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Conservation News ~ 15 January 2021

1/15/2021

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  • ‘There is no vaccine for climate change,’ U.N. environment chief says
  • Deforestation spurred by road project creeps closer to Sumatra wildlife haven
  • Sumatran rhino conservation inspires a thriving creative economy
  • Group to sue interior secretary for delaying protection of spotted owl, other species
  • Cocaine production driving deforestation into Colombian national park
  • 63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020: Fisheries Department
  • "Will Senate Wins Unlock Biden's 100% Clean Energy Agenda?"
  • "Second-Warmest Year on Record Cost the World $210 Billion"
  • Multiple Tribes Protest Drilling Of 5,000 Oil And Gas Wells In Wyoming
  • "Inside Clean Energy: The Energy Storage Boom Has Arrived"
  • "Garland Would Bring Rare Environmental Chops as Attorney General"
  • "Cutting Concrete’s Carbon Footprint"
  • Radar Technology That Could Revolutionize Hurricane Forecasts Unfunded
  • Want To Save B.C. Salmon? Bring Back Indigenous Fishing Systems: Study
  • "EPA Chief To Visit Costa Rica As Administration Winds Down"
  • Namibia sees steady downward trend in rhino and elephant poaching
  • Researchers develop new system for measuring ship-generated underwater noise
  • WWF outlines drone guidelines for conservation
  • $95 Billion Damages: US Saw Record Year For Climate-Driven Catastrophes
  • "2020 Ties 2016 as Hottest Yet, European Analysis Shows"
  • ‘Red Flag’: How An Ethanol Plant Is Dangerously Polluting A US Village
  • "Exxon Mobil Is Twisting Itself in Knots to Justify Pumping Even More Oil"
  • "Trump Moves To Loosen Mining Regulations, Approve Projects As He Exits"
  • "Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth"
  • Climate Hitting Colorado River 'Incredibly Fast And Incredibly Hard'
  • "Oil Companies Stockpile Drilling Permits, Challenging Biden On Climate"
  • "Trump Environmental Record Marked by Big Losses, Undecided Cases"
  • Prince Charles Urges Businesses To Sign Pledge To Put Planet First
  • Six rangers killed in deadly militia attack in DRC’s Virunga National Park
  • Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals, report alleges
  • Award-winning Thai community continues the fight to save its wetland forest
  • The gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
  • "50 Countries Vow To Protect 30% Of Land And Sea By 2030"
  • "Dirty Air And Lost Pregnancies In South Asia"
  • "Interior: Bernhardt OKs Contentious BLM Law Enforcement Reforms"
  • "Top Senator Warns Banks: 'Account For Climate'"
  • "Here's What Might Be In Biden's First Climate Order"
  • "Insect Populations Suffering Death By 1,000 Cuts, Say Scientists"
  • Texas Eye Tougher Rules On Chemical Tanks To Prevent Explosions, Spills
  • "What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020"
  • "A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia"
  • Someone Wrote ‘Trump’ On A Manatee. Feds, Florida Are Investigating
  • "Michigan Plans To Charge Ex-Gov. Snyder In Flint Water Probe"
  • "Apache Group Sues Over Land Swap For Arizona Copper Mine"
  • "Deflect And Obstruct: How Interior Ducked House Oversight"
  • "A Late Burst of Climate Denial Extends the Era of Trump Disinformation"
  • "Sage Grouse Review Done, But Scant Time For Trump’s Changes"
  • "Great Lakes: Enbridge To Defy Mich. Order To Halt Pipeline Flow"
  • "Climate: Trump EPA Aims To Tie Biden's Hands With Rulemaking Surprise"
  • Climate Scientists, Mothers, Urge Americans To Act
  • Trump Admin Slashes Critical Habitat For Northern Spotted Owl
  • "17 States Sue EPA For Declining To Tighten Air Pollution Standards"
  • How Trump Admin’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council
  • "Climate Crisis: Record Ocean Heat In 2020 Supercharged Extreme Weather"
  • Coalition Calls On Biden To Impose National Moratorium On Water Shutoffs
  • Wildfire Smoke Causes Up To Half Fine-Particle Pollution in Western U.S.
  • Fossil-Friendly Manchin To Head Senate Energy Panel As Dems Face Climate
  • "Navajo Nation, New Mexico Reach Settlements Over Mine Spill"
  • "Lyme Disease Much More Common Than Previously Thought, Study Shows"
  • "Lawsuit Seeks More Protection For Endangered Right Whales"
  • Europe’s largest bank suspected of greenwashing
  • Tanzania to auction 30 ‘tourist hunting blocks in game reserves
  • Humpback whale latest victim of Taiji fisheries
  • LA County releases LA River restoration plan
  • Scientists have identified the 100 largest companies extracting the majority of their revenues from the world’s oceans
  • Defenders, Guardians and other organizations challenge nationwide wolf delisting
  • Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur to be India’s first cheetah sanctuary
  • Forest Defenders – a Panamanian tribe regains control of its lands
  • Climate deniers shift tactics to inactivism
  • World’s oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia
  • Wildlife photographer promotes lion conservation with stunning portraits
  • Eugene conservation group objects to plans for post-fire savage logging
  • Scientists discover new ‘spectacular’ bat from West Africa
  • CSULB President issues statement saying no building on Puvungna Land
  • Nez Perce Tribe reclaims 148 acres of ancestral land in Eastern Oregon
  • Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20-to 30 years
  • Swedish postage stamp celebrates work of Greta Thunberg
  • Most Europeans plant ot curb flying, eat less meat for climate, EU polls says
  • Saudi Arabia is building a zero-carbon city in a 100-mile straight line
  • Renewables produce more power than fossil fuels in Germany for first time
  • New species of bark beetle is a master of disguise
  • A new species of fruit fly named after Siruvani
  • A single cat wiped out an entire colony of fairy terns
  • Sharks born prematurely, weaker in warmer ocean temperatures
  • World’s tallest trees bigger than thought
  • Cherokee Nation establishes first hunting, fishing reserves
  • Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov Rick Snyder in Flint water scandal
  • Evidence of huntsman spider creating leaf trap for a frog found in Madagascar
  • Environmental groups sue in bid to block EPA ‘secret science’ rule
  • Guardians of Congo’s gorillas unbowed as ambushed colleague is buried
  • Invasive brown tree snakes stun scientists with amazing new climbing tactic
  • UK pledges $4billion to nature and biodiversity protection
  • White House auctions Arctic refuge to oil drillers in last stroke against US wilderness
  • Insect populations suffering death by 1,000 cuts
  • 3 neon-green fluorescent geckos species discovered
  • Prince Charles asks companies to join Earth charter
  • Ocean acidification is transforming California mussel shells
  • More than 50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth’s land and oceans
  • US consumes more green energy than coal for first time since 1885
  • Feds launch new assault on endangered species, public lands
  • UN chief calls for urgent transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
  • Global heating could stabilize if countries go net-zero emissions
  • A hi-tech eye in the sky lays bare Hawaii’s living coral reefs
  • Scientists discover hundreds of deep-ocean reefs
  • Paper giant APP failing its own sustainability goals
  • Paris agrees to turn Champs-Elysees into ‘extraordinary garden
  • As Enbridge to build line 3 Pipeline, resistance ramps up in the courts and on the ground
  • For the first time, Starbucks takes on zero-waste construction
  • Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthy
  • Adidas new vegan leather shoes will be made from fungi
  • Six rangers killed in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
  • New wild mushroom named after Pauri in U’khand
  • Elusive Catalina Island Shrew, feared extinct, spotted for 1st time in years
  • First Philippine eagle bred in captivity dies
  • Evidence of water movement found in meteorites that only recently fell to Earth
  • Jungle cat observed for first time in northwestern Iran
  • The platypus is now a threatened species in the Victoria, Australia
  • Biden picks Mr. Monsanto Tom Vilsack to head the USDA
  • Nearly 600 manatees died in Florida waters in 2020
  • The US just got a new national park – and it’s a rock climbing and whitewater rafting paradise
  • Gene editing of crops and livestock may soon be permitted in England
  • Pesticide believed to kill bees in authorized for use in England
  • Cameroon says elephants killed 10, leaving many homeless and hungry
  • Indistrial agriculture threatens a wetland oasis in Bolivia
  • Young killer whale rescued after stranding on Scottish beach
  • New species, devil-eyed frog, and Satyr butterfly not seen for a century found in forests 30 years
  • New species of recluse spider named for Leonard Cohen
  • France plans mass duck slaughter as bird flu hits foie gras
  • Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many predictions
  • CO2 levels this year 50 percent higher than 19th century
  • India’s leopard populations increases by 60% in 4 years
  • Emmanuel Macron announces the One Planet summit biodiversity
  • IUCN Green List hels Huangshan Scenic Area in integrated management of three UNESCO designations
  • 843 nominations received from across 43 countries for the new International Ranger awards
  • UK overseas territory of Tristan da Cunha becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for wildlife
  • Quebec meets UN convention’s terrestrial protected area target of 17%
  • Egypt’s Wadi El-Hitan nature reserve praised for good practice by IUCN
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