Conservation News ~ 17 February 2022

• UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans (commentary)
• Winds of change: Detecting species from airborne DNA just got real
• Seychelles embraces transparency in fisheries, but gaps in data and action remain
• Scientists’ secret weapon to monitor the Southern Ocean? Elephant seals
• A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it
• January deforestation in the Amazon highest in 14 years
• New species of marine plankton discovered, an overlooked source of nutrients in the oceans
• "EPA Pushes School Ventilation Upgrades As Mask Mandates Fall"
• "US Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate"
• Rightwing Lobby ALEC Pushes To Blacklist Companies That Boycott Oil
• Formaldehyde Increases By 17 Percent The Risk Of Memory, Thinking Woes
• Ukraine a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Link to European Union
• "Harris in NJ Points To Newark As Model For Lead Replacement"
• "UN To Finalize Science Report On How Warming Hits Home Hard"
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation Seeks First National Park And Preserve In Georgia
• "Greta Thunberg Condemns UK Firm’s Plans For Iron Mine On Sami Land"
• "With Bike Buses, Kid Cyclists Dominate the Road"
• Rare Plant in South Texas, Mexico Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
• Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1200 years
• Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing 'major change'
• Jordan scrambles to save rare Red Sea corals that can withstand climate change
• Crackdown on villagers highlights heavy hand of Indonesia’s ‘strategic’ projects
• Indonesia to tighten regulation of tuna harvest in bid for sustainability
• As Australia faces new fire reality, forest restoration tactics reevaluated
• John Deere and Brazilian bank team up to equip farmers deforesting the Amazon
• US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds
• Europe’s Tough BPA Proposal Puts More Scrutiny On US Regulatory Inaction
• "Alberta To Toughen Oil Sands Emission Rules That Reward Big Polluters
• Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid, Action Needed, Says UN Expert
• "How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections"
• "Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise"
• "Feds Propose Protection For A Texas Border Plant"
• In Misinformation Wars, Renewable Energy Is The Latest To Be Attacked
• "California Returns as Climate Leader, With Help From the White House"
• "US Could See a Century's Worth of Sea Rise in Just 30 Years"
• EPA Shrugs After HuffPost Investigates Toxic Gulf Chemical Dump
• "AP Fact Check: Biden Takes Half-Steps on Electric Vehicles"
• New Faces on FERC Could Help Speed a Clean Energy Transition
• "Biden Administration Promises to Buy ‘Clean’ Industrial Materials"
• "GOP Boycotts Committee Vote On Federal Reserve Nominees"
• "White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race"
• "EPA Drilling Down on Civil Rights Complaints, Top Lawyer Says"
• "Flourishing Plants Show Warming Antarctica Undergoing ‘Major Change’"
• Researchers found a new species in the high Rockies: the funky thistle
• In Canada, Indigenous communities and scientists collaborate on marine research
• Why farmers, not industry, must decide the future of cocoa (commentary)
• New photo guide is most comprehensive yet on Sri Lanka’s amphibians
• Could abandoning protections save South African abalone?
• Giant anteaters lead biodiversity resurgence in Argentina’s Iberá
• Bringing back large mammals boosts restoration of entire ecosystems: Study
• Podcast: Defending New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism
• Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)
• Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands
• Field school teaches young Indigenous Indonesians how to care for their forests
• The chimp doctor will see you now: Medicating apes boost the case for conservation
• Study suggests tropical forests can regenerate naturally — if we let them
• ‘There’s hope’ for North Atlantic right whales: Q&A with filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza
• A rare plant found in Texas and Mexico could be listed as an endangered species
• World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds
• With six years of study, scientist identifies new species of fish
• Zinke Broke Ethics Rules While Leading Trump’s Interior Dept.: Watchdog
• "Oil Firms’ Climate Claims Are Greenwashing, Study Concludes"
• "Never Believe a Bank’s Net-Zero Pledge"
• "Firefighters File Multiple Lawsuits Over PFAS in Gear, Foam"
• World Spends $1.8Tn A Year On Subsidies That Harm Environment: Study
• "Power Grid Upgrade Costs to Handle Extreme Weather Divide States"
• Students From 5 Top Universities Sue To Compel Fossil-Fuel Divestment
• Jordan Tries To Save Rare Red Sea Corals That Can Take Climate Change
• Calif. Will Put Solar Panels Over Canals to Fight Two Disasters at Once
• "Tracing A Fraught And Amazing History Of American Horticulture"