Conservation News ~ 17 March 2023

• Inspired by butterflies, researcher invents new paint that has no pigments
• Oldest Known Pollen-carrying Insect Lived About 280 Million Years Ago, Pushing Fossil Records
• New disease caused by plastics discovered in seabirds
• Master of camouflage: new gecko species found living among rocks on remote Queensland island
• Endangered Mexican wolf species is making a US comeback, officials say
• New Hummingbird Species with Golden Collar Discovered in Peru
• 3 new species of cascade frogs discovered from Arunachal
• Rare orchid species found in China's Yunnan – Xinhua
• Exciting Possibilities: New Species of Microalgae Discovered
• "Nations Reach Accord To Protect Marine Life On High Seas"
• Plan To Incinerate Soil From Ohio Derailment Is ‘Horrifying’ - Expert
• "Storms Bolster California Snowpack, Ease Drought"
• "EPA Mandates States Report On Cyber Threats To Water Systems"
• Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees
• "Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo"
• Canada Environment Minister Concerned About Imperial Oil Tailings Leak
• "‘Silicon Valley of Lithium’: Nevada Mine Breaks Ground"
• ‘15-Minute City’ Planning Is On The Rise, Experts Say. Here's What To Know
• "US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds"
• Bhutan adds 26 new species of moths to science
• Green Groups Sue Biden Administration Over Gulf Offshore Oil Lease Sale
• Meat, Dairy And Rice Production Will Bust 1.5C Climate Target: Study
• "Billion-Dollar Power Lines Finally Inching Ahead to Help US Grids"
• "Colorado Lawmakers Seek Suspension Of Utah Oil Train Project"
• "EPA Fires Back Against Texas Challenge of Biden’s Waters Rule"
• "What To Know About The 'Red Tide' Hitting Florida Beaches"
• "Environmentalists: Maine Dam Operator Not Protecting Salmon"
• "UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change"
• Norfolk Southern To Pay For Temporary Relocation During Soil Cleanup
• "Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests"
• New species of cockroach discovered in Singapore, named after Pokemon
• Chile announces biological corridor to protect endangered deer
• NTSB Opens Special Probe Of Norfolk Southern Safety Practices And Culture
• 1,000 Super-Emitting Methane Leaks Risk Triggering Climate Tipping Points
• "The Creeping Threat Of The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt"
• New Scrutiny: Is California’s Antiquated Water Rights System Racist?
• "Tracking the Erratic Path of US Climate Migrants"
• "Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs"
• Time Running Out to Restore Plants, Animals That Exist Only in Captivity
• "#StopWillow Is Taking TikTok By Storm. Can It Actually Work?"
• "‘We’re Going After’ PFAS Exposure, Biden Tells Firefighters"
• "Cattle Country Fends Off Climate Villain Label"
• Feds decline Endangered Species Act protections for Joshua trees
• Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy
• "Norfolk Southern CEO Bringing Apology, Aid To Senate Hearing"
• "Biden Budget Seeks Big Deficit Cuts In Challenge to GOP"
• "EPA Proposes ‘Strongest Ever’ Limits On Coal Plant Discharges"
• "Antarctic Sea Ice Cover At Record Low"
• "Smoke From Australian Bushfires Depleted Ozone Layer By Up To 5% In 2020"
• "US Carbon Pipeline Faces Setback As Residents Refuse To Cede Land Rights"
• "California Flood Watch Issued As Next Atmospheric River Looms"
• "Fossil Fuels Received £20Bn More UK Support Than Renewables Since 2015"
• "Federal Protection Granted For Imperiled Freshwater Mussels"
• "Alaska Communities Try to Keep Their Whale Freezers Frozen"
• 'This is an endangered species': calls to take eels off the European menu
• Pittsburgh zoo welcomes newborn Western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species
• New species of spider discovered on NISER campus in Bhubaneswar
• 700 New Species Are Facing Extinction, According to a Red List Update
• New bacterial species found in plumes of hydrothermal vents
• Leaping lizards: Peru finds a new one
• Western Forests 3 Times the Size of Yellowstone Could Be Transformed by Midcentury
• Record-Breaking Amount of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Wildfires in 2021
• "EPA Would Get 19% Boost to Record High Funding in Biden Budget"
• Norfolk Southern CEO Says He’s Sorry For Train Derailment Impact On Ohio
• Senate Panel That Grilled Norfolk Southern CEO Is Awash In Company's Cash
• "U.N. Buys Tanker To Store Oil From Decaying Vessel Off Yemen"
• "House GOP Votes To Overturn Biden Rule On Water Protections"
• "La Nina Is Gone. These Were The Deadly Storms During Its Run"
• "House Republicans Announce Major Energy Package As Top Priority Bill"
• "Business Backlash Pushing GOP To Weaken Anti-ESG Proposals"
• "Record-Breaking Storm Freddy Due To Hit Mozambique Again"
• As Iditarod Mushers Rest, Warm Weather Is Melting Strategies And Plans
• California Copes With Heavy Rain, Flooding In Latest 'Atmospheric River'
• Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on Major Oil Project in Alaska
• Company Testing Air in East Palestine Homes Was Hired by Norfolk Southern
• Many Worry Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules
• "U.S. Landowners In Privacy Fight With Govt Surveillance Cameras"
• "In Rift With Biden, Manchin Vows To Block Oil, Gas Nominee"
• Insurers Slashed Hurricane Ian Payouts Far Below Damage Estimates: Docs
• "A Huge City Polluter? Buildings. Here’s a Surprising Fix."
• "Ukraine War’s Environmental Toll Will Devastate Lives For Decades"
• "Why Saving the Whales Means Saving Ourselves"
• Good News From The Zero Tolerance Area in Late 2022: Less Illegal Gillnetting And More Evidence Of Vaquita Survival
• More Storms Ravage California, Northeast
• "EPA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water"
• "Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists"
• "What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Means for Climate Tech"
• "Governments Vet Crucial UN Climate Science Report"
• "Confirmed: Global Floods, Droughts Worsening With Warming"
• "The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes"
• "Scientists Warn Of ‘Phosphogeddon’ As Critical Fertiliser Shortages Loom"
• In Rail Hazmat Crashes, Small Town Firefighters Can Be Vulnerable
• "In Cambodia, a Battered Mekong Defies Doomsday Predictions"
• "Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York"
• "Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision"
• "EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule"
• "Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project"
• "Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment"
• "House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package"
• "Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique"
• "What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?"
• "Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023"
• "Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage"
• Pink, fuzzy and lurking deep in the ocean — new lobster species is one of 5 just found
• Mysterious Corsican 'cat-fox' revealed as unique species
• Australian scientists discover new species of 'giant' spider
• Sunflower sea star needs Endangered Species Act protection, U.S. says
• Student finds new 'glossy' jumping spider species in India
• KFU scientists partake in describing two new species of crustaceans from the Arctic
• "E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks"
• "Is A Common Industrial Chemical Fueling The Spread Of Parkinson’s Disease?"
• Water Restrictions Lifted For Millions in SoCal, But Conservation Urged
• "California Salmon Season Is Canceled For The First Time Since 2009"
• "Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks"
• "Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says"
• "Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill"
• "Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets"
• "Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals"
• "Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff"
• "Biden Plans to Name Nevada’s Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument"
• Survivors In Shock As Cyclone Freddy Toll Passes 400 In Malawi, Mozambique
• "How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic"
• "Shell Rules Out More Ambitious Goal For End-User Emissions"
• "Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines"
• "US Toxic Chemical Releases Climbed 8% in 2021, EPA Report Says"
• "Public Health vs. Economic Growth: Toxic Chemical Rules Pose Test for Biden"
• "A 24-Armed Hunter, Threatened With Extinction, Is Set to Get Protection"
• "Farmers Wary Of Proposal To Save Colorado River Water"
• "Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida"