Conservation News ~ 1 September 2023

• Endangered Grevy's zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
• New Species Venomous Tiger Anemone with 96 Arms Turns Throat Inside Out to Catch Prey
• "Tropical Storm Idalia Expected To Hit Florida As Hurricane"
• "After America’s Summer Of Extreme Weather, ‘Next Year May Well Be Worse’"
• Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote
• "Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open."
• "New Dawn For Arctic’s First People: The Inuit Plan To Reclaim Their Sea"
• Louisiana Wildfires Force More Evacuations; 17 Parishes Under Emergency
• "First Crops, Now Animals: Climate Change Hurts Bangladesh Farmers"
• "'We're All Maui': Climate Change Tests Emergency Alert Systems Across US"
• North American Grassland Birds In Peril, Spurring Effort To Save Habitat
• "How To Get Into The Hottest Clubs In L.A. County — Community Gardens"
• Four California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act
• Pillar Coral Proposed for Increased Endangered Species Act Protection
• New UN guidance affirms children's right to a clean, healthy environment
• Three new species of ant-eating spiders discovered in China
• Researchers describe seven new species of walking leaves
• "Storm Idalia To Intensify Into Major Hurricane Ahead Of Florida Landfall"
• "How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Hurting The Energy Transition"
• Geothermal: The Race To Tap a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet
• "Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says"
• "Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Biden Administration Oil Leases In Gulf"
• "Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Permit Invalidated By US Appeals Court"
• How an Oil Giant Took Over Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture
• US Inches Closer To Breaking Russian Monopoly On Rare And Necessary Fuel
• "How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat"
• "If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?"
• Entomologists Discover Seven New Species of Leaf Insects
• Cat 4 Idalia Projected To Hit Florida With ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Surge
• "EPA Revises Waters Rule to Align With High Court Wetlands Ruling"
• "America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow"
• How Industry Is Fighting Stricter Controls For Manganese In Drinking Water
• "Offshore Wind Auction for the Gulf of Mexico Gets a Tepid Response"
• "Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools"
• "3M's $10.3 Billion PFAS Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval"
• Study: Damage Would Cost Corporations 44% If They Paid For Their Emissions
• "A Deadly Tick-Borne Epidemic Is Raging"
• "For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives"
• Area of federally-protected Wyoming land could increase by 1.3 million acres.
• Canadians unified on forest protection although wildfire cause divisive: Poll
• North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat.
• It took one wolf to revive an entire forest ecosystem.
• ‘Crossings’ details how roads impact wildlife in Washington and beyond.
• ‘Overwhelmingly white’: Meet the environmentalists who want to diversify conservation.
• Flora, fauna and … funga: UN backs new term for conservation talks.
• Pope decries 'terrible world war' on environment, announces new writing
• New species of 'sunny' butterfly discovered on Peru mountain
• "Hurricane Idalia: How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes"
• "Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters"
• Reporter Sues Marion Police Chief, Alleging Retaliation In Newsroom Raid
• "Invasive Species Have Created A Cycle Of Wildfire In Hawaiʻi"
• "Exxon Says Global Climate Goals Are Destined To Fail"
• Scrapping Housebuilder Pollution Rules Is A Regression: UK Watchdog
• "In New Scramble for Africa, an Arab Sheikh Is Taking the Lead"
• "Photo Essay: What It’s Like To Flee A Wildfire In B.C."
• After 100+ Years, Gray Wolves Reappear In Giant Sequoia National Monument
• "Protesters Block Road Into Burning Man Festival; Rangers Ram Blockade"
• Hurricane Idalia Could Become 2023’s Costliest Climate Disaster For US
• "Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reached $7 Trillion in 2022, an All-Time High"
• Trump Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Will Be Put On Hold For Safety
• Mindblowing: California Allows More Gas Storage At Aliso Canyon Leak Site
• After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Ecuador's Indigenous Waorani Fight More
• African Climate Summit Seeks To Shift Focus To Finance From Floods, Famine
• Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants
• "There’s One Nasty Wildfire Pollutant We’ve Been Ignoring"
• Burning Tires: PA Residents ‘Shocked’ By Firm’s Bitcoin-Mining Plan
• "In Florida, Python Hunters Stalk Their Targets In The Dark Of Night"