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Conservation News ~ 21 February 2020

2/21/2020

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  • White House signs order diverting water to California farmers against state wishes
  • France to shut down its oldest nuclear complex by end of June
  • Wyoming governor releases new executive order on migration corridors
  • South American volcano showing early signs of potential collapse
  • Lehigh Valley Zoo announces the death of Mexican Grey Wolf, Alpha
  • Wyoming state leaders are looking to buy 1 million acres of land in southern Wyoming
  • Tanzania government issues guidelines on game meat trade
  • Three endangered Mexican Grey Wolves found dead in Arizona
  • Whale cams track swimming efficiency of ocean giants
  • Federal judge shuts down the largest oil refinery on the East Coast
  • The Dalai Lama says we have an ‘urgent responsibility’ to protect wildlife and the planet
  • America’s recycled plastic waste is clogging landfills
  • Astonishing Blue Whale numbers at South Georgia
  • Southeast Alaska fossil declared a new species and given a Tlingit name
  • Advocates warn new New Hampshire construction rule puts endangered species at risk
  • White House rolls back Endangered Species Act protections during trip to California
  • Indonesia records 21 new bird species
  • LA Zoo’s new baby gorilla could mean new hope for endangered species
  • Sea ice loss is making polar bears thinner and they’re having fewer cubs
  • EPA can’t kick scientists off Science Advisory Panels, court says
  • Costa Rica indigenous leader shot amid tensions over land rights
  • Oregon has passed the 1st hurdle to becoming the 6th state to ban wildlife killing contests
  • Thunberg mural to be permanently displayed in downtown Fargo
  • 2020 Indianapolis Prize finalists announced
  • Forest fires push Bornean orangutans into harm’s way
  • Belize adopts comprehensive fisheries reform law
  • Cash-strapped farms are growing a new crop – solar panels
  • Otters spotted in southern Alberta city for first time in about a century
  • Colorado scientists say research suggests snake venom could cure cancer
  • Endangered gorilla community ravaged by exotic man-borne disease
  • Antarctica broke two temperature records in a week
  • Massacre in Nicaragua – four indigenous community members killed for their land
  • 2020 a super year for environment, super year of biodiversity and will be a deciding year
  • Spain’s government just made its first-ever investment in vegan meat
  • US farm bankruptcies hit an eight-year-high
  • Two bald eagles rehabilitated and released in NEMO
  • New species of orchid discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
  • UN stamps featuring endangered species released
  • Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in fertilizer-fueled dead zone
  • Philippine fruit bats may be entirely new species
  • Extinction Rebellion protestors dig up Cambridge college lawn
  • Deepwater Horizon disaster had much worse impact than believed
  • New catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas
  • Jeff Bezos establishes $10 billion ‘Earth Fund’ to combat climate change
  • Family seeks justice as probe into Indonesian activist’s death stalls
  • Kellogg announces stronger palm oil and deforestation policies, including precedent setting human rights defenders
  • Solar-powered barges can scoop up 50 tons of plastic from rivers each day
  • White House budget proposal reveals regressive environmental priorities
  • Bringing back Oregon’s sea otters gets Federal dollars for feasibility study
  • New green technology generates electricity out of thin air
  • Major UN meeting on wildlife to address critical threats to migratory species
  • New species of urban lizard found in Guwahati
  • Car ‘splatometer’ tests reveal huge decline in number of insects
  • Beavers cut flooding and pollution and boost wildlife populations, five-year study finds
  • White baby rhino discovered in Nairobi National Park
  • Oregon Governor calls for breaching 4 Snake River dams; Washington’s GOP House members outraged
  • Notorious palm oil producer uses new commitment to stop deforestation in Leuser ecosystem
  • Manufacturer to halt production of pesticide linked to brain damage in children
  • Global demand for Colombian shark dins triggers intense debate
  • Oil production on public lands exceeds 1 billion barrels
  • Rare European cave salamander stayed in same spot for seven years
  • Federal bill seeks to make companies responsible for plastic waste
  • Orphaned albino elephant recovers from poachers snare
  • Nike just launched vegan sneakers made from trash
  • New cockroach species named after Kalakkad
  • Affiliated tribes of northwest Indians and northwest tribal leaders stand together to protect the environment
  • Deadly fungus could decimate salamanders in the US Southeast
  • 2.5 million pounds of radioactive fracking waste illegally dumped in Oregon landfill
  • White cuts NOAA’s and EPA’s budget by a third and completely defunds US Marine Mammal Commission
  • More than 60 shipping vessels stalled off BC coast due to rail blockades
  • Denmark took a mountain of trash and made a ski hill
  • Sanders, AOC bill would outlaw fracking by 2025
  • Jimmy Carter’s solar farm is powering half his home town
  • Indonesia targets pulpwood, palm oil firms in civil suits over 2019 fires
  • In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal
  • UK wildlife at risk due to regulatory gaps created by Brexit
  • For Indonesia’s Javan Deer, non-protected areas play key conservation role
  • Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its reach in China
  • Idaho Fish and Game approves year-round wolf hunts after weighing over 27,000 comments
  • Colorado River flow shrinks from climate crisis, risking ‘sever water shortages’
  • Paleontologists identify new Jurassic amphibian and name it Egoria
  • Two giant icebergs broke off Antarctica
  • Critically endangered Sumatran tiger found dead with neck caught in wire trap
  • JP Morgan economists warn of climate ‘catastrophe’
  • Citizen scientists name newly discovered snail species after Greta Thunberg
  • California sues White House administration over alleged failure to protect species
  • Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican classified as ‘endangered migratory species’
  • Urgent help needed for 113 species after fires
  • Oil and gas firms ‘have had far worse climate impact than thought’
  • Animal-rights coalition sues USDA for failing to protect sick pigs
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