Conservation News ~ 26 March 2021

• New species of shrimp discovered in south London aquarium
• "Clean Water Act: Trump Rule Imperils More Than 40,000 Waterways"
• Bankruptcy Judge Lets Blackjewel Shed Coal Mine Cleanup Duties
• "Tracking the Invisible Killer"
• NOAA Warns Of Water Cutbacks, Fires, And Low Reservoirs Amid Drought
• "Obama NOAA Leader Joins Biden White House In Climate Role"
• "How The Infrastructure Bill Might Tackle Climate Change"
• "FERC Makes Major Shift On Pipeline Co2 Emissions"
• "China, U.S. To Work On Climate, Beijing Says After Rancorous Meeting"
• "U.S. Army Corps Suspends Wetlands Permit For Polymet Copper Mine"
• "Florida Bans Nonnative Species Despite Industry Outcry"
• Mural shows earliest known record of salt being sold at a marketplace in the Maya region
• Climate fight 'is undermined by social media's toxic reports
• Canadian Conservative party votes not to recognize climate crisis as real
• "Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy"
• "Indigenous Anti-Dam Activist Killed In Honduras"
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge To Obama Marine Monument Designation
• Interior Reverses Course On Tribal Ownership Of Portion Of Missouri R.
• "EPA Deal With Alabama Polluter Undercuts Biden Equity Pledge"
• "FOIA Docs Raise Questions About Interference In Wind Project"
• "White House Yanks Interior Nominee After Murkowski Opposition"
• 1000s Evacuated In Australia's Worst Flooding In Almost Half A Century
• Trump’s Parting Gift to St. Croix: One of America’s Largest Refineries
• "The ‘Old American Dream,’ a Trap As the Floods Keep Coming"
• Necropsy of Endangered False Killer Whale Found Stranded off Maui Reveals Dietary First
• White House appoints Jane Lubchenco to key climate change role
• BREAKING: CHARGES AGAINST NICK TILSEN AND LAND DEFENDERS DROPPED, NDN COLLECTIVE CELEBRATES A VICTORY FOR THE MOVEMENT
• Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction
• More than 10 million people displaced by climate disasters in six months, report finds
• Montana Governor Given Written Warning After Trapping, Killing Of Yellowstone Wolf
• Lawsuit Seeks to Reinstate Protections on 3.4 Million Acres of Critical Northern Spotted Owl Habitat
• Thriving population of endangered monkeys gives hope to conservationists
• New Species of Rafflesia Discovered in Malaysia
• Study calls for a marine reserve in a $500m fishing hotspot in Indonesia
• In a first, US pipeline agency weighs climate change impacts
• Study looks at covering California’s canals with solar panels
• In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
• Guarani Indigenous men brutalized in Brazilian ‘expansion of violence’
• Oil palm growers’ misdeeds allow an opportunity to save West Papua’s forests
• 81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter
• In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
• Managing risk: How Sri Lankan farmers address climate threats
• Thriving population of endangered monkeys gives hope to conservationists
• Porsche’s Carbon Neutrality Plan Goes Beyond Electric Cars
• Two new species of already-endangered screech owls discovered in Amazon rainforest
• New Chameleon Species Discovered in Ethiopia
• "E.P.A. to Review Attacks on Science Under Trump"
• Senate Dems Plan To Use Review Act To Reinstate Obama Methane Rule
• Did Chemical Company Misrepresent Data To Avoid Making A Safer Product?
• Line 3: "Need For Disputed Pipeline Argued In Minnesota Appeals Court"
• Big Banks’ Trillion-Dollar Finance For Fossil Fuels ‘Shocking’ — Report
• "Conservationists Sue To Save Spotted Owl Logging Protections"
• "Proposed Rules Threaten To Derail Kan. Wind Industry"
• "Politics: Republicans Won't 'Take The Bait' On Infrastructure"
• "'Buyer Beware': Ads Hide PFAS Cookware Risks"
• In Conservation Success Story, Bald Eagle Numbers Have Soared
• World's Small Wild Cats Get A Major Conservation Boost
• Palm oil firm Digoel Agri said to clear Papuan forest without Indigenous consent
• Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why
• WildEarth Guardians and our allies have just scored another BIG COURT WIN over a massive coal mine expansion, this time near Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah
• Palm oil production can grow without converting rainforests and peatland
• African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List
• Two-thirds of tropical rainforest destroyed or degraded globally, NGO says
• New protein helps carnivorous plants sense and trap their prey
• Global aquaculture has grown more sustainable over past 20 years
• Port Of Long Beach Uses Electricity To Reach Zero Emissions Goal
• Six international organizations join forces to create the Mediterranean Consortium to Protect Biodiversity.
• High impact, small scale with MARPLASTICCs projects: the results of circular economy work in the fight against plastic pollution
• School students discover four new species of wasp
• Reforested areas rival mutual forests in securing water
• Patagonia’s blue whale besieged by hundreds of boats
• Extremely rare orchid tricks horny beetles into carrying its pollen
• Two bonobos adopted infants outside their group, marking a first for great apes
• Endangered dolphins are different species
• Group urges Atlantic seafloor to be labeled a memorial to slave trading
• Pennsylvania plans to generate 50% of government building energy through solar
• 60 largest banks in the world have invested $3.8 trillion in fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement
• California’s diesel emissions rules reduce air pollution, protect vulnerable communities
• Reps introduce The Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
• State proposal aims to save Washington State Forests for carbon storage, not logging
• Poland to resume some logging in ancient Bialowieza forest
• Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protection
• Bald Eagle numbers have soared
• UK seeks to drill more oil and gas from North Sea
• Amazon destruction linked to the largest belt of algae on the planet
• Green groups file first-of-its-kind FTC complaint against Chevron for climate lies
• House votes to protect millions of acres of wilderness and other public lands in sweeping legislation
• The  EPA’s climate change website is back
• Oceans helped absorb CFCs, they’re now going to emit them back out
• Corporate climate pledges earn failing grades from investors
• New basalt type discovered beneath the ocean, Off-road vehicles to be banned at Oceano Dunes within three years
• Alberta NDP proposes legislation to ban coal mining in Rocky Mountains
• New species of shrimp found after “hitchhiking” on ocean rock to south London museum
• Study maps climate potential of letting forests be
• In the Pacific, Global Warming disrupted the ecological dance of urchins, se stars, and kelp
• Africa’s biggest collection of ancient human footprints has been found
• Plan to uproot 100,000 trees in Limpopo’sacrilege’ says baobab expert
• Father-daughter duo discovers new aquatic organisms
• New species of diatoms discovered in Mula River
• Killer of critically endangered Christmas Island Reptile identified
• US continues to ship illegal plastic waste to developing countries
• Study finds glyphosate in more than half of all sampled Florida Manatees
• Change to river flows are having a ‘damming’ impact on platypuses
• Hong Kong’s fragile coral reefs boosted by 3d printing
• Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green
• Florida bans nonnative species despite industry outcry
• Unspecified number of Ishasha tree-climbing lions die of suspected poisoning
• Genetic scalpel invented for microalgae to efficiently turn CO2 into biofuel
• New species of dendrobium orchid found in Indonesia
• Endangered, rare otter pups debut at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
• Recent events prove wolves need federal Endangered Species Act protections
• Tropical snakes disappear as fungal outbreak decimates their prey
• EV’s are going racing at the 2021 Mint 400
• Endangered bird has forgotten its song
• Reddit’s GameStop investors have donated over $350,000 to gorilla conservation
• Forest pesticides found downstream in coastal Oregon waters
• Activist on hunger strike in Canada calls on government to halt logging
• Particulates are more dangerous than previously thought