Conservation News ~29 April 2022

• "Greenwashing 101: How To Decipher Corporate Claims About Climate"
• "For Earth Day, Houston Public Media Is Promoting... Chevron?"
• Over 137 Million Americans Live In Areas With Poor Air Quality: Report
• "Obama: Disinformation Is Killing People"
• "EPA Floats Emissions Cuts For Gas Plants"
• "Groups Push Congress To Pass Climate Package Before Memorial Day"
• "Study: Low-Producing Oil Wells Cause 50% Of Methane Emissions"
• "Biden Order Aims To Protect Old-Growth Forests From Wildfire"
• Op-Ed: "We Have the Technology to Stop Superspreading Without Masks"
• "Ten New Environmental Books Offering Inspiration, Insight and Ideas"
• Critically endangered Sumatran tigers lose 3 to animal traps
• New Hemsleya species discovered in central China
• UH Researchers Discover New Wasp Species
• For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups were born in the wild
• Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds
• Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd
• Pilot program tries to get U.S. aquariums to raise their own fish, not catch them
• The world’s dams: Doing major harm but a manageable problem?
• Warming could nip Southeast Asian forests’ mass flowering in the bud, study finds
• Carnivore sightings highlight richness of Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan region
• In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings
• "Fires Hit Southwest, New Mexico's Season 'Dangerously Early'"
• "Protesters Amass at White House, Demanding Action on Climate"
• "4 Issues To Watch As Dems Eye Reconciliation Return"
• "Alaskan Locals Call Haaland Visit On Izembek Road A Success"
• "Highly Contagious Marine Epidemic Rips Through Caribbean’s Coral Reefs"
• These Whales Are On The Brink; Now Comes Climate Change And Wind Power
• Calif. Bans Fracking Wastewater For Irrigation, But Allow Drilling Water
• Seed Savers Revive Rare Varieties Of Collard Greens
• "Olmsted’s Enduring Gift"
• "The End of the Great River"
• Funding, titling project for Indigenous-led organizations launched
• With ban on palm oil exports, Indonesia reaps condemnation and praise
• Iwan Dento, ‘hero’ of South Sulawesi’s karst mountains
• Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land
• Troubled waters: A massive salmon farm off the coast of Maine is stalled
• Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers
• Brazil bill seeks to redraw Amazon borders in favor of agribusiness
• Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul mobilizes to reduce wildlife massacre on its roads
• Analysis: Myanmar’s gemstone riches bring poverty and environmental destruction
• Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera
• President Biden signs order aimed at protecting old-growth forests across U.S.
• Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity
• To get people thinking about seagrass, Seychelles coins new Creole words
• Just outside Mexico City, community-run forests provide eco services, livelihoods
• Study: Farmland birds in Nepal, India in dire need of conservation action
• Forestry industry facing 'perfect storm' of skyrocketing demand, dire staff shortages, sawmill boss says
• 3 critically endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in a single day in traps
• Baby Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Anlong Kampi conservation area
• "China Promotes Coal In Setback For Efforts To Cut Emissions"
• "Ford Juices Production Of Lightning F-150 Electric Truck"
• "White House Finalizes Help For Burn Pit Veterans"
• "Birth Of Six Endangered Red Wolves Has Their Advocates Howling For Joy"
• "Record Heat Has Gripped India Since March. It’s About To Get Worse."
• Critics Blast Calif. Poseidon Desalination Plan As Crucial Vote Looms
• "Twitter Bans Ads That Contradict Science On Climate Change"
• Could Turning An Invasive Fish Into A ‘Super-Male’ Save A Native Species?
• "Finland Is On The Brink Of A Nuclear Power ‘Game Changer’"
• "Beyond Ecology: The Trees At The Heart Of Our Culture"
• California breaks ground on largest wildlife crossing in the world
• David Theobald Receives Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award
• Unseen crisis: Threatened gut microbiome also offers hope for world
• In Mexico, a race to save the last wetlands of San Cristóbal de las Casas
• With record $5.3B in pledges, GEF aims for more flexible environmental funding
• Asia’s troubled trees need better conservation to reach restoration goals: Study
• Unprecedented water restrictions as LA and Ventura counties declare water emergency
• Rare Southern Nevada Wildflower, Bee One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
• Six new species of tiny frog discovered in Mexico
• Abu Dhabi discovers new species of eagle ray
• "Two Million Children At Risk Of Starvation In Horn Of Africa: U.N.
• "Russia Halts Gas Flows To Poland, Bulgaria"
• Too Many New Coal-Fired Plants Planned For 1.5C Climate Goal: Report
• Dam Accounting: Taking Stock of Methane Emissions From Reservoirs
• ‘We Want It Back To What It Was’: The US Village Blighted By Toxic Waste
• Incandescent Light Bulbs Being Phased Out To Save Energy
• "50bn Tonnes Of Sand And Gravel Extracted Each Year, Finds UN Study"
• "A Quiet Revolution: Southwest Cities Learn to Thrive Amid Drought"
• "Biden Admin Shrinks Area Eligible For Drilling At Arctic Reserve"
• "DOE Unveils $500M Loan For Massive ‘Clean Hydrogen’ Project"
• Wildlife don’t recognize borders, nor does climate change. Conservation should keep up
• 2021 tropical forest loss figures put zero-deforestation goal by 2030 out of reach
• Illegal miners bring sexual violence and disease to Indigenous reserve in Brazil
• Cradle of transformation: The Mediterranean and climate change
• Contorted energy politics of the Ukraine crisis (commentary)
• Study finds high prevalence of gut parasites in Nepal’s rhinos
• Where satellites come up short, drones can fill in a picture of our oceans
• Teaching climate issues through gameplay gains a following in Brazil
• Freshwater planetary boundary “considerably” transgressed: New research
• Podcast: Community empowerment and forest conservation grow from the galip nut in Papua New Guinea
• For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle
• "Biden Administration Allows Additional Natural Gas Exports"
• "U.S. Identifies Possible Wind Power Areas Off Oregon, Atlantic Coasts"
• "UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land"
• Drought Imposes Watering Restrictions on Southern California
• "From King Cobras to Geckos, 20 Percent of Reptiles Risk Extinction"
• "Weary Of Many Disasters? UN Says Worse To Come"
• "China Detects First Human Case Of H3N8 Bird Flu Strain"
• "Canada Lynx Protections Deal Sealed By US, Environmentalists
• "Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health"
• "Ships Asked To Reduce Speed Off San Francisco Coast To Protect Whales"
• B.C. increasing forestry revenue-sharing with First Nations
• Early snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada causes snowpack to fall to seven-year low
• UN says up to 40% of world's land now degraded
• New species of frog smaller than a 1p coin discovered in Mexican forest
• Hydrogen-powered ferry prepares to launch in San Francisco Bay
• California is investigating Big Oil for allegedly misleading the public on recycling
• "16 States, D.C., Climate Activists Sue USPS To Block Truck Purchase"
• Warming Risks Most Cataclysmic Extinction Of Marine Life In 250M Years
• "Solar Industry ‘Frozen’ as Biden Administration Investigates China"
• California AG Subpoenas Exxon For Details On Role In Plastic Pollution
• "Chemical Industry Fights U.S. Government Move To Ban Asbestos"
• "Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing."
• "Canada’s Attempt To Phase Out Open-Pen Salmon Farms Faces Setback"
• "‘Relentless’ Destruction Of Rainforest Continuing Despite Cop26 Pledge"
• Invasive African Clawed Frogs Threaten Native Species In Washington
• "Swiping Right On Climate Love: Dating Apps And Environmental Advocacy"
• Court setback doesn’t sway Indonesian villagers fighting a mining firm
• Reframing trophy hunting’s socio-economic benefits in Namibia (commentary)
• To stop plastic pollution, we must stop plastic production, scientists say
• Better deep-bore wells aim to stop Indonesia’s groundwater waste
• Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data
• As animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk
• All 4 building blocks of DNA have been found in meteorites
• Volcano-dwelling mice confirmed as world’s highest-living mammals
• US egg factory roasts alive 5.3 million chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every worker
• Climate activist, Wynn Alan Bruce, dies after setting himself on fire outside of US Supreme Court
• Squamish nuns complete decade-long clean electricity project on Pilchuck Creek
• Wildlife agency turning invasive water hyacinth into organic fertilizer
• For the first time in 4 years, a litter of red wolf pups was born in the wild
• CDFW releases four orphaned bears to the wild
• Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid plant begins production
• Dr. Drew Lanham win American Birding Association lifetime achievement award
• Ancient human playground found inside sloth footprints