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Conservation News ~ 15 May 2020

5/15/2020

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  • Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought
  • Canada’s Calgary Zoo to return to giant pandas after bamboo supply disruption
  • Scientists warn Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral
  • Wildearth Guardians score big protections for wildlife in Montana
  • Watchdog demands prober after energy secretary admits White House pressed Feds to give oil companies access to Covid funds
  • UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks
  • Most remarkable wildlife comeback across Europe
  • Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve
  • Park rangers release 840 tortoise hatchlings from natural nests
  • White House’s executive order seeks controversial overhaul of seafood industry
  • 2 critically endangered hirola calves were born at Kenyan sanctuary
  • 200 escaped goats hoof it through California neighborhood
  • Drop in pollution may bring hotter weather and heavier monsoons
  • New worm species with jewel-like scales discovered in deep ocean darkness
  • Plant-based protein industry raises $741 million in investments during Covid
  • UK doctors urge public to go vegan to prevent future pandemics
  • AOC to co-chair Biden-Sanders campaign climate task force
  • Indigenous group wins case over illegal tree harvest
  • Scientists successfully develop ‘heat resistant’ coral to fight bleaching
  • State, tribe to suspend coal sales from US lands
  • At least $72 million in Coronavirus bailout loans went to big oil and gas companies
  • Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil
  • Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’
  • Coal snags $31 million in US stimulus loans for small business
  • Judge temporarily blocks White House’s California water plan
  • DOW sends letter to USFWS notifying them they are violating enviro laws by harvesting horseshoe crabs
  • Marine life declines for another year in contested, overfished South China sea
  • Microplastics discovered blowing ashore in sea breezes
  • Paris has a plan to keep cars out after lockdown
  • Invasive lake trout population declines in Yellowstone
  • Basin Fire burning 10,000 acres in critical tortoise habitat
  • Alaskan rainforests are a global lichen hotspot
  • Beetle penis field investigations lead to new species discovery in Norway
  • Federal Judge – pipelines must not cross streams without considering endangered species
  • Record global carbon dioxide concentrations despite Covid crisis
  • Pittsburgh region is a hotspot for air pollution and Covid deaths
  • Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
  • Pollution returns to Houston, as coronavirus restrictions loosen
  • Lockdown could be the death of bullfighting in Spain
  • New proposed legislation aims to help at-risk farmers switch from animal to plant-based agriculture
  • WildEarth Guardian have sued Arch Coal over illegal pollution at West Elk coal mine
  • Coral reef resilience key to support the underwater cities threatened by climate change
  • Australian company just planted over 1000 Coral Reefs during Covid
  • Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown
  • The largest solar project in the US gets green light
  • Edie Falco speaks out against NY Governor’s $25 million dairy bailout
  • The coronavirus is halting conservation programs and the impact could be devastating
  • New test identifies lobster hybrids
  • Land purchase finalized to prevent Everglades oil drilling
  • Mexican Spotted Owls still thriving in area burned by museum fire
  • Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
  • Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang dies
  • Entomologist Terry Erwin passes
  • First biologist to study seahorses in the wild announced winner of the Indianapolis Prize
  • US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
  • As oil prices plummet, call to nationalize industry rises
  • WildEarth Guardians and partners have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife commission for rules limiting wolf kills
  • US Beef industry stands to lose more than $13 billion due to COVID
  • More than 13k pounds of trash collected at Florida Beach just weeks after it reopened
  • White House is reversing nearly 100 environmental rules
  • COVID lockdowns are significantly impacting global air quality
  • Reports suggest the White House is moving forward with a legal draft to mine the moon
  • In the deep, dark, ocean fish have evolved superpowered vision
  • Post COVID, there’s no way back for Canada’s tar sands
  • Yet another state quietly moves to criminalize fossil fuel protests amid coronavirus
  • Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
  • Brian May urges Boris Johnson to tax meat to prevent pandemics
  • A 50% drop in meat and dairy consumption prevents 1.6 billion tons of greenhouse gases
  • The emergence of heat and humidity too sever for human tolerance
  • Endangered pangolins for sale on Facebook amid potential link to coronavirus
  • Three new species of fishes found in Western Ghats
  • NC Zoo announces birth of five American red wolf pups
  • As COVID batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite
  • White House signs Executive Order that will accelerate corporate ocean pollution
  • Coronavirus fears as China plans to entrench vast mink and fox fur industry
  • With the world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn
  • Rare blue dragons are washing up on the Padre Island National Seashore
  • Colorado AG, top water quality regulator vow to challenge new Clean Water Act rule
  • Kenya registers two rhino births
  • Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil
  • Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction
  • Garter snakes form surprisingly strong, human like friendships
  • Fishing can disrupt mating systems
  • Scientists discover bizarre-looking rock-like new species of Mata Mata turtle
  • Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment
  • Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
  • Judge rules lawsuit can proceed against Federal Bear baiting
  • Ninth circuit sides with Pentagon in case pitting Okinawa base and Dugongs
  • Insects decline on land, fare better in water
  • Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders
  • World lost forest the size of Libya since 1990
  • Conservation groups file suit to block killing of coyote populations in Idaho
  • Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild populations
  • Two bears were fatally hit by cars on the same freeway within 24 hours
  • Whale found tangled and trapped in rope dies at salmon farm
  • Workers face dilemma at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
  • Protestors gather to stop construction of Brevard Dollar General Store to save endangered species
  • White House denies Endangered Species protection for Pacific Fisher
  • Endangered bats are evolving to fight off an exotic fungal disease
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