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Conservation News ~ 14 February 2020

2/14/2020

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  • Via Rail cancels most trains nationwide, CN closes Eastern Canadian network as Indigenous protests continue
  • Once thought extinct, rare pochards take steps toward recovery
  • China announces plans to permanently ban wildlife trade
  • US Interior Dept. drops trophy hunting council amid court fight
  • US Senator Kamala Harris passes three bill to protect 1 million acres of land in California
  • NJ town shuts down road for salamander migration
  • Deforested Amazon areas are net emitters of CO2
  • Observations shared by bird watchers reveal migratory pathways of more than 600 bird species
  • Biggest turtle that ever lived had 10-foot shell with horns
  • Greta Thunberg gets her own TV series
  • A movement is growing to protect up to half the planet
  • Big polluters allowed to lift emissions without penalty
  • Three endangered Indian species to be added to Protected Migratory Species List
  • More environment-friendly power generators go online in Huntington Beach, Ca
  • A new Tyrannosaur species is discovered, called the Reaper of Death
  • Puerto Rican Butterfly, rare Virgin Islands Flower one step closer to Endangered Species list
  • California considers giving Mountain Lions greater protection under the Endangered Species Act
  • White House rubber stamps Arizona copper mine
  • EU accused of climate crisis hypocrisy after backing 32 gas projects
  • Air pollution from fossil fuels costs $8 billion per day
  • Bill banning balloon releases statewide passes in Maryland Senate
  • New species of chafer beetle discovered in Indonesia
  • Anand Singh gets forest ministry, despite facing 15 cases
  • #DropExxon go national with law student boycott
  • Dolphin found dead on Pensacola Beach, $20k reward offered
  • Prime Minister of Iceland calls for prioritizing “well-being” of citizens over GDP
  • Ecologist Exequiel Ezcurra receives AAAS Science Diplomacy award
  • Scientists find never-before-seen baby of rare rabbit on WhatsApp
  • 10,000 rare black bees are feared dead in an act of vandalism at England’s Wisbech Castle
  • Heat trapped in urban areas tricks trees into thinking spring has arrived earlier
  • White House $4.8 billion budget proposal includes 26% cut to EPA
  • Expert panel says 113 species need urgent attention after Australia’s bushfires
  • Judge repeals wildlife agency’s approval of copper mine due to endangered species threat
  • Sick Hawaiian monk seal has infection spread by feral cats
  • 365-millionyear-old lungfish unearthed in South Africa
  • Oregon timber, environmental groups agree to work on forest management plan
  • Jane Goodall plans to plant 5 million trees this year
  • Himalayan Glacier shows evidence of start of industrial revolution
  • Hotter, drier El Ninos linked to insect decline in the Amazon
  • Indonesia softens stance on WWF termination as programs fall into limbo
  • Updated shark tagging atlas provides more than 50 years of tagging and recapture data
  • Rhino poacher shot dead in Zimbabwe
  • New species of bat is found in roost
  • New species of marine worm found at Olympic venue
  • Justice department drops Antitrust probe against automakers that sided with California on emissions
  • Shots fired at Sea Shepherd ship in the Vaquita refuge
  • US government removes detailed pollution map from internet
  • Study casts doubt on Brazil’s plan to meet Paris Accord by replanting forests
  • Canadian court upholds Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
  • Countries with more female politicians pass more ambitious climate policies
  • Starbucks may phase out dairy to combat climate change
  • White House budget proposes $250 million for Everglades restoration projects
  • Climate change activists take entertainment industry to task at Hollywood sign protest
  • The EU wants to tax meat for the climate
  • Man found guilty of smuggling 450m worth of live eels out of UK
  • Patients at Wuhan’s coronavirus hospital given turtles to eat for dinner
  • Boaters in Florida broke the all-time record for killing manatees this year
  • Nike is dressing 2020 Olympic athletes in uniforms made of recycled shoe parts
  • BC predator cull would target 80 percent of wolves in caribou recovery areas
  • Brazil discovers two new species of plants older than dinosaurs
  • Climate activists bring Trojan Horse to British Museum in BP protest
  • The US Navy quietly shut down its task force on climate change
  • Washington state moves towards ban on bottled water extraction
  • Bolsonaro sends a bill to Brazil’s Congress that would open indigenous lands to mining, agribusiness
  • Costa Rica is nearly at 100% Renewable Energy for electricity
  • SeaWorld just banned dolphin surfing
  • Antarctica hits hottest temperature on record
  • China scientists identify pangolin as possible coronavirus host
  • Group seeks endangered species listing for Alaska lake seals
  • In the threatened Tongass National Forest a Native-owned corporation is being paid to leave some old-growth trees standing
  • Nantahala and Pisgah forest plan released
  • Two NYC students discover a new species of sea anenomes
  • New species of flies found in Lochaber forest
  • Indonesia accused of putting profit ahead of the environment with new bill
  • 40,000 endnagered species condoms sent to top 10 'sexually satisfied' cities
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