Conservation News ~ 15 October 2021

• 9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid
• Deep seabed mining is risky. If something goes wrong, who will pay for it?
• Empowering Indigenous youths with tradition and tech: Q&A with Dawn Martin-Hill
• High risk, low pay for DRC rangers entrusted to guard a gorilla sanctuary
• The great Koh Kong land rush: Areas stripped of protection by Cambodian gov’t being bought up
• Experts see no way back for NZ firm blocked from trying to mine the seabed
• New Species of Primrose Family Found in Cangyuan, Yunnan
• Australian museum uncovers new shell species
• UN declares access to a clean environment a human right
• New species of sea slug can regenerate entire body - even after losing its head
• Amazon's "Mystery Plant" finally confirmed as a new species
• New frog species named after late amphibian curator at Detroit Zoo
• President Biden reinstates fishing limits in a Gulf of Maine conservation area
• Facebook to block illegal sales of protected Amazon rainforest lands
• FOREST Act bill would hold global suppliers accountable for illegal deforestation
• Hidden camera footage exposes bribery for palm oil in Papua New Guinea
• Vermont removes bald eagle from its endangered species list after years of restoration
• Lawsuit Launched After California Oil Spill to Protect Whales, Other Endangered Animals
• Major Climate Action at Stake in Fight Over Twin Pending Bills
• UN Urges Nations To Spend More On Species Protection As New Talks Begin
• "Gas Prices, Europe's Energy Crunch Threaten Biden Climate Push"
• "Chicago EPA Office To Be Led By Evanston Politician Debra Shore"
• "EPA Grants Petitions to Stem Climate Pollutants in Future Rules"
• "Impact Of Forest Thinning On Wildfires Creates Divisions"
• Biden DOE Announces Goal Of 5 Million Homes Powered By Community Solar
• "In Secret Tapes, Palm Oil Execs Disclose Corruption, Brutality"
• Top UN Panel Votes to Recognize Human Right to a Clean Environment
• "Beyond Coal: End To Deforestation Sought At COP26 Climate Summit"
• Solar Desalination device will provide clean water to 400,000 Kenyans
• Oil slicks an algae blooms marring Venezuala’s largest lake are visible from space
• These farmers want to salt the earth – and grow crops in it
• China’s population projected to fall by half within 30 years
• Indonesian activists build museum of 10,000 items of plastic waste
• Large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels encroaches on South American waters at Galapagos Islands
• For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna Cunningham
• Brazil farming co-op carves a sustainable path through agribusiness stronghold
• Mixed signals from Gabon officials to villagers fighting to save a forest
• On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, celebrating Earth’s unsung environmental stewards
• In a sea of oil palms, even monitor lizards need islands of natural forest
• Paper giants’ expansion plans raise fears of greater deforestation in Indonesia
• Fires leave trail of dead wildlife, scorched land in Bolivia’s protected areas
• Brazil reports increase in Amazon logging
• Feds kill 8 wolf pups from pack tracked for years by Idaho high school students
• "More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions"
• "Madagascar Prays For Rain As U.N. Warns Of 'Climate Change Famine'"
• "Indigenous Leaders Call For Stronger Rights As UN Nature Summit Begins"
• New California Law Bans Gasoline-Powered Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers
• "Mass Floods Hit China’s Coal Hub, Threatening Power Supplies"
• "Climate Action At COP26 Could Save Millions Of Lives, WHO Says"
• Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House
• "Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?"
• Research Finds 'Suite Of Chemicals' In Vape Liquids, Some Unsafe
• Outcry After Federal Agents Kill 8 Wolf Cubs Adopted By Idaho School
• Biden Administration Urged to Triple Listing Budget for Endangered Species
• Advocates call for a new human rights-based approach to conservation
• ‘Pristine wilderness’ without human presence is a flawed construct, study says
• Fire and forest loss ignite concern for Brazilian Amazon’s jaguars
• Indonesian park officials douse wildfire in Javan leopard habitat
• Conservation will only scale when non-conservationists see its value, says James Deutsch
• Follow the butterfly: Rediscovery of ‘extinct’ plants highlights Sri Lanka’s new red list
• Indonesia urged to improve policies protecting fishing vessel workers
• Deforestation threatens tree kangaroo habitat in Papua New Guinea
• Inland mangroves reveal a tumultuous climatic past — and hint at our future
• Biosurveillance of markets and legal wildlife trade needed to curb pandemic risk: Experts
• Fate of Malaysian forests stripped of protection points to conservation stakes
• Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis
• Wildlife releases have a mixed record, and climate change complicates things
• Environmental defenders in Nicaragua denounce government crackdown as elections loom
• To spot wild-caught birds in pet trade, researchers zoom into isotopic detail
• ‘Kew Declaration’ unites experts on reforestation, aims at policymakers ahead of COP26
• To predict forest loss in protected areas, look at nearby unprotected forest
• "US Heating Bills Will Jump As Much As 54% This Winter, Says Government"
• Biosurveillance of Wildlife Markets Needed To Curb Pandemic Risk: Experts
• "Agencies Warn of Cyber Threats To Water, Wastewater Systems"
• Canada's Iqaluit Declares Emergency After Suspected Water Contamination
• "Democrats Begin Scrutiny of Abandoned Offshore Oil Equipment"
• "EPA Plans to Clean Up Troubled Chemical and Pesticide Programs"
• Vanished From 8 States, American Bumblebees Could Face Extinction
• "Indigenous Demonstrators Make Statement At Interior"
• "Taking Stock of the Energy Storage Boom Happening Right Now"
• "A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms"
• White House Unveils Plans For Massive Expansion Of Offshore Wind Farms
• "Over 100 Nations To Adopt 'Kunming Declaration' To Boost Biodiversity"
• Calif. Alisal Fire Has Prompted Evacuations, Road And Amtrak Closures
• "Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push To Cut Emissions"
• Pollution From N.C.’s Poultry Farms Unduly Harms Communities Of Color
• "Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil"
• "Nickel Shortage Spells Trouble For EVs — Report"
• Ethylene Oxide: "EPA Eyes Broader Oversight Of Cancer-Causing Gas"
• "Solving Bali's Rivers of Trash"
• "With a Warming Climate, Coastal Fog Around the World Is Declining"
• Majority-Black Mich. City Has Water Problem That Rivals Flint Crisis
• "An Empire of Dying Wells"
• "Inside the Fight Against the Dixie Fire"
• "Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Roads Vulnerable To Flooding — Report"
• 85 Percent Of World Population Affected By Climate Change, Study Shows
• Bolsonaro Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity At ICC For Amazon Record
• "Study Finds Tens Of Thousands Of 'Forever Chemical' Sites in US"
• "Great Salt Lake’s Demise Spurs Water Emergency For Utah"
• "Already This Year, 18 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Have Hit U.S.
• "As Drought Worsens, California Farmers Are Being Paid Not To Grow Crops"
• Researchers find Greenland’s groundwater changes with thinning ice sheet