Conservation News ~ 11 August 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