News ~ 30 June 2023

6/30/2023

Customs Officers Seized $2.7 Million Worth of Endangered Fish Bladders
"UN Adopts World's First Treaty To Protect High Seas Biodiversity"
Power Companies Spend Millions To Fight Maine’s Proposed Non-Profit Utility
"Tribes Seek Greater Involvement In Talks On Colorado River Water Crisis"
"Senate To Release First Spending Bills"
"The New War on Bad Air"
"Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Forecast To Become Hurricane Near Caribbean"
"Brazil Seizes World's Biggest Illegal Shark Fin Consignment"
"Offshore Wind Foes In New Jersey Gathering Force Legally And Politically"
Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India As Death Toll Climbs
Christian Cooper, Black Birder Falsely Accused In Central Park, Gets TV Show
"EPA Is Struggling to Keep Track of Water Grants, Watchdog Says"
UN Adds New Disclosure Requirements COP28 Corporate Fossil Lobbying
"Biden Announces Physician Mandy Cohen Will Lead CDC"
"Grid Needs Boost to Hit Climate Goal, Biden Science Adviser Says"
Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda
Judge Orders Stretch Of Pipeline That Crosses Tribal Land To Shut Down
Amid Delays, Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bills to Speed Grid Connections
"Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments"
World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born
Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Their Volume Amid Warming: Study
Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
"Biden Admin To Strengthen Endangered Species Protections"
"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave"
Enviros Petition Biden To Crack Down On Methane Emissions From Landfills
Tribal Voices Left Out of Key Nuclear Cleanup on Ancestral Land
"Ruling Clouds EPA Pebble Veto, but Mine Remains Unlikely"
"First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat Approved By Regulators In US"
Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises
In ‘Cancer Alley,’ Carbon Capture Push Draws Fire From Environmentalists
Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Face Challenges From Climate Change
Monarch Butterflies' White Spots May Help Them Fly Farther: Scientists
Lawsuit Seeks Final Endangered Species Act Protections for Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs
New species of goby fish discovered in Georgia river
Copper-eyed creature found lurking among ferns in the night is a new species in Peru
Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
Two Freshwater Mussels Receive Endangered Species Act Protections in Arkansas, Missouri
New species of cliff-dwelling gecko discovered in Vietnam
New species of 'jumping spider' found in Goregaon; researchers name it after city
Marine Biologists Discover Three New Species of Carnivorous Sponges
Call for participation: workshop on geoheritage management in UNESCO designated sites | UNESCO
New Calls for Proposals - Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund
IUCN Launches the Project “Enhancing climate resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan"
China and IUCN collaborate to launch the landmark Nature-based Solutions Asian Hub, facilitating research and cooperation.
New alliances and valuable learnings between North African environmental associations witnessed at the PPI-OSCAN regional workshop.
IUCN launches a guide for agribusinesses on investing in landscape restoration to sustain agrifood supply chains
Guidance on Nature-based Solutions in humanitarian action launched in collaboration with Sphere
Train Carrying Hot Asphalt, Molten Sulfur Plunges Into Yellowstone River
"Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches"
Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves"
"EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing"
Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill
"‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time"
Civil Eats: "Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide"
"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon"
"Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida"
"40 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today"
"Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S."
UN Accord On Ship Recycling To Start 2 Years After More Countries Join
"New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'"
Wolves That Nearly Died Out Recovered, Now Helping Island’s Ecosystem
"In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North"
"A Rule That Could Help Save Coal Miners’ Lives Is Mired in Red Tape"
"A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts"
"Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms"
"Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore In California Due To Algae Bloom"
"Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars"
"Joshua Trees Win Long Term Protection In Environmental Victory"
"EPA Closes Civil Rights Probe Into Louisiana Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
Top Nuclear Regulator Faces Tough Reconfirmation Battle In The Senate"
"Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test"
Coal Ash Sinkhole Expands In NC, Contaminating Stream Amid Legal Dispute
"Farm Boom, Fires Make Bolivia No. 3 In World For Forest Loss"
A Toxic Metal Is In A US City’S Air – And May Be Harming Children’s Brains
"The Emerging Science of Tracing Smoke Back to Wildfires"
"Through Pandemics and Wildfires, Can Air Sensors Keep Offices Safe?"
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
Forest fires: An extra degree of temperature can increase the burned area by 222%

Conservation News ~ 26 May 2023

5/26/2023

"The Bat Lands: The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats"
Canada Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Colorado, Montana
Russia Targets Greenpeace In Crackdown On Dissent"
Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates of Coastal Flooding
"Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong"
New York City Is Sinking Due To Weight Of Its Skyscrapers: Research
As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story
"The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil"
"Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading"
"A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy."
New species of freshwater crab discovered burrowing in India
Scientists discover 380 new species in lower Mekong
Two new mollusk species discovered in Hainan
‘A truly thrilling find’: Extremely rare species found in California
7 States Reach Colorado River Deal, Bringing Big Water Cuts For 3 Years
Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought
"Global Heating Will Push Billions Outside ‘Human Climate Niche’"
WMO: 2M Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over 50 Years
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Won’t Seek Reelection
Oak Flat: "Biden Admin Hits Pause On Ariz. Copper Mine"
"Chemours’ PFAS Challenge Affects Semiconductors, State Cleanups"
"Food Prices Are Still High. What Role Do Corporate Profits Play?"
"Why Tree-Planting Schemes Aren’t a Silver Bullet"
"The Scientist And The Bats"
'Dancing' semislug emerges after rainfall — and discovered as new species in Thailand
California Backs Consensus Plan to Bolster the Colorado River
A color-changing lizard and "Muppet" orchid are among 380 newly found species
New frog species with "groins of fire" discovered in Amazon with colors that resemble flames
Coastal Guam Residents Evacuate As Approaching Typhoon Mawar Threatens
"US, EU Lawmakers Push To Depose UAE's Jaber From Climate Talks"
"Climate Protests Over Private Jets Disrupt Geneva Airport Flights"
"EPA Under Pressure To Revive Noise Pollution Program"
Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health
"EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat"
"Colorado River Water Sharing Agreement Likely Dodges Legal Fight"
CEO Of Top Carbon Credit Certifier To Resign After Claims Offsets Worthless
"These Countries Will Be Dangerously Hot Within The Next Century"
"America’s Big Shift To Green Energy Has A Woolly Mammoth Problem"
Cheaper method to capture carbon dioxide could shake up industry
Conservation bill aims to preserve half of Vermont’s land mass by 2050
A preserved Amazon rainforest worth USD $317 billion per year
Microsoft signs one of the largest ever carbon removal deals
Seabird conservation mostly works
Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture
World’s largest carbon capture facility will store 9M tonnes of CO2 yearly
IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident
"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs"
In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature'
"Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk And Some May Harm, Research Says"
"Scrapped DOE Funding For Battery Company Fuels New Concerns"
"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch."
"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky"
Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters
"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland talks with Arizona tribes at the Grand Canyon"
"Weird, Rare, and Everywhere"
New species of frog discovered in Peru wetland
Two new species of crustacean discovered in Saudi Arabia
Almost half world's species seeing rapid population decline, study finds
Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries
More than 5000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
New species of shrimp with 'intriguingly' large eyes found in Thailand
Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board
Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners
How Busy Will Atlantic Hurricane Season Be? Depends Two Clashing Forces.
Environmental Racism: The Battle Over Long Island Brookhaven Landfill
"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume"
"India Has Big Clean Energy Goals - So Why Is It Banking On Coal?"
"Lula Summons Ministers As Congress Seeks To Dilute Environmental Powers"
"Most of Guam Without Power, Water After Typhoon Mawar Exits"
"North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools"
"Germany Conducts Raids Against Climate Activists, Alleging Criminality"
"A Boat Went Dark. Finding It Could Help Save The World’s Fish."

Conservation News ~ 19 May 2023

5/19/2023

In Honorable Memory of Ziad Samaha
COP28 High-Level Champion Calls for Greater Inclusion and Partnerships with Indigenous Communities for Climate Action
The new IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology promotes a comprehensive approach to analyze ecosystems in the face of present and future challenges
Earth Day 2023: Inclusive conservation invests in Indigenous and local women
The IUCN Green List, what it is and why it’s useful
Putting people at the heart of human-wildlife conflict: Outcomes of the International Conference on Human-Wildlife
Conflict and Coexistence
Maher Mahjoub, new director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Brief IUCN WCEL statement regarding the sixth session of the Environment Assembly
Utah's Endangered Species Mitigation Fund allocates $4.4 million to fund 42 wildlife
Taiwan passes organic law to establish Ministry of the Environment
New demon catshark species discovered off coast of Western Australia
New stoloniferous species of begonia found in Yunnan
Butterfly Group With Fiery 'Eyes' Is Named After 'Lord of the Rings' Villain Sauron
Sacramento Zoo announces Sumatran orangutan birth; 1st since 1981
Rare owlfly species discovered from Rajasthan
Texas A&M Forest Service To Receive $21.75 Million For Urban Forestry Initiatives
Indianapolis Zoo offers $1 million sponsorship of endangered species preservation plan
Almost 30,000 People Displaced As Alberta Continues Battling Wildfires
"Fire Burns For Third Day At Shell Texas Chemical Plant"
"Federal Pipeline Agency Rolls Out Methane Proposal"
"West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice"
"Oil Boom Transforms Guyana, Prompting A Scramble For Spoils"
"Circuit Panel’s Halt of EPA Ozone Rule Threatens National Limits"
Florida Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by Proposed LNG Plant
Tribe Was Barred From Cultural Burning — Then A Fire Hit Their Community
"Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines"
"Radar, Cameras Show Sea Birds Avoid Wind Turbines"
"Warming-Stoked Tides Eating Huge Holes In Greenland Glacier"
Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias?
"Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says."
"Outdoor Brands Phase Out PFAS, “Forever Chemicals,” Ahead Of State Bans"
Project Documents D.C. Region’s Dying Ash Trees
Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting
Puppy Mills: Iowa Still Leads The Nation In Both Violators And Citations
"Charles Is Not Your Climate King"
"Wanted: Lost Crab Traps. Reward: $5"
"D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water"
"Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire"
"US Approves Temporary Nuclear Waste Storage In New Mexico"
"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says"
"Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling"
Making Shift Happen: Momentum for New Thinking About River Restoration
"Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan"
‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam
Death Toll From Wildfires In Russia’s Urals Hits 21, Authorities Suspect Arson
"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans"
Program announces birth of endangered wolves once found in Tennessee
EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change
"In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan"
"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee"
Rail Safety Bill, Inspired by Fiery Ohio Derailment, Clears Major Hurdle
"Climate Maths 'Doesn't Add Up' Without Carbon Capture: COP28 Chief"
"Florida Lawmakers Want To Use Radioactive Material To Pave Roads"
New Mexico Officials: FEMA Delays Lead To Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims
Number Of Internally Displaced People Hits Record Amid War, Climate Change
Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit
Sound Artist Eavesdrops On What May Be World’s Heaviest Organism
Examination of unique shark eggs leads to discovery of new species
"Unusually Early Heat Wave In Pacific Northwest Tests Records"
"Cyclone Mocha: Deadly Storm Hits Myanmar And Bangladesh Coasts"
Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescues
Flush With Federal Money, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize
Climate Deniers Target Scientists For Vicious Abuse On Musk’s Twitter
Controlled Burns Prevent Wildfires, But Regulations Make It Very Hard
"Nature Lawyers Up"
Biden Pledged To Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Overseas. ExIm Bank Does Anyway
"Getting A Silent Killer Out Of The Kitchen"
"On The Hunt For Yellowstone’s Bison"
"U.S. Supreme Court Preserves California Humane Pig Confinement Law"
EPA Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants
"Scientists Warn Of Disinfectant Dangers: Study"
"Biden Moves To Mandate Greener Building Codes In One-Sixth Of New Houses"
"Tohono O’odham Nation To Get Ancestral Land Back"
"As Exxon Bows Out, Industry Takes Step Toward Sustainable Algae Biofuels"
"Veterans on Borrowed Time Fume Over Delays on Toxic Water Claims"
"As Climate Risks Rise, Flood Insurance Costs Stun US Homeowners"
Environmentalists Aim To Block Gold Mine Near Yellowstone — By Buying It
Koalas Are Dying From Chlamydia. A New Vaccine Effort Is Trying To Save Them
New species of flying gecko found in Mizoram; named after state
"Biden Nominates National Cancer Institute Director To Lead NIH"
"Wind Is Main Source of UK Electricity for First Time"
"EPA Looks To Toss ‘Deceptive’ Plastics Recycling Symbol"
Ads Claiming Products Are Carbon Neutral By Using Offsetting Face UK Ban
"Intensive Farming Is Biggest Cause Of Bird Decline In Europe, Study Says"
"Exxon Targets Standing in Largest-Ever Citizen Lawsuit Penalty"
Maker Of Graphite For Batteries Plans $800 Million Factory in SW Georgia
Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways
Enviro, Oil Companies Battle Ohio Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater
Herders In Kenya Kill 10 Lions, Including Loonkiito, One Of The Oldest
Platypuses return to Sydney's Royal National Park after disappearing for decades
New species of parachute gecko discovered in India: study
"Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline"
"Plastic Pollution Could Be Slashed By 80% By 2040, UN Says"
"Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution Resuming Solar Tariffs"
"WSU Researchers Win Historic FDA Approval For Gene-Edited Pork"
"Cop28 Host UAE’s Approach Is ‘Dangerous’, Says UN’S Ex-Climate Chief"
"Goodbye, Fish And Chips? New England Haddock Imperiled By Overfishing"
"Can the World Make an Electric Car Battery Without China?"
"US Approves Emergency Use Of Bird Flu Vaccine To Save California Condors"
Communities Of Color Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS In Drinking Water
"Burning Man Becomes Latest Adversary in Geothermal Feud"
"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills"
Earth May Briefly Hit Key Warming Threshold, UN Forecasts
"Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit."
"Manchin Blocks DOE Nominee Over Gas Stoves"
US Power Grids Vulnerable To Extreme Heat Conditions This Summer: NERC
Federal Rules Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills: Report
“Halliburton Loophole” Lets Fracking Firms Pollute Water Without Oversight
Report Finds Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs
"A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook the Planet"
"Weather Extremes: What Happens To People After A Disaster?"
Climate Change, Diversion Shrink World's Lakes By Trillions Of Gallons
El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Could Cost The Global Economy Trillions
Senate Dems Enter Permitting Fray With Bill Aimed at Climate, Electricity
Brazil Rejects Oil Drilling Project Near Mouth of Amazon River
US Greenlights Major Transmission Line For Renewable Energy In West
"Villagers Evacuated As Wildfire Ravages Woodlands In Western Spain"
"Green Banks Spring Up in States, Spurred by $27 Billion Fund"
"Colombia's Climate Migration Draft Law Hailed As 'Life Saver'"
Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate
"Most Teachers Support Teaching Students About Climate Change, Survey Finds"

Conservation News ~ 5 May 2023

5/5/2023

"EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer"
"California Phases Out Diesel Trucks: What Happens Next?"
"New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Buildings"
"House OKs Resolution Overturning Biden Solar Tariff Pause"
"California's Fire Season Under Way Weeks After Heavy Rain and Snow"
"Dispatcher Frustration Over Stress And Pay Risks US Wildfire Chaos"
"Will A New National Park Mend Tribal Ties?"
"The Places At Greatest Risk From Extreme Heat"
"Maine Transmission Line Is Stalled Despite Court Victories"
"What Cheetahs, Armadillos and Whales Revealed About Human DNA"
Scientists discover 3 new sea worms that glow in the dark
ZSI team discovers 2 new spider species in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power"
"Many California Hospitals Are Near Wildfire Danger Zones, Study Says"
"Navajo Nation, Activists Feel Cut Out As Company Plans Uranium Mining
Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can Farm Bill Create Solutions?
"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Over SpaceX Launch License For Texas"
"Orbiting Methane ‘Speed Cameras’ Are Catching Polluters in the Act"
Brazil’s Lula Recognizes Six Indigenous Lands, And Says More To Come
"California Condors In Arizona, Utah Died From Avian Flu"
"What Sound Can Tell Us About Our Changing World"
"A Grove Of Tree Books For Arbor Day"
58 species added, 36 removed from Michigan's threatened, endangered species list
Scientists Use NASA Satellite Data to Determine Belize Coral Reef Risk
"Famine Still Stalks Somalia"
"Biden’s Push To Disclose Climate Risks Hits Wall Of Industry Resistance"
"How Dust Storms Happen, And Why They’re So Dangerous"
"Outrage Over Fresh Chemical Leak At Shell Plastics Plant"
Enviros Want FTC Green Guides to Shun ‘Chemical’ Recycling of Plastic Waste
"Climate-Hit Wetlands Lay Bare Britain's Biodiversity Struggle"
"The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t."
"Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming"
"Toxic Vinyl Chloride Is A Widespread Environmental Injustice"
"They Pollute. You Pay (Literally)."
New mushroom species discovered from Sri Lanka
New subterranean catfish species discovered in India
"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards"
"Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast."
"Fla. And La. Must Borrow Millions To Pay Insurance Claims"
"Biden Administration Proposes Water Quality Standard For Tribes"
Senators Hopeful They Can Keep Rail Safety Bill On Track After E Palestine
"Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend And Downplay"
"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says China Has Invited Him For Talks"
"Hawaii Lawmakers Fail To Pass Annual Park Fee For Tourists"
"UN Warns Heat Records Could Be Broken As Chance Of El Niño Rises"
"The Latest To Be Evacuated From California's Floods? Bunnies"
Black Alabamians Endured Poor Sewage For Decades. Now They May See Justice.
Texas’ Water Infrastructure Is Broken, Jeopardizing Quality And Supply
"Living and Breathing on the Front Line of a Toxic Chemical Zone"
In ‘Cancer Alley’, Chemical Giants Campaign Against Grassroots Organizers
"WVa Residents Rip Pesticide Facility Plan As Hearing Looms"
Tribe Signs Pact To Work With California To Save Endangered Salmon
"Commonwealth Hard Hit By Climate Impacts"
First Nation Fights In B.C. Court To Stop Dozens Of Mineral Claims
"Do Hungry North Atlantic Right Whales Follow Their Noses?"
"Long Reviled as ‘Ugly,’ Sea Lampreys Finally Get Some Respect"
German Zoo welcomes first polar bear cub in 21 years
Rice loving Asian elephant captured and relocated after killing six people in India
Rare statue of Maya lightning god found in Mexico
American Museum of Natural History in NYC to open state of the art Richard Gilder Center
Rare, revered reptile on brink of extinction after last female dies
‘Extinct’ snail return to Tahiti in largest wildlife reintroduction ever
Volcanic microbe discovered can eat CO2 astonishingly quickly to cut climate-heating gases
California bans the sale of new diesel trucks by 2036
Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China

Conservation News ~ 28 April 2023

4/28/2023

Biden signs executive order creating Office of Environmental Justice
"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants"
"UN’s Weather Agency: 2022 Was Nasty, Deadly, Costly And Hot"
"In Puerto Rico, Solar Power Microgrids Boost Hurricane Resilience"
"FTC Eyes Revisions to the Guidelines that Shape Green Marketing"
"Historic Investment In Urban Trees Underway Across The U.S."
Earth Day Greenwashing Must Not Detract From Message: Protest Founder
"New Federal Program Targets Abandoned Crab, Lobster Traps"
"Unhealthy Air Alerts In Eastern North Carolina As Fire Rages"
"The Giving Forest"
"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court"
Scientists find 26 new species of worm in Porirua
Two new species of crayfish found in western North Carolina
Wetland-Dependent Desert Flower Protected Under Endangered Species Act
Native New Mexico plant named endangered species
An Indigenous woman from the Amazon wins the Goldman Environment Prize
"Oil Companies Rejected by Supreme Court on Climate Suits"
"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling"
"Biden Threatens To Veto House Resolution To End Solar Panel Tariffs Freeze"
"Granholm Backs Mountain Valley Pipeline"
EPA Accused Of Failing To Regulate Use Of Toxic Herbicide Despite Court Order
2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Include Texas Gulf Coast Defender
EPA Settlement Forces Chemical Plant To Cut Cancer-Causing Air Pollutants
"Safety Board: Several Issues Contributed to Massive Fire at BioLab"
"The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming"
"Salamander Dads Are Turning Into Cannibals, Threatening Species Survival"
Vying for 2024, Can Biden Repair Damaged Climate and Environmental Image?
"Top US Banks Face Little Investor Pressure On Fossil-Fuel Financing"
Amid Fires, Calif. Scientists Probe How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children
"EPA Solvent Rule Said to Signal Hurdles Ahead for US Industries"
Record Number Of Dam Removals Helps Restore Rivers Across Europe
"Blackout-Beset South Africa May Delay Closing Coal Stations"
"U.S. Identifies Gulf Of Maine Area For Offshore Wind Development"
New Book: "Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways?"
"Clean Energy, Ethanol Concerns Dog Debt Ceiling Bill"
"Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus"
"House Republicans Pass US Debt Bill, Push Biden On Spending"
"In the Game of Musical Mines, Environmental Damage Takes a Back Seat"
Scientists: "Record Ocean Temperatures Put Earth In ‘Uncharted Territory’"
"Senate Votes To Overturn Biden Truck Pollution Limit"
"Home Efficiency Plans Run Up Against Lack of Qualified Workers"
"GM Kills Another Electric Car. It’s Different This Time."
Canada Oil Sands Leak Heightens First Nations' Calls To Clean Up Tailings
Ex-Federal Officials Slam WHO For Misleading Guidance On ‘Forever Chemicals’
Justice Gorsuch Sold House to Guy Whose Firm Brought Clean Power Plan Suit
"Will California’s Big Melt Be A Slow-Moving Disaster?"
"Climate Change Caused Catastrophic East Africa Drought, Scientists Say"
EPA and Texas Ignored Warnings at Chemical Site. Then an Inferno Erupted.
"BC Hydro Secretly Handed Out $430 Million In Site C Dam Contracts"
House Dems Release Permitting Proposal Focused On Electricity, Renewables
Enviros Hit GOP With Attack Ads Over Votes To Repeal Renewable Tax Credits
"Anti-China Fervor Casts A Dark Cloud Over Solar And U.S. Climate Goals"
Flooding on Upper Mississippi River To Halt Barge Traffic For Weeks: USDA
L.A.’s Water Lifeline Faces Unprecedented Flood Threat, Calamity
"Drop The 'Natural' In Natural Gas, Climate Activists Urge US Officials"
"Coral Reefs Are in Crisis. Could a Controversial Idea Help?"
Oregon State University researcher will receive top global forestry award from Swedish king
Lion thought extinct in Chad reappears after 20 year hiatus
Study shows dramatic insect decline is also occurring in forests
Organic roofs top green hillocks in Mexico City forest to form zero-waste pavilions
Sleeping elephant seals fall though oceans depths
Researchers develop carbon-negative concrete
Scientists discover pristine deep-sea Galapagos reed teeming with life
Johan Rockstrom: The 100 most influential people of 2023
Salting and burying biomass crops in dry landfills could economically capture greenhouse gas for thousands of years
Scientists find unprecedented rates of sea level rise along some US coasts that’s 3 times higher than global average