Conservation News ~ 30 June 2023

• Customs Officers Seized $2.7 Million Worth of Endangered Fish Bladders
• "UN Adopts World's First Treaty To Protect High Seas Biodiversity"
• Power Companies Spend Millions To Fight Maine’s Proposed Non-Profit Utility
• "Tribes Seek Greater Involvement In Talks On Colorado River Water Crisis"
• "Senate To Release First Spending Bills"
• "The New War on Bad Air"
• "Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Forecast To Become Hurricane Near Caribbean"
• "Brazil Seizes World's Biggest Illegal Shark Fin Consignment"
• "Offshore Wind Foes In New Jersey Gathering Force Legally And Politically"
• Sweltering Heat, Power Cuts In Northern India As Death Toll Climbs
• Christian Cooper, Black Birder Falsely Accused In Central Park, Gets TV Show
• "EPA Is Struggling to Keep Track of Water Grants, Watchdog Says"
• UN Adds New Disclosure Requirements COP28 Corporate Fossil Lobbying
• "Biden Announces Physician Mandy Cohen Will Lead CDC"
• "Grid Needs Boost to Hit Climate Goal, Biden Science Adviser Says"
• Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda
• Judge Orders Stretch Of Pipeline That Crosses Tribal Land To Shut Down
• Amid Delays, Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bills to Speed Grid Connections
• "Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments"
• World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born
• Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Their Volume Amid Warming: Study
• Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump
• Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
• "Biden Admin To Strengthen Endangered Species Protections"
• "Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave"
• Enviros Petition Biden To Crack Down On Methane Emissions From Landfills
• Tribal Voices Left Out of Key Nuclear Cleanup on Ancestral Land
• "Ruling Clouds EPA Pebble Veto, but Mine Remains Unlikely"
• "First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat Approved By Regulators In US"
• Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises
• In ‘Cancer Alley,’ Carbon Capture Push Draws Fire From Environmentalists
• Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Face Challenges From Climate Change
• Monarch Butterflies' White Spots May Help Them Fly Farther: Scientists
• Lawsuit Seeks Final Endangered Species Act Protections for Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs
• New species of goby fish discovered in Georgia river
• Copper-eyed creature found lurking among ferns in the night is a new species in Peru
• Horned creature — a new species of dragonfish — pulled from watery depths off Brazil
• Two Freshwater Mussels Receive Endangered Species Act Protections in Arkansas, Missouri
• New species of cliff-dwelling gecko discovered in Vietnam
• New species of 'jumping spider' found in Goregaon; researchers name it after city
• Marine Biologists Discover Three New Species of Carnivorous Sponges
• Call for participation: workshop on geoheritage management in UNESCO designated sites | UNESCO
• New Calls for Proposals - Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund
• IUCN Launches the Project “Enhancing climate resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan"
• China and IUCN collaborate to launch the landmark Nature-based Solutions Asian Hub, facilitating research and cooperation.
• New alliances and valuable learnings between North African environmental associations witnessed at the PPI-OSCAN regional workshop.
• IUCN launches a guide for agribusinesses on investing in landscape restoration to sustain agrifood supply chains
• Guidance on Nature-based Solutions in humanitarian action launched in collaboration with Sphere
• Train Carrying Hot Asphalt, Molten Sulfur Plunges Into Yellowstone River
• "Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches"
• Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
• "Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves"
• "EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing"
• Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill
• "‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time"
• Civil Eats: "Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide"
• "Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon"
• "Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida"
• "40 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today"
• "Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S."
• UN Accord On Ship Recycling To Start 2 Years After More Countries Join
• "New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'"
• Wolves That Nearly Died Out Recovered, Now Helping Island’s Ecosystem
• "In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North"
• "A Rule That Could Help Save Coal Miners’ Lives Is Mired in Red Tape"
• "A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts"
• "Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms"
• "Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore In California Due To Algae Bloom"
• "Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars"
• "Joshua Trees Win Long Term Protection In Environmental Victory"
• "EPA Closes Civil Rights Probe Into Louisiana Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
• Top Nuclear Regulator Faces Tough Reconfirmation Battle In The Senate"
• "Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test"
• Coal Ash Sinkhole Expands In NC, Contaminating Stream Amid Legal Dispute
• "Farm Boom, Fires Make Bolivia No. 3 In World For Forest Loss"
• A Toxic Metal Is In A US City’S Air – And May Be Harming Children’s Brains
• "The Emerging Science of Tracing Smoke Back to Wildfires"
• "Through Pandemics and Wildfires, Can Air Sensors Keep Offices Safe?"
• Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
• Forest fires: An extra degree of temperature can increase the burned area by 222%