Conservation News ~ 20 August 2021

• Loss of mangroves dims the light on firefly populations in Malaysia
• New snake species found in Assam in over 100 yrs, it has a bindi on its neck
• Plant native to Ky., Tenn. off endangered list
• Scientists Discover New Species of Amazonian Marmoset
• New Utah snail species discovered in the Uintas
• New species of Orchids discovered from Chamoli district of Uttarakhand
• Three new wild balsam species reported from Kerala
• "Rescuers Racing In Haiti As Storm Threatens To Follow Earthquake"
• Colorado River: "Western States Face First Federal Water Cuts"
• "Biden Faces Pivotal Energy Test In Chaco Canyon"
• "Global Sizzling: July Was Hottest Month On Record, NOAA Says"
• Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Sets Quota Of 300 Wolves For Fall Hunt
• Dixie Fire Forces New Evacuations As It Burns For More Than A Month
• "Climate Movement Keeping Eye on Biden Fed Chair Nomination"
• "FCC Ordered to Explain Cell Phone Radiation Guidelines"
• Culture: How Loss Of Animals’ Shared Knowledge Threatens Their Survival
• "70% Of D.C.’s Streams Have Disappeared. Where Did They Go?"
• China joins the foreign fleets quietly exploiting Madagascar’s waters
• Plantations and roads strip away Papua’s forests. They’re just getting started
• Indonesian farmers refuse to budge for train line through karst landscape
• 2015-2016 El Niño caused 2.5 billion trees to die in just 1% of the Amazon
• The fairy ring mystery, solved
• Three New Orchid Species Discovered in Ecuador
• First-Ever Colorado R. Water Shortage To Bring Cuts For Arizona Farmers
• "Storm Brings Floods As Haitians Seek Help At Overloaded Hospitals"
• 100s Of Workers Died From Heat In Past Decade — And It's Getting Worse
• Industry Paid Residents To Support Gas Trucks At Public Meetings
• "Chlorine Shortage Spurs Unprecedented Requests for EPA Help"
• "Wind Forecasts Bring New Worries To California Fire Lines"
• DOI To Review Federal Coal Leasing, Appeal Injunction For Oil Leasing Pause
• "Air Pollution From Household Products Is Cutting People’s Lives Short"
• "Fishers Struggle as Fish Head for the Poles"
• "When The Toughest Trees Met The Hottest Fire"
• Environmental groups sue Vermont over protection of endangered bats - Burlington Free Press
• Maryland Zoo Mourning Death Of Anastasia, An Endangered Lemur - CBS Baltimore
• Lawsuit Seeks Protection for Northern California's Clear Lake Hitch - Center for Biological Diversity
• A new species of marmoset monkey discovered in Brazil
• Indian scientists discover new 'mermaid' plant species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago
• Brazil a wreck on trawling control
• Indonesia reports two new Javan rhino calves in the species’ last holdout
• X-Press Pearl sinking shines a light on seafood safety in Sri Lanka
• In Chile, a prickly coalition tries to bring a salt flat back to life
• Scientists, communities battle against Philippine land reclamation project
• A bad fire year predicted in Brazil’s Acre state. What’s to be done?
• "Fueled By Winds, Largest Wildfire Moves Near California City"
• "Explainer: Western Water Projects In Infrastructure Deal"
• "‘Defiant’ Interior Unlikely to Lease Oil Soon, Despite Injunction"
• National Park Service Mandates Masks In Buildings, Crowded Public Spaces
• Oil Companies Quietly Scoring Big Money for Carbon Capture and Storage
• "Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift Among Republicans on Climate Change"
• S. Calif. Water Officials Declare Supply Alert Amid Worsening Drought
• Exxon Guyana Coast Oil Drilling Gamble ‘Poses Major Environmental Risk’
• Postcard From Thermal: Surviving the Climate Gap in Coachella Valley
• "Laser Fusion Experiment Unleashes an Energetic Burst of Optimism"
• Ninfa Carianil, 2021 International Ranger Award Winner
• Hong Kong adds wildlife trafficking to organised crime law
• As populations grow, how will thirsty cities survive their drier futures?
• Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon
• Climate change threatens to squeeze out Indonesia’s medicinal plants
• An Ecuadoran town that survived illegal miners now faces a licensed operator
• Even as the government bets big on carbon, REDD+ flounders in Madagascar
• In Brazil’s Acre, smoke from fires threatens health, could worsen COVID-19
• Weak controls fuel surge in wildlife trafficking by air across Latin America
• Cambodian dam a ‘disaster’ for local communities, rights group says
• Trawling bycatch increases risk of marine life extinction in Brazil
• Indigenous Amazonian communities bear the burden of Ecuador’s balsa boom
• Three New Species of Primitive Ungulate Ancestors Identified
• 'Mermaid' species of algae discovered on Andaman and Nicobar islands
• E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children
• "Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers"
• "‘Coming Full Circle’: Native Tapped To Lead National Parks"
• Corps To Take Closer Look At Formosa Plant's Impact On Environment
• Thousands More Evacuated As California Wildfire Explodes
• "Minnesota Issues Plan To Treat Water Marred By 3M Chemicals"
• Energy Dept. Proposes Reversal Of Trump-Era Furnace Efficiency Rollback
• "Haiti Earthquake Survivors, Stranded By Storm, Search For Shelter"
• "Extreme Flooding Leaves 35 Unaccounted For In North Carolina"
• "Hurricane Prep Advice In 2021: Get Vaccinated"
• In saving the ozone layer, we avoided even more intense global warming
• Burning forests to make energy: EU and world wrestle with biomass science
• Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy
• Malaysian timber giant Sampling takes conflict over logging activity to court
• USACOE has ordered a full review of Formosa Plastics project
• In saving the ozone layer, we avoided even more intense global warming
• Burning forests to make energy: EU and world wrestle with biomass science
• Underwater gardeners restore seagrass meadows to keep oceans healthy
• Major UN biodiversity summit delayed for third time due to pandemic
• Officials declare first-ever water shortage at Lake Mead
• Grizzly bear DNA maps onto indigenous language families
• Cherokee Nation becomes first American tribe to send heirloom seeds to global seed vault in Norway
• US lab stands on threshold of key nuclear fusion goal
• Rights of Nature lawsuits hits a sweet spot against Line 3
• Feds slash state water draws from Colorado River as drought intensifies
• Colorado River – first ever shortage declared amid record US drought
• Enbridge spills 10,000 gallons of Line 3 drilling fluid
• Greenland has suspended all new oil and gas exploration
• Hidden cameras spot New Forest pine marten
• Shell to pay $111m over decades-old oil spills in Nigeria
• DAPL saboteur Jessica Reznicek sentenced to 8 years
• Thumb-size bat makes record-breaking flight, gets killed by a house cat
• World’s richest 1% richest cause double CO2 emissions of poorest 50%
• "Attack of the Superweeds"
• "Hydrogen Could Fuel U.S. Energy Transition. But Is It Safe?"
• "Texas Is Letting Shell, Exxon, and Other Oil Producers Break the Rules"
• "A Billion Children At ‘Extreme Risk’ From Climate Impacts – UNICEF"
• "10th Circuit Rules Kansas 'Ag-Gag' Law Unconstitutional"
• Interior Dept. To Scrutinize Climate Impact Of Coal Sales From US Lands
• Mapping a Course to Shrink the Heat Gap Between New York Neighborhoods
• Pandemic Delay To UN Nature Summit Spurs Calls For Stronger Global Deal
• "Drought-Weakened Bee Colonies Shrink U.S. Honey Crop, Threaten Almonds"
• Born To Be Wild: India’s First Captive-Bred Endangered Vultures Set Free