Conservation News ~ 30 December 2022

• 8,000-Mile Atmospheric River Stretching From Indonesia to US West Coast Forecast
• Federal authorities say North Atlantic right whale must remain on endangered list
• Plant With 'Otherworldly' Look Identified As New Species
• Endangered species of bumblebee has been seen in Devon for the first time in 44 years
• 20 New Frog Species Found in Madagascar
• New tick species found in 7 states
• Deaths of 3 endangered Cambodian dolphins raise alarm
• Endangered crocodile dead from electrocution at National Zoo
• Ethereal color variant of mysterious plant is actually new species
• Greenwashing complaint filed against Canada's biggest certifier of sustainable forestry
• World's Most Endangered Species: 2 Young Javan Rhinos Seen in Indonesia National Park
• A new species of leeches discovered in the Arctic
• Four people arrested for illegal logging in Kajiado
• Appreciation of Gren Lucas for IUCN
• Mark Stanley Price 1947-2022
• Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
• Report from the 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference: The Transformative Power of Law
• IUCN welcomes Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as an important step towards addressing the nature crisis
• Sports organisations commit to safeguard nature under new framework
• IUCN statement to UN Biodiversity Conference 2022
• The Government of Monaco and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation join forces with IUCN to support the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and Environmental Human Rights Defenders
• Human activity devastating marine species from mammals to corals - IUCN Red List
• Improved forestry could boost carbon storage in New England by nearly half a billion tons
• Legal Victory: Court Rules EPA's Registration of Bee-Killing Insecticide Unlawful
• 'Crucial' Cop15 deal includes target to protect 30% of nature on Earth by 2030
• New Species Of Yeast Found On (And Named After) Leonardo Da Vinci's Iconic Self-Portrait
• 2 new weevil species found by Mindanao
• US FWS lists Tiehm's buckwheat as an endangered species
• Feds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake
• Rhodiola added to endangered species list
• 'Queen's hedgehog' fungus among 2022's new discoveries recorded by Kew
• "Cop15: Historic Deal Struck To Halt Biodiversity Loss By 2030"
• "Report: World’s Coal Use Creeps To New High In 2022"
• "Conservationists Hail US Plan To Ban Shark Fin Trade"
• Fears Of ‘Dead Pool’ On Colorado River Grow As Drought Threatens Hoover Dam
• Illinois Failed To Act on PFAS in Mississippi River For Over a Decade
• "UK Government Blocks Release of CO2 Figures Behind Transport Plan"
• Tribes Accuse Calif. Water Board Of Discrimination And Urge EPA Oversight
• AK Gov. Dunleavy Names Former Oil And Gas Lobbyist As DNR Commissioner
• "Chilkat Indian Village Says Alaska Mine Poses Risk To Watershed"
• "In 2022, AP Photographers Captured Pain Of A Changing Planet"
• "Things To Watch In The Omnibus Spending Bill"
• "UN Chief Calls For Credible Climate Action, Convenes Summit"
• "DRC Drops Objections To Seal Deal On Historic Action On Biodiversity"
• "Idaho Officials Copy-Pasted A Fossil Fuel Industry Letter"
• "Biden Rule Proposes Phasing Out Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs"
• "EPA Overhauls Chemical Reviews To Boost Transparency"
• Midwest Soil Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be To Blame.
• "Global Study Reveals Widespread Salt Marsh Decline"
• Corps Grants Louisiana Permits To Build $2.5 Billion Sediment Diversion
• "This Bird Is Extinct, The Government Says. Not Everyone Is So Sure."
• "Postal Service Will Electrify Trucks By 2026 In Climate Win For Biden"
• "Congress Offers $1 Billion for Climate Aid, Falling Short of Biden’s Pledge"
• "E.P.A. Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks"
• "She Was An ABC News Producer. She Also Was A Corporate Operative"
• To Protect Lobstermen, Spending Bill May Speed Whales’ Extinction: Enviros
• "3M Will Stop Making 'Forever Chemicals.'"
• Big Oil Is Behind Conspiracy To Deceive Public: First Climate RICO Suit
• "Inside Big Plastic’s Faltering $1.5 Billion Global Cleanup Effort"
• Great Bear Lake in NW Territories To Become Indigenous Protected Area
• Op-Ed: "New Hope for Horseshoe Crabs — and the Shorebirds That Depend on Them"
• "Extreme Cold Blasting South Ahead Of Developing Blizzard"
• "What Congress’s Spending Bill Includes For Energy, Sustainability"
• "Court Faults EPA For Approving Bee-Killing Pesticide"
• "Suit Challenges Review Underlying Alaska Oil Lease Sale"
• Record High Number Of Dead Trees Found As Oregon Copes With Extreme Drought
• "High Number Of Mosquitoes Found With Mutation That Resists Insecticides"
• "New Mexico Seeks Tougher Provisions For US Nuclear Dump"
• "Japan Adopts Plan To Maximize Nuclear Energy, In Major Shift"
• "New Regulation Head Revesz Seen as Most Progressive Rules Czar"
• "A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating"
• "A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River"
• "Alaska Native Group Protects Land Coveted By Pebble Mine Developers"
• "Alberta Broke Law by Keeping Oil Lobbying Records Secret For Years"
• "Target Date For Cleaning Up Waterways In England Is Moved Back By 36 Years"
• "Groundwater in California’s Central Valley Disappearing At Alarming Rate"
• "Chile's Artisanal Fishermen Fear Die-Out As Trawling, Climate Bite"
• "Arizona Restricts Farming To Protect Groundwater Supply"
• "Environmental Enforcement Has Fallen Off Under Biden, Report Says"
• "Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?"
• "For Humpbacks, Bubbles Can Be Tools"
• Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
• Greenwashing complaint filed against Canada's biggest certifier of sustainable forestry
• Swinomish Tribe builds US’s first modern ‘clam garden’, reviving ancient practice
• New technology could tap into a virtually limitless supply of fresh water
• Verra signs mou to create nature crediting framework
• Biotech chestnut tree poised to restore lost ecosystems and biodiversity
• Groundwater replenishes much faster than scientists previously thought
• Discovered in the deep – the jaw-dropping gulper eel and its super stretchy skin
• Beatrice Crona and Magnus Nystrom appointed new Science directors of the Stockholm Resilience Center
• We can now 3d print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree
• 3M to phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in 2 years
• California Leaders Hail Sweeping Global Deal to Protect Nature
• Scientists strap cameras to sharks and discover huge underwater forest
• Nearly every country signs on to a sweeping deal to protect nature
• Red Panda cubs die in cold snap
• Secret Penguin Kingdom found thanks to images from space