Conservation News ~ 26 May 2023

• "The Bat Lands: The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats"
• Canada Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Quality Alerts in Colorado, Montana
• Russia Targets Greenpeace In Crackdown On Dissent"
• Local U.S. Planners Are Lowballing Their Estimates of Coastal Flooding
• "Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong"
• New York City Is Sinking Due To Weight Of Its Skyscrapers: Research
• As U.S. Expands CO2 Pipelines, One Poisoned Town Tells Its Story
• "The Laws That Took Down Mobsters Are Now Being Turned Against Big Oil"
• "Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading"
• "A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy."
• New species of freshwater crab discovered burrowing in India
• Scientists discover 380 new species in lower Mekong
• ​Two new mollusk species discovered in Hainan
• ‘A truly thrilling find’: Extremely rare species found in California
• 7 States Reach Colorado River Deal, Bringing Big Water Cuts For 3 Years
• Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought
• "Global Heating Will Push Billions Outside ‘Human Climate Niche’"
• WMO: 2M Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over 50 Years
• Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Won’t Seek Reelection
• Oak Flat: "Biden Admin Hits Pause On Ariz. Copper Mine"
• "Chemours’ PFAS Challenge Affects Semiconductors, State Cleanups"
• "Food Prices Are Still High. What Role Do Corporate Profits Play?"
• "Why Tree-Planting Schemes Aren’t a Silver Bullet"
• "The Scientist And The Bats"
• 'Dancing' semislug emerges after rainfall — and discovered as new species in Thailand
• California Backs Consensus Plan to Bolster the Colorado River
• A color-changing lizard and "Muppet" orchid are among 380 newly found species
• New frog species with "groins of fire" discovered in Amazon with colors that resemble flames
• Coastal Guam Residents Evacuate As Approaching Typhoon Mawar Threatens
• "US, EU Lawmakers Push To Depose UAE's Jaber From Climate Talks"
• "Climate Protests Over Private Jets Disrupt Geneva Airport Flights"
• "EPA Under Pressure To Revive Noise Pollution Program"
• Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Community Health
• "EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat"
• "Colorado River Water Sharing Agreement Likely Dodges Legal Fight"
• CEO Of Top Carbon Credit Certifier To Resign After Claims Offsets Worthless
• "These Countries Will Be Dangerously Hot Within The Next Century"
• "America’s Big Shift To Green Energy Has A Woolly Mammoth Problem"
• Cheaper method to capture carbon dioxide could shake up industry
• Conservation bill aims to preserve half of Vermont’s land mass by 2050
• A preserved Amazon rainforest worth USD $317 billion per year
• Microsoft signs one of the largest ever carbon removal deals
• Seabird conservation mostly works
• Researchers create salts for cheap and efficient CO2 capture
• World’s largest carbon capture facility will store 9M tonnes of CO2 yearly
• IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident
• "House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs"
• In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature'
• "Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk And Some May Harm, Research Says"
• "Scrapped DOE Funding For Battery Company Fuels New Concerns"
• "Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch."
• "U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky"
• Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters
• "Interior Sec. Deb Haaland talks with Arizona tribes at the Grand Canyon"
• "Weird, Rare, and Everywhere"
• New species of frog discovered in Peru wetland
• Two new species of crustacean discovered in Saudi Arabia
• Almost half world's species seeing rapid population decline, study finds
• Outcry as Brazil congress moves to gut environment and Indigenous ministries
• More than 5000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
• New species of shrimp with 'intriguingly' large eyes found in Thailand
• Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board
• Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners
• How Busy Will Atlantic Hurricane Season Be? Depends Two Clashing Forces.
• Environmental Racism: The Battle Over Long Island Brookhaven Landfill
• "High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume"
• "India Has Big Clean Energy Goals - So Why Is It Banking On Coal?"
• "Lula Summons Ministers As Congress Seeks To Dilute Environmental Powers"
• "Most of Guam Without Power, Water After Typhoon Mawar Exits"
• "North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools"
• "Germany Conducts Raids Against Climate Activists, Alleging Criminality"
• "A Boat Went Dark. Finding It Could Help Save The World’s Fish."