Conservation News ~ 27 September 2019

• Michigan plants 1,000 happy trees to honor painter Bob Ross:
• SA teen wins international photography award for rhino dehorning shot:
• San Jose to become largest US city to enact natural gas ban:
• New species of worm with three sexes discovered in highly salty Californian lake:
• Scientists connected fragments of pine savanna and new species keep showing up:
• 2 Mexican Gray Wold pups die of EEE virus at Michigan zoo:
• David Attenborough praises young people for their action on climate change:
• Scientists boosted from EPA panel form their own group:
• Climate crisis drives Mont Blan Glacier toward collapse:
• The world’s oceans are losing power to stall climate change:
• Just one tea bag can release billions of microplastics in your drink:
• Caribbean Islands are the biggest plastic polluters per capita in the world:
• Rhino poachers break bail conditions, flee Zimbabwe:
• Resnicks donate record $750 million for climate change research at Cal Tech:
• Apple is working to restore African grasslands to curb climate change:
• Earliest signs of life- scientists find microbial remains in ancient rocks:
• New species of crocodile discovered in museum collection:
• China continues intense activity with environment:
• Fox News panel on climate change says liberals have forgotten about god and are worshipping the environment:
• Goldman Sachs just release a 34-page analysis of the impact of climate change:
• Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk, UNICEF says:
• Climate activists paint stunning mural on two blocks in SF:
• North Sea Cod los sustainability ‘blue tick’ as fish population fails:
• Small countries made big commitments at the UN climate summit:
• Offshore wind energy price plunges 30 percent to a new record low:
• Greta Thunberg is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize:
• At least 500 jaguars died or lost their habitat in Amazon fires:
• Aerosols from coniferous forest no longer cool the climate as much:
• 17 states sue Federal Government over weakened Endangered Species Act:
• There’s no scenario that stops sea level in this century, UN climate report says:
• Major cruise line to abandon plastic water bottles:
• Biden’s Climate Adviser earned $1 million from a natural gas company:
• Mining billionaire launches $300m war on plastics to tackle ocean pollution:
• Norway releases $50m in forest funds to Guyana:
• Coral gardeners bring back Jamaica’s reefs:
• US Dept of Interior overturns BLM decision in victory for Grand Staircase Forests:
• US House Republicans revive plan to cripple Endangered Species Act:
• Fossil fuel subsidies reach $87 billion in EU countries:
• Switzerland just banned the egg industry from grinding live chicks:
• Senate confirms top Interior lawyer accused of lying to Congress:
• Blood-red sky in Indonesia’s Jambi forest:
• Nine new Fijian bees described:
• 800-year-old Portuguese University just banned beef:
• Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells UN that the Amazon isn’t on fire but full of riches:
• Greta Thunberg comes under attack on TV and social media:
• Elkhorn Slough benefitting from Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sea otter surrogacy program:
• Amazon pledges surprisingly bold climate change goals:
• Walrus sinks Russian Navy boat in Arctic Ocean:
• US president mocks Greta Thunberg and her speech about climate change:
• New species of fossilized sea creature described:
• New species of frog discovered in Arunachal:
• Gabon becomes the first African country to receive funding for preserving its rainforests:
• Google signs up to $2bn wind and solar investment:
• Marriot CEO says cutting out single-use toiletries will save 500 million plastic bottles per year:
• Greta Thunberg, 15 kids sue five countries in groundbreaking climate lawsuit:
• Poor Filipino fishermen are making millions protecting whale sharks:
• Call for 1m people to join UK’s biggest mass tree-planting campaign:
• 7 million people displaced by extreme weather in first half of 2019:
• UK unveils 1.2bn for climate and endangered species:
• Kruger Park gets gunshot detection system to fight rhino poaching:
• Sri Lanka wields mangroves against climate change:
• The Amazon’s tallest trees are growing 50% bigger and scientists don’t know how: