Conservation News ~ 2 April 2021

• Canada’s carbon tax was ruled constitutional — but still faces backlash
• Europe and US could reach 'peak meat’ in 2025 – report
• Grizzly bears may be delisted as an endangered species
• FWS proposes downlisting Hawaiian stilt from endangered to threatened
• Adorable New Species Of Peacock Spider Named After "Finding Nemo"
• New ermine species found on Southeast Alaska island
• Endangered Hawaiian Stilt may be downlisted as population strengthens
• New species of red algae seen in west, south east Indian coast
• Endangered condors return to northern California skies after nearly a century
• China commit to protecting more endangered species
• African swine fever rips through parts of southern Indonesia
• Battle at the bat box: Camera trap captures ocelot standoff in restored forest
• Surge in seizures of giant clam shells has Philippine conservationists wary
• Bolsonaro govt wanted to ‘run the cattle’ through environmental protections. It was a stampede
• "Biden Administration Announces a Major Offshore Wind Plan"
• "Biden Announces Environmental Justice Advisers"
• "Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas"
• "The Biden Administration Will Investigate Trump-Era Attacks On Science"
• "Biden’s Lesson From Past Green Stimulus Failures: Go Even Bigger"
• Reclaiming Abandoned Mines: Coal Country’s Toxic Legacy Offers Assets
• "Experts Predict Bad Year For New Mexico Wildfires"
• "Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia"
• New Mexico Files Lawsuit To Block Holtec Nuclear Waste Facility
• Fairy Creek Blockade: Inside The Fight For B.C.’S Last Ancient Forests
• New endangered species: Eastern hellbenders of Missouri
• Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar
• New Species of Dancing Peacock Spider Discovered
• Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure, Economy
• "Auto Negotiations Test Biden’S Vow To Create A Climate-Friendly Future"
• Lead Pipes: Biden Visit Highlights Pittsburgh Water Contamination Woes
• "Global Rainforest Loss 'Relentless' In 2020, But SE Asia Offers Hope"
• "Lawyers Clash Over $1B Hydropower Transmission Corridor"
• "White House Environmental Justice Focus Casts EPA in Shadows"
• "Wind Energy Is a Big Business in Indiana, Leading to Awkward Alliances"
• "Vital To A Clean World, Scavengers Are Left To Plead For Vaccine"
• The Lawyer Who Took On Chevron Marks His 600th Day Under House Arrest
• "Google Maps To Start Directing Drivers To 'Eco-Friendly' Routes"
• ‘What other country would do this to its people?’ Cambodian land grab victims seek int’l justice
• Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals
• Logging company moves into intact Gabon forest as village fights to save it
• Madagascar: Businesses drive disappearance of a wetland ‘reed forest’
• New map shows where the 80% of species we don’t know about may be hiding
• Only 6.5% of global forests are adequately protected, study finds
• Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms
• In Sumatra, a vulnerable, ‘mythical’ wild goat lives an unknown life
• Global forest loss increases in 2020
• Deforestation surge threatens endangered species in Tanintharyi, Myanmar
• Elusive giant burrowing frog in world-first captive breeding program at Melbourne zoo
• Here’s how Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan addresses climate change
• Juvenile male jaguar seen on camera just south of new border wall
• Only 1914 Specimens: W. Monarch Butterfly Nearing Total Collapse; USFWS Does Nothing, Lawmakers Introduce Bills
• Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
• The U.S. is finally looking to unlock the potential of wave energy
• Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
• "EPA’s Regan Ousts Science Advisers, Issues Call for New Ones"
• "Biden Takes Moonshot Approach to Replacing Lead Water Pipes"
• "Biden’s Climate Plan Means Tough Choices: Which Homes Get Saved?"
• "Biden's $2T Infrastructure Plan Would Overhaul Grid"
• Biden Aims To Make U.S. an EV Powerhouse. Congress May Not Be Plugged In
• "On Tap In California: Another Drought Four Years After Last"
• "The Battle To Protect One Of America’s Last Wild Landscapes"
• In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning, Kelp Forests Are Losing
• 'Seaspiracy': Netflix Doc Accused Of Misrepresentation By Participants
• The hearing of the Ganges river dolphin is unlike any other cetacean
• Grizzly numbers have doubled in parts of Alberta Rockies since 2005
• First Nations demand a say on climate change
• BC Supreme Court grants injunction to remove Fairy Creek logging blockades
• Average Westerner’s eating habits lead to loss of four trees every year
• Biden wants to achieve 100 percent carbon0free electricity by 2035
• East Africa deploys huge volumes of highly hazardous pesticides against locust plague
• Japan’s cherry blossom earliest peak since 812
• Mountain lion in Santa Monica Mountains study found dead, was likely killed by vehicle
• Tires turned into graphene that makes stronger concrete
• World’s rarest great ape is on the brink of extinction
• Qatar’s dugong population reaches highest in 30 years
• Colorado air pollution control managers ordered staff to falsify data and approve permits at all costs
• New Mexico sues, argues interim nuclear storage facility could put environment, economy at risk
• Youth climate activists are back with new, sharper demands for countries and corporations
• California relocates mountain lions making a meal of endangered sheep
• Galapagos tortoises – 185 babies seized from smugglers
• Baby blue whale sighting an incredible first in Australian waters
• UN Chief urges clear and credible plants to achieve net zero
• White House announces environmental justice advisory council members
• Scientists in Singapore have discovered how to talk to plants
• Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years
• Sharks critical to restoring damaged ecosystems
• North American deserts are a biodiversity hotspot for butterflies
• Functional consequences of global biodiversity loss guide future nature conservation