Conservation News ~ 18 March 2022

• "As War Rages, a Struggle to Balance Energy Crunch and Climate Crisis"
• "Ukraine Reports Seizure Of Major Gas Infrastructure"
• In Texas, Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Pollution
• "Georgia Plans To Temporarily Halt Gas Tax As Prices Soar"
• UN Ocean Treaty Is ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Chance To Protect The High Seas
• "The Field Report: What the Invasion of Ukraine Means for the Food Supply"
• "How Oil Companies Rebranded Deceptive Climate Ads As ‘Free Speech’"
• "SEC To Consider Historic Rule Requiring Climate Disclosure"
• "Alaska North Slope Natural Gas Leak Is Under Investigation"
• How Buffalo Bill and a Civil War General Saved Yellowstone National Park
• SEA SHEPHERD LAUNCHES AMAZON EXPEDITION
• "EPA Expands Reach Of Ozone Regulations"
• "US Tsunami Warning System Needs Major Overhaul, Report Says"
• "Edible Extinction: Why We Need to Revive Global Food Diversity"
• Ontario Politicians Have Dodged York Region Sewage Problem For 13 Years
• "A Growing Force In The Climate Movement: Moms"
• "Environmental Justice Funds Seen as Just a Start for Advocates"
• US Ethanol Industry Banks On Carbon Capture To Solve Emissions Problem
• Bird Flu Found in SW Iowa Commercial Flock Of 920,000 Egg-Laying Chickens
• "Why Nearly Empty Auto Lots Make This Pump-Price Shock Different"
• Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet
• Stunning deepwater rose-veiled fairy wrasse confirmed as new species
• Galapagos tortoises belong to new species
• Hundreds of Masai ready to leave conservation area
• Record seizures mark Sri Lanka’s rise as a smuggling hub for star tortoises
• ‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding
• White House starts key ESA 'critical habitat' review
• Sequoia National Park Fully Reopens Giant Forest
• In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s defense into their own hands
• Activists vow to take EU to court to fight its forest biomass policies
• Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns
• Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation
• U of S research seeks to convert agriculture, forestry leftovers into fuel
• Amazon deforestation starts 2022 on the fastest pace in 14 years
• "Here's Who Stands To Win From High Gas Prices"
• "House Dems Seek Probe of USPS Plan For New Mail Truck Fleet"
• "Manchin Comes Out Against Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin"
• "Judge Axes Trump-Era Lease Sales To Protect Sage Grouse"
• "Iowa's Second 'Ag-Gag' Law Violates 1st Amendment, Federal Court Rules"
• "UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity"
• "Brazil Detects Record Amazon Deforestation in Jan. and Feb."
• As US Rushes for Energy Minerals, 1872 Law Allows Miners Free Rein
• "Court: Duke Can’t Make Customers Pay Coal-Ash Cleanup Costs"
• "Adirondack Rail Trail Takes Another Step Closer To Reality"
• New Species of Mossy Frog Discovered in Vietnam
• New Species of Storm Petrel Identified
• SEC Plans To Force Public Companies To Disclose Greenhouse Emissions
• "Raskin Withdraws From Fed Nomination After Support Crumbles"
• "Somalia's Worst Drought In Four Decades Means Millions Need Aid"
• Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Gas and Oil Wells, New Study Finds
• "The U.S. Has Made Big Promises. Where’s The Money?"
• "As Drought Deepens, Californians Are Saving Less Water"
• "Chicken, Turkey Farmers Struggle To Keep Birds Safe From Flu"
• "Groups Sue For Records In Montana Mine Pollution Case"
• "Illinois AG Asked To Ensure Proper Cleanup Of Oil Spill"
• "The Big Sneeze: Climate Change To Make Pollen Season Nastier"
• "Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Climate-Cost Rules Restored, for Now"
• "Appeals Court Clears Path For Izembek Road"
• "Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices"
• Citing Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports
• "Report: Climate Change Threatens These 29 Michigan Chemical Sites"
• "Lake Powell Hits Historic Low, Raising Hydropower Concerns"
• "Covid Exposed The Cracks in the US Food System"
• "Texas And Other States Want To Punish Fossil Fuel Divestment"
• "$75 Million For Residents Whose Homes Were Built On Landfill"
• "Why We Still Don’t Yet Know How Bad Climate Migration Will Get"
• Welsh solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital
• Fate of Indonesian rainforest the size of Belgium hangs in the balance (commentary)
• Can a reforestation project stop land grabs? Villagers in the DRC give it a try
• New law would tie U.S. conservation funding to human rights protection
• Pandemic hit the pause button on the discoveries of new species
• Podcast: Tree kangaroos may be key to New Guinea forest conservation
• Can we plan for a future without trophy hunting? (commentary)
• Behind viral story of bear visiting Nepal hospital lies bigger ailment
• Study: Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors
• Analysis: Elite power struggle sees Vietnam abandon coal, but leaves collateral damage
• Brazil Congress fast-tracks ‘death package’ bill to mine on Indigenous lands
• Climate-positive, high-tech metals are polluting Earth, but solutions await
• To fight invaders, Munduruku women wield drone cameras and cellphones
• Farmers rediscover benefits of traditional small grains in Zimbabwe
• Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell
• Civil conflict in Cameroon puts endangered chimpanzees in the crosshairs
• Tropical deforestation emitting far more carbon than previously thought: Study
• Sloth, giant armadillo, and fishing cat conservationists win Future for Nature Award 2022
• In Puerto Rico, a marathon effort builds to restore mangroves and dunes
• NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo
• NZ Department of Conservation rushing to Farewell Spit after report of dozens of pilot whales stranded
• Beavers are back in London after 400 years to help rewild capital
• Hope for Kenya’s mountain bongos as five released into sanctuary
• The New Caledonian storm petrel is a new species
• Butterflies are vanishing in the western US, but not for the reasons scientists thought
• Gir lost 283 lions in 2 years – Gujarat govt
• High pond density benefits the dispersal of aquatic insects in urban areas
• Judge rules New York took Mohawk land illegally in the 1800s
• "Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals"
• "Drought in US Is Expected to Persist, and Spread, Through the Spring"
• "How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny"
• "EU Countries Back Plan For World-First Carbon Border Tariff"
• Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Says Exiting Does ‘More Harm Than Good’
• 'Sustainable' Funds Are No More Green Than Traditional Products: Study
• Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching As UNESCO Weighs "In Danger" Listing
• "EPA Slates 12 New Superfund Sites For Cleanup"
• "Yemeni City Looks To Ancient Past To Survive Climate Change"
• "Can Oysters Save New York City From The Next Big Storm?"
• Oregon Department of Forestry Moves Flawed Endangered Species Plan Forward
• New Spider Species Uncovered By SDSU Biologist
• Oregon Department of Forestry Moves Flawed Endangered Species Plan Forward