Conservation News ~ 24 February 2023

• Happy Friday! Here’s some conservation news from last week: a lot of new species (7 new spider species discovered in "UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity"
• "Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules"
• "Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump"
• "Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’"
• Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
• Group Is Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Projects In Rural America
• "Water Utilities Brace for Imminent EPA Proposal on PFAS in Water"
• "Paleotsunami Detectives Hunt for Ancient Disasters"
• "A Dance Of Hope By Children Who Scavenge Coal"
• "Two Evangelical Leaders on ‘Radical Faith’"
• "'No Excuse': IEA Tells Energy Firms As Methane Emissions Rise"
• "Madagascar, Mozambique Set For “Dangerous” Cyclone Freddy"
• Green Groups Call On Buttigieg To Restore Obama-Era Train Brake Rule
• "FERC Approves Power Plant Rules To Fight Extreme Weather"
• "Weather Whiplash: How Climate Change Killed Thousands of Migratory Birds"
• Biggest Calif. Environmental Cleanup Leaves Lead Contamination, Angst
• "How Russia’s War Shattered Global Energy Routes"
• "Four Rail-Borne Risks Moving Through American Communities"
• "State And Federal Funds Fuel More Wildlife Crossings"
• Pythons Snacking on GPS-Wearing Opossums That Give Up Their Locations
• IUCN renews call for release of Iran conservationists
• Arizona aquarium welcomes endangered African penguin chicks
• Snake's alive! Salem man discovers new species of boa constrictor in the Amazon
• 'Greenwashing' firms face steep new UK fines for misleading claims
• Chadron professor discovers possible new species of bumble bee scarab beetle
• Scientists Discover New Species of Giant Squid in the Pacific Ocean
• Wood stork to be removed from threatened and endangered species list
• Researchers discover new species of cricket in Ashoka University campus
• Huge Winter Storm Churns Across Northern US, Threatening Record Snowfall
• "EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response"
• "A Sudden Rush to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream"
• "Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response"
• "These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air"
• "Bird Flu Kills Sea Lions And 1000s Of Pelicans In Peru's Protected Areas"
• "With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations"
• "Russian Gas Out, Renewables In? Europe Clings To Green Goals"
• "Supreme Court Seems Likely To Move Cautiously In Gonzalez v. Google"
• "Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet"
• More than 100 new species of insects discovered in Norway
• California Spotted Owl Gets Endangered Species Act Protections After 23 Years
• Maine to add 2 new species to Endangered list
• Kiyooka land now protected conservation area
• "Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks In Focus On Visit To Ohio Toxic Train Site"
• "Railroads Fought to Crush Rules That Biden Aims to Revive After Ohio Derailment"
• Feds Slash Gulf Wind Farm Areas To Make Room For Drilling, Shipping, Fishing
• "Homes in Flood Zones Are Overvalued by Billions, Study Finds"
• "Australia To Make Area The Size Of Germany A Marine Park In Southern Ocean"
• "Pay and Plug: Federal Funds Spur Cleanup of Lost Oil Wells"
• "How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere."
• "Citing Birds And Bees, Groups Petition EPA To Close Pesticide Loophole"
• "EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says"
• "Marine Commission: Whale Deaths Not Linked To Wind Prep Work"
• Harvard Researchers Discover Five New Deep-Sea Squat Lobster Species
• Portland State graduate student identifies new species of bat in Cameroon
• "This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk"
• Earlier Warning Might Have Spared Ohio A Derailment, Investigator Says
• US Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
• "Community Solar Is About to Get a Surge in Federal Funding"
• "Biden Nominates Ajay Banga To Lead World Bank"
• "Federal Agency Proposes California Spotted Owl Protection"
• EPA Outlines Another $550 Million Toward Environmental Justice
• 'The Great Displacement' Looks At Communities Altered By Climate Change
• Appeals Court Rules NC’s Ag-Gag Law Is Unconstitutional
• He Ran The NAACP. Now He’S Leading Sierra Club’s Fight On Climate
• Feral cows in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness will be shot from air
• Bruce’s Beach was a Reparations model, then the family sold it