Conservation News ~ 19 August 2022

• Scientists name newly discovered species of limu after island conservation leader
• Plant spotted three years ago identified as new species
• "House Passes Sweeping Climate, Tax and Health Care Package"
• Warming Doubles Risk Of Catastrophic California ‘Megaflood’ - Researchers
• "Hot Nights: US in July Sets New Record For Overnight Warmth"
• Newsom Wants To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Open
• Vulnerable Vanuatu Launches Ambitious Climate Plan
• Trump Loyalist Challenging Liz Cheney Is An Anti-Conservation Zealot
• "Federal Court Reinstates Ban On New Coal Sales On Public Land"
• Poland Says Oder Tests So Far Not Showing Poison As Cause Of Fish Die-Off
• 10 Years After Austin Tice Vanished In Syria, His Family Fights On For Him
• "When Fireflies Await a Night That Never Comes"
• Biden To Sign Massive Climate And Health Care Legislation Tuesday
• "Tensions Grow Over Lack Of A Water Deal For The Shrinking Colorado River"
• "Former Grenada Minister Tapped As Next U.N. Climate Chief"
• "Billions Would Die From Starvation In Nuclear War: Research"
• Army Corps Opens Lengthy Environmental Review Of Line 5 Tunnel For Comment
• "Rise In Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest"
• As Drought Drives Elephants Closer To People, Consequences Can Be Deadly
• "U.S. States Urge Postal Service To Halt Gas Vehicle Purchases"
• Why Scientists Have Pumped A Potent Greenhouse Gas Into Public Streams
• "Death Valley’s Invasive Donkeys Have Become Cat Food"
• Endangered insects and spiders being sold illegally on eBay and Amazon, study shows
• Fishing ship sinks, spilling massive amount of diesel fuel near endangered orcas in Washington state
• High school students describe two new species of scorpions
• Seven new bee species discovered in Iowa for the first time
• Arizona Loses One-Fifth Of Its Colorado R. Allocation Under New Fed Plan
• "Biden Signs Massive Climate And Health Care Legislation"
• "Shadowy Oil and Gas Interests Are Deciding Texas' Energy Fate"
• An "Extreme Heat Belt" Will Soon Emerge In The U.S., Study Warns
• "White House Climate Official Sanctioned By Prestigious Science Body"
• "Hundreds Of Thousands Drop Flood Insurance As Rates Rise"
• "Kicking Oil Companies Out Of School"
• "Oil Majors' Climate Visions 'Inconsistent' With Paris Targets"
• "Attacks On Canadian Media Reveal Dark Red Cracks In Our Democracy"
• "New Zealand River's Personhood Status Offers Hope To Māori"
• "Court Clears Path For Biden Oil And Gas Leasing Pause"
• "Major Cities Blighted By Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution, Research Finds"
• "Forest Fires Are Getting Worse, 20 Years Of Data Confirm"
• "European Food Companies Break Their Plastics Promises"
• Endangered Sea Turtles Found On La. Island Could Help Its Restoration
• "Rebirth of San Francisco’s Salt Marshes"
• "Is the Jaguarundi Extinct in the United States?"
• Ants Can Be Better Than Pesticides For Growing Healthy Crops: Study
• "Dodge Will Retire Charger And Challenger, Its Muscle Car Mainstays"
• New Hawk Moths Are Some of the Smallest Ever Found
• "Climate Bill’s Unlikely Beneficiary: US Oil And Gas Industry"
• Chevron Jumps Into Texas' News Desert With Stories About Puppies and Oil
• Grijalva, Porter Threaten Subpoena Over Firm’s Work With Fossil Companies
• "EPA Finds New Risks With Dicamba Weedkiller"
• "‘No Winners’ Seen if States Launch Water War Amid Megadrought"
• "Scientists Boost Crop Performance by Engineering a Better Leaf"
• "Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique"
• Canada Oil Sands Sector Aims To Release Treated Tailings Water Into River
• "BLM Reconsiders Trump-Era Midnight Orders Opening Alaska Lands"
• "Columbia River's Salmon Are at the Core of Ancient Religion"
• Scientists find way to extract lithium from sweater
• Judge reinstates Obama-era coal leasing moratorium on federal lands
• Critically endangered sea turtles lay eggs on Texas beach
• Nuclear fusion breakthrough confirmed- California team achieved ignition
• Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years
• Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from ‘a million years’ to 30 minutes