Conservation News ~ 19 May 2023

• In Honorable Memory of Ziad Samaha
• COP28 High-Level Champion Calls for Greater Inclusion and Partnerships with Indigenous Communities for Climate Action
• The new IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology promotes a comprehensive approach to analyze ecosystems in the face of present and future challenges
• Earth Day 2023: Inclusive conservation invests in Indigenous and local women
• The IUCN Green List, what it is and why it’s useful
• Putting people at the heart of human-wildlife conflict: Outcomes of the International Conference on Human-Wildlife
• Conflict and Coexistence
• Maher Mahjoub, new director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
• Brief IUCN WCEL statement regarding the sixth session of the Environment Assembly
• Utah's Endangered Species Mitigation Fund allocates $4.4 million to fund 42 wildlife
• Taiwan passes organic law to establish Ministry of the Environment
• New demon catshark species discovered off coast of Western Australia
• New stoloniferous species of begonia found in Yunnan
• Butterfly Group With Fiery 'Eyes' Is Named After 'Lord of the Rings' Villain Sauron
• Sacramento Zoo announces Sumatran orangutan birth; 1st since 1981
• Rare owlfly species discovered from Rajasthan
• Texas A&M Forest Service To Receive $21.75 Million For Urban Forestry Initiatives
• Indianapolis Zoo offers $1 million sponsorship of endangered species preservation plan
• Almost 30,000 People Displaced As Alberta Continues Battling Wildfires
• "Fire Burns For Third Day At Shell Texas Chemical Plant"
• "Federal Pipeline Agency Rolls Out Methane Proposal"
• "West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice"
• "Oil Boom Transforms Guyana, Prompting A Scramble For Spoils"
• "Circuit Panel’s Halt of EPA Ozone Rule Threatens National Limits"
• Florida Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by Proposed LNG Plant
• Tribe Was Barred From Cultural Burning — Then A Fire Hit Their Community
• "Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines"
• "Radar, Cameras Show Sea Birds Avoid Wind Turbines"
• "Warming-Stoked Tides Eating Huge Holes In Greenland Glacier"
• Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias?
• "Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says."
• "Outdoor Brands Phase Out PFAS, “Forever Chemicals,” Ahead Of State Bans"
• Project Documents D.C. Region’s Dying Ash Trees
• Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
• EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting
• Puppy Mills: Iowa Still Leads The Nation In Both Violators And Citations
• "Charles Is Not Your Climate King"
• "Wanted: Lost Crab Traps. Reward: $5"
• "D.C. Circuit Orders EPA To Regulate Jet Fuel In Drinking Water"
• "Shell Refinery Unit Had History of Malfunctions Before Fire"
• "US Approves Temporary Nuclear Waste Storage In New Mexico"
• "World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says"
• "Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling"
• Making Shift Happen: Momentum for New Thinking About River Restoration
• "Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan"
• ‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam
• Death Toll From Wildfires In Russia’s Urals Hits 21, Authorities Suspect Arson
• "The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans"
• Program announces birth of endangered wolves once found in Tennessee
• EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change
• "In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan"
• "Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee"
• Rail Safety Bill, Inspired by Fiery Ohio Derailment, Clears Major Hurdle
• "Climate Maths 'Doesn't Add Up' Without Carbon Capture: COP28 Chief"
• "Florida Lawmakers Want To Use Radioactive Material To Pave Roads"
• New Mexico Officials: FEMA Delays Lead To Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims
• Number Of Internally Displaced People Hits Record Amid War, Climate Change
• Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit
• Sound Artist Eavesdrops On What May Be World’s Heaviest Organism    
• Examination of unique shark eggs leads to discovery of new species
• "Unusually Early Heat Wave In Pacific Northwest Tests Records"
• "Cyclone Mocha: Deadly Storm Hits Myanmar And Bangladesh Coasts"
• Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescues
• Flush With Federal Money, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize
• Climate Deniers Target Scientists For Vicious Abuse On Musk’s Twitter
• Controlled Burns Prevent Wildfires, But Regulations Make It Very Hard
• "Nature Lawyers Up"
• Biden Pledged To Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Overseas. ExIm Bank Does Anyway
• "Getting A Silent Killer Out Of The Kitchen"
• "On The Hunt For Yellowstone’s Bison"
• "U.S. Supreme Court Preserves California Humane Pig Confinement Law"
• EPA Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants
• "Scientists Warn Of Disinfectant Dangers: Study"
• "Biden Moves To Mandate Greener Building Codes In One-Sixth Of New Houses"
• "Tohono O’odham Nation To Get Ancestral Land Back"
• "As Exxon Bows Out, Industry Takes Step Toward Sustainable Algae Biofuels"
• "Veterans on Borrowed Time Fume Over Delays on Toxic Water Claims"
• "As Climate Risks Rise, Flood Insurance Costs Stun US Homeowners"
• Environmentalists Aim To Block Gold Mine Near Yellowstone — By Buying It
• Koalas Are Dying From Chlamydia. A New Vaccine Effort Is Trying To Save Them
• New species of flying gecko found in Mizoram; named after state
• "Biden Nominates National Cancer Institute Director To Lead NIH"
• "Wind Is Main Source of UK Electricity for First Time"
• "EPA Looks To Toss ‘Deceptive’ Plastics Recycling Symbol"
• Ads Claiming Products Are Carbon Neutral By Using Offsetting Face UK Ban
• "Intensive Farming Is Biggest Cause Of Bird Decline In Europe, Study Says"
• "Exxon Targets Standing in Largest-Ever Citizen Lawsuit Penalty"
• Maker Of Graphite For Batteries Plans $800 Million Factory in SW Georgia
• Transportation ‘Revolution’? How The Infrastructure Law Fuels Freeways
• Enviro, Oil Companies Battle Ohio Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater
• Herders In Kenya Kill 10 Lions, Including Loonkiito, One Of The Oldest
• Platypuses return to Sydney's Royal National Park after disappearing for decades
• New species of parachute gecko discovered in India: study
• "Biden Administration Approves Key Permit for West Virginia Gas Pipeline"
• "Plastic Pollution Could Be Slashed By 80% By 2040, UN Says"
• "Biden Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution Resuming Solar Tariffs"
• "WSU Researchers Win Historic FDA Approval For Gene-Edited Pork"
• "Cop28 Host UAE’s Approach Is ‘Dangerous’, Says UN’S Ex-Climate Chief"
• "Goodbye, Fish And Chips? New England Haddock Imperiled By Overfishing"
• "Can the World Make an Electric Car Battery Without China?"
• "US Approves Emergency Use Of Bird Flu Vaccine To Save California Condors"
• Communities Of Color Disproportionately Exposed To PFAS In Drinking Water
• "Burning Man Becomes Latest Adversary in Geothermal Feud"
• "E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills"
• Earth May Briefly Hit Key Warming Threshold, UN Forecasts
• "Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit."
• "Manchin Blocks DOE Nominee Over Gas Stoves"
• US Power Grids Vulnerable To Extreme Heat Conditions This Summer: NERC
• Federal Rules Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills: Report
• “Halliburton Loophole” Lets Fracking Firms Pollute Water Without Oversight
• Report Finds Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs
• "A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook the Planet"
• "Weather Extremes: What Happens To People After A Disaster?"
• Climate Change, Diversion Shrink World's Lakes By Trillions Of Gallons
• El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Could Cost The Global Economy Trillions
• Senate Dems Enter Permitting Fray With Bill Aimed at Climate, Electricity
• Brazil Rejects Oil Drilling Project Near Mouth of Amazon River
• US Greenlights Major Transmission Line For Renewable Energy In West
• "Villagers Evacuated As Wildfire Ravages Woodlands In Western Spain"
• "Green Banks Spring Up in States, Spurred by $27 Billion Fund"
• "Colombia's Climate Migration Draft Law Hailed As 'Life Saver'"
• Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate
• "Most Teachers Support Teaching Students About Climate Change, Survey Finds"