Conservation News ~ 21 October 2022

• Reebok and National Geographic launch plant-based sneakers with endangered species designs
• Endangered gray wolves are being poisoned in Washington State
• New species of microscopic creatures found living in NZ's glaciers
• Star of Balkans: Serbians name new beetle species after Djokovic
• Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane
• Endangered species found in Central Calif. creek for first time after dam removal
• Give legal rights to animals, trees and rivers, say experts
• Cameras "Spotted" Black Panther in Costa Rica
• Humpback Whale No Longer on the Endangered Species List!
• Pink Meanies, A New Species Of Jellyfish With 70-Foot Tentacles, Washing Up In Florida
• Legal Victory Speeds Habitat Protection for Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat
• Number of butterflies in UK falls to lowest since surveys began
• Toxic 'forever chemicals' detected in commonly used insecticides in US
• Environmental protesters block central London for seventh day
• Heatwaves To Make Some Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades: UN, Red Cross
• "How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities"
• "With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What’s Next"
• Truss Plan To Ban Solar On Farmland Risks £20bn Of Investment, Sector Warns
• Mongabay Probe Key As Brazil Court Rules On Palm Oil Pesticide Contamination
• Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way
• "Drive for Climate Compensation Grows After Pakistan’s Floods"
• "Half Of Voters Say Climate Change Is Important In Midterms, Poll Finds"
• "England’s Summer Heat Waves Linked To Record Excess Deaths Among Elderly"
• "'Steam Loops' Under Many Cities Could Be A Climate Change Solution"
• "Nations Agree to Curb Emissions From Flying by 2050"
• Gray Whale Numbers Along West Coast Down Nearly 40% Since 2016
• "Next on the Supreme Court Docket: Farm Animal Welfare"
• "EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says"
• "How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails"
• "Biden's New Arctic Strategy Foresees Competition With Russia, China"
• "Flush With Cash, EPA Could Toughen Methane Rules"
• Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies
• Developers Loom As Boy Scouts Sell Land to Compensate Assault Victims
• "Town Employee Quietly Lowered Fluoride In Water For Years"
• Six Gray Wolves in Washington Were Fatally Poisoned
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife decides against Endangered Species Act protections for gopher tortoise in Florida
• New Species of Marsdenia Discovered from Myanmar
• "Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce"
• Alaska Cancels Bering Sea King, Snow Crab Seasons Over Population Collapse
• "Biden, On Western Swing, To Declare National Monument In Colorado"
• "Study Finds Climate Change Is Bringing More Intense Rains To U.S."
• "As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans for Uncertain Water Future"
• CSB Explosion Probe Says EPA Should Scrutinize Deadly Hydroflouric Acid
• "Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin"
• "Oil Industry Moves to Overturn Historic California Drilling Protection Law"
• "World Bank Defends Climate Record In Meeting With NGOs"
• "With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town"
• US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources
• UK fracking and oil drilling good for environment, claims climate minister
• A new species of deep-sea fish discovered in the Atacama Trench
• "Researchers Report a Staggering Decline in Wildlife"
• "Biden Designates Colorado’s Camp Hale As His First National Monument"
• US Law Protecting Endangered Species Hampered By Poor Resources: Study
• "US Firms Exploiting Trump-Era Loophole Over Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’"
• "Greenland Ice Sheet May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds"
• "Greens Hope Biden Doesn’t Undermine Climate Lawsuits"
• "Fishermen Hire Bush-Era Official In Challenge To Whale Laws"
• "Hydro-Quebec Subsidiary Buys 13 Dams In New England"
• "Amid Rising Seas, Atlantic City Has No Plans For Retreat"
• "New Zealand Angers Its Farmers By Proposing Taxing Cow Burps"
• Two South Florida Snakes Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protections
• Microplastics found in 75% of fish in New Zealand
• EPA Says Louisiana Regulation Of Air Pollution May Violate Civil Rights
• "World’s Big Polluters Talk Up Net-Zero With Little to Show"
• "California Coastal Commission OKs Desalination Plant in Orange County"
• "US Firms Exploiting Trump-Era Loophole Over Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’"
• Panama: ‘Flag Of Convenience’ For Illegal Fishing And Anonymity At Sea
• British Cycling’s Partnership With Shell: Tip Of The Sportswashing Iceberg
• "Weak Florida Planning Law Boosted Ian’s Destructive Power"
• "Toxic PFAS Pollution Is Likely At More Than 57,000 US Locations: Report"
• "Germany’s New Hunger for Coal Dooms a Tiny Village"
• "Why Chimps and Gorillas Form Rainforest Friendships"
• "Xi Vows To Prioritise Environment, Protect Nature"
• "20 Nations at High Risk From Global Warming Might Halt Debt Payments"
• Study Reveals ‘Staggering’ Scale Of Lost Fishing Gear Drifting In Oceans
• "See Where Toxic PFAS Have Been Used In Pennsylvania Fracking Wells"
• "The Cost To Capture Carbon? More Water And Electricity"
• "EPA Loophole Lets 600 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Evade Review, Petition Says"
• "Ozone Hole Grows This Year, But Still Shrinking In General"
• DC Sues Velsicol For Allegedly Contaminating Local Rivers With Pesticide
• "How Big Companies Shed Their Obligations To Clean Up Old Mines"
• "Where the Environment Is on the Ballot — And Where It’s Not"
• New species of deep-sea fish discovered in Peru-Chile trench
• Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers
• "Clean Water Act at 50: Environmental Gains, Challenges Unmet"
• "New Climate Czar Signals Shift to Climate Law Implementation"
• CDC Officials Describe Intense Pressure, Job Threats From Trump White House
• "White House Planning Oil Reserve Release Announcement This Week"
• Ruling Could Bring Trials Against Oil Majors Over Louisiana Wetlands Damage
• "5 State-Level Races That Could Alter The Energy Transition"
• Ports Reveal Big Surge In Harmful Emissions; Officials Blame Covid-19 Logjam
• "Official: China Mining More Coal But Increasing Wind, Solar"
• "The Precarious Position of Treaty-less Tribes"
• ‘Badasses Of The Mountains’: Goats Clash With Sheep As Key Glaciers Melt
• Two California Salamanders Proposed for Endangered Species Protections
• More than 80% of US waterways contaminated by 'forever chemicals'
• Six new spider species discovered from across the country
• "PFAS Pollute 83% Of U.S. Waterways"
• "Treasury To Insurers: Divulge Your Climate Risks"
• "Biden To Release 15M Barrels From Oil Reserve"
• "First Lease Sale To Be Held For Offshore Wind On West Coast"
• "New Jersey Latest State To Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Misinformation"
• "Missouri School To Close After Radioactive Waste Report"
• Amount Of Ocean Heat Found To Be Accelerating And Fuelling Extreme Weather
• Chemical Hair-Straightening Linked To Uterine Cancer, Study Warns Black Women
• "Alaskans Question Fishery Management As Snow Crabs Disappear"
• "EV ‘Micromobility’ Would Like Your Respect"
• Ghost orchid may get protection under Endangered Species Act
• New species of fish documented in Oman
• "EPA To Further Slash Emissions From Climate Super-Pollutants"
• Secret Files Suggest Chemical Giant Feared Weedkiller’s Link To Parkinson’s
• "How A Transformer Shortage Threatens The Grid"
• "U.S. EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Mississippi Capital's Water Crisis"
• "Vast Marine Protected Area 'Boosts Tuna Stocks'"
• Seattle And Portland Have World's Worst Air Quality Due To Wildfire Smoke
• "A New Cold War Is Heating Up the Arctic"
• "‘Erin Brockovich’ Metal in Tap Water Likely Causes Cancer"
• "After 60 Years, ‘Silent Spring’ Is Still Changing the World"
• "Ethiopia’s Honey Forest: People And Wildlife Living In Sweet Harmony"
• Truss Resigns After Revolt On Fracking As Senior Tories Pledge To Defy Whip
• "Florida Sees Rise In Flesh-Eating Bacteria Amid Ian Concerns"
• "The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price."
• "Germany To Expand Electric Car Charging Network"
• "Global PFAS Guidance Fuels Debate as EPA Tap Water Limits Loom"
• "Flooding in Nigeria Has Killed More Than 600 People, The Government Says"
• "Some Risks Too Big: Insurers Withdraw From Fossil Projects"
• "US Awards $2.8B In Grants For EV Batteries In 12 States"
• "Energy Agency: CO2 Emissions Rise In 2022, But More Slowly"
• "Sparkling Fish, Murky Methods: The Global Aquarium Trade"
• BOEM to hold California offshore auction in December
• 10 Local Non-Profits Receive Over $200,000 in Grants to Advance Clean Energy Initiatives
• Oakland tests electric transit buses for resilience in vehicle-to-building pilot
• Major utilities oppose Sunnova’s ‘micro-utility’ microgrid proposal at California PUC
• Chula Vista solar microgrid to save school district $70 million
• Resilient community microgrid with 10MWh flow battery gets California Energy Commission funding approved
• Decarbonization leads to more equable air quality in California
• Oil Industry Moves to Overturn Historic California Drilling Protection Law
• Bering Sea King and Snow Crab seasons cancelled amid population declines
• ‘Water Batteries’ could store solar and wind power for when it’s needed
• After nearly 200 years, the Tongva community has land in Los Angeles County
• World’s largest bee, thought to be extinct, found in Indonesia