Conservation News ~ 11 February 2022

• Japanese squirrels can consume 'poisonous' mushrooms
• Kleptomaniac New Zealand parrot steals GoPro, films airborne escape
• Iceland Set To End Whaling By 2024 Due To Lack Of Demand
• New species of spider and millipede discovered
• New Gecko Species Named After Ps Easa
• Yellowstone Wolf Kills in MT, WY Pose Economic Risks
• "Study Ties Environmental Conservation To Pandemic Prevention"
• "Urban Air Pollution Affects 2.5 Billion People Worldwide, Study Says"
• Calif. Board Says Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation; Experts Doubt It
• "Fed Nominee Hits Back At GOP Climate Attacks. Will It Work?"
• Top Corporations Vow To Fight Climate Change But Their Plans Fall Short
• "House OKs China Bill Packed With Energy, Enviro Spending"
• "Biden Extends Trump’s Solar Tariffs With Key Exemptions"
• "Biden DOI Upholds N. Dakota Tribe's Mineral Rights Beneath Missouri R.
• "A Third Of Americans Are Already Facing Above-Average Warming"
• "Top Cat: Why The Puma Is A Leading Influencer In The Animal Kingdom"
• Gates Foundation among investors backing troubled DRC palm plantation
• ‘We should be pretty concerned’: Study shows only 15% of coastal regions still intact
• In Colombia, Escobar’s hippos spawn another problem: Wildlife trafficking
• Journeying in biocultural diversity and conservation philanthropy: Q&A with Ken Wilson
• Can ecotourism save Cambodia’s ‘ghost parks’?
• Endangered wildlife face perilous future as vital habitat loses protection in Cambodia
• How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for habitat destruction in Cambodia
• Photos: Caged orangutan found in Indonesian politician’s home
• Fires threaten vital peatland in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego
• Demand for sea cucumbers turns India-Sri Lanka waters into trafficking hotspot
• Two storms in two weeks carve trail of death and destruction in Madagascar
• Even degraded forests are more ecologically valuable than none, study shows
• Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee Moves One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
• Rare Montana Plant Moves Closer to Endangered Species Protection
• EPA Science Advisers Recommend Tighter Soot Standards In Draft Document
• Biden’s Top Science Adviser, Eric Lander, Resigns Amid Reports Of Bullying
• "Is the Coronavirus in Your Backyard"
• 2 Storms In 2 Weeks Carve Trail Of Death And Destruction In Madagascar
• "Documents Show Major Gaps In Texas Gas Inspections"
• "Pipeline’s Safeguards Not Working In Louisiana Diesel Spill"
• "Biden Plan To Spend $725M To Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines"
• Biden Vows To Stop Nord Stream 2 Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine
• "What’s Needed to Save Wolverines? A New Study Has Answers"
• "Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me A Better Reporter"
• Preventing Next Pandemic Is Vastly Cheaper Than Reacting To It: Study
• New U.N. Treaty Effort Could Cap Skyrocketing Plastics Production
• Va. Senate Democrats Put Wheeler’s Bid For Youngkin’s Cabinet In Limbo
• "For The First Time In Generations, Snoqualmie Tribe Has Land"
• World Leaders Descend On France For Ocean Summit
• Mountain Glaciers May Have Less Ice Than Estimated, Straining Supply
• Is Calif. Fight Against Rooftop Solar Utility-Funded Fake Grassroots?
• Activists Urge the IEA to Remove Paywalls Around its Data
• "Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars"
• FEMA Rolls Out Text App To Help Americans Find Shelters During Disasters
• Emergency endangered species re-listing sought for wolves       
• Feds - again - deny endangered species status to Sonoran desert tortoise
• Ecuador’s top court rules for stronger land rights for Indigenous communities
• Malaysia’s white-handed gibbons may be two subspecies, not one, study shows
• Can the little-known tamanu tree replace palm oil in Indonesia’s biofuel bid?
• New assessment finds dragonflies and damselflies in trouble worldwide
• In Indonesia, a ‘devious’ policy silences opposition to mining, activists say
• Indonesian government says no to reclassifying oil palm estates as forests
• Fears of oil spills as ExxonMobil seeks to drill at the mouth of a Brazil river
• In Argentina, sport fishers are reeling in threatened sharks to save them
• Indigenous community takes Guatemalan land rights fight to international court
• Amazon losing far more carbon from forest degradation than deforestation: Study
• Podcast: Kelp, condors and Indigenous conservation
• Politicized Indigenous affairs agency puts Brazil’s uncontacted groups at risk
• Board of Supervisors opposes adding Yellow Legged Frog to endangered species list
• Gold Coast botanist discovers new rainforest tree species 'minutes from the M1'
• "Millions Facing Severe Hunger In Horn Of Africa - U.N. Food Agency"
• "How Billions in Infrastructure Funding Could Worsen Global Warming"
• Nuclear Fusion Heat Record A ‘Huge Step’ In Quest For New Energy Source
• "U.S. Confirms Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu At Indiana Turkey Farm"
• "Oil Firms Suffer Major Setback In Colo. Climate Lawsuit"
• 1 in 3 Americans Have Detectable Levels Of Toxic Weedkiller: Study
• Biden Admin Calls For $5 Billion Network of EV Chargers Along Interstates
• "Oregon Bill Tackles Megaquake Nightmare At Fuel Storage Site"
• "Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened"
• "Call To Reroute Major Shipping Lanes To Protect Blue Whales"
• Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study
• Malaysian officials dampen prospects for giant, secret carbon deal in Sabah
• Australia Declares Koalas an Endangered Species
• Wolves Will Regain Federal Protection in Much of the U.S.
• UC researchers propose cutting down 80% of Sierra trees
• Working with Tribes Helps Oak Groves and Meadows Flourish as They Once Did
• New twisted-wing parasite species found in SW China
• "Judge Restores Gray Wolf Protections"
• "US Coal Communities Get Historic $11B To Clean Up Abandoned Mines"
• "France Announces A Major Buildup Of Its Nuclear Power Program"
• "US Files 1st USMCA Environment Case On Mexico Over Porpoise"
• Koala Listed As Endangered After Australia Fails To Halt Its Decline
• "White House Sees Greening Power Sector Even if Court Hobbles EPA"
• Obsolete Rainfall Records Are Blocking Cities' Climate Change Prep
• "Largest US Public Power Company Launches New Nuclear Program"
• Two House Democrats Question PR Firms On Work With Fossil Fuel Companies
• Our Roads Are Killing Wildlife. New Infrastructure Law Aims To Help.
• Shell’s massive carbon capture facility in Canada emits far more than it captures, study says