Conservation News ~ 1 November 2019

• Keystone Pipeline leaks 383,000 gallons of oil in North Dakota
  
• Mining company secretly proposes to increase industrial shipping in Arctic marine conservation area
• First South American insect that emits blue light is discovered
• New species of a giant flying squirrel discovered in the Far East of Russia
• Miss Montana USA sparks backlash from meat industry for speaking out against factory farming
• Quarter of world’s pig population to die of African swine fever
• Foie Gras banned in New York City
• Wu Tang Clan just launched vegan wallets made from bananas
• Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age
• Gillnet fishing blocked in Right Whale feeding grounds by judge
• New seafloor map reveals how strange the Gulf of Mexico is
• US House passes bill to prohibit mining near Grand Canyon
• US Feds flush endangered fish protections down the drain to boost Big Ag
• Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson testifies in climate change fraud trial
• Controversial dam gets green light to flood a Philippine protected area
• Massive SF mural planned for Tenderloin aims to make Monarch butterflies impossible to ignore
• First female Head of Conservation for Addo Elephant National Park
• Hundreds of koalas feared burned alive in out-of-control bushfire
• Researchers discover new bat species
• Over 50 new species discovered in Turkish waters
• Newly discovered shrimp call a Whale Shark’s mouth home
• US Feds sued over Endangered Species on Hawaii Island
• Wildlife Services sued in Washington over killing mammals
• Greta Thunberg declines environmental award
• 42 wild burros shot dead in Mojave desert, $58,000 reward posted for identifying killer
• Two suspects charged in largest seizure of turtles in recent history
• White rhino killed in KNP, poachers caught soon after
• Rare poisonous fish discovered on Vancouver Island
• Virus discovered infecting bald eagles
• EPA removes protections for streams, wetlands, and drinking water
• Commitments worth $63 billion pledged for ocean protection
• Global pet trade in amphibians bigger than we thought
• Rare Bangladesh crocodile lays eggs in new hope for species
• UN climate Scientists think they can halt global warming for $300 billion
• Eight pesticides will get federal reviews of endangered species impacts
• A record number of condor chicks hatched in the Southwest this year
• Australia closes climb on sacred Uluru mountain
• Fire-spawned forest fungi hide out in other organisms
• Coral cover around popular Great Barrier Reef islands has almost halved
• Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from a million years to 30 minutes, says Nobel winner
• US Forest Service puts protections for Alaska’s majestic Tongass on chopping block
• Sea urchin population soars 10,000% in five years, devastating US coastline
• Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests