Conservation News ~ 5 August 2022

• US drafts new speed limits on shipping to help save endangered whales
• 'Soon it will be unrecognisable': total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert
• New species of cone snail discovered on Aruba  
• Brazil moves toward paving a road through a preserved Amazon area
• U.S. Naval Academy proposal to build new golf course riles environmentalists
• "House Passes 48-Bill Wildfire-Protection Package"
• "Chemical Recycling Bills Gain Momentum and Opposition in States"
• "Green Bank, Environmental Equity Among Climate Deal’s Winners"
• "Rich Countries Failed To Meet Their Climate Funding Goal"
• "California Not Counting Methane Leaks From Idle Wells"
• Fireproofing Your Home Isn't Very Expensive, But Few States Require It
• "Heavy Rain Causes Deadly Flooding Across Iran"
• "Fires Engulf Western Nebraska Wildlife Area, Sparking Evacuations"
• "As Species Recover, Some Threaten Others In More Dire Shape"
• "For Climate Migrants in Bangladesh, Town Offers New Life"
• Call for hippos to join list of world's most endangered animals
• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Is Expanding by 16000 Acres
• Researcher discovers a new species of sea bream (Sparidae) from the Red Sea
• "Kentucky Floods Kill At Least 37 As More Storms Forecast"
• ""At Least 14 Potential Heat Deaths In Oregon After Hot Spell""
• "Manchin Won a Pledge From Democrats to Finish a Contested Pipeline"
• Feds Will Reverse Trump Decision Opening Central Calif. Lands To Drilling
• Gas Industry Pumps Money Into Tiny Local Race To Crush Climate Champion
• Scientists Say It’s ‘Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes
• "Pollution: 'Forever Chemicals' In Rainwater Exceed Safe Levels"
• Whistleblowers Give New Evidence of EPA Failure to Assess Toxic Chemicals
• "What Are 'Flash Droughts' and Why Are They So Destructive?"
• "The World's Largest Hornet Is Getting a New Name"
• Rwanda joins IUCN Green List
• Rangers from Nicaragua and Mexico among global award winners
• Rangers from Zimbabwe, Kenya and DRC among global award winners
• Ranger from Bolivia among global award winners
• Brazil's environment chief approved paving Amazon highway against prior IBAMA warnings
• Six new species of miniature frog discovered in Mexico
• Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti
• Jellyfish filmed by scuba diver off Papua New Guinea could be rare or new species
• Researchers find new species of Nemacheilidae fish in Putao, Northern Myanmar
• "How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions"
• "EPA Announces Flights To Look For Methane In Permian Basin"
• "Ukraine: Situation at Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant 'Out Of Control'"
• "A Race To Save Fish As Rio Grande Dries, Even In Albuquerque"
• "Wind-Whipped Fire Leaves Northern California Hamlet In Ashes"
• "A Record Amount Of Seaweed Is Choking Shores In The Caribbean"
• Long a Climate Straggler, Australia Advances Major Bill to Cut Emissions
• "Drought, Sluggish Mississippi River Make Small Dead Zone"
• "UN Warns Two Largest US Water Reservoirs At ‘Dangerously Low Levels’"
• Coral Levels In Parts Of Great Barrier Reef Are At Highest In 36 Years
• "Senate Passes Long-Sought Bill To Help Veterans Affected By Burn Pits"
• "Feds Target US Companies Caught In Lucrative Shark Fin Trade"
• "Illegal Airstrips Bringing Toxic Mining to Brazil’s Indigenous Land"
• "US High Tide Flooding Breaks Records In Multiple Locations"
• What You Need To Know About The Push To Mine Ontario’s Ring of Fire
• "Automakers Blitz Congress to Fix an EV Tax Credit They Can’t Use"
• Over 10 Inches Of Rain Falls In Illinois, Another Exceptional Deluge
• Climate-Smart Farming Is a Lot Harder Than Manchin Bill Makes It Sound
• Sea Otters Were Hunted To Near-Extinction. Can They Be Reintroduced?
• On Hawaiian Mountain, The Fight Over Telescopes Nearing A Peaceful End
• Mozambique busts notorious rhino poacher
• Grotesque greed – immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN Chief
• Hawaii receives final coal shipment for its last coal-fired power plant
• "Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal, Clearing the Way for Votes"
• Biden HHS Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Public Health Emergency In U.S.
• History of DDT Ocean Dumping Off L.A. Even Worse Than Expected, EPA Finds
• "Despite Slow Start, NOAA Still Predicts Above-Average Hurricane Season"
• "Nuclear Milestone: Feds Greenlight Vogtle To Fuel Up"
• "Drought Emergency in Mexico Rekindles Demand for Water Law Reform"
• "U.S. Cities Push The Homeless To Live In Tent Camps"
• "Communities Near 23 Sterilization Plants Have Increased Cancer Risk: EPA"
• Judge Rejects Federal Plans For Fossil Fuel Mining In Powder River Basin
• "Appalachian Voices Sues State Over Release Of Carbon Market Document"
• Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
• 'Magnificent' jellyfish found off coast of Papua New Guinea could be new species
• 'Treasure map' of ants may help experts discover new ant species in India
• Arizona Jaguar “El Jefe” reappears in Central Sonora
• Scientists find traces of massive ancient rainforests in Antarctica
• Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor
• Researchers improve catalyst that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ with sunlight
• Climate experts experience an odd sensation after Manchin budget deal: optimism