Conservation News ~ 17 June 2022

• Rare Arizona wildflower protected under Endangered Species Act
• New species of freshwater sponge discovered in Wyndham
• Overexploited and underprotected: Study urges action on Asia’s rosewoods
• The curious case of the Sri Lankan national flower that wasn’t
• For companies shopping for quality carbon credits, a new guide offers help
• Even Antarctic snow can’t escape the plastic peril, study shows
• Report clears Kenyan conservancy of community abuse, but advocates cry foul
• For Thai fishers facing dwindling catches, a Lao dam looms large
• Native flower extinct in New Mexico could be brought back through federal protections
• "Phoenix, Vegas, Denver Post Records Amid Southwest Heat Wave"
• "‘We Buried Him and Kept Walking’: Children Die as Somalis Flee Hunger"
• California Fire Season Made Dangerous By Drought, Water Restrictions
• Chemical Pollutants Linked To Falling Sperm Quality In Research
• "Tundra Wildfire Creeps Closer Toward Alaska Native Community"
• Car Tyres Produce Way More Particle Pollution Than Exhausts: Tests
• "Rare Wetland Plant Found In Arizona Now Listed As Endangered"
• "The Race Against Time To Breed A Wheat To Survive The Climate Crisis"
• "Virginia's Critical Wetlands Are Marching Inland"
• "Brazil Police: Items Owned By Missing Men Found In Amazon"
• Proposed copper and gold mine threatens the world’s ‘second Amazon’ in PNG
• World is losing ‘magical’ tradition of human-animal mutualism, study warns
• Loggers close in on one of the world’s oldest biosphere reserves
• ‘GPS’ bird points to the sweet spot: Q&A with honey hunter Eliupendo Laltaika
• In Indonesian Borneo, a succession of extractive industries multiplies impacts, social fractures
• "Record-Setting Heat Wave Expands East; Over 100 Million Under Alerts"
• "Western Wildfires Force Evacuations In Arizona, California"
• "Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances"
• "Biden Admin Proposes Standards To Increase Home Heating Efficiency"
• "Yellowstone Floods Wipe Out Roads, Bridges, Strand Visitors"
• Sky News Australia Is A Global Hub For Climate Misinformation: Report
• "Aging Dams Could Soon Benefit From $7B Federal Loan Program"
• "SEC Democrats Worry Climate Reporting Plan Falls Short on Audits"
• "Family Says Bodies Found In Search For Journalist And Colleague"
• "How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet"
• New sponge crab species named after being discovered off coast of Western Australian
• Maasai protesters shot, beaten as Tanzania moves forward with wildlife game reserve
• Mahogany, a pillar of the rainforest, needs support (commentary)
• Zoo animals not immune to Sri Lanka’s economic rout as food prices surge
• ‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern
• Latest ‘plan for the planet’ calls for protecting 44% of land, home to 1.8b humans
• Coal mining threatens Ethiopia’s ancient coffee forest
• Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers
• "Conservation Groups Sue Feds To Protect Old-Growth Forests"
• "Biden Tells Oil Refiners: Produce More Gas, Fewer Profits"
• "How Extreme Heat Kills, Sickens, Strains and Ages Us"
• "Leaked List: EPA Eyes Closure Plans For 160 Coal Ash Ponds"
• "Mine Cleanup Program Still Lacks Biden Appointee"
• "Russia’s Oil Revenue Soars Despite Sanctions, Study Finds"
• "One Site, 95 Tons of Methane an Hour"
• More Than 20 Million US Farm Animals Die On Way To Abattoir Every Year
• "The 1977 White House Climate Memo That Should Have Changed The World"
• Hellish Fires, Low Pay, Trauma: Calif. Firefighters Face Morale Crisis
• Dead Penguins Keep Washing Up on New Zealand’s Beaches.
• Virgin Islands Flower Finally Gets Endangered Species Protections After 47 Years
• Lawsuit Launched to Protect Habitat for 12 Endangered Coral Species
• Environmental groups sue Biden administration over western drilling permits
• Climate change: Green energy 'stagnates' as fossil fuels dominate
• New species of bamboo-dwelling bat found in Meghalaya
• His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan and Professor Stephen Carpenter win the 3st Blue Planet Prize by the Asahi Glass Foundation
• "U.S. Issues New Warnings On 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water"
• "Part of Flooded Yellowstone Likely To Remain Closed All Summer"
• "LNG Plant Had History Of Safety Issues Before Explosion"
• "Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low"
• "Global Regulators Set Out Climate Checklist For Banks"
• Bank Group Accused Of Loopholes And ‘Greenwashing’ In Climate Pledge
• "Air Pollution Worse For Global Lifespan Than Cigarettes Or Alcohol"
• "New Data Reveals Extraordinary Global Heating In The Arctic"
• "Renewable-Rich States Push Feds to End Electricity Grid Logjam"
• "Great Lakes Ice Coverage Declines As The Climate Warms"
• Algae bloom in Gulf of Maine
• Endangered sea turtles hatch on Texas beach for the first time in modern history
• Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn’t a person, a court rules
• China’s clean air campaign is bringing down global pollution
• Guardians, allies challenge Trump-era rule change allowing logging of mature and old growth forests
• Mass frog burial baffles experts at iron age site near Cambridge
• Beyer introduces Half Earth resolution on birthday of EO Wilson
• Largest colony of African penguins in the world is gone
• Yellowstone National Park announced that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain
• Feral Cats Push Endangered Marsupial to Brink of Extinction
• EPA Confirms Three Widely Used Neonicotinoid Pesticides Likely Harm Vast Majority of Amphibians
• New Species Of Absurdly Fluffy Crab Makes Hats Out Of Sea Sponges
• "White House Weighs Fuel Export Limits as Pump Prices Surge"
• "Climate Change: Bonn Talks End in Acrimony Over Compensation"
• "Emissions From New US Natural Gas Projects Will Equal 18 Million Cars"
• "U.S. House Passes A Major Wildlife Conservation Spending Bill"
• "Shaky Oasis For Some Polar Bears Found, But Not For Species"
• "House Passes Bill To End Restrictions On Higher-Ethanol Fuels"
• Just 13% Of Nations In Stockholm Convention Have Disposed Of PCBs Properly
• "Can a Law Protecting Endangered Animals Stop New Oil Drilling?"
• "How Millions Of Lives Can Be Saved If The US Acts Now On Climate"
• Scientists Name Climate Change As Likely Cause For Alaska Snow Crab Decline