Conservation News ~ 28 January 2022

• Déjà vu for Indigenous villagers in Brazil as floods leave them homeless again
• Amazon to Alps: Swiss gold imports from Brazil tread a legal minefield
• As climate change melts Antarctic ice, gentoo penguins venture further south
• Bleached reefs still support nutritious fish, study finds
• 'Plantations meet ecological functions of natural forests': Bhupender Yadav
• Seven new species of 'jumping spiders' found
• Two species of fungi associated with basal stem rot found
• EPA Announces New Endangered Species Act Protection Policy for New Conventional Pesticides
• Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays
• "Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured"
• "US, Colorado Reach Proposed Settlement In 2015 Mine Spill"
• "NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership"
• "In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water"
• "House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil"
• "Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil"
• 'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems
• Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at U.S. Dollar Stores
• "Saving The Manatees — Rescue By Rescue, Rehab By Rehab"
• ‘Ignorant’ forestry director slammed for comments on logging and tigers
• Efforts to dim Sun and cool Earth must be blocked, say scientists
• Young environmentalists ‘plant the future’ in Colombia’s Amazon
• Typhoon exposes biodiversity haven Palawan’s vulnerability — and resilience
• Ghost orchid proposed for protection as endangered species
• New insect species discovered
• Squatina mapama, new species from Panama: first report of an angel shark from the Central America
• "High Court Drops ‘Earthquake’ on Federal Water Protections"
• "Heavy Smog Blankets Beijing Ahead Of Olympics"
• ConocoPhillips’ Arctic Oil Plan Is a Defining Moment for Joe Biden
• "Aerial Surveys Detect Dozens Of Methane 'Super-Emitters' In Permian"
• "Minnesota Court Orders Review Of Water Permit For Polymet Mine"
• "How Biden Could Close Coal Plants Without CO2 Regulations"
• "Trump EPA Chief's Bid For Top Virginia Environmental Post Likely Doomed"
• California Rooftop Solar War Heats Up As Regulators Pull Reform Proposal
• "Can They Go Home Again?"
• "Why California’s ‘Great Bacon Crisis’ Has Yet To Arrive"
• Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 after years of decline
• Elephant protector and fossil hunter Richard Leakey leaves outsized legacy in Kenya
• Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem
• Mau Forest rehabilitation still overshadowed by forced evictions
• Spurred by investor-friendly law, palm oil firms sue to get licenses back
• Attack on environmental lawyer’s home alarms DRC rights defenders
• US Working To Avert Energy Shortage In Europe If Russia Invades Ukraine
• "DHS Warns That Right-Wing Extremists Could Attack Power Grid"
• "Criminal Cases Against Polluters Drop By A Third"
• "Nearly 200 Democrats Back EPA in Supreme Court Emissions Case"
• Canada Watchdog Says Funds For Inactive Oil Well Cleanup May Fall Short
• Toxic PCBs Festered at This School for 8 Years as Students Grew Sicker
• Hit By More Fires, Floods And Tornados, Americans Struggle To Pay
• Michigan Builders Push Back On Stricter New Home Energy Rules
• Oil Firms Accused Of Scare Tactics Over Climate Lawsuits
• Western Monarch Butterfly Count Hits Five-Year High – For Now
• Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly Should Be an Endangered Species, USFWS Says
• Center for Biological Diversity petitions to add nation's smallest turtle to endangered species act
• More than 220 new animal and plant species discovered in Greater Mekong
• Alaskan Indigenous leaders fear impacts on salmon streams from mining project
• Online trade and pet clubs fuel desire for little-known Javan ferret badgers
• Indonesia is clearing less forest for palm oil, but it’s still not sustainable, activists say
• With ‘sustainable’ cocoa, Mars pushes climate, market risks onto farmers
• South Africa authorizes dumping at sea of cargo that turned volatile
• Colombo’s seagoing crocodiles under pressure after diver’s killing
• Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises
• Nine out of ten Scots back planting more forestry to tackle climate crisis and timber shortfall
• Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection for Florida Lizard
• "EPA Acts To Curb Air, Water Pollution In Poor Communities"
• "Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People, Research Finds"
• "Judge Refuses To Delay Release Of Disputed DAPL Documents"
• PFAS Widespread In Water- And Stain-Resistant Outdoor Clothes, Home Linens
• "Biden Admin Revokes Mining Leases Near Minnesota's Boundary Waters"
• "Climate Change: Key Crops Face Major Shifts As World Warms"
• Alaskan Indigenous Leaders Fear Impacts On Salmon Streams From Mine
• "Los Angeles Moves To End Oil Drilling In The City"
• "Youngkin Pick Wheeler Defends EPA Record, Criticizes Media"
• "Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes"
• Cuba boosts marine protected coverage with new area spanning reefs to mangroves
• Western monarchs make a spectacular comeback in California
• It’s not a cat, it’s the African civet | Candid Animal Cam
• West Texas A&M professor indicted for violating Endangered Species Act
• British scientist finds new species of rare leafhopper in Uganda
• Orcas recorded killing and feeding on blue whales in brutal attacks
• US plans more wild horse roundups this year than ever before
• Rewilding California – new $65 million preserve straddles north and south
• Tapirs and large peccaries are key to ecological balance in neotropical forests
• Hawaii becomes first state to ban shark fishing
• After 3000 years absence, Tasmanian Devil cubs reappear in the wild of Australian mainland
• Taiwan-US pair find five new species of tonguefish
• Biden administration announces more than $1 billion for Everglades restoration
• Mange outbreak decimated a wild Vicuna population in Argentina
• Deepest dwelling squid observed at depth of 6200 meters
• "Judge Throws Out Massive Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sale"
• "Biden Outpaces Trump In Issuing Drilling Permits On Public Lands"
• Study Links Fracking Pollution to Early Deaths Among Nearby Residents
• Flood, Drought: Climate Change Sends Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing
• "Alarming Levels of Mercury Are Found in Old Growth Amazon Forest"
• US Utilities Side With Environment Agency In Supreme Court Climate Case
• "Biden Administration Moves To Boost Cybersecurity Of Water Systems"
• "Study: Gas Stoves Worse For Climate Than Previously Thought"
• "Environmental Justice Groups Sue Over Incinerator Pollution"
• NIH Finishes Moving Its Former Research Chimps To A Sanctuary