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Conservation News ~ 24 December 2021

12/24/2021

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  • Fourteen New Shrew Species Discovered in Indonesia
  • Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January
  • New Plant Species Discovered in Cerro Chirripo Costa Rica
  • To end illegal deforestation, Brazil may legalize it entirely, experts warn
  • Death threats and friction with military force Guatemalan rangers to flee
  • Want a wild bird on the hush-hush in Singapore? There’s a Facebook group for that
  • Meet the fishing jaguars that have made this patch of the Pantanal their own
  • Glencore's proposed $1.5bn coalmine site home to over a dozen threatened species
  • California's snow drought ends thanks to two weeks of bad weather
  • Manchin Rejects Landmark Bill, Putting Biden’s Climate Goals at Risk
  • "Biden to Toughen Auto Emissions Limits to Counter Climate Change"
  • After Decades, Some Of Most Toxic U.S. Sites Will Finally Get Cleaned Up
  • "Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year"
  • Warming Will Make Undocumented Migration Into US ‘Increasingly Dangerous’
  • "A Frenzy Of Well Drilling By Calif. Farmers Leaves Taps Running Dry"
  • Climate an ‘Emerging Threat’ to U.S. Financial Stability: Regulators
  • "Global Use Of Coal Approaching Record Highs, IEA Says"
  • Scientists Say Worse Extreme Weather Disasters Than 2021's Lie Ahead
  • "The Cities That Battle Winter With Beets"
  • Mozambique records largest sighting of dugongs since the 1990s
  • "E.P.A. Announces Tightest-Ever Auto Pollution Rules"
  • Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” for Industrial Air Pollution
  • Revealed: Fla. Power Company Pushing Legislation To Slow Rooftop Solar
  • Unleashed by Warming, Debris Threaten to ‘Crush’ Alaska Pipeline
  • Wood Burners Cause Nearly Half Urban Air Pollution Cancer Risk: Study
  • "Walmart Faces California Suit Alleging Huge Dumps of Toxic Waste"
  • "One Month after Arrests, Wet’suwet’en Return to Block Pipeline"
  • "EPA Expands Testing Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water"
  • "60 Minutes: Americans Fighting For Access To Sewage Disposal"
  • Die-Offs, Melting Ice: Climate Change Is Wreaking Havoc In Arctic Seas
  • Illegal roads pierce Indigenous reserve, national parks in Colombian Amazon
  • Rare Southern California Butterfly Protected as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
  • Critically endangered tortoises released into wild in Bangladesh
  • Washington buys more Steptoe Butte land to preserve it
  • "DOE Risks Wasting ‘Significant Funds’ on CCS — Audit"
  • "What the Stalled Build Back Better Bill Means for Climate, in One Chart"
  • "U.S. Reverses Trump Effort To Quash California Vehicle Emissions Rules"
  • "Biden Says He And Manchin Are 'Going To Get Something Done'"
  • "Biden Administration Moves To Expand Solar Power on US Land"
  • Plans to Reopen St. Croix’s Limetree Refinery Raise Residents' Concern
  • "Hope, Challenges Amid Surge Of Funds To Plug Abandoned Wells"
  • "EPA Reviews Bayer Herbicide Blamed For Widespread U.S. Crop Damage"
  • Behind Manchin’s Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures
  • "Feds Want Endangered Species Protection For Feisty Owl"
  • Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)
  • Podcast: In search of wild spectacles and river journeys
  • Deadly raids are latest case of abuse against Indigenous Batwa in DRC park, groups say
  • Holy loach! Fish missing for decades rediscovered in Turkey’s Batman River
  • Mexican firm profits from reforestation, empowers Indigenous people
  • In Guyana, saving an Indigenous language from dying out with its last speakers
  • New flavor of vanilla farming aims to stop deforestation in Madagascar
  • Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation
  • Decline of threatened bird highlights planning importance of bison releases
  • Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owls Proposed for Renewed Endangered Species Act
  • Discovery of a new species of Adder's tongue fern from India with comparative analysis
  • New species of bacteria named after the John Innes Centre
  • Critically endangered tortoises released into wild in Bangladesh
  • UH experts help to save rare endangered plant from brink of extinction
  • Giant marine reptile skull discovery reveals new evolutionary theories
  • ‘Unprecedented’ fires in Madagascar national park threaten livelihoods and lemurs
  • California is the world’s number one importer of Amazonian oil, report finds
  • As the Amazon burns, its Indigenous inhabitants choke on the haze
  • The Top Positive Environmental News Stories from 2021
  • Guyanese project to bolster Indigenous land rights draws funding — and flak
  • ‘We scientists engage in soft diplomacy’: Q&A with Christine Wilkinson
  • Reclaiming tradition: Amazonian women ditch mining for biocosmetics
  • How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?
  • What has the pandemic done to forest policies? (commentary)
  • Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say
  • Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon
  • Global ayahuasca trend drives deforestation in Brazil’s Acre state
  • Secrecy shrouds new gold mining deal in Guyana’s Marudi mountains
  • Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?
  • Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)
  • Wary welcome for Indonesia’s ‘green port’ initiative to clean up shipping
  • South Florida seagrass species may lose endangered label
  • Rajasthan: Medicinal plant Guggal now a global endangered species
  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington's Endangered Salmon, Orcas, Trout From Cyanide
  • "The Dirty Secret of America’s Clean Dishes"
  • Enviros Sue Biden Administration Alleging Failure To Protect Polar Bears
  • "2nd Lawsuit Targets Large West-Central Idaho Forest Project"
  • "New Mexico Utility Appeals Decision On Coal Power Plant"
  • "Tests Show Lead Levels A Problem In Many Montana Schools"
  • Study: Spending On Highway Expansion Could Increase Emissions
  • Indigenous Munduruku Suffer Mercury Exposure From Illegal Gold Mining
  • "Biden Administration Offers $1 Bln Loan Guarantee For Hydrogen Project"
  • "New York Reduces Lead Level Allowed in School Drinking Water"
  • "Development And Conservation Clash At Komodo National Park"
  • "Schumer Promises January Vote On Climate Spending Bill"
  • "375 Dead, 56 Missing After Typhoon Slams Philippines"
  • "EPA Plans To Revisit State Request For Tribal Land Oversight"
  • "Global Shipping In Crosshairs As Environmental Scrutiny Deepens"
  • "Operator Files For Approval Of Fukushima Plant Water Release"
  • "$475M Settlement Proposed In Longest-Running US Oil Spill"
  • "Biden Has No EPA Air Nominee As Climate Goals Teeter"
  • "How the Building Industry Blocked Better Tornado Safeguards"
  • "Halliburton Keeps ‘Losing’ Evidence Of Its Fossil Fuel Screwups"
  • Mexico’s Wheat Fields Releasing A Dangerous Greenhouse Gas
  • Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owls proposed for renewed Endangered Species Act protection
  • The Phuket Zoo is shutting down
  • US government says electric vehicles cost 40% less to maintain
  • Newly discovered mineral petrovite could revolutionize batteries
  • Environmentalists, MLA call for BC to fund protection of old-growth forests
  • Power plants get more expensive but renewables still cheapest
  • In an East Coast first, New Jersey will phase out diesel trucks
  • California oil spill prompts new push to ban offshore drilling
  • Poland’s border wall will cut Europe’s oldest forest in half
  • Endangered Hawaiian monk seal is found shot in the head on Molokai
  • Scientists discover white-handed gibbons that have been evolving in the south of Malaysia
  • Italy announces nationwide fur farming ban
  • Walmart sued for alleged dumping of hazardous waste in California landfills
  • EPA announces tighter fuel economy standards for cars and trucks
  • Dozens of dead and ill puffins wash up in Orkney
  • Spanish law no longer considers animals objects
  • Kangaroo island wildlife bouncing back two years after bushfires
  • 15 wolves hunted directly north of Yellowstone National Park this winter
  • Indigenous and environmental activists say they were illegally spied on
  • Bipartisan delegations seeks emergency ESA gray wolf listing protections
  • Scientists urge creating strategic forest reserves to mitigate climate change protect biodiversity
  • A fatal fungal disease is spreading among North America’s snakes
  • Fall in fertility rates may be linked to fossil fuel pollution
  • State officials hand off $8 million to preserve Banning Ranch as public park
  • Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third during pandemic
  • Costa Rica expands the Cocos Island National Park
  • Spruce cones could scrub carbon emissions as effectively as costly chemicals
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