Conservation News ~ 21 April 2023

• Rare Texas wildflower gets protection under Endangered Species Act
• Exxon's new 'advanced recycling' plant raises environmental concerns
• New frog species found in Meghalaya cave
• Scientists discover two new beetle species in Arunachal & Sikkim
• Three new species of mesothelean spiders discovered in China
• Five new treefrog species — including a poo-colored one — discovered in New Guinea
• Earth Could Warm 3 Degrees if Nations Keep Building Coal Plants: Research
• "Seas Have Drastically Risen Along Southern U.S. Coast In Past Decade"
• "Officials Vote To Cancel California Salmon Fishing Season"
• "Brennan Named New Director For National Hurricane Center"
• Part Of Law To Ban Gas From Federal Buildings Gas Was Never Implemented
• "PFAS Blood Test Costs a Barrier for Many Who Fear High Exposure"
• EPA Questioned About Approval of a Plastic-Based Fuel With Huge Cancer Risk
• Plugging Millions Of US Abandoned Wells Is A Monumental Task
• Climate Deniers Ejected From Teachers Conference For Deceptive Comic Book
• "A Jail For Wayward Polar Bears? You Must Be In Churchill, Canada…"
• E. Palestine Not Alone: Communities Around US Grapple With Toxic Exposure
• "Florida Health Officials Removed Key Data From COVID Vaccine Report"
• Enviros Sue To Stop Ohio From Leasing State Parks For Oil And Gas Drilling
• World Bank Is Getting a New Chief. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action?
• "Challenge To Biden ‘Cost Of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed"
• "Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Rises In March"
• "Bangladesh's Energy Plan Faces Gas Dilemma As Fuel Crisis Bites"
• Warming Wiped Out Thousands of Iconic Saguaro. Can Planting More Help?
• Logging Plan on Yellowstone Border Shows Limits of Biden Climate Policy
• "Climate Change Adding 50 Homers a Year in MLB, Study Says"
• Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Recommended For Endangered Species Act Listing
• Citizen scientists discover a new species of semi-slug
• "EPA Releases ‘Strongest-Ever’ Carbon Rules For Cars"
• "Interior Offers Extremes On Colorado River Cuts To Spur Compromise"
• Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Fueling Water Crises In Cities; Study
• Iowa House Passes Bill Limiting Drone Surveillance Of Livestock Facilities
• "To Fight Cancer, EPA Wants Sterilizer Companies To Emit Less"
• Greens Sue EPA Over Refinery Water Pollution, Including In Louisiana
• "Southwest Tribes Push For New National Monument Near Grand Canyon"
• "Fishing Regulators Need More Transparency, Ocean Groups Say"
• "Why China Could Dominate the Next Big Advance in Batteries"
• "Fancy a Dip? An Olympic Reboot For Paris’ River Seine"
• "Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns"
• "U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States"
• US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief
• "Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables"
• "Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees"
• ‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High
• EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan
• Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River
• "Ghana First To Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine"
• "First Wild Beaver In Wales In Years Caught Felling Trees In Garden"
• US GHG Emissions Up 6 Percent In 2021 Amid Pandemic Recovery: EPA
• Indiana Plastics Fire Extinguished, But Residents’ Health Concerns Remain
• "As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds"
• "Analysis: Race To The Bottom For Deep-Sea Minerals Centers On Tiny Nauru"
• "Flood-Battered N.J. Poised To Enact Model Disclosure Law"
• Env. Justice Advocates Urge Calif. to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits
• Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes
• "EPA Awards $177 Million To Environmental Justice Groups"
• "Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels"
• "New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask"
• "Fossil Fuels Find a Loophole in the Latest G-7 Climate Pledge"
• "Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan For EVs Faces These Big Hurdles"
• Fort Lauderdale Was Inundated With 1/3 Of Its Annual Rainfall Within Hours
• "Biden Approves Alaska Gas Exports As Critics Condemn Another ‘Carbon Bomb’"
• After Spying on Standing Rock Protest, TigerSwan Shopped Info to Oil Firms
• "The Incredible Disappearing Doomsday"
• "Unsound Climate Studies Sneak Into Print: Scientists"
• "Atomic Angst Over? Germany Closes Last Nuclear Plants"
• Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It?
• Watch Out For Projectile Bird Poo As SW Florida Nesting Season Starts
• "Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit"
• "Report: Climate Change, Disease Imperil North American Bats"
• "As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges"
• "Water Rule Injunction Adds Confusion to Biden’s Protection Plan"
• "Insurance Woes Plague Efforts To Cut Growing Wildfire Risks"
• "Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries"
• "SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups"
• "Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind"
• "DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles"
• "Greenland's Melting Ice Could Be Changing Our Oceans. Just Ask The Whales"
• Scientists raise baby spiders in a lab — and discover several new species in China
• New species of butterfly identified as spotted trident-blue, native to ACT
• Rare giant otter triplets join others at UK wildlife park in global record
• Costa Rica's Biodiversity: The Discovery of 2 New Plant Species on Cocos Island
• "Report Finds That Heat, Drought And Fires Worsen Air In The West"
• House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule
• "U.S. Car Brands Will Benefit Most From Electric Car Tax Breaks"
• Historic Asia Heat Breaks Records, With Extremes In Thailand And China
• Bill Would Fine Texans for Multiple Unenforced Environmental Complaints
• "House Republicans Target Climate Law In Debt Limit Bid"
• "Banks With ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges Are Top Funders of Fossil Fuels"
• "The Unlikely Center Of America’s EV Battery Revolution"
• "Southwestern US Rivers Get Boost From Winter Snowpack"
• "US Cities See 'Urban Mining' Potential In Building Deconstruction"
• New species of box jellyfish discovered in Hong Kong pond
• In Sweden, a proposed iron mine threatens a World Heritage Site, and the culture that made it
• "Why Millions Of Kids Aren't Getting Their Routine Vaccinations"
• America's 10 Most Endangered Rivers 2023: Which Waterways Are Most At-Risk
• "Biden to Pledge $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil"
• "Seattle Airport, Alaska Air And Delta Sued Over Jet Pollution"
• "Beyond The Poles: The Far-Reaching Dangers Of Melting Ice"
• "US Plans New Forest Protections, Issues Old-Growth Inventory"
• "PFAS Disclosure Proposal in Maine Closely Watched as Model"
• "Thailand Air Pollution Leads Millions To Seek Medical Help"
• Citing Neo-Nazis, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Grid Protesters
• "Cloud Seeding Catching On Amid Rocky Mountain Drought"
• "EPA Reaches Deal To Police Pennsylvania’s Pollution of Chesapeake Bay"
• DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy
• "Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice"
• "Biden Plans Protections For Old-Growth Forests"
• "Could California’s Next Dam Removal Take Place on This Endangered River?"
• After 18 Years, EPA Still Has No Method For Measuring CAFO Air Pollution
• "White House Plans To Nominate Cancer Center Chief To Lead NIH"
• "Climate Tension: UN Chief Chides Biden, Other World Leaders"
• "‘Devastating’ Melt Of Greenland, Antarctic Ice Sheets Found"
• "Environmental Advocates Warn Against Using PVC In Drinking Water Pipes"