Conservation News ~ 1 July 2022

• Tanzania's Masaai demand Indigenous rights in UN framework
• Wolverines win in court to consider Endangered Species Act inclusion
• New spider species discovered in Thar named after Malayali arachnologist
• Frogs that lay eggs on land – new genus named after WA teacher whose lab was a campervan
• "Ukraine War’s Latest Victim? The Fight Against Climate Change."
• "Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘To the Edge’"
• "Energy, Environment Spending Debate To Sharpen This Week"
• "DOE Keeps Hiring Oil Industry Public Relations Firm"
• "These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate"
• "Forest Service Finds Mining Would Pose Risk To Minnesota Watershed"
• "‘Biblical’ Insect Swarms Spur Oregon Push To Fight Pests"
• "New Colombian President Pledges To Protect Rainforest"
• "Drought And Bark Beetles Are Killing The Oldest Trees On Earth"
• "Family, Friends Mourn British Journalist Killed In Brazil"
• "UN Head Declares ‘Ocean Emergency’ As Global Leaders Gather In Lisbon"
• "Biden, NOAA Announce New Actions On Illegal Fishing"
• "LNG Explosion Shines Light On 42-Year-Old Gas Rules"
• Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals: Study
• "Dems Look To Federal Lands For Red-State Abortion Access"
• "New Tools May Predict Wildfire Season Severity, Rainfall Months Ahead"
• Enviros Hope New Law Will Clean Up Wastewater Nutrient Pollution in Md.
• "Court: Land Swap For Ariz. Mine Doesn’t Violate Tribal Rights"
• "Cement Carbon Dioxide Emissions Quietly Double In 20 Years"
• "Lynching Locations Proposed As New National Park Sites"
• Exposure to pollution causes 10% of all cancer cases in Europe
• New Scorpion Species Found In Western Ghats
• Mongabay’s new-look Reforestation.app makes finding the right tree-planting project easier
• Mennonite colony builds bridge, clears forest in Bolivian protected areas
• Swiss pledge to stop illegal gold imports from Brazil Indigenous reserves
• Twenty years since a massive ivory seizure, what lessons were learned? (commentary)
• In Brazil, an Indigenous land defender’s unsolved killing is the deadly norm
• Home away from home: Researchers trial artificial nests for Lilian’s lovebirds
• Indonesian zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons
• New-to-science toad species discovered on university campus in Peru
• Room to roam: Biologists and communities create corridors for jaguars in Mexico
• Indigenous communities in Colombia’s Amazon move closer to self-governance
• WTO ban on ‘harmful’ subsidies won’t impact small-scale fishers, Indonesia says
• African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government
• Experts fear end of vaquitas after green light for export of captive-bred totoaba fish
• Podcast: How marine conservation benefits from combining Indigenous knowledge and Western science
• As Nepal’s tigers thrive, Indigenous knowledge may be key in preventing attacks
• Planned coal plants fizzle as Japan ends financing in Indonesia, Bangladesh
• Cameroon’s Nigerian refugees who degraded their camp are now vanguards of reforestation
• Mich. Court Rules Grand Jury Improperly Indicted Officials In Flint Case
• "World Pledged To Cut Methane. Emissions Rising Instead, Study Finds."
• Biden Admin To Hold Its First Oil Drilling Lease Sales On Federal Lands
• "Pruitt Loses Okla. Senate Primary; Casten Beats Newman"
• WH Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy Prioritizing Outbreak Areas
• "Blaming Russia’s War, G7 Leaders Rescind Another Global Climate Pledge"
• "DOE: Here’s What’s Happened To EV, Renewable, Fossil Jobs"
• "Data Shortfalls Vex Biden Bid to Green Government, Officials Say"
• "Government Policies Will Not Get UK To Net Zero, Warns Damning Report"
• "To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat"
• EPA fines NSW Forestry more than $500000 in one month for destroying South Coast habitat
• New Species of Wrasse Discovered
• Two Genes Crucial for Plants Colonizing the Earth 470 Million Ago Have Been Identified
• Megatooth sharks may have been higher on the food chain than any ocean animal ever
• Mexican cave contains signs of human visitors from 30,000 years ago
• "Supreme Court Restricts The EPA's Authority To Mandate Carbon Emissions"
• "Supreme Court Limits Historic Mcgirt Ruling"
• Enviros Sue Biden Administration For Resuming Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• "The Green Revolution Sweeping Sweden"
• "Biden Aims At China In New Illegal Fishing Policy Framework"
• "Funds For Climate Justice Flow To Groups Around The U.S."
• "EPA: Flame Retardant Chemical Poses Unreasonable Risk"
• "Coca-Cola Among Brands Greenwashing Over Packaging, Report Says"
• "Why Shrimp Aquaculture Is A Solution That Caused A Huge Problem"
• "Enviros Train Drone Pilots To Find And Pursue Pollution"
• India’s largest floating PV plant goes online
• World’s largest direct air capture plant will capture 36,000 tonnes of CO2 per year
• Bizarre crab covered in 'hair' is a brand new species
• Maasai in Tanzania Move to New Homes Amid Eviction Effort
• "Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power To Combat Climate Change"
• "The U.S. Is Ditching Coal. The Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Change That."
• "How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision"
• Biden Admin Oil, Gas Auctions Kick Off With Thin Industry Response
• "OPEC Reaffirms Slightly Higher Oil Output"
• "Zimbabwe's Drought-Hit Farmers Fear Hunger After Poor Maize Harvest"
• "Why Climate Groups Want Europe To Quit Obscure Energy Treaty"
• "Every Week, Two More Newspapers Close — And ‘News Deserts’ Grow Larger"
• As Federal Climate-Fighting Tools Are Taken Away, Cities, States Step Up
• "Big Cats In Urban Jungle: LA Mountain Lions, Mumbai Leopards"
• US Supreme Court ruling on environmental protection ‘a setback in our fight against climate change’
• A pair of orcas are brutally killing great white sharks in South Africa
• ‘Safety in numbers’ tactic keeps Pacific salmon safe from predators
• Chances of societal collapse in next few decades is sky high, modelling suggests
• Using far less chemical fertilizer still produces high crop yields
• UN biodiversity summit moved from China to Canada
• World’s largest RO Water desalination plant reaches 50% production capacity
• Two decades after it vanished, the stunning Spix’s macaw returns to its forest home