Conservation News ~ 18 June 2021

• One of world's most endangered whales species has shrunken in size in recent years
• Barks in the night lead to the discovery of new species of 3 tree hyraxes
• 15-metre tree discovered in Andaman &Nicobar Islands
• 1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each
• New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
• Can the Japanese seafood industry reconcile their finances with nature?
• Forest advocates press EU leader to rethink views on biomass and energy
• Climate change isn’t fueling algal blooms the way we think, study shows
• Marbled cat: Candid Animal Cam meets the mini clouded leopard
• Illegal logging in Philippines’ Palawan stokes fears of a mining resurgence
• Meet the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
• Calls for independent probe after anti-mine Indonesian official dies
• "Schumer To Trigger Reconciliation Process On Wednesday"
• Judge Says Biden Can't Pause New Leases for Drilling on Public Lands
• As Climate Emergency Grows, Farmworkers Lack Protection from Deadly Heat
• "Study: Half of US Cosmetics Contain Toxic Chemicals"
• Cancer Alley Campaigner Wins Goldman Prize For Environmental Defenders
• China Promised To Go Carbon-Neutral By 2060, But Coal Is Still King
• G7 Brightens Outlook For New Nature Pact But Pandemic Threatens Deadline
• "Arab States Call On U.N. Security Council To Meet Over Ethiopian Dam"
• New Ecolabel Will Certify ‘Whale-Safe’ Shipping Firms And Cruise Lines
• "Freeing Oysters from a Parasite’s Hold"
• New beetle species discovered and named after iconic sci-fi heroines
• New tardigrade species named after Kerala
• Kenya's 'Legendary' Scarface Lion Found Dead in Important Conservation Area
• Scientists name frog found in Ecuadorian Andes after Led Zeppelin
• 50+ groups across US Northwest unveil Green New Deal vision for region’s vital forests
• A mission to rescue 469 doomed trout at the Arroyo Seco fans Pasadena water war
• US Fish and Wildlife Service ordered to reconsider walrus listing
• Biden’s ban on new oil and gas lease is blocked by a federal judge
• Marin nabs $1.1M to clear fire fuels in elevated terrain
• Great Apes could lose 94% of African Home due to climate crisis and other human action
• Greenpeace International takes Norwegian state to the European Court of Human Rights over climate inaction
• A new population of endangered Eastern Spadefoot toad is discovered
• Arizona plant threatened by Rosemont Copper Mine receives endangered species protection
• European Parliament votes in favor of caged farming ban by 2027
• Two rare Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesia
• Number of scientists worldwide reaches 8.8M as global research spending grows
• Sighting of super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’
• New population of blue whales discovered with help of bomb detectors
• Sea Eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century
• Ancient Gardens persist in British Colombia’s forests
• Winners of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize announced
• New beetle-dwelling roundworm species discovered in Japan
• "Historic Heat Wave Expands Across California, Wildfire Risk Builds"
• Gulf Coast Braces For Flooding, Winds As Tropical Storm Approaches
• "Senate Confirms Biden Pick For No. 2 Role At Interior"
• "NOAA Gets First Senate-Confirmed Administrator Since 2017"
• Plan To Raze 4 Dams On California-Oregon Line Clears Hurdle
• "EPA Chief Reinstates Science Advisory Board He Dismantled"
• UN Climate Chief Urges Unity As Covid, Finance Cloud COP26 Outlook
• Companies Bet Carbon Labels Can Help Climate. Will Consumers Catch On?
• Infrastructure: Schumer Vows To Pass Only 'A Strong, Bold Climate Bill'
• "Spirituality Underpins Migrant Activism in US Borderlands"