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I generally focus on conservation issues effecting biodiversity, land use/abuse, research, and job opportunities that I have come across. Most of the opportunities come from the Opps page and you can click on the button below to take you there.
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Conservation News ~ 5 August 2022

8/5/2022

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  • US drafts new speed limits on shipping to help save endangered whales
  • 'Soon it will be unrecognisable': total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert
  • New species of cone snail discovered on Aruba  
  • Brazil moves toward paving a road through a preserved Amazon area
  • U.S. Naval Academy proposal to build new golf course riles environmentalists
  • "House Passes 48-Bill Wildfire-Protection Package"
  • "Chemical Recycling Bills Gain Momentum and Opposition in States"
  • "Green Bank, Environmental Equity Among Climate Deal’s Winners"
  • "Rich Countries Failed To Meet Their Climate Funding Goal"
  • "California Not Counting Methane Leaks From Idle Wells"
  • Fireproofing Your Home Isn't Very Expensive, But Few States Require It
  • "Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Flooding Across Iran"
  • "Fires Engulf Western Nebraska Wildlife Area, Sparking Evacuations"
  • "As Species Recover, Some Threaten Others In More Dire Shape"
  • "For Climate Migrants in Bangladesh, Town Offers New Life"
  • Call for hippos to join list of world's most endangered animals
  • Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Is Expanding by 16000 Acres
  • Researcher discovers a new species of sea bream (Sparidae) from the Red Sea
  • "Kentucky Floods Kill At Least 37 As More Storms Forecast"
  • ""At Least 14 Potential Heat Deaths In Oregon After Hot Spell""
  • "Manchin Won a Pledge From Democrats to Finish a Contested Pipeline"
  • Feds Will Reverse Trump Decision Opening Central Calif. Lands To Drilling
  • Gas Industry Pumps Money Into Tiny Local Race To Crush Climate Champion
  • Scientists Say It’s ‘Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes
  • "Pollution: 'Forever Chemicals' In Rainwater Exceed Safe Levels"
  • Whistleblowers Give New Evidence of EPA Failure to Assess Toxic Chemicals
  • "What Are 'Flash Droughts' and Why Are They So Destructive?"
  • "The World's Largest Hornet Is Getting a New Name"
  • Rwanda joins IUCN Green List
  • Rangers from Nicaragua and Mexico among global award winners
  • Rangers from Zimbabwe, Kenya and DRC among global award winners
  • Ranger from Bolivia among global award winners
  • Brazil's environment chief approved paving Amazon highway against prior IBAMA warnings
  • Six new species of miniature frog discovered in Mexico
  • Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti
  • Jellyfish filmed by scuba diver off Papua New Guinea could be rare or new species
  • Researchers find new species of Nemacheilidae fish in Putao, Northern Myanmar
  • "How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions"
  • "EPA Announces Flights To Look For Methane In Permian Basin"
  • "Ukraine: Situation at Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant 'Out Of Control'"
  • "A Race To Save Fish As Rio Grande Dries, Even In Albuquerque"
  • "Wind-Whipped Fire Leaves Northern California Hamlet In Ashes"
  • "A Record Amount Of Seaweed Is Choking Shores In The Caribbean"
  • Long a Climate Straggler, Australia Advances Major Bill to Cut Emissions
  • "Drought, Sluggish Mississippi River Make Small Dead Zone"
  • "UN Warns Two Largest US Water Reservoirs At ‘Dangerously Low Levels’"
  • Coral Levels In Parts Of Great Barrier Reef Are At Highest In 36 Years
  • "Senate Passes Long-Sought Bill To Help Veterans Affected By Burn Pits"
  • "Feds Target US Companies Caught In Lucrative Shark Fin Trade"
  • "Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land"
  • "US High Tide Flooding Breaks Records In Multiple Locations"
  • What You Need To Know About The Push To Mine Ontario’s Ring of Fire
  • "Automakers Blitz Congress to Fix an EV Tax Credit They Can’t Use"
  • Over 10 Inches Of Rain Falls In Illinois, Another Exceptional Deluge
  • Climate-Smart Farming Is a Lot Harder Than Manchin Bill Makes It Sound
  • Sea Otters Were Hunted To Near-Extinction. Can They Be Reintroduced?
  • On Hawaiian Mountain, The Fight Over Telescopes Nearing A Peaceful End
  • Mozambique busts notorious rhino poacher
  • Grotesque greed – immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN Chief
  • Hawaii receives final coal shipment for its last coal-fired power plant
  • "Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal, Clearing the Way for Votes"
  • Biden HHS Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Public Health Emergency In U.S.
  • History of DDT Ocean Dumping Off L.A. Even Worse Than Expected, EPA Finds
  • "Despite Slow Start, NOAA Still Predicts Above-Average Hurricane Season"
  • "Nuclear Milestone: Feds Greenlight Vogtle To Fuel Up"
  • "Drought Emergency in Mexico Rekindles Demand for Water Law Reform"
  • "U.S. Cities Push The Homeless To Live In Tent Camps"
  • "Communities Near 23 Sterilization Plants Have Increased Cancer Risk: EPA"
  • Judge Rejects Federal Plans For Fossil Fuel Mining In Powder River Basin
  • "Appalachian Voices Sues State Over Release Of Carbon Market Document"
  • Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
  • 'Magnificent' jellyfish found off coast of Papua New Guinea could be new species
  • 'Treasure map' of ants may help experts discover new ant species in India
  • Arizona Jaguar “El Jefe” reappears in Central Sonora
  • Scientists find traces of massive ancient rainforests in Antarctica
  • Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor
  • Researchers improve catalyst that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ with sunlight
  • Climate experts experience an odd sensation after Manchin budget deal: optimism
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Conservation News ~ 17 June 2022

6/17/2022

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  • Rare Arizona wildflower protected under Endangered Species Act
  • New species of freshwater sponge discovered in Wyndham
  • Overexploited and underprotected: Study urges action on Asia’s rosewoods
  • The curious case of the Sri Lankan national flower that wasn’t
  • For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help
  • Even Antarctic snow can’t escape the plastic peril, study shows
  • Report clears Kenyan conservancy of community abuse, but advocates cry foul
  • For Thai fishers facing dwindling catches, a Lao dam looms large
  • Native flower extinct in New Mexico could be brought back through federal protections
  • "Phoenix, Vegas, Denver Post Records Amid Southwest Heat Wave"
  • "‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger"
  • California Fire Season Made Dangerous By Drought, Water Restrictions
  • Chemical Pollutants Linked To Falling Sperm Quality In Research
  • "Tundra Wildfire Creeps Closer Toward Alaska Native Community"
  • Car Tyres Produce Way More Particle Pollution Than Exhausts: Tests
  • "Rare Wetland Plant Found In Arizona Now Listed As Endangered"
  • "The Race Against Time To Breed A Wheat To Survive The Climate Crisis"
  • "Virginia's Critical Wetlands Are Marching Inland"
  • "Brazil Police: Items Owned By Missing Men Found In Amazon"
  • Proposed copper and gold mine threatens the world’s ‘second Amazon’ in PNG
  • World is losing ‘magical’ tradition of human-animal mutualism, study warns
  • Loggers close in on one of the world’s oldest biosphere reserves
  • ‘GPS’ bird points to the sweet spot: Q&A with honey hunter Eliupendo Laltaika
  • In Indonesian Borneo, a succession of extractive industries multiplies impacts, social fractures
  • "Record-Setting Heat Wave Expands East; Over 100 Million Under Alerts"
  • "Western Wildfires Force Evacuations In Arizona, California"
  • "Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances"
  • "Biden Admin Proposes Standards To Increase Home Heating Efficiency"
  • "Yellowstone Floods Wipe Out Roads, Bridges, Strand Visitors"
  • Sky News Australia Is A Global Hub For Climate Misinformation: Report
  • "Aging Dams Could Soon Benefit From $7B Federal Loan Program"
  • "SEC Democrats Worry Climate Reporting Plan Falls Short on Audits"
  • "Family Says Bodies Found In Search For Journalist And Colleague"
  • "How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet"
  • New sponge crab species named after being discovered off coast of Western Australian
  • Maasai protesters shot, beaten as Tanzania moves forward with wildlife game reserve
  • Mahogany, a pillar of the rainforest, needs support (commentary)
  • Zoo animals not immune to Sri Lanka’s economic rout as food prices surge
  • ‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern
  • Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans
  • Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest
  • Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers
  • "Conservation Groups Sue Feds To Protect Old-Growth Forests"
  • "Biden Tells Oil Refiners: Produce More Gas, Fewer Profits"
  • "How Extreme Heat Kills, Sickens, Strains and Ages Us"
  • "Leaked List: EPA Eyes Closure Plans For 160 Coal Ash Ponds"
  • "Mine Cleanup Program Still Lacks Biden Appointee"
  • "Russia’s Oil Revenue Soars Despite Sanctions, Study Finds"
  • "One Site, 95 Tons of Methane an Hour"
  • More Than 20 Million US Farm Animals Die On Way To Abattoir Every Year
  • "The 1977 White House Climate Memo That Should Have Changed The World"
  • Hellish Fires, Low Pay, Trauma: Calif. Firefighters Face Morale Crisis
  • Dead Penguins Keep Washing Up on New Zealand’s Beaches.
  • Virgin Islands Flower Finally Gets Endangered Species Protections After 47 Years
  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect Habitat for 12 Endangered Coral Species
  • Environmental groups sue Biden administration over western drilling permits
  • Climate change: Green energy 'stagnates' as fossil fuels dominate
  • New species of bamboo-dwelling bat found in Meghalaya
  • His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan and Professor Stephen Carpenter win the 3st Blue Planet Prize by the Asahi Glass Foundation
  • "U.S. Issues New Warnings On 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water"
  • "Part of Flooded Yellowstone Likely To Remain Closed All Summer"
  • "LNG Plant Had History Of Safety Issues Before Explosion"
  • "Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low"
  • "Global Regulators Set Out Climate Checklist For Banks"
  • Bank Group Accused Of Loopholes And ‘Greenwashing’ In Climate Pledge
  • "Air Pollution Worse For Global Lifespan Than Cigarettes Or Alcohol"
  • "New Data Reveals Extraordinary Global Heating In The Arctic"
  • "Renewable-Rich States Push Feds to End Electricity Grid Logjam"
  • "Great Lakes Ice Coverage Declines As The Climate Warms"
  • Algae bloom in Gulf of Maine
  • Endangered sea turtles hatch on Texas beach for the first time in modern history
  • Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn’t a person, a court rules
  • China’s clean air campaign is bringing down global pollution
  • Guardians, allies challenge Trump-era rule change allowing logging of mature and old growth forests
  • Mass frog burial baffles experts at iron age site near Cambridge
  • Beyer introduces Half Earth resolution on birthday of EO Wilson
  • Largest colony of African penguins in the world is gone
  • Yellowstone National Park announced that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain
  • Feral Cats Push Endangered Marsupial to Brink of Extinction
  • EPA Confirms Three Widely Used Neonicotinoid Pesticides Likely Harm Vast Majority of Amphibians
  • New Species Of Absurdly Fluffy Crab Makes Hats Out Of Sea Sponges
  • "White House Weighs Fuel Export Limits as Pump Prices Surge"
  • "Climate Change: Bonn Talks End in Acrimony Over Compensation"
  • "Emissions From New US Natural Gas Projects Will Equal 18 Million Cars"
  • "U.S. House Passes A Major Wildlife Conservation Spending Bill"
  • "Shaky Oasis For Some Polar Bears Found, But Not For Species"
  • "House Passes Bill To End Restrictions On Higher-Ethanol Fuels"
  • Just 13% Of Nations In Stockholm Convention Have Disposed Of PCBs Properly
  • "Can a Law Protecting Endangered Animals Stop New Oil Drilling?"
  • "How Millions Of Lives Can Be Saved If The US Acts Now On Climate"
  • Scientists Name Climate Change As Likely Cause For Alaska Snow Crab Decline
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Conservation News ~ 10 June 2022

6/10/2022

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  • An Inuk identifies new subspecies of butterfly while working with Montreal Insectarium
  • JAPAN TESTED A GIANT TURBINE THAT GENERATES ELECTRICITY USING DEEP OCEAN CURRENTS
  • Tanzania starts exporting coal to European markets
  • 11 Mexican gray wolf pups are released into the wild.
  • A return to agroecology traditions points the way forward for Malawi’s farmers
  • Study: Regenerative farming boosts soil health, yielding more nutritious crops
  • Bangladeshi coastal communities plant mangroves as a shield against cyclones
  • Indonesia teams up with Germany on Sumatran rhino breeding efforts
  • Protect Persian leopards, and their defenders, for World Environment Day (commentary)
  • Video: Indonesian villagers missing out on spoils from palm oil boom
  • California court ruling opens door for protection of insects as endangered species
  • A year since X-Press Pearl sinking, Sri Lanka is still waiting for compensation
  • Canada mining push puts major carbon sink and Indigenous lands in the crosshairs
  • Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade
  • Sumatra palm plantations the usual suspects as unusual burning razes peatlands
  • Legal and illegal cannabis: A cause for growing environmental concern
  • How Colombia disenfranchised Indigenous Inga communities in favor of oil
  • ‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman
  • Feds agree to evaluate listing Yellowstone bison population under Endangered Species Act
  • Let’s not pretend planting trees is a permanent climate solution
  • Civic body expands experimentation with Miyawaki urban forestry
  • "Fracking Moratorium off California Coast Ordered by Ninth Circuit"
  • "Biden To Waive Tariffs For 24 Months On Solar Panels Hit By Probe"
  • Geese, Skuas, Cranes, Foxes: Avian Flu Takes Growing Toll On Wildlife
  • "Glyphosate Weedkiller Damages Wild Bee Colonies, Study Reveals"
  • "Wildfire Rages Near Athens, Damaging Homes"
  • "Texas Power Use To Hit Record High On Economic Growth, Hot Weather"
  • "Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History"
  • "Fossil-Fuel Shares Lead the Stock Market. How Awkward."
  • "Global Plastic Use And Waste On Track To Triple By 2060"
  • "Indian Traditions Entwine With Trees in Green Drive To Revive Land"
  • Indian Civic body expands experimentation with Miyawaki urban forestry
  • "Biden to Pause New Solar Tariffs as WH Aims to Encourage Adoption"
  • "Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
  • "EPA Reaches Tandem Deals Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
  • "Ship Pollution Is Rising As The U.S. Waits For World Leaders To Act"
  • "Climate Groups Coordinating $100M In Ad Spending Ahead Of Midterms"
  • "‘Bees Are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say"
  • "Ukraine Migration Maps ‘What’s Possible’ for Climate Displaced"
  • 1st Nation Reclaims Territory By Declaring Indigenous Protected Area In B.C.
  • What Are Scientists Learning About the Deepest Diving Ocean Creatures?
  • Op-Ed: "On the Clean Water Act’s 50th Birthday, What Should We Celebrate?"
  • First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
  • Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)
  • ‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study
  • Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand
  • Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces
  • Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
  • In the DRC’s forests, a tug-of-war between oil and aid
  • Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds
  • Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts
  • US proposes experimental populations of endangered species outside historic habitat
  • Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
  • Water scarcity should mean less planned growth
  • Dominican Republic environment minister shot dead in his office
  • "Vulnerable Nations Demand Funding For Climate Losses, Fearing UN 'Talk Shop'"
  • "Automakers Back U.S. Restoring California Emissions Authority"
  • "In Nigeria's Disappearing Forests, Loggers Outnumber Trees"
  • "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’"
  • "Fight Looms Over New York’s Bid to Slow Crypto-Mining Boom"
  • As Climate Makes Animals Migrate, 1000s of New Viruses Will Hop To Humans
  • "Oil And Gas Companies Underreported Methane Leaks, New Study Shows"
  • "Chesapeake Earns Another C Grade In Latest Report Card"
  • "Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges"
  • "History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster"
  • The reef fish people find ugly more likely to be endangered, study finds
  • Red Panda is Being Driven Closer to Extinction, New Study Shows
  • Two new polyalthiopsis species reported from China
  • Foreign capital powers Brazil’s meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
  • German Development Cooperation provides an additional €12.5 million in funding for IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme
  • Ethiopia mobilizes leaders and policy makers to mainstream biodiversity
  • TFCA Financing Facility hands over Covid-19 response grants to SADC TFCAs
  • Greens win NEPA court fight over Calif. offshore fracking
  • New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before
  • For traditional peoples in Brazil’s Maranhão state, progress brings violence
  • ‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama
  • Indonesia should take a leadership role in the Global Plastics Treaty (commentary)
  • Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico
  • Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved
  • Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time
  • New study offers answers for why tropical birds are more colorful
  • ‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover
  • End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study
  • Why Russia should not win the bid for Bolivia’s lithium (commentary)
  • Foreign capital powers Brazil’s meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
  • Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces
  • Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
  • In the DRC’s forests, a tug-of-war between oil and aid
  • Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds
  • Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts
  • First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
  • Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)
  • ‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study
  • India rejects Environment Performance Index 2022 that ranked it lowest among 180 countries
  • 10 new coral species discovered in science collections
  • Brazil Coalition Joined by International Organizations to Condemn Genetically Engineered Tree Approval
  • "Biden Proposes a New Marine Sanctuary Off the Northeastern U.S."
  • "National Parks To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics"
  • "More Than 22 Million in Southwest Brace for Dangerous Heat"
  • Drought Prompts Closure Of Joshua Tree Trail To Ensure Water For Bighorns
  • Industry Overpumping Of Baton Rouge Groundwater Could Pollute Supply
  • "Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board"
  • "Battery Shortage Is Hampering The U.S. Switch To Wind, Solar Power"
  • House Passes Water Resources Development Act 384-37
  • "Antarctica: Southern Ocean Floor Mapped In Greatest Ever Detail"
  • "It’s A Moth, It’s A Drone, It’s ‘Smellicopter’"
  • Rare Southwest Wildflower Protected Under Endangered Species Act
  • New species of alga named for poet Amanda Gorman
  • Illegal mining threatens one of the last forest links between the Andes and Ecuador’s Amazon
  • Satellites show deforestation surging in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park
  • In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field
  • Environmental paradise or dystopian debacle? Promise and peril of futuristic island communities (commentary)
  • Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas
  • At 30, Brazil’s Yanomami reserve is beset by mining, malaria and mercury
  • Biden Admin to Set Rules of the Road for Charging Electric Vehicles
  • McCarthy Prods Big Tech To Crack Down On Climate Change Misinformation
  • "Zinke Projected To Win Republican Nomination for U.S. House in Montana"
  • "Explosion at Texas LNG Plant Puts Added Strain On Global Energy Market"
  • Industry-Linked Standard Allows Clothing Giants to Ramp Up Emissions
  • "What Are Millets And Can They Help Create Global Food Security?"
  • "Summer Monarch Populations Are Steady Despite Winter Declines, Study Finds"
  • "Alaska Tribe Nominates Pribilof Islands Area For Sanctuary"
  • "Yellowstone Bison Face Endangered Species Act Review"
  • Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings?
  • California’s last Gray Wolf pack just surprised everyone by welcoming 3 new pups
  • Belize’s newest protected area is named after Sharon Matola!

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Conservation News ~ 3 June 2022

6/3/2022

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  • Egg-eating humans helped drive Australia’s ‘thunder bird’ to extinction
  • ‘Mind-Blowing’ Lost City With a Cosmic Link Discovered in the Amazon
  • EU’s New Energy Plans Include Mandatory Solar Panels On New Buildings
  • Draft-Push for potash mine in Brazil’s Amazon looms over Indigenous people
  • Indigenous community mounts legal challenge to Thai coal mine development
  • Can we save the spiky yellow woodlouse, one of the most endangered isopods? (commentary)
  • Riders of the lost waves: Surfing, and saving, Brazil’s pororocas
  • "Memorial Day Weekend Could Kick Off Long, Hot Summer For Gas Prices"
  • "Ford Beats Tesla to the Punch With First Electric F-150 Delivery"
  • Odd Bedfellows: Farmers And Greens Square Off Against Biden And GOP
  • "Biden’s Pipeline Rules Target Key Link of Carbon Capture Buildout"
  • Some States Are Trying A New Approach To Recycling Plastic
  • "Tribal Request To Halt Arizona Copper Mine Work Is Denied"
  • "Judge Orders US To Decide If Wolverines Need Protection"
  • "Hurricane Agatha Poses Dangerous Flood Threat To Mexico"
  • "A Waterway Project in Brazil Imperils a Vast Tropical Wetland"
  • "Navajo Sign Water Rights Settlement With Utah, Feds"
  • Peru: Researchers discover two new species of lizard
  • New species of Arunachal Macaque named after snow-clad Sela pass
  • Court Restores Wolverine Protections While Agency Reconsiders Endangered Species Decision
  • Southern African countries agree to push for lift on international ivory trade
  • Fossil evidence confirms persistence of prehistoric forests in Brunei
  • ‘Water grab’: Big farm deals leave small farmers out to dry, study shows
  • ‘What’s lacking is respect for Mayan culture’: Q&A with Pedro Uc Be on Mexico’s Tren Maya
  • Satellite data brings new insights on what drives Amazon forest loss
  • A helping hand for red-footed tortoises making a comeback in Argentina
  • As large areas of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest regenerate, the gains don’t last
  • Nepal’s key habitat could lose 39% of its tigers in 20 years, study says
  • Bangladesh ban on resource hunting in Sundarbans leaves communities facing hardship
  • New fynbos lily discovered at southern tip of Africa
  • "Brent Crude Breaks $120 A Barrel As Gas Prices Soar"
  • "How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action"
  • "EU Leaders Agree To Ban 90% Of Russian Oil By The End Of 2022"
  • Tiny Pacific Island Nation Declares Plan To Protect 100% Of Its Ocean
  • "Mini Nuclear Reactors Have an Outsized Waste Problem"
  • Wyoming Utilities Balk at Carbon Capture Pricetag
  • "Watchdogs Tackle the Murky World of Greenwash"
  • "EU Missed Climate Spending Target Despite Claiming It Was Met -Auditors"
  • "Interior Approves Big Power Line For Renewables In U.S. West"
  • "Advocates Cast Doubt On Qatar's Carbon Neutral World Cup Efforts"
  • Europe`s largest green hydrogen plant operational
  • A look at violence and conflict over Indigenous lands in nine Latin American countries
  • Year of the Tiger: Illegal trade thrives amid efforts to save wild tigers
  • Chinese companies linked to illegal logging and mining in northern DRC
  • A hidden crisis in Indonesia’s palm oil sector: 6 takeaways from our investigation
  • Drastic declines in Neotropical birds in a protected Panamanian forest
  • Government inaction sees 98% of deforestation alerts go unpunished in Brazil
  • For 20 years, Comoros had only 1 national park. It’s now creating 5 more
  • Legal defeats pile up for palm oil companies stripped of permits in Papua
  • Amazon frog highlights appropriation of Indigenous knowledge for commercial gain
  • Yellowstone’s wolves defied extinction, but face new threats beyond park’s borders
  • Giraffes One Step Closer to U.S. Endangered Species Protections
  • Southern California Fish Move Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
  • Peru: Researchers discover two new species of lizard
  • "Biden Wants To Rebuild The EPA. He Doesn’t Have The Money To Do It."
  • "Miracle Fuel Hydrogen Can Actually Make Climate Change Worse"
  • "Did Joe Manchin Block Climate Action To Benefit His Financial Interests?"
  • "Experts: Everything Points To Another Busy Hurricane Season"
  • "EPA Staff: No Need To Tighten Soot Limits"
  • "Trump EPA Head Pushed Agents To Speed, Run Sirens"
  • "The Paradox of Salmon Hatcheries"
  • Year of the Tiger: Illegal Trade Thrives Amid Efforts To Save Wild Tigers
  • Pentagon Reports High Levels Of PFAS In Drinking Water Near Bases
  • Was Megalodon Shark Extinction Linked To Great White Competition?
  • World's biggest plant discovered off Australian coast
  • Yellowstone FedEx’d Three Bison To Alaska For $50,000
  • "Deutsche Bank Subsidiary CEO Resigns After Greenwashing Raid"
  • "Biden Administration to Cut Costs for Wind and Solar Energy Projects"
  • "Here’s How The Government Wants To Disaster-Proof Your Home"
  • "Too Many Pinks in the Pacific"
  • "States Are Tackling Climate, Using Federal Cash as Congress Lags"
  • "UN Chief Worries Ukraine War Overshadowing Climate Fight"
  • "Pressure Growing To Remove PFAS From Fast Food Wrappers"
  • "Indian Heatwaves Threaten Maternal And Baby Health"
  • "Coalition Scrapped Recovery Plans For 176 Threatened Species And Habitats"
  • "US Agrees To Update Critical Habitat For Florida Manatees"
  • Bees are 'fish' under Calif. Endangered Species Act
  • India's relic forests reveal a new species of leopard gecko
  • Opaque infrastructure project ‘a death sentence’ for Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Rehabilitation research returns orphaned cheetahs to the wild
  • How Brazil is working to save the rare lion tamarins of the Atlantic Forest
  • Indigenous oyster fisheries were ‘fundamentally different’: Q&A with researcher Marco Hatch
  • In Jordan, the Middle East’s first Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests take root
  • Cash-strapped Zimbabwe pushes to be allowed to sell its ivory stockpile
  • Community participation trumps penalties in protecting seascapes, study suggests
  • Suspension of Chinese miner for pollution in DRC points to wider problem
  • How will climate change impact cold-water corals? Mostly through food loss, study says
  • Australia lists koala as an endangered species across most of its range
  • Turkish scientists discover new species of red algae
  • Gecko found in Andhra, Odisha turns out to be a new species
  • "Undoing Trump, EPA To Empower States And Tribes To Oppose Pipelines"
  • "A Summer Of Blackouts? Wheezing Power Grid Leaves States At Risk."
  • "Why Won’t the EPA Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers?"
  • "Biden Finds Limited Options For Lowering Gasoline Prices"
  • "SEC Climate Rule Sparks Backlash From Business Groups"
  • "EPA Proposes Updating Gasoline Regs, Slashing Emissions"
  • "FDA Agrees To Reassess BPA Risks"
  • "Judge Greenlights More NEPA Reviews On Western Oil Leases"
  • "Zebra Mussel Invasion Threatens Irrigated Agriculture in the Northwest"
  • "Bear Hibernation: More Than A Winter’s Nap"
  • Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis
  • Australian scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off Australian coast
  • All the required $97 million now in place to buy and conserve Newport’s Banning Ranch
  • Fracking plan stopped on 35k acres in Colorado
  • IKEA announces solar panels to be sold in California stores, reduce company’s climate footprint
  • BP to review North Sea investments following windfall tax announcement
  • USDA whistleblower reveals fraudulent wolf kills
  • EU unveils plans to boost African LNG and hydrogen links
  • Extinction Rebellion inspires Shell safety consultant to jump ship
  • First Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle nest seen in a decade at Galveston Island State Park
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Conservation News ~ 27 May 2022

5/27/2022

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  • Int'l Day Of Biodiversity: DG Forestry Institute Of Nigeria Speaks Nigeria's Alignment
  • Saint Louis Zoo announces birth of two leopard cubs from critically endangered species
  • New species of venomous snake registered from Northeast India
  • Easing of crackdown sees Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters
  • That ‘killer’ spider story you read online? Fake news, most probably
  • Researchers compile largest-ever photo database of Amazon wildlife
  • A whiz and a buzz: Bee attacks at Sri Lanka rock fortress point to need for toilets
  • The price of oil spills in Peru and Colombia? Millions of dollars in fines
  • In Singapore, a forensics lab wields CSI-like tech against wildlife traffickers
  • Drivers of Colombia’s peacetime deforestation weave a complex web
  • New species of Chinese giant salamander discovered
  • Stained by oil: A history of spills and impunity in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
  • Investors force Home Depot to review wood-sourcing policy over logging concerns
  • Ecotours aimed at saving monkeys are likely stressing them out, study finds
  • ‘The promise was a lie’: How Indonesian villagers lost their cut of the palm oil boom
  • "Australia’s ‘Climate Election’ Finally Arrived. Will It Be Enough?"
  • "US Forest Chief Calls For A Pause On Prescribed Fire Operations"
  • Drought, Food Prices From Ukraine War Leave Millions In Africa Starving
  • "California Is About To Begin The Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project"
  • "Pet Collars Saga Escalates With Watchdog Probe"
  • "Ryan Zinke Makes His 'Energy Dominance' Pitch To Montanans"
  • Air Monitors Alone Won’t Save Communities From Toxic Industrial Pollution
  • "What Is Monkeypox, The Rare Virus Now Confirmed In The U.S. And Europe?"
  • "EPA, NJ Announce $588M In Water Infrastructure Spending"
  • "It’s a La Niña Year, And That Means Bigger, Badder Hurricanes"
  • For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope
  • In the Mekong’s murky depths, giants abound, new expedition finds
  • Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes
  • 200 mysterious sea turtle deaths: Q&A with Kenyan fisherman and turtle rescuer Daniel Katana
  • Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: Birds still fading from the skies
  • Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support
  • 'Living fossil' spider discovered in southern Sierra Nevada
  • "Sharp Cut In Methane Now Could Help Avoid Worst Of Climate Crisis"
  • "White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group"
  • Worried by Ukraine War, Enviros Petition Feds To Dump LNG By Rail
  • Newsom Urges Aggressive Water Conservation, Warns Of Statewide Cuts
  • "Companies Face Billions in Damages as PFAS Lawsuits Flood Courts"
  • "Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach"
  • "The Lithium War Next Door"
  • "Contractor Quitting Puts Shell In Spotlight Over Climate"
  • "Climate Change Boosted Odds Of Recent Deadly Heat In India, Pakistan"
  • "Sinking Maldives Plans To Reclaim Land From The Ocean"
  • U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
  • For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg
  • Meet the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
  • Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)
  • Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future
  • Tale of two pandemics as mining thrived while communities faced restrictions
  • Efforts bloom to save southern Brazil’s last butiá palm groves
  • In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
  • PEFC endorses Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain of Custody Standard
  • Four sturgeon species proposed for the endangered species list
  • Half of UK's butterfly species vulnerable to extinction as five join red list
  • Lawsuit Launched Challenging USDA's Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Insecticide
  • Brazil's Bolsonaro hikes environmental fines to protect Amazon rainforest
  • Biden Admin, Settling a Long Feud, Moves to Block Pebble Mine in Alaska
  • "As Hunger Spreads In Somalia, Babies Start To Die"
  • "Block-By-Block Data Shows Pollution’s Stark Toll On People Of Color"
  • "Pesticide Label Safeguards Urged for Workers, Endangered Species"
  • "SEC Proposes New Guidelines For ESG Investing"
  • "Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs Hit Population Low"
  • "As U.S. Flooding Worsens, South Carolina Redraws Risk Maps"
  • ‘It Seems This Heat Will Take Our Lives’: Pakistan City Hits 51C
  • "An Ocean First: Underwater Drone Tracks CO2 In Alaska Gulf"
  • "8 Rails-to-Trails Adventures in the U.S."
  • "NOAA Forecasts Seventh Straight Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season"
  • "PFAS in Sewage Sludge, Industrial Wastewater Targeted for Rules"
  • "ExxonMobil Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change Lawsuit"
  • New Bill May Boost Electric Heat Pumps as Alternative To Gas
  • Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds
  • "Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield"
  • Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago
  • "Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US"
  • Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps
  • "Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%"
  • Ancient cypress in Chile may be the world’s oldest tree, new study suggests
  • Massachusetts just ruled 7-0 that Exxon must face trial for deceiving the public over climate change
  • Honeybees survive weeks buried under volcanic ash in La Palma
  • Australia to stand with Pacific islands no climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Penny Wong says
  • China triples solar investments as clean energy push accelerates
  • California is set to get its first new state park in over a decade
  • In a dramatic change, whales are now hanging around in San Francisco Bay
  • Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
  • Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier
  • Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation
  • Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
  • Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport
  • Seed banks catalog Brazil’s food past to safeguard its future
  • Repeated fires are silencing the Amazon, says new acoustic monitoring study
  • Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania
  • Lawsuit Launched to Stop Extinction of Guam's Endangered Animals, Plants
  • New Species of Cave-Dwelling Mollusk Discovered
  • "Supreme Court Rebuffs Republican-Led States On Greenhouse Gas Policy"
  • "Interior Moves Toward First Wind Lease Sales Off Calif. Coast"
  • "White House Eyes Restarting Idle Refineries"
  • "How the Media Stokes Needless Fears About Sharks"
  • Repeated Fires Are Silencing The Amazon: New Acoustic Monitoring Study
  • "Tribes Celebrate Montana Land Ownership And Bison Range Restoration"
  • CDC IDs 9 Suspected Monkeypox Cases In US Amid Signs Of Local Spread
  • "Federal Government Sues Alaska Over Subsistence"
  • "Climate Change Leads to Decline in Lichen Biocrusts"
  • "The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground"
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Conservation News ~29 April 2022

4/29/2022

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  • "Greenwashing 101: How To Decipher Corporate Claims About Climate"
  • "For Earth Day, Houston Public Media Is Promoting... Chevron?"
  • Over 137 Million Americans Live In Areas With Poor Air Quality: Report
  • "Obama: Disinformation Is Killing People"
  • "EPA Floats Emissions Cuts For Gas Plants"
  • "Groups Push Congress To Pass Climate Package Before Memorial Day"
  • "Study: Low-Producing Oil Wells Cause 50% Of Methane Emissions"
  • "Biden Order Aims To Protect Old-Growth Forests From Wildfire"
  • Op-Ed: "We Have the Technology to Stop Superspreading Without Masks"
  • "Ten New Environmental Books Offering Inspiration, Insight and Ideas"
  • Critically endangered Sumatran tigers lose 3 to animal traps
  • New Hemsleya species discovered in central China
  • UH Researchers Discover New Wasp Species
  • For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups were born in the wild
  • Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds
  • Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd
  • Pilot program tries to get U.S. aquariums to raise their own fish, not catch them
  • The world’s dams: Doing major harm but a manageable problem?
  • Warming could nip Southeast Asian forests’ mass flowering in the bud, study finds
  • Carnivore sightings highlight richness of Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan region
  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings
  • "Fires Hit Southwest, New Mexico's Season 'Dangerously Early'"
  • "Protesters Amass at White House, Demanding Action on Climate"
  • "4 Issues To Watch As Dems Eye Reconciliation Return"
  • "Alaskan Locals Call Haaland Visit On Izembek Road A Success"
  • "Highly Contagious Marine Epidemic Rips Through Caribbean’s Coral Reefs"
  • These Whales Are On The Brink; Now Comes Climate Change And Wind Power
  • Calif. Bans Fracking Wastewater For Irrigation, But Allow Drilling Water
  • Seed Savers Revive Rare Varieties Of Collard Greens
  • "Olmsted’s Enduring Gift"
  • "The End of the Great River"
  • Funding, titling project for Indigenous-led organizations launched
  • With ban on palm oil exports, Indonesia reaps condemnation and praise
  • Iwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains
  • Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land
  • Troubled waters: A massive salmon farm off the coast of Maine is stalled
  • Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers
  • Brazil bill seeks to redraw Amazon borders in favor of agribusiness
  • Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul mobilizes to reduce wildlife massacre on its roads
  • Analysis: Myanmar’s gemstone riches bring poverty and environmental destruction
  • Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera
  • President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.
  • Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity
  • To get people thinking about seagrass, Seychelles coins new Creole words
  • Just outside Mexico City, community-run forests provide eco services, livelihoods
  • Study: Farmland birds in Nepal, India in dire need of conservation action
  • Forestry industry facing 'perfect storm' of skyrocketing demand, dire staff shortages, sawmill boss says
  • 3 critically endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in a single day in traps
  • Baby Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Anlong Kampi conservation area
  • "China Promotes Coal In Setback For Efforts To Cut Emissions"
  • "Ford Juices Production Of Lightning F-150 Electric Truck"
  • "White House Finalizes Help For Burn Pit Veterans"
  • "Birth Of Six Endangered Red Wolves Has Their Advocates Howling For Joy"
  • "Record Heat Has Gripped India Since March. It’s About To Get Worse."
  • Critics Blast Calif. Poseidon Desalination Plan As Crucial Vote Looms
  • "Twitter Bans Ads That Contradict Science On Climate Change"
  • Could Turning An Invasive Fish Into A ‘Super-Male’ Save A Native Species?
  • "Finland Is On The Brink Of A Nuclear Power ‘Game Changer’"
  • "Beyond Ecology: The Trees At The Heart Of Our Culture"
  • California breaks ground on largest wildlife crossing in the world
  • David Theobald Receives Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
  • Unseen crisis: Threatened gut microbiome also offers hope for world
  • In Mexico, a race to save the last wetlands of San Cristóbal de las Casas
  • With record $5.3B in pledges, GEF aims for more flexible environmental funding
  • Asia’s troubled trees need better conservation to reach restoration goals: Study
  • Unprecedented water restrictions as LA and Ventura counties declare water emergency
  • Rare Southern Nevada Wildflower, Bee One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
  • Six new species of tiny frog discovered in Mexico
  • Abu Dhabi discovers new species of eagle ray
  • "Two Million Children At Risk Of Starvation In Horn Of Africa: U.N.
  • "Russia Halts Gas Flows To Poland, Bulgaria"
  • Too Many New Coal-Fired Plants Planned For 1.5C Climate Goal: Report
  • Dam Accounting: Taking Stock of Methane Emissions From Reservoirs
  • ‘We Want It Back To What It Was’: The US Village Blighted By Toxic Waste
  • Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Phased Out To Save Energy
  • "50bn Tonnes Of Sand And Gravel Extracted Each Year, Finds UN Study"
  • "A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought"
  • "Biden Admin Shrinks Area Eligible For Drilling At Arctic Reserve"
  • "DOE Unveils $500M Loan For Massive ‘Clean Hydrogen’ Project"
  • Wildlife don’t recognize borders, nor does climate change. Conservation should keep up
  • 2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach
  • Illegal miners bring sexual violence and disease to Indigenous reserve in Brazil
  • Cradle of transformation: The Mediterranean and climate change
  • Contorted energy politics of the Ukraine crisis (commentary)
  • Study finds high prevalence of gut parasites in Nepal’s rhinos
  • Where satellites come up short, drones can fill in a picture of our oceans
  • Teaching climate issues through gameplay gains a following in Brazil
  • Freshwater planetary boundary “considerably” transgressed: New research
  • Podcast: Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut in Papua New Guinea
  • For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle
  • "Biden Administration Allows Additional Natural Gas Exports"
  • "U.S. Identifies Possible Wind Power Areas Off Oregon, Atlantic Coasts"
  • "UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land"
  • Drought Imposes Watering Restrictions on Southern California
  • "From King Cobras to Geckos, 20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction"
  • "Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
  • "China Detects First Human Case Of H3N8 Bird Flu Strain"
  • "Canada Lynx Protections Deal Sealed By US, Environmentalists
  • "Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health"
  • "Ships Asked To Reduce Speed Off San Francisco Coast To Protect Whales"
  • B.C. increasing forestry revenue-sharing with First Nations
  • Early snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada causes snowpack to fall to seven-year low
  • UN says up to 40% of world's land now degraded
  • New species of frog smaller than a 1p coin discovered in Mexican forest
  • Hydrogen-powered ferry prepares to launch in San Francisco Bay
  • California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling
  • "16 States, D.C., Climate Activists Sue USPS To Block Truck Purchase"
  • Warming Risks Most Cataclysmic Extinction Of Marine Life In 250M Years
  • "Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as Biden Administration Investigates China"
  • California AG Subpoenas Exxon For Details On Role In Plastic Pollution
  • "Chemical Industry Fights U.S. Government Move To Ban Asbestos"
  • "Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing."
  • "Canada’s Attempt To Phase Out Open-Pen Salmon Farms Faces Setback"
  • "‘Relentless’ Destruction Of Rainforest Continuing Despite Cop26 Pledge"
  • Invasive African Clawed Frogs Threaten Native Species In Washington
  • "Swiping Right On Climate Love: Dating Apps And Environmental Advocacy"
  • Court setback doesn’t sway Indonesian villagers fighting a mining firm
  • Reframing trophy hunting’s socio-economic benefits in Namibia (commentary)
  • To stop plastic pollution, we must stop plastic production, scientists say
  • Better deep-bore wells aim to stop Indonesia’s groundwater waste
  • Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data
  • As animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk
  • All 4 building blocks of DNA have been found in meteorites
  • Volcano-dwelling mice confirmed as world’s highest-living mammals
  • US egg factory roasts alive 5.3 million chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker
  • Climate activist, Wynn Alan Bruce, dies after setting himself on fire outside of US Supreme Court
  • Squamish nuns complete decade-long clean electricity project on Pilchuck Creek
  • Wildlife agency turning invasive water hyacinth into organic fertilizer
  • For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups was born in the wild
  • CDFW releases four orphaned bears to the wild
  • Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid plant begins production
  • Dr. Drew Lanham win American Birding Association lifetime achievement award
  • Ancient human playground found inside sloth footprints 
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Conservation News ~ 15 April 2022

4/15/2022

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  • Endangered species among $32m haul of stuffed animals seized in Spain
  • Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
  • Extinction Rebellion stages mass protest in central London
  • Amazon deforestation dips slightly in March, but remains high
  • Sustainable fashion: Biomaterial revolution replacing fur and skins
  • Big Apple birding is set to take flight: Here’s how to get started this Spring
  • ‘A huge mistake’: Concerns rise as deep-sea mining negotiations progress
  • Bat rediscovered in Rwandan forest after 40 years
  • Environmental Officials Celebrate Delisting Of Cumberland Sandwort As Endangered Species
  • "EPA Launches Civil Rights Inquiry Into Louisiana Agencies"
  • "How Texas' Energy Woes Are Derailing Life In This Houston Neighborhood"
  • "2 Bald Eagles In Vermont Found Infected With Avian Influenza"
  • Biomass Power Plant In Rural N.C. Ignites Environmental Justice Concerns
  • Behind Trudeau Government’s OK of Bay du Nord Offshore Oil Development
  • Big Oil Companies Are Using Wartime Profits To Enrich Investors: Report
  • "A ‘New Era of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Have a Huge Toll"
  • "Dutch Watchdog Rules KLM’s ‘Carbon Zero’ Ad Is Misleading"
  • "Iraqis Clean Up River As First Green Projects Take Root"
  • "Why ‘Eco-Conscious’ Fashion Brands Can Continue To Increase Emissions"
  • Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
  • Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation
  • ‘Nature has priority’: Rewilding map showcases nature-led restoration
  • Poll: Most Americans say prioritize the environment over economic growth - The Week
  • Three new species of 'moss animals' (bryozoa) discovered in Southern Islands | The Straits Times
  • Cherry Blossom New Species Found In Manipur, Named After Scientist
  • New RNA virus species: Over 5,500 in world oceans, study finds
  • In Iowa Trip, Biden Will Announce That E15 Gas To Be Sold This Summer
  • "Majorities in US Back Climate Change Proposals: Gallup"
  • "White House Launches $1B Program To Boost Conservation Goal"
  • "Rural Arizonans Might Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year
  • "Brightmark, Georgia County Cancel $680 Million Plastic-To-Fuel Project"
  • "Farms, Fish On Dry California-Oregon Border See Scant Water"
  • "Company Proposes Largest Offshore Wind Farm On West Coast"
  • "Ukraine Conflict Hurts Russian Science, As West Pulls Funding"
  • "Energy Company To Pay Up To $35 Million After Turbines Killed Eagles"
  • "Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection"
  • Two New Beetle Species Identified at NEON Field Site in Hawai'i
  • Most biodiversity hotspots lack formal protection in Borneo and Sumatra
  • In Gabon, a community’s plea against logging paves the way for a new reserve
  • "Biden Will Allow Summertime Sales Of Higher-Ethanol Gas"
  • Newsom's Wildfire-Prevention Program Hasn't Completed a Single Project
  • "Backed-Up Pipes, Stinky Yards: Climate Change Is Wrecking Septic Tanks"
  • "New Sanctions Deal Fatal Blow to Russia's Arctic LNG"
  • "Pouring It On: Climate Change Made 2020 Hurricanes Rainier"
  • "California Utility To Pay $55 Million For Massive Wildfires"
  • "Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms"
  • "A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War"
  • Back From The Dead? Elusive Ivory-Bill Woodpecker Not Extinct: Researchers
  • "An Ocean Of Noise: How Sonic Pollution Is Hurting Marine Life"
  • "California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035"
  • "U.S. Warns Newly Discovered Malware Could Sabotage Energy Plants"
  • "Environmental Justice Leaders Fault White House's Race-Neutral Approach"
  • Wind Whips Destructive Wildfires In New Mexico, Colorado
  • Calif. Joshua Tree Not Threatened, Regulators Say, Signalling Development
  • "Amid Hopes and Fears, a Plastics Boom in Appalachia Is On Hold"
  • ‘Historic’: Global Climate Plans Can Now Keep Heating Below 2C: Study
  • Researchers Link Silica Dust Directly To Severe Black Lung Disease
  • "Battle Over Carbon Capture As Tool To Fight Climate Change"
  • "Fossil Fuels v. Our Future: Young Montanans Wage Historic Climate Fight"
  • For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.
  • B.C. group cuts 30-metre wide hole in jetty, opens path for salmon not seen in 100 years
  • White House Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy Planning To Step Down: Sources
  • "Expanding Drought Leaves Western US Scrambling For Water"
  • "East And Horn Of Africa Prep For Worst Drought In Decades"
  • "Canada Ignored Warnings Of Virus Infecting Farmed And Wild Salmon"
  • "EPA: Breathing Formaldehyde Causes Cancer"
  • Analysis-Biden Plan To Aid Europe With LNG Poses Risk To US Climate Goals
  • "Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over State Air Pollution Plans"
  • "Is Your Electric Utility Blocking Climate Action?"
  • "Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change"
  • "America’s Favorite Truck Is About to Test Tesla’s Dominance"
  • Temblor Legless Lizard Gets Closer to California Endangered Species Protection
  • Scientists convert pure energy into matter and antimatter, creating new physics
  • Cool horsehoe bat seen again after 40 years
  • California Coastal Commission approves closure of sea lion rookery during pupping season
  • Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts
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Conservation News ~ 8 April 2022

4/8/2022

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  • Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report
  • Climate crisis forecasts a fragile future for wildflowers and pollinators
  • For a beekeeping couple in Costa Rica, pesticides are killing the buzz
  • How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds
  • Congo Government Publishes Scathing Report on Logging Industry
  • Lawsuit Launched to Stop Destruction of Endangered California Tiger Salamander Habitat
  • New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park
  • 'Astounding': Record-breaking number of orcas spotted off B.C.
  • "New UN Climate Report To Tackle Reining In Emissions"
  • "Fire And Rain: West To Get More One-Two Extreme Climate Hits"
  • "In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics"
  • Calif. Drought: Sierra Snowpack Falls To One Of Lowest Levels In 70 Years
  • "New Vehicles Must Average 40 Mpg By 2026, Up From 28 Mpg"
  • "Washington Creates First Sea Grass And Kelp Sanctuary Off Everett"
  • "'Forgotten People': Sundarbans' Climate Refugees Forced To Move Again"
  • Inside The Leadership Battle At The Nation’s Biggest Environmental Group
  • Market With A Mission: Non-Profit Grocery Stores Help Heal ‘Food Deserts’
  • "Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters"
  • New Begonia francisabuidii plant species in Albay named after late biologist
  • Seagrass joins other marine life in accumulating sunscreen compounds
  • For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves
  • PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes
  • They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans
  • ‘A risky business’: Online illegal wildlife trade continues to soar in Myanmar
  • US Fish and Wildlife Gives Rare Nevada Toad Emergency Endangered Species Protection
  • Tiny new species of chocolate frog with tapir-like nose is discovered
  • Peptides on stardust may have provided a shortcut to life
  • The first country in the world has given legal rights to individual wild animals
  • NASA makes first-of-its-kind detection of reduced human CO2 emissions
  • NASA’s Hubble telescope has photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet
  • New technique produces hydrogen from banana peels within a few milliseconds
  • "Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns"
  • Sold As A Dream For Black Home Buyers, Development Was A Toxic Nightmare
  • Opinion: "It’s Time for Journalists to Talk Climate Change Solutions"
  • "WHO Says 99% Of World’s Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air"
  • "How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords"
  • "It's Feared A Vital Lake In Oregon Could Run Dry Within A Generation"
  • "Biden Admin Announces $500M For Energy Efficiency In Public Schools"
  • Chile May Replace Pinochet-Era Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
  • "Record-Setting Cold Snap Hits Europe, Stunning Spring Crops"
  • "The Planet Inside"
  • Shell of a comeback: New app, awareness campaigns bring hope for hawksbill turtles
  • Photography, nature, truth and war: Q&A with top photographer Ami Vitale
  • GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks
  • "EPA Rule Would Finally Ban Asbestos, Carcinogen Still In Use"
  • "House Dems Tell USPS To Pump The Brakes On Gas-Guzzling Truck Contract"
  • Food, Farming, Forestry Must Change To Curb Global Warming, U.N. Says
  • "Native American Tribe Reacquires Hundreds Of Acres in Virginia"
  • "Gallup Finds Worries Abut Environment Have Grown Since Trump"
  • Climate Change Risks Trillions To Federal Budget, White House Says
  • "Declared Extinct, the Yaghan Rise in the Land of Fire"
  • "UN: 18 Nations Have Gone Green On Climate, Raked In Green"
  • "With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Arctic Science Crumbles"
  • "‘Superblooms of Fungus’: Climate Change Is Making Valley Fever Worse"
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes "Endangered" Listing for Northern Long-Eared Bat
  • Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season
  • ‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly
  • Climate change causes a run on banks, for crop genes (commentary)
  • Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test
  • Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
  • The amazing — and unknown — diversity of insects living in the Amazon canopy
  • ‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise
  • IPCC report calls for ‘immediate and deep’ carbon cuts to slow climate change
  • All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine
  • Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
  • New species of spider uncovered by SDSU biologists
  • "Supreme Court Revives Trump-Era Environmental Regulation"
  • Blamed For High Gas Prices, Oil Execs Defend Themselves At House Hearing
  • "Storms Batter Aging Power Grid As Climate Disasters Spread"
  • A First: Researchers Find Microplastics Deep In Lungs Of Living People
  • "US To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change"
  • "Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America"
  • "New Power Plant Rule Awaits Supreme Court Ruling, EPA Chief Says"
  • "Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp"
  • "How The War In Ukraine Could Speed Up Europe's Climate Plans"
  • "The Razor's Edge of A Warming World"
  • "NOAA: Potent Heat-Trapping Methane Increases At Record Pace"
  • "Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season"
  • "Bringing Back Fire: How Burning Can Help Restore Eastern Lands"
  • "Pollution Shields for Faulty Plants Need Better Fix, Groups Say"
  • "US Agency To Review Oil, Gas Leases Near Chaco in New Mexico"
  • "Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire"
  • "Interior To Reverse Key Indian Affairs Policy In Place Since 1975"
  • "Facebook Takes Down Brazil Environmental Disinformation Network"
  • "Here’s What The Ban On Russian Coal Could Mean For Europe"
  • "These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting."
  • 'Vast majority' of California's Sierra snowpack could be gone by mid-to-late April
  • More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
  • Nature Journal: Appalachian swallowtail butterfly is a new species
  • Scientists Say 50,000 Spider Species Have Now Been Discovered
  • Rangers in DRC gorilla park abused Indigenous villagers, report says
  • Export of elephants to UAE drags Namibia wildlife policy into the spotlight
  • Bonobos torn from the wild make their return, with a helping hand
  • Indonesians, too reliant on palm oil, should go back to their roots (commentary)
  • After failure, reflection: effective conservation requires regular assessments (commentary)
  • Stranded coal barge spills cargo, disrupts fishery in Indonesian waters
  • Razing of Indigenous hamlet highlights Nepal’s conservation challenge
  • More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
  • Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report
  • Podcast: Afield at last, researchers head out for a new season
  • How much does air travel warm the planet? New study gives a figure
  • Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford
  • Two adorable Giant Galapagos tortoises are born at a British Zoo for the first time
  • NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss
  • Luminous plankton light up New Zealand shores
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Conservation News ~ 1 April 2022

4/1/2022

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  • "Egypt: Soaring Wheat Prices Turn Food Security Into A Priority"
  • "How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions"
  • "Ice Shelf Collapses In Previously Stable East Antarctica"
  • "Fiery Emails Show EPA Turmoil Over Pet Collars Tied To Deaths"
  • "Large Fires Becoming Even Larger, More Widespread"
  • As Biden Promises U.S. LNG Exports, Gulf Coast Enviros Say Whoa
  • Chemical Spill At Compton Plastics Factory Triggers Odor Complaints
  • "Maryland Moves To Take Over Troubled Baltimore Sewage Treatment Plant"
  • "1,000-Year-Old Oaks Used To Create 'Super Forest'"
  • "Scientists Figure Out How Vampire Bats Got A Taste For Blood"
  • Biden, E.U. Announce Push To Reduce Europe’s Reliance On Russian Energy
  • "US Pipeline Agency Pulls Back Plan To Assess Climate Impacts"
  • "The World’s Forests Do More Than Just Store Carbon, New Research Finds"
  • "Nunavut Capital Struggles To Fix Water System"
  • "Revealed: The Dangerous Chemicals In Your Food Wrappers"
  • "Pressure Grows For Deal To Save Nature At Crunch Talks In Geneva"
  • "EPA Moves To End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad"
  • "Banks Undermine Their 'Net Zero' Pledges Through Lobbying - Report"
  • "Explainer: Why South Gets More Killer Tornadoes At Night"
  • "Officials: Florida Manatees Eat ‘Every Scrap’ In Food Trial"
  • USDAs Wildlife Services Killed More Than 400 000 Native Wildlife in 2021              
  • Researchers detect new species of jumping spider in Rajasthan's Thar Desert
  • ‘Giving up’: Amazon is losing its resilience under human pressure, study shows
  • Coalition against online wildlife trafficking shares little evidence of success (analysis)
  • The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching — once again — and over a larger area
  • On a Honduran island, a community effort grows to protect its precious reefs
  • Australia's carbon credit scheme 'largely a sham', says whistleblower who tried to rein it in
  • Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
  • Deforestation on the rise as poverty soars in Nigeria
  • Northern Long-Eared Bat Proposed as Endangered Species
  • "EPA Would See Highest Funding Ever Under Biden Budget Plan"
  • "Misinformation Is Derailing Renewable Energy Projects Across The U.S."
  • "Commerce Inquiry Imperils Solar Industry, Advocates Say"
  • "Ukraine’s Pipelines Are Still Carrying Russian Gas To Europe"
  • "War Shakes Europe Path To Energy Independence, Climate Goals"
  • "Turning Cities Into Sponges to Save Lives and Property"
  • "FirstEnergy Utility Gave To Pro-Trump Dark Money Group"
  • "As Climate Fears Mount, Some in U.S. Are Deciding to Relocate"
  • "Heavy Rains In Australia Trigger Fresh Round Of Flood Evacuations"
  • "Infectious Fungus Wreaks Havoc on Crazy Ants—and Scientists Are Thrilled"
  • Largest American Wind Farm ever Built all-at-Once Opens in Oklahoma, Saves Customers $1 Billion over Fossil fuels
  • Federal emissions reduction plan still undercounts forestry, environmentalists say
  • Coastal California Sunflower Is Latest Endangered Species Act Success
  • That dead whale on the beach? Let it be, study says. Or at least don’t blow it up
  • Food security framing increases relevance of biodiversity negotiations to less industrialized nations (commentary)
  • WWF casts a wide net to save dugongs in the Great Barrier Reef
  • Rare mammals caught on camera highlight value of Annamite Mountains
  • Online trade in rare silvery pigeon is cause for concern, researchers say
  • Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment
  • Making room in the Atlantic Forest for the largest primate in the Americas
  • The ocean is a cacophony of fish talk, study shows. We just can’t hear it
  • Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and Indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)
  • Opium production down as communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle turn to forestry
  • Indonesian bill turns coal-derived fuels clean by ignoring true scale of emissions
  • EU response to palm oil is opportunity, not threat (commentary)
  • Madagascar’s insistence on using seized rosewood rattles conservationists
  • In Benin, the line between conservation and counterinsurgency blurs
  • As the Horn of Africa heats up, the risks of insecurity are rising (commentary)
  • ‘Marine conservation talks must include human rights’: Q&A with biologist Vivienne Solís Rivera
  • It’s a girl: Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center
  • FSC-certified Moorim Paper linked to massive forest clearing in Indonesia’s Papua
  • Opium production down as communities in Mexico's Golden Triangle turn to forestry
  • Rare birth of Sumatran rhino brings hope for endangered species
  • "Biden Expected To Announce Massive Release Of Oil Reserves"
  • "Biden To Use Defense Production Act For U.S. Critical-Minerals Supply"
  • "Historic Restructuring Of Flood Insurance Begins Tomorrow"
  • "Major Automakers Back Tough US Vehicle Emissions Rules In Court Battle"
  • "Md. Poised To Enact Sweeping Energy, Climate Plan"
  • Taxpayers Spend Billions on Crop Insurance on Frequently Flooded Land
  • "Canada Lays Out C$9.1 Bln Roadmap To Meet 2030 Climate Targets"
  • EPA Report Describes Toxic Work Environment in New Chemicals Division
  • "Maine Politicians Ask For Time To Comply With Whale Rules"
  • Europe Has Designs On Making 'Fast Fashion' Industry More Sustainable
  • "Biden Seeks Major Spending Jump For Global Climate Efforts"
  • "Biden Renews Push For Environmental Justice Boss at EPA"
  • "How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims"
  • "BLM Would Undergo A Major Hiring Spree Under Biden Budget"
  • "Oil Executives Snub House Committee, Will Appear at Another"
  • Iowans Push For Limits On Eminent Domain For Carbon Capture Pipelines
  • US Poised To Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Battle Diseases
  • "Greenpeace, Crypto Billionaire Lobby to Change Bitcoin Code"
  • Salmon Travel Deep Into Pacific. As It Warms, Many ‘Don’t Come Back.’
  • Bobcats With Taste for Python Eggs May Guard Florida’s Swamp
  • Traditional knowledge guides protection of planetary health in Finland
  • Wild bison, taking over Europe and North America, will once again roam England
  • Saving Nigeria’s gorillas was also meant to help communities. It hasn’t (analysis).
  • At Donner Summit, snowpack measures at 47% of average
  • "Biden Admin To Roll Out New Fuel Efficiency Rule Today"
  • "E.P.A. Decides Against Limiting Perchlorate in Drinking Water"
  • "House Panel To Grill USPS On Plan To Buy Gas-Guzzling Trucks"
  • "EPA Resurrects Plan To Drop Air Pollution Liability Shield"
  • "New Gloal Nature Pact Hangs In Balance As 'World Burns'"
  • "White House Turns To Air Quality In Latest Effort To Thwart Coronavirus"
  • "White House Advisers Denounce Race Exclusion From Equity Tool"
  • "UN Chief Names Panel To Probe Companies’ Climate Efforts"
  • "US Taps $420M To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change"
  • "Hope for Coral Reefs"
  • Deserts breathe water vapor
  • California groundbreaking set for largest wildlife crossing
  • Shocking mass die-off in Antarctica – From 100,000 Antarctic Petrels to Zero Birds
  • Secret Great White Shark social club discovered off Mexican coast
  • Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm
  • 500% boom in numbers of eggs laid by breeding Green Sea Turtles
  • Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
  • Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center
  • New genetic tricks for boosting crop yield take clues from ancient farmers
  • Microplastics found in human bloodstream for first time
  • Biden’s environment and energy agencies would see funding boost under proposed budget
  • The fourth Peruvian indigenous leader is assassinated in a week
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Conservation News ~ 24 March 2022

3/24/2022

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  • Endangered green turtles are bouncing back in the Seychelles
  • Scientists Discover New Marine Microbe Species that Could Help Combat Climate Change
  • Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants
  • Indigenous communities in Ecuador struggle with the aftermath of another oil spill
  • World’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia, taking food research high tech
  • Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven
  • ‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola Macdonald
  • Road project threatens to derail Nepal’s conservation gains, study says
  • A New Shrub Species- ‘Castela Senticosa’ Discovered by Researchers
  • Chile's new President Boric signs Escazu environmental treaty
  • Two new species of see-through frog named in Ecuador
  • "Biden Supreme Court Nominee Faces Big Climate Questions"
  • 70 Degrees Warmer Than Normal In Antarctica: Scientists Are Flabbergasted
  • "Rain Finally In Forecast For Texas Areas Scorched By Fires"
  • "EPA Union Urges Agency To Scrap Trump-Era Plan To Relocate Houston Lab"
  • "UN Chief: Don’t Let Russia Crisis Fuel Climate Destruction"
  • "Germany Opens Door to Qatar Natural Gas in Pivot From Russia"
  • "There’s a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future"
  • "EPA Helms White House Indoor Air Plan To Help Fight Covid-19"
  • Report Looks At Water Quality 50 Years After The Clean Water Act Passed
  • "Don Young Leaves Outsize Natural Resources Legacy"
  • 2021 Amazon deforestation map shows devastating impact of ranching, agriculture
  • ‘Studying a ghost’: In Cape Town, urban caracals give researchers lots to ponder
  • Rare Sand Dune-Dwelling Plant in Oregon, California Proposed for Endangered Species
  • "‘Watershed Moment.’ SEC Proposed Landmark Climate Rules"
  • "How War in the World’s Breadbasket “Changes Everything”"
  • 4th Round of UN Talks Fail To Finalize A Treaty To Manage The High Seas
  • "‘Evolving Intelligence’ Puts U.S. Energy Industry On High Alert"
  • "A Chumash Tribe And Conservationists Fight Offshore Wind Turbines"
  • "Top Democrats Probe USPS Fleet Contractor"
  • Black, Low-Income Areas in Fla. Still Haven’t Recovered From Michael
  • Calif. Plan Would Give $100M To Indigenous Leaders To Buy Ancestral Lands
  • Dr. Oz Supports Fracking As Candidate, But Raised Concern As Celeb
  • "Ice Skating at a Rink Is Fun. Gliding Through a Forest? Glorious."
  • Northern long-eared bat, ravaged by a deadly fungus, proposed for endangered species listing
  • New local millipede species discovered, named after conservationist
  • "No Country Met WHO Air Quality Standards In 2021, Survey Shows"
  • "EPA Panel Backs Tighter Soot Standards"
  • DNR: More Groundwater Damaged By Line 3 Pipeline Aquifer Ruptures
  • "Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Radiation Monitoring System Not Working"
  • Tornado Touches Down In New Orleans, Killing One And Damaging Houses
  • Lethal Disease Has Nearly Wiped Out Northern Long-Eared Bats
  • "Chair of U.N. Biodiversity Talks Expects Agreement On Key Target"
  • "Multiyear Ice Thinner Than Thought As Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Winter Max"
  • "EPA Warns Of Permitting Hurdle For Troubled Refinery"
  • "Egypt Erects Sand Barriers As Rising Sea Swallows The Nile Delta"
  • From land mines to lifelines, Lebanon’s Shouf is a rare restoration success story
  • Bird-counting app kindles interest in Nepal’s rich avian life
  • Stamping out savanna fires doesn’t bolster carbon sink by much, study finds
  • Ships sunk in nuclear tests host diverse corals, study says. But do we need them?
  • Indigenous communities transform a Mexican desert landscape into forest
  • Deforestation for palm oil falls in Southeast Asia, but is it a trend or a blip?
  • Multiyear ice thinner than thought as Arctic sea ice reaches winter max: Studies
  • In Brazil, a forest community fights to remain on its traditional land
  • Donors must rethink Africa’s flagging Green Revolution, new evaluation shows (commentary)
  • Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution: Report
  • Cambodian project aims to revive flagging fish populations in Tonle Sap Lake
  • ‘Right moon for fishing’: Study finds gravitational impacts on plants, animals
  • In Rio de Janeiro, a forest slowly returns to life, one species at a time
  • Brazil’s ecosystem of crime in the Amazon (commentary)
  • Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon
  • Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas
  • Researchers turn to drones for that big-picture view of the forest canopy
  • Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) assumed full management of the Bison Range, formerly known as the National Bison Range
  • Germany backs phasing out combustion engine cars by 2035
  • In Indonesia’s Spice Islands, some farmers are going back to organic
  • Feds Propose Endangered Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat
  • "Biden And Europeans To Announce Major Plan To Redirect Gas To Europe"
  • "UN Sets 5-Year Goal To Broaden Climate Early Warning Systems"
  • Scott Pruitt Called Two Fossil Billionaires While Weighing Senate Run
  • "U.S. Fuelmakers On Hook For Vehicle Emissions In New SEC Rule"
  • "Bitcoin Miners Want to Recast Themselves as Eco-Friendly"
  • "EPA Eyes New Rule For Gas-Fired Power Plants"
  • "Calif. Takes First Moves To Limit ‘Erin Brockovich’ Chemical"
  • "Many BLM Grazing Permits Renewed Without NEPA Review, Group Says"
  • "The Arctic Revolution That’s Changing Climate Science"
  • "‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late"
  • Chinese investment in Latin America plagues people and nature: Report
  • Study links many reported fisheries crimes to just a few repeat offenders
  • AI model shows how Amazon dams can be made less environmentally damaging
  • Stronghold for Africa’s rarest falcon discovered in reserve threatened by Mozambique insurgency
  • Millennia of Indigenous history faces erasure as mining grips Brazil’s Tapajós
  • Indigenous land rights take center stage in a new global framework for biodiversity conservation (commentary)
  • Italy builds first offshore wind farm in an effort to move away from Russian gas
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