Conservation News ~ 25 February 2022

• One fish, two fish: New goby species from the Philippines just dropped
• Drone photography raises concerns for Sri Lanka’s flamingo flock
• Afro-Caribbean community safeguards pristine oceans with new protected area
• DRC’s cacao boom leaves a bitter aftertaste for Congo Basin forest
• Mexico’s top court cancels mining concessions near Indigenous communities
• Tanzania, siding with UAE firm, plans to evict Maasai from ancestral lands
• Brazil agrochemical bill nears passage in Bolsonaro’s ‘agenda of death’
• In Nepal, a messy breakup with hybrid seeds is good news for organic farming
• A shot to the gut: American eagles poisoned by lead from bullets
• Indigenous Comcáac turtle group saves sea turtles in Mexico’s Gulf of California
• Belize shows how fishers and researchers can collaborate to protect sharks
• A conservation paradigm based on Indigenous values in DR Congo (commentary)
• When Indonesia retook land from developers, it gave them a solid case to sue
• ReconAfrica pushes ahead with Namibia oil exploration amid claims of violations
• The small cats nobody knows: Wild felines face intensifying planetary risks
• Sierra Leone lawsuit against diamond mine runs up against corporate opacity
• A New Galápagos “Ocean Highway” Protects Endangered Species
• Where trafficked pangolins originate is a puzzle, hobbling efforts to save them
• "Biden Admin Halts New Drilling in Legal Fight Over Climate Costs"
• Chicago Mayor Denies Permit To Scrap Shredder; Company Vows To Fight On
• "New Hampshire Town Polluted With PFAS Has Elevated Cancer Rates"
• "White House Releases EJ Mapping Tool Amid Rising Scrutiny"
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We’ve Given Up—Probably Forever
• "Watchdog To Probe EPA Handling Of City’s Lead-Tainted Water"
• Whistleblower Alleges Facebook Misled Investors About Climate
• Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Cutting Nitrous Oxide
• "Wanted: Staff for EPA’s ‘Monumental’ Infrastructure Job"
• "Lawmakers Eye Grants To Fund Innovation To Save Right Whales"
• 46% Of Bald Eagles Tested Across US Show Signs Of Chronic Lead Exposure
• Biden Touts $1 Billion In Funding For Great Lakes Cleanup In Ohio Trip
• Weather Disasters Affected 1 In 10 Homes In The Country Last Year: Report
• "Plant Vogtle Hits New Delays; Costs Surge Near $30B"
• "New Gas Pipelines Draw Fresh Scrutiny by Energy Regulators"
• "UN To Review Japan’s Plan To Release Fukushima Water Into Pacific"
• "California Companies’ Pollution Credits Risk Climate Aims"
• "Air Pollution May Affect Sperm Quality, Says Study"
• "Will EPA Get An Environmental Justice Boss?"
• "It’s Coyote Mating Season, And In My Neighborhood That Means Trouble"
• "75% Of People Want Single-Use Plastics Banned, Global Survey Finds"
• Study Shows Renewable Energy Could Help Prevent Blackouts Like Texas
• "Black Farmers Fear Foreclosure as Debt Relief Remains Frozen"
• "When People Take Pandemic Precautions, Gorillas Breathe Easier"
• "Ethiopia Turns On The Turbines At Giant Nile Hydropower Plant"
• White House Mulls How To Stabilize Gas Prices Amid Russian Hostilities
• "Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland"
• Drought, Wildfires Pose New Threats To California Water Supply
• Mexico Top Court Cancels Mining Concessions Near Indigenous Communities
• Hank the Tank: Massive Bear Breaks Into Dozens Of Homes Near Lake Tahoe
• Recent Sierra Nevada Dry Stretch Was Record Breaking
• Brazil’s Amazon gold mining to be “stimulated” by Bolsonaro’s decree (commentary)
• From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation
• In trio of storms hitting Western Europe, role of climate change is complicated
• Caffeine: Emerging contaminant of global rivers and coastal waters
• Palm oil firm hit by mass permit revocation still clearing forest in Indonesia
• ‘They’re going to get worse and worse’: Marine heat wave persists off Sydney
• Ten unexpected edibles from our oceans
• Indigenous communities uncertain over proposed change to Kenyan forest law
• Physics Breakthrough as AI Successfully Controls Plasma in Nuclear Fusion Experiment
• "Germany Stops Nord Stream 2, A Key Russian Natural Gas Pipeline
• "Supreme Court Rejects Dakota Access NEPA Battle"
• Biden DOI Suspends Alaska Mining Road Advanced By Trump Officials
• SoCal Edison To Spend $1.7 Billion on Wildfire Prevention This Year
• "A New Tundra, Engineered By Beavers"
• "More Countries Join Rwanda In Proposed Treaty On Plastic Pollution"
• Biden Announces New Spending On Critical Mineral Production
• "Six Injured In Explosion At Marathon Petroleum In St. John Parish"
• Black Carbon Pollution Increasing Antarctic Snowmelt, Study Says
• "Beekeepers Using Tracking Devices To Protect Precious Hives"
• "E.U. Will Unveil A Strategy To Break Free From Russian Gas"
• "USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks"
• 3 White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plan To Attack Power Grids
• "Citing Drought, Feds Won’t Give Water To California Farmers"
• "What Lies Beneath: Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill"
• Top Companies Undermine Climate Pledges With Political Donations: Report
• "Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years"
• "Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher Than Official Figures -IEA"
• "China Starts Building 33 GW of Coal Power In 2021, Most Since 2016"
• "Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)"
• Call for COVID rules that reduced infections in gorilla parks to remain
• Illegal mining fuels social conflict in Indonesian tin hub of Bangka-Belitung
• ‘Everything is on fire’: Flames rip through Iberá National Park in Argentina
• More coffee, less gold: Sumatra farmers alarmed over revival of mine project
• Sabino Gualinga, Amazon shaman and defender of the ‘living forest,’ passes away
• Podcast: Hippos, manatees, and how the sounds of African wildlife aid their conservation
• At a Native massacre site, tribes brace for a new, lithium-driven rush
• Marauding monkeys on an Indonesian island point to environmental pressures
• Citing drought, US won't give water to California farmers
• Republicans respond to world-historical drought by propping up fossil fuels
• Dakota Access Pipeline operator loses legal battle
• Martha Williams confirmed as USFWS director
• Madagascar facing new ‘Category 3 Level’ cyclone
• A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove forever chemicals from the soil
• Breakthrough ammonia synthesis process enables renewable energy conversion
• Ancient megafloods tilted the very direction of Earth’s crust
• Axe-wielding mob totally wrecked a coastal GasLink site
• Astonishing discovery shows Humpback Whales swimming thousands of miles to mate
• DNR confirms wolf hunt is off in Wisconsin after Federal ruling
• Surprise fossil-munching sponges found in Arctic seafloor wasteland