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Conservation News ~ 17 December 2021

12/17/2021

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  • Newly discovered 'groaning' Madagascar red-eyed frog is already endangered
  • Incredible new species of wolf spider is discovered on a island off Tasmania
  • UWA Professor, Demopolis resident names ninth new plant species
  • Two new lizards discovered in South Island
  • Florida will begin emergency feeding and rescue of starving manatees
  • New Species of Mouse Opossum Discovered in Panama
  • Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company
  • "Tornadoes Kill Dozens In 5 States; Final Toll Still Unclear"
  • "Explainer: Was Tornado Outbreak Related To Climate Change?"
  • "EPA Stops Posting ‘Critically Important’ Data on Chemical Risks"
  • Coal Powered Industrial Revolution, Left Behind Environmental Catastrophe
  • Massive Oil Spill Helped Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years
  • "A PR Giant Is Caught Between Climate Pledges and Fossil Fuel Clients"
  • "Report: Interior Oil Program Is Wasteful, Outdated"
  • "Biden To End Fossil Fuel Financing Abroad"
  • "Nebraska Decarbonization Vote Was Years In The Making"
  • Plea to Make 'Ecocide' an International Crime Takes Stage at The Hague
  • Climate change agricultural impacts to heighten inequality: Study
  • Mongabay Explains: Do carbon offset markets really work?
  • For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up
  • Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says
  • Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health
  • Boosting human and machine expertise with conservation tech: Q&A with Sara Beery
  • Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil
  • An Indigenous community in India’s Meghalaya state offers lessons in climate resilience
  • Climate efforts won’t succeed without secure community rights, says Nonette Royo
  • "Study: Winter Tornadoes To Get More Powerful As World Warms"
  • Biden Admin Was Not Legally Bound To Auction Gulf Drilling Rights
  • "Watchdog: Federal Anti-Terror Unit Investigated Journalists"
  • Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Linking Climate Change, Security
  • "Crucial Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Fail Within 5 Years, Scientists Say"
  • "White House Rolls Out $7.5B Electric Vehicle Charging Plan"
  • "California Proposes Big Changes To Rooftop Solar Incentives"
  • Officials Underestimating PFAS Chemicals Lurking in US Food: Scientists
  • "Where Is Biden’s Pick For Mine Reclamation Chief?"
  • La. Plant Has Been Spewing Sulfur Dioxide For Years; Now EPA Will Act
  • Brazil builds monkey bridge to help endangered species cross road
  • Biden administration considers removing whooping cranes from endangered species list
  • New species of bacteria named after Singapore
  • Biology student in Leiden discovers new species of shrimp: 'a dream come true'
  • In Bakersfield, many push for bringing back the flow of the long-dry Kern River
  • "Biden Set To Tour Kentucky Communities Devastated By Tornadoes"
  • High Rates Of Methane Spewing From Permian Oilfield Operations: Report
  • 8 Feet Of Snow Possible In Mountains As Powerful Storm Lashes California
  • "Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’"
  • What We Know, And Don’t, About Effects Of Climate Change On Tornadoes
  • "Manchin Huddle With Biden Fails To Break Impasse"
  • "Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm"
  • "Coal Interests Press Supreme Court To Limit EPA Reach"
  • "A Key Tool for Cleaning Up Oil Spills Is More Hazardous Than Helpful"
  • "N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen"
  • Azure-tailed Skink Rediscovered On Hawaiʻi Island
  • Biden's FWS Plans to Weaken Protections for Four Endangered Species
  • Decade-old photographs shared on social media give away a new species of pygmy grasshopper
  • Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds
  • Across Latin America, Mennonites seek out isolation at the expense of forests
  • Exports of threatened species’ timber boomed under Bolsonaro, probe finds
  • French deforestation database pressures Brazilian soy traders to clean up supply chain
  • Madagascar gemstone rush puts a wetland and its community under pressure
  • First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra
  • In Latin America, the law is ‘a tool to silence’ environmental defenders
  • China’s pivot from funding coal plants to gasification slammed as more of the same
  • Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands
  • ‘Cooling the climate for 10,000 years’: How saving wetlands can help save the world
  • Camera trap study shows conservation efforts ‘are working’ on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: Video
  • In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining
  • Democrats’ $2 Trillion Spending Plan In Political Peril As Talks Snag
  • "States Volunteer To Take More Cuts In Colorado River Water"
  • Enviros Call For Stronger EPA Action On Falsified Chemical Assessments
  • Sen. Warren Asks SEC To Investigate Compensation At Fossil Fuel Giants
  • "Trump Showerhead Rule On More Water Flow Goes Down The Drain"
  • "Tornadoes, 100 MPH Winds Rip Off Roofs, Cut Power in Plains and Midwest
  • Dene Oppose Federal Regulations To Release Oilsands Tailings Water
  • "Corps Withdraws Decision Allowing Yazoo Pumps Flood Control Project"
  • "Montana Advances Grizzly Bear Plans That Could Allow Hunting"
  • "Volunteers Are Growing Oyster Gardens To Help Restore Reefs"
  • New species of dwarf catfish found in Nagaland
  • Unique Indigenous Maya food system blends cropping techniques in Guatemala
  • Brazil’s Suzano boasts its pulpwood plantations are green; critics disagree
  • Barrage of droughts weakens Amazon’s capacity to bounce back, study finds
  • Biden Admin Promises Stricter Regulation of Lead in Drinking Water
  • "Unusual Hurricane-Force Winds Sweep Midwest, Leaving 5 Dead"
  • Google Pledged to Remove Ads From Climate Deniers, but Many Still Run
  • "The U.S. Has So Many Oil Pipelines, Half of Them Are Sitting Empty"
  • Amplify Energy And Subsidiaries Charged In Orange County Oil Spill
  • "Federal Bank Regulator Proposes First Climate Risk Guidance"
  • Manchin Rejects Offshore Drilling Ban Amid Broader Standoff Over Bill
  • "How Politics Are Determining What Stove You Use"
  • "Biden Admin Clears Way For N.Y. Offshore Wind Leases"
  • "EPA IG Adds Muscle For Tracking Infrastructure Cash"
  • The first true millipede: new species with more than 1000 legs discovered in Western Australia
  • Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths
  • Portugal creates Europe’s largest marine protected area
  • New York is the largest city in the US banning natural gas in new buildings
  • At least 16 women come forward to allege 'sexual harassment and abuse' at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute
  • Great Britain set to ban import of hunting trophies
  • In a red state Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
  • Most endangered cat in Americas found living on outskirts of Chilean capital
  • ‘Everyone is capable’ of climate action, say Kevin Patel and Julia Jackson
  • Wildlife death toll from 2020 Pantanal fires tops 17 million, study finds
  • As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom
  • Scientists on a quest to map worldwide web of fungi beneath our feet
  • Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water
  • Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal
  • How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species
  • Bobcat caught on camera trap | Candid Animal Cam
  • Indonesians protesting against mines run growing risk of ‘criminalization’
  • European supermarkets say Brazilian beef is off the menu
  • Can a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action? (commentary)
  • Conservation projects in Mesoamerica make the case for Indigenous climate funding
  • 2019 fires in Indonesia were twice as bad as the government claimed, study shows
  • Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?
  • As Ethiopia’s war rages, a 400-year-old conservation site is scarred by battle
  • The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series
  • Oil highway bears down on uncontacted Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Yasuní
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