Conservation News ~ 20 November 2020

• Lews Hamilton urges 30 million fans to go vegan on heels of historic Formula One win
• Fears for a million livelihoods in Kenya and Tanzania as Mara River fish die out
• 1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions
• A wave of infrastructure projects to cause widespread deforestation in coming decades
•  A new species of Rain Frog (Brevicipitidae, Breviceps) endemic to Angola
• New species of fish found in Asifabad dist
• World’s Largest Seagrass Restoration Project is a Virginia Success, Planting 600 Acres That Grow to Become 9,000
• White House Pushes New Environmental Rollbacks On Way Out The Door"
• Unlikely Alliance of Farm, Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change
• Tribes Sue Interior for Approving Keystone XL Pipeline Route
• Loeffler-Warnock Ga. Senate Runoff Offers Extreme Contrasts on Climate
• Fossil Fuel lobbyist To Seek Top Spot On Energy And Natural Resources Committee"
• Flint, Other Defendants Agree To Settle Water Lawsuit For $641.2 Million
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Advisers Quit Over Pipeline Permit
• The Tegu, a Dog-Size Lizard, Is Spreading Through The Southeastern U.S.
• Race to save Romania’s 65 million year old fish
• A Philippine community sees life-saving payoffs  from restoring its mangroves
• Benin Navy nabs trawler fishing illegally near ecological reserve
• Michigan Governor moves to prevent Great Lakes oil spill by shutting down aging pipeline
• New species  - tiny snail with ‘muffin-top’ discovered in Laos cave
• Paleontologists uncover three species of extinct walruses in Orange County
• Court upholds Obama-era protections for Alaska’s brown bears, disallows baiting
• 16 organizations that will be receiving first $800 million from The Bezos Earth Fund
• Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission is honored with the George Rabb Conservation Medal
• The UK just created a huge marine sanctuary in the remote South Atlantic
• Canada shocked by killing of rare white moose
• Scientists find and destroy Giant Murder Hornet nest in Washington State
• Former piece of Pacific Ocean floor imaged deep beneath China
• White House moves to sell oil rights in Arctic Refuge
• Indigenous group scoops up billion dollar seafood firm
• Conservation Groups sue USFWS to save wild Red Wolves
• Seychelles waters’ depths reveal discoveries of new species
• Scientists discover 5 new species of vine snake in India
• DNR seeks public input for updated wolf management
• Joint effort to rescue endangered native pond turtles proves successful
• California rules insects not protected by Endangered Species Act
• Scientists measure the true cost of conservation
• New fish species found in Kawal Tiger Reserve
• Common herbicide likely to harm endangered species, US EPA says
• Bribery-tainted coal plant in Indonesia held up as landowners hold out
• ‘We packed long underwear and never wore it’: Arctic scientists shocked at warming
• Russia rules out cutting fossil fuel production in next few decades
• Tiny Atlantic island takes giant leap towards protecting world’s oceans
• Brazil sees record number of bids to mine illegally on indigenous lands
• World heritage status for Scottish peat bogs could help UK hit net zero goals
• Elizabeth Warren calls out CEOs for ‘weak and meaningless’ climate commitments
• Ending greenhouse gas emissions may not stop global warming
• San Francisco bans natural gas in new building
• Expert panel recommends Victorian platypuses to be listed as vulnerable