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Conservation News ~ 20 August 2021

8/20/2021

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  • 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
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