Conservation News ~ 27 October 2023

• $300 Million Conservation Financing Mechanism for New Protected Areas Established in BC!
• "Hurricane Otis Makes Rare Category 5 Landfall Near Acapulco, Mexico"
• Fossil Firms Spent Millions On Lawmakers Who Sponsored Anti-Protest Bills
• "Inside Poland Spring’s Hidden Attack on Water Rules It Didn’t Like"
• "World Far Off Track On Pledges To End Deforestation By 2030 - Report"
• Pa. Gas Firms Used 160 Million Lbs. of Secret Chemicals From 2012 to 2022
• "What to Know About Dengue Fever as Cases Spread to New Places"
• "Earth’s Climate Shatters Heat Records. These 5 Charts Show How."
• After Superstorm Sandy, 2 Big Flood Control Projects Get Underway in NJ
• Tiny Deer And Rising Seas: Climate Change Tests Endangered Species Act
• Japan’s Iriomote and Tsushima Cats: Ambassadors For Island Conservation
• 8-eyed creature lurks in underwater nest to ambush prey on land. It's a new species
• How This Photographer Is Using Sony Cameras To Solve A Scientific Ethical Conundrum
• New species of horned toads discovered in China
• US Fish & Wildlife proposes huge new conservation area in Southwest Florida
• The Department of the Interior announces two new wildlife refuges
• Footage from underwater research expedition reveals rare sighting of 'dumbo' octopus
• First Successful Captive Birth Of Endangered Sawfish Species At SeaWorld
• "Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health"
• FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns
• "Climate 'Loss And Damage' Talks End In Failure"
• "EPA Tightens Reporting Requirements For PFAS Releases, Closing Loophole
• Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process
• "Forecast Predict An El Nino Winter. What Does That Mean?"
• "Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence
• Louisianans Near Gulf Struggle As Drinking Water Crisis Persists
• "How Plants Communicate With Each Other When In Danger"
• ‘I Got To Know The Wolf’: Spain’s Shepherds Learn To Live With Old Enemy
• "EPA Proposes Ban On Carcinogenic Cleaning Chemical TCE"
• "How the Israel-Hamas War Imperils Action Against Global Warming"
• Drought And Rising Temperatures Drove Millions Of Somalis From Homes
• "Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Unavoidable, Study Says"
• FWS Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed
• Chevron Buys Hess For $53 Billion, 2nd Oil Megadeal As Energy Prices Soar
• "Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World"
• Democrats Ask For Review Of Environmental Threat From ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines
• Seasonal Fog, Swamp Fires Combine To Create Deadly Louisiana Pileup
• "The Slow Death Of A Desert Giant"
• Expect to see solar panels along San Diego highways per one of the energy bills Newsom has signed into law
• Climate change groups urge CA to prioritize nature-based solutions
• California Utilities Launch New Microgrid Incentives for Disadvantaged Communities
• California to get up to $1.2 billion in federal funds to expand hydrogen energy projects
• California poised for big climate moves after Gov. Newsom backs new laws
• 'A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
• California lawmakers urge SEC to follow their lead in climate disclosure requirements
• The cottage industry around corporate emissions disclosure
• California’s biggest solar+storage facility powers up at retired gas-fired plant
• Gavin Newsom signed some climate laws — and vetoed others
• Boiling Point: California’s fossil fuel crackdown continues — with some exceptions
• Enviros join UAW picket lines in pursuit of climate goals
• SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds
• IEA Report Makes Clear the Urgent Need to 'Rapidly Replace and Phase Out All Fossil Fuels'
• Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn
• What you need to know about the loophole hiding the extent of US wildfire pollution
• How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
• California Lets Companies Keep 'Dangerous' Oil Wells Unplugged Forever
• Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed
• New species of millipede discovered in caves of Brazil
• Crusty creatures with 'rather complex' genitalia found in caves. It's a new species
• World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says - Reuters
• "New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns"
• Hurricane Otis Unleashes Massive Flooding In Acapulco, Triggers Landslides
• "Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"
• Earth’s Vital Signs Worse Than At Any Time In Human History, Scientists Warn
• "Companies Capture A Lot Of CO2. Most Of It Is Going Into New Oil."
• "Scientists Discover Why Dozens Of Endangered Elephants Dropped Dead"
• "‘Prudence Demands We Act’: Bank Regulators Unveil Climate Rules"
• "Living With Rural Water Scarcity In Southwest Colorado"
• Analysis: "Igniting a Journalism Renaissance"
• "Can We Save the Redwoods by Helping Them Move?"
• Discovery of three novel minorisa species, the smallest predatory marine picoplankton
• Microalgae research advances toward goal of net zero carbon emissions
• Port of Long Beach aims to restore ocean habitat when it builds a massive wind turbine facility
• Land use change can produce more food and store more carbon, study finds
• At Least 27 Killed By 'Disastrous' Hurricane Otis, Damage Seen In Billions
• "Johnson Maps Out Ambitious Agenda"
• Landfills In Washington And Oregon Leaked ‘Explosive’ Levels Of Methane
• "UK Regulator Trying To Block Release Of Shell North Sea Documents"
• Some Companies Want To Use Less Water. Few Are Close To Their Targets
• "Environmental Groups Reject Deep-Sea Mining As Key UN Meeting Looms"
• "The Rio Grande Isn't Just A Border —- It's A River In Crisis"
• "In Graphic Detail: Cigarette Butt Research Is Lighting Up"
• Growing Montana Bear Population Spotlights Need for Wildlife Corridors
• Hot Summer Blamed For Hungry Javelinas Ripping Through Arizona Golf Course