Conservation News ~ 3 December 2021

• "Interior Dept. Report on Drilling Is Mostly Silent on Climate Change"
• "Interior Department Approves 2nd Large US Offshore Wind Farm"
• "Germany's New Coalition Promises Climate Revolution"
• Regulator Gives TVA Approval To Bury Coal Ash In Southeast Memphis
• "Houston Highway Project Sparks Debate Over Racial Equity"
• "EPA’s Regan Vows To Help Hard-Hit Areas, But Residents Have Doubts"
• Norilsk, in Russian Arctic, One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
• "Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages"
• "Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts In Color As Corals Spawn"
• "Climate Crisis Pushes Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rates Higher – Study"
• Newly released Cambodian activists honored among Front Line Defenders awardees
• Big flotilla of illegal gold miners splits up in Brazil
• A new species of frog has been discovered - the male wears tadpoles on his body
• Meet Magali, the conservation warrior rescuing Peru’s rainforest animals: Video
• Conflict and climate change are big barriers for Africa’s Great Green Wall
• For tradition and nature on the Bijagós Islands, loss of one threatens the other
• You can’t see them to count them, but Amazonian manatees seem to be recovering
• Papua clan takes first step toward official recognition of land rights
• New study reveals globe-trotting pedigree of South Asian songbirds
• The complete guide to restoring your soil: Q&A with soil expert Dale Strickler
• With loss of forests, Bali villages find themselves vulnerable to disaster
• Lack of resolution mechanisms allow palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia
• Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown
• Insects and other invertebrates on tropical islands face challenges as development and tourism expand
• Biden Gulf Oil Sale Means More Drilling Within Legacy Chemical Dump Site
• "Defections, Morale Grip EPA Forensics Lab: ‘We Can’t Function’"
• "Lawsuit Takes Aim At Trump-Era Rule Expanding Hunting Grounds"
• "EPA Wins Appeal Over Release of Pesticide Policymaking Records"
• "Nurdles: The Worst Toxic Waste You’ve Probably Never Heard Of"
• Calif.’s Failed First Plan To Stop Offshore Drilling Casts Shadow Today
• Trouble In The Wind: Offshore Turbine Farms Complicate Fishing, Shrimping
• In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves
• US Will Miss EV Targets Without Big Investments in Chip-Making: Raimondo
• Monarch Butterflies Thriving After Years Of Decline. Is It A Comeback?
• A star in subtropical Japan: a new species of parasitoid wasp constructs unique cocoon
• 400+ Toxic Sites In Calif. Are At Risk Of Flooding From Sea Level Rise
• "Michigan Drops Federal Suit Against Enbridge Line 5"
• "Inside The Push To Revive Industry Superfund Fees"
• "Fact-Checking the Finger Pointing on High Gasoline Prices"
• "Glencore’s Australian Coal Mine Revealed As Methane Super-Emitter"
• "Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push"
• "This Ocean Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought"
• "Biden Seeks Willing Hosts For Nuclear Waste Storage Sites"
• "Police Burn Miners’ Boats In Brazil’s Amazon, Upping Tension"
• White Rhinos Flown From S. Africa To Rwanda In Largest Translocation
• El Niño takes a toll on southern right whales in the Atlantic Ocean
• Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)
• Underfunded but passionate, Native American conservationists call for more support
• Indigenous community saves Colombia’s poison dart frog from coca and logging
• Potty-trained cows? Teaching cattle where to urinate could help reduce greenhouse gases
• Illegal mining threatens Indigenous land at foot of Philippines’ tallest peak
• Geneticists have identified new groups of tiger sharks to protect
• Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO
• WDFW floats plan for lethal control of wolves
• Conservationists flew 30 white rhinos to Rwanda in a huge operation to protect them
• "Science Report: US Should Make Less Plastic To Save Oceans"
• Jordan Cove Developers Abandon Plans For Pipeline, Coos Bay LNG Terminal
• "The Arctic Could Get More Rain And Less Snow Sooner Than Projected"
• Fossil Fuel Firms To Make Billions From Tax Break in Dems’ Budget Bill
• Don't Blame Climate Change For Madagascar's Food Crisis: Scientists
• Kerry Says China, India, Russia Must Do More To Tackle Warming
• "The PR Firms Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work"
• "EPA Union Announces Agreements With Agency Expanding Work From Home"
• "Climate Change Makes It Harder for Iowa to Provide Clean Drinking Water"
• "Retiring DeFazio Leaves Climate, Infrastructure Legacies"
• Latest delay casts pall over WTO bid to end harmful fishing subsidies
• Amid a furniture boom, timber certification is just a start, say experts
• Amazonian birds are shrinking in response to climate change, study shows
• Extinction not only threatens primates—their parasites are in danger, too
• Amazon mining threatens dozens of uncontacted Indigenous groups, study shows
• Indonesia’s new plan for coal: It pollutes land and air, so why not the sea too?
• The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin
• These Portuguese kids are suing 33 European countries to force them to cut emissions
• The Norwegian wolf is extinct
• It’s phenomenal: Farne Islands seals numbers expected to reach new high
• $26,000 reward offered for info on fatal poisoning of 8 grey wolves in Eastern Oregon
• Elle bans fur from magazines worldwide
• Sierra Nevada snowpack, a crucial water resource, could disappear in 25 years
• New Jersey passes ban on cosmetic animal testing
• "EPA Outlines $7.4B For Water Infrastructure Headed To States"
• Coal Provinces ‘Co-Ordinated’ Fight Against Federal Water Pollution Rules
• "Shell Pulls Out Of Cambo Oilfield Project"
• ‘They Can’t Silence Us’: Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’s Environment
• "So You Want to Donate to a Climate Group…"
• "Trump Rule Meant To Save Coal Is Forcing Plants To Close"
• Mo. Health Dept Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public
• California Water Districts To Get 0% Of Requested Supplies
• In First, Alaska’s Arctic Waters Appear Poised for Dangerous Algal Blooms
• "‘Phenomenal’: Farne Islands Seal Numbers Expected To Reach New High"