Conservation News ~ 26 August 2022

• State butterfly gains endangered species status in West Virginia
• Endangered sea turtles found on Louisiana islands for first time in 75 years
• New species of long-fingered bat discovered in India, Sri Lanka
• New species of bent-toed gecko found at Agasthyamalai
• The Biden administration aims to make nature a measurable part of the U.S. economy
• "Manchin-Linked Company Could Reap Millions From Climate Law"
• "Mining Companies Strike Gold With New Climate Law"
• "Judge Revives Block On Biden Leasing Pause"
• Carbon Capture Plays an Outsized Role in IRA's Emissions Reductions
• "Biden Proposes Restoring Chemical Safety Standards Weakened By Trump"
• Top Business Lobby Promised Climate Action – But Worked To Block Efforts
• "Feds Announce $310 Million In Funding To Combat ‘Megadrought’"
• "Yangtze Shrinks as China's Drought Disrupts Industry"
• "Fast-Warming, Ailing Mediterranean Sea May Be A Sign Of Things To Come"
• "Returning Sea Otters To Oregon Could Revive Kelp Forests"
• Rare Nevada Fish Advances Toward Endangered Species Protection
• Wildlife officials say Endangered Species Act petition for Sonoran chub lacks science for listing
• Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland celebrates new conservation area in Montana
• China issues national drought alert
• Torrential rain in New Zealand
• "Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer. Here’s How."
• "At Least One Dead After Dallas Area Hit By 1-In-1,000-Year Flood"
• "The TVA Is Dumping A Mountain Of Coal Ash In Black South Memphis"
• State Climate Action Could Be Supercharged By The Inflation Reduction Act
• "Polio Has Been Found In The U.S. Here’s What To Know."
• "US Protections for Idaho Salmon, Steelhead Are Here To Stay"
• Study Shows Warming Oceans Could Bring Spike in Seabed Methane Emissions
• "Germany: No Single Cause For Massive Oder River Fish Die-Off"
• "The Top 10 Emitting Power Plants In America"
• "Jordan River, Jesus' Baptism Site, Is Today Barely a Trickle"
• As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinction
• Study: Most marine species at risk with continued emissions
• "FERC Grants Four-Year Extension for MVP Project"
• "Five 1,000-Year Rain Events Have Struck The U.S. In Five Weeks. Why?"
• Climate Law Could Cut Emissions Costs Up To $1.9 Trillion: OMB
• "Interior IG Finds Senior BLM Official Violated Ethics Rules"
• "Why It’s Taken Decades To Clean Up Waste From A Troubled Mine In B.C.
• Experts Debunk Viral Post Claiming 1,100 Scientists Deny Climate Emergency
• "Toyota Backs Down In Fight Against California Car Emission Rules"
• Australia's Rabbit Invasion Traced To Importation Of 24 Animals in 1859
• "Robot Boat Maps Pacific Underwater Volcano"
• "On Chile Rivers, Native Spirituality And Development Clash"
• The California Fish and Wildlife Commission agreed to temporarily protect the Inyo rock daisy
• New Species Of Shrew-Like Mouse Could Save Endangered Philippine Eagles
• "California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars"
• "Greens Ask EPA To Ban New Natural Gas Heating"
• "Methane Hunters: What Explains the Surge in the Potent Greenhouse Gas?"
• Ex-Interior Secretary Zinke Lied To Investigators In Casino Case, IG Finds
• Kentuckians Left Homeless by Floods Sue Coal Company Over Alleged Negligence
• "Dry Pastures Force Texas Ranchers To Slaughter Ever More Cows
• "Egyptian NGOs Complain Of Being Shut Out Of COP27 Climate Summit"
• UK and US Banks Among Biggest Backers Of Russian ‘Carbon Bombs’ - Data
• "As Many As One In Six U.S. Tree Species Is Threatened With Extinction"
• "Bird Flu Kills 700 Black Vultures At Animal Sanctuary"
• California moves toward phasing out sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035
• Towns May Grow Millions More Trees with $1.5B for Urban Forestry
• Rare Nevada Fish to Get Full Review for Possible US Listing
• The Subantarctic Rayadito (Aphrastura subantarctica), a new bird species on the southernmost islands of the Americas
• "California E.V. Mandate Finds a Receptive Auto Industry"
• "Dangerous Heat Predicted To Hit 3 Times More Often In Future"
• DOI Grants $560 Million In 24 States To Plug 10,000+ Orphaned Wells
• Earthjustice Is Suing EPA Over Coal Ash Dumps, Which Pollute Groundwater
• Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built Climate Denial Empire
• "Climate Change: Russia Burns Off Gas As Europe's Energy Bills Rocket"
• WH Moves To Make All Federally Funded Research Public For Free By 2026
• Google Changed Emission Calculations, Making Air Travel Look Cleaner
• "Zaporizhzhia: World Narrowly Avoided Radiation Accident: Zelensky"
• "Alaska’s Snow Crabs Have Disappeared. Where They Went Is A Mystery."
• The dugong that inspired mermaid tales declared extinct in China
• Dinosaur tracks revealed in Texas as severe drought dries up river
• Mr. Goodbar now traveling with single female near Gila Forest
• Student scientists win $5m from Elon Musk’s carbon capture XPrize
• $70 million nuclear fusion machine is turned on in the UK
• Forever chemicals destroyed by simple new method
• Scientists evolve a fungus to battle deadly honey bee parasite
• Many in the US doubt their individual impact on fighting climate change