Conservation News ~ 12 August 2022

• Scientists discover new species of mysterious isopod deep-sea creature
• New frog species discovered in Singapore for 1st time in nearly 40 years
• Five litters of endangered black-footed ferrets born at Phoenix Zoo
• Researchers discover new species inside Texas cavern
• Jumbo task as Malawi moves 263 elephants to restock a degraded national park
• Senate 51-50 Vote Clinches Long-Delayed Health And Climate Bill
• "Manchin’s Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal"
• "Bidens To Travel To Kentucky After Catastrophic Flooding"
• "Explainer: On China, US and Climate, Action, Not Talk Is Key"
• Swamped By Public Outcry, Oregon Withdraws Controversial Wildfire Risk Map
• "After Rockets Strike Near Nuclear Plant, Ukraine and Russia Trade Blame"
• Tijuana Sewage Spill Shutters Calif. Beach And Shoreline, Yet Again
• Mexico Desperate For Water While Drinks Companies Use Billions Of Litres
• Five More Arrested In Brazil Over Murders Of Phillips And Pereira
• "Peter Dykstra: The Birth of Greenwashing"
• Sea turtle nest found on Mississippi beach for first time since 2018
• More vaquitas remain alive than population projections initially indicated
• Study finds 100% renewables would pay off within 6 years
• "Biden Surveys Flood Damage In Kentucky, Pledges More US Help"
• "Electric Cars Too Costly for Many, Even With Aid in Climate Bill"
• "Study Connects Climate Hazards To 58% Of Infectious Diseases"
• "How Young Californians Cope To Beat Climate Anxiety and Doom"
• "COVID Sewage Surveillance Labs Join the Hunt for Monkeypox"
• "EPA Seeks To Add DINP Plasticizer To Toxics Release Inventory"
• Congress Set To Pass Huge Bipartisan Wildlife Conservation Bill
• "Billions in Feds’ Spending on Megafire Risks Seen as Misdirected"
• "In Dry California, Salty Water Creeps Into Key Waterways"
• Romance, Politics, and Ecological Damage: Sable Island’s Wild Horses
• Endangered Species Protections Sought for Rare Nevada Butterfly
• CSIRO researchers identify 139 new species, including an ant that ‘babysits’ caterpillars
• Scientists discover dozens of new species in Pacific
• "Almost No One In Ky. Has Flood Insurance, Hindering Recovery"
• "EPA Launches Civil Rights Probes Of Texas Regulator"
• "National Academies Urge EPA To Study Sunscreen Risks"
• "As Temperatures Rise, Industries Fight Heat Safeguards For Workers"
• "What the Historic Climate Bill Means for Farmers and the Food System"
• Conceding to Manchin, Bill Exempts Most Oil Industry From Methane Fees
• EPA OKs Plan To Truck Contamination From One Black Community To Another
• "Climate Bill Targets Transmission to Unjam Clean Energy Backlog"
• Newly Identified Langya Virus Tracked After China Reports Dozens Of Cases
• "A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making"
• Local renewable energy employment can fully replace US coal jobs nationwide
• Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
• New species of deep-sea isopod the size of an iPad discovered in Gulf of Mexico
• "Fate Of ‘Sleeping Giant’ East Antarctic Ice Sheet ‘In Our Hands’ – Study"
• "Landfills Around The World Release A Lot Of Methane - Study"
• British Columbia: "Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Conservationists"
• "Blinken Presses Congo Leaders to Slow Oil-and-Gas Push in Rainforests"
• "Climate Bill Would Breathe New Life Into Big-City Trees"
• "The Biggest Climate Ghouls of the 2022 Midterms"
• Driving Out Invasive Species On Islands Has Big Benefits – Study
• Chicago Signs $422 Million Deal For Green Energy
• "'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar Bears Cost Of Green Energy"
• "We Went on a Lanternfly-Killing Rampage. They're Still Here"
• Concrete using recycled tire rubber promises boost for circular economy
• Georgia just broke its state record for the number of sea turtle nests
• "House Is Set to Pass Climate, Tax and Health Package"
• "Gas Prices Fall Below $4 For 1st Time Since March"
• "California Unveils Water Strategy, Planning For Greater Scarcity"
• "African Wildlife Parks Face Climate, Infrastructure Threats"
• "Signs of BP's Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Persist Over a Decade Later"
• Arctic Warming Up To Four Times As Fast As Global Average: Study
• Sinema’s Push On Climate Bill Added $4 Billion To Combat Western Drought
• "Climate Bill Improves Air Quality Despite Fossil Fuel Benefits"
• "France Battles 'Monster' Wildfire As Heatwaves Scorch Europe"
• Fossilized Tooth May Help Solve The Mystery Of The Chincoteague Ponies
• An injured tiny turtle defecated plastic for 6 days after being rescued by an Australian zoo
• Georgia just broke its state record for the number of sea turtle nests
• History of DDT ocean dumping off LA coast even worse than expected, EPA finds
• SeaWorld’s 20-year-old killer whale Nakai dies
• Nature-friendly farming does not reduce productivity