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Conservation News ~ 26 February 2021

2/26/2021

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  • North Dakota officials block wind power in effort to save coal
  • Biden halts Trump rule that gutted a landmark bird protection law
  • Norway continues whale slaughter with 2021
  • Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive
  • Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, containing healthiest coral reefs in the world, just tripled in size
  • Kenya emerges as a leader in managing plastic pollution
  • Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
  • Cattle stranded at sea for two months are likely dead or suffering hell
  • NYC mayor’s office urges New Yorkers to slash beef by 50 percent
  • Record high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans
  • Ancient art reveals extinct goose
  • Farmers fight back – making animal feed from a locust plague
  • Texas freeze led to release of tons of air pollutants as refineries shut
  • 52 wolves killed on first day of Wisconsin wolf hunt
  • Biden administration says Texas power crisis shows US unprepared for extreme weather
  • Robot measures air-sea carbon dioxide exchange in Southern Ocean
  • Freshwater fish in catastrophic decline
  • Effort underway to reestablish oysters in Alamitos Bay
  • Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award
  • UN Chief warns that human destruction of nature is senseless and suicidal
  • Getting to net Zero is surprisingly feasible and affordable
  • New species of snail is named after Greta Thunberg
  • Four new trapdoor spider species identified
  • Greenville Zoo’s giraffe Autumn gives birth
  • Cat corridors between protected areas is key to survival of Cerrado’s jaguars
  • Pillagers of tropical forests can’t hide behind clouds
  • Mississippi wood pellet plant that supplied UK electricity grid fined $2.5m over air pollution
  • Cincinnati Zoo names new penguin hatchlings
  • The pandemic taught us how not to deal with climate change
  • Norway’s $47 billion floating highway explained
  • Scientists successfully wake microbes that had remained dormant for 100 million years
  • Florida wildlife agency to add rarely seen eastern black rail to endangered species list
  • Florida plan to ban owning pythons and many other high-risk reptiles
  • Scientists and indigenous people unite to save Colombian condor
  • Human settlements make coral reefs react unpredictably to climate change
  • Global study of 48 cities finds nature sanitizes 41.7 million tons of human waste a year
  • Zambia’s Wildlife Ranger, Solomon Chidunka, passes away
  • Prominent redwood forest preserved in $24.7 million deal
  • UN report lays out blueprint to end suicidal war on nature
  • Indigenous Standing Rock Activist imprisoned for resisting Grand Jury
  • For is investing $1 billion in Germany as it goes electric in Europe
  • New orca baby born to southern resident L-pod
  • Wildlife photographer capture never before seen yellow penguin
  • Three rare giraffes electrocuted by power lines in conservation area        
  • Manatees May Carry Half a Million Microscopic Hitchhikers
  • Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinction
  • Delay in logging old-growth area helps endangered spotted owls in southern BC
  • Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife, Plants From Dangerous Smog
  • Climate Change Is Weakening Ocean Currents That Shape Atlantic Weather
  • "Giant N.C. Spill Shows Gaps In Pipeline Safety"
  • "Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer"
  • "Former Michigan Gov. Granholm Confirmed As Energy Secretary"
  • "Tribes Flex Political Muscle In Quest To Co-Manage Parks"
  • Annapolis Sues 26 Oil And Gas Companies For Role In Climate Change
  • "How A Billion-Dollar Gold Racket Wrecks The Jungle, Enriches Narcos"
  • Amid Lawsuits, Delaware R. Basin Commission Makes Fracking Ban Permanent
  • "Biden Urged To Back Water Bill Amid Worst US Crisis In Decades"
  • "Monarch Butterflies Down 26% In Mexico Wintering Grounds"
  • Haaland, With a Key Vote in Her Column, Appears Headed for Confirmation
  • "Texans’ Frozen Pipes Are Warnings of Yet Another Climate Threat"
  • "China Confirms Xie Zhenhua Appointed As New Special Climate Envoy"
  • "An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic"
  • "Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs"
  • "Corporate Climate Disclosures to Get Aggressive Scrutiny by SEC"
  • "New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms"
  • "Minnesota Supreme Court Hands Victory To PolyMet Copper Mine"
  • "RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal"
  • Hot Houses: The Race To Save Bats From Overheating As Temperatures Rise
  • Clemson using coastal research tower to study carbon and water cycling in pine forests
  • Humans have severely affected fish biodiversity in half of all rivers
  • Black-browed babbler found in Borneo 180 years after last sighting
  • Canada announces new 2021 measures to protect endangered right whales
  • "Haaland Stresses Bipartisan Outreach During GOP Grilling"
  • How Texas Froze: Neglect Of Grid And Climate Warnings Set The Stage
  • Five ERCOT Board Members Who Live Outside of Texas Resign After Outage
  • Kerry, at U.N., Likens Global Inaction to a ‘Suicide Pact’
  • "White House Urges Passage Of House Public Lands Package"
  • "Global Freshwater Fish Populations At Risk Of Extinction, Study Finds"
  • Indian Judge Grants Bail To Climate Activist Charged With Sedition
  • FERC To Examine Climate Change's Threat To Power Reliability
  • "What’s Really Behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?"
  • "Yellowstone Bison Slaughter Sets Up Tribal Conflict At Interior"
  • New alpine plant species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh           
  • Partisan Fight Over Deb Haaland, First Native American Cabinet Pick
  • "Long Road, Tough Choices Ahead for Biden Car-Charging Pledge"
  • "Supreme Court Weighs Blame in Georgia, Florida Water War"
  • "New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat"
  • As Cities Grapple With Climate, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business
  • "EPA Changes Stand, Sides With Ethanol Industry In Court Case"
  • "Biden Energy Dept Orders Sweeping Review Of Trump Energy Rules"
  • "Seismic Survey of Alaskan Arctic Refuge Won’t Move Forward"
  • "20% Of Wisconsin Wolves To Be Killed After Court Sides With Hunters"
  • Beavers: "Native Americans Promote Resurgence Of 'Nature's Engineers'"
  • Scientists extract from Siberian mammoth molars the oldest DNA ever recovered
  • Zero convictions as impunity blocks justice for victims of Brazil’s rural violence
  • Getting to Net Zero – and Even Net Negative – is Surprisingly Feasible, and Affordable    
  • New funds could help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall. But can the massive forestry effort learn from past mistakes?
  • New snake species and genus discovered in Myanmar
  • 4 Indigenous youth Braided Warriors violently arrested at AIG insurance occupation and ceremony to CALL on all Insurance companies to stop UNDERWRITING TMX PIPE
  • Japanese joint venture to deploy all-electric shoreline tanker
  • The Jane Goodall Act Was Recently Introduced In Canada And Will Become One Of The Strongest Animal Welfare Bills In History!
  • 4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels
  • Cyprus urged to ban hunting at coast to protect flamingoes from shotgun pellets
  • Mediterranean Oil Spill Injures Wildlife, Closes Israel's Beaches
  • "Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen"
  • Abbott Appointees Cut Power Reliability Team Before Deadly Storm
  • Texas Freeze Led To Release Of Tons Of Air Pollutants As Refineries Shut
  • "Oil Spill Off Israel Reaches South Lebanese Beaches"
  • Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues for Haaland
  • Climate Change Cost? Biden Expected to Raise Carbon’s Dollar Value
  • "Water Leaks Indicate New Damage At Fukushima Nuclear Plant"
  • "4 More States Propose Harsh New Penalties For Protesting Fossil Fuels"
  • 'Piecing Together A Broken Heart': Tribes Rebuild Territories They Lost
  • Seagrass Is A Vital Weapon Against Climate Change, But We’re Killing It
  • Here goes nothing: Male spiders found giving females silk-wrapped zilch
  • Gold and diamonds fail to shine as drivers of Amazon development
  • ‘Everything on this planet is connected’: Q&A with WWF’s Marco Lambertini
  • Mongabay founder wins environmental journalism award
  • Study reveals how species once extinct in the wild have bounced back
  • Open Space Institute Launches $18 Million Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund to Accelerate Land Conservation to Fight Climate Change
  • Banks Are Greenwashing Themselves. Don’t Believe It.
  • New bills would exclude non-native species from ESA protections
  • India's endangered lion prides conquer disease to roam free
  • New European wildlife comeback study kicks off
  • The Kalunga digitally map traditional lands to save Cerrado way of life
  • Only 1 of 52 pilot whales survives mass stranding in Indonesia
  • Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success
  • When seas turn rough, gleaning keeps the fish on the table for some communities
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