Conservation News ~ 24 December 2021

• 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