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Conservation News ~ 5 February 2021

2/5/2021

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  • California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it used to
  • BC allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas
  • Wollongong coalmine expansion rejected due to risk at Sydney and Illawara water catchments
  • New study warns that sea level will rise faster than expected
  • Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world’s ocean
  • Senators debate whether cutting fossil fuels will save the planet
  • Denmark strikes deal on 25bn-pound artificial wind energy island
  • Renewables expected to replace coal by 2033
  • Cacophony of human noise is hurting marine life
  • Cory Booker becomes first vegan senator on the senate agriculture committee
  • In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change
  • Justice at the National Bison Range
  • Qatar Airways cargo saves wildlife with ‘WeQare’ initiative by flying Endangered Species back to their natural habitat
  • Endangered African Penguin chick ready for public debut
  • Men sentenced in Columbus federal court over tiger skin purchase, mounted leopard sale
  • Lawsuits battle over removing wolves from endangered species list
  • Bottom trawling ban in four protected UK areas proposed
  • New pair of wolves spotted in Northern California
  • For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
  • New approaches needed to protect biodiversity as Aichi targets go unmet
  • Bill introduced to safeguard New Mexicans from oil and gas
  • Nordstrom officially bans fur and exotic animal skins
  • 65 plant extinctions in the continental US and Canada
  • Sea ice kept oxygen from reaching deep ocean during the last ice age
  • UK North Sea oil rigs release as much CO2 as coal-fired power station
  • New study warns that sea level will rise faster than expected
  • Vegan Mexican cactus leather wins international eco award
  • Mob killing of Malagasy officer spotlights risks faced by forest guardians
  • EPA: judge scraps Trmp’s secret science rule
  • Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills
  • Biden suspends border wall construction for two months
  • Rivers could generate thousands of nuclear power plants worth of energy
  • eBird research shows less light, more trees help migrating birds
  • Nature Conservancy of Canada purchases three new sites on Nova Scotia’s southwest shore
  • Ocean pollutants ‘have negative effect on male fertility’
  • Calumet River communities seek a clean water future
  • Timber trafficking with Vietnam threatens biodiversity and the economy
  • Human activity forces animals to move 70% further to survive
  • 3,000 scientists call for governments and businesses to ‘step up’ adaptation to climate change
  • Nicaragua operation rescues two endangered jaguar cubs
  • Estonia’s first female prime minister vows to tackle climate crisis
  • South Australia achieves 100 pct solar, and lowest prices in Australia
  • Customs seizes lion bones, pangolina scales worth N952M
  • Activists make the case that bigger is better to protect Galapagos reserve
  • In China, public support grows to rein in the wildlife trade in the wake of the pandemic
  • Critically endangered golden sun moth found by man walking dog in Wangaratta
  • Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior
  • Biden to place environmental justice at center of sweeping plan
  • At least ten endangered Mexican Gray Wolves killed in last months of 2020
  • Mars had up to 20 separate ice ages, discover scientists
  • Kenyan wildlife policies must extend beyond protected areas
  • Farm protests in India are writing the Green Revolution’s obituary
  • Indian researchers discover new gecko species in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Montana’s National Bison Range transferred to tribes
  • San Diego County  sets plan for Zero Carbon emissions by 2035
  • Tiger that underwent rare hip replacement surgery has setback
  • California red-legged frogs return to Southwest Riverside County
  • Indigenous tribe that worships tigers helps protect the species
  • Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south
  • Hanging rhinos upside down is vital for their conservation
  • Vietnam’s Hin Nam No national park to join IUCN green list
  • IUCN Green List featured in French strategy to protect 30% of natural areas by 2030
  • Designation of Astola Island, Pakistan’s first Marine Protected Area
  • Restored Corals Spawn Hope for Reefs Worldwide
  • 2 wolves killed in suspected poaching near Oregon border Idaho fish and game says
  • President Biden Centers Workers in the Clean Energy Economy
  • AOC and Bernie Are Teaming Up to Get Biden to Declare Climate Change a National Emergency
  • Smart Cameras That Stop Wind Turbines When Birds Approach Massively Reduce Eagle Deaths
  • "Biden’s EPA Nominee Vows ‘Urgency’ On Climate Change"
  • "U.S. Cities Are Vastly Undercounting Emissions, Researchers Find"
  • "Obama Alum Returns As EPA Spox; Other Appointees Join Agency"
  • "Senate Committee Advances Granholm Nomination To Lead Energy"
  • "Trump’s Last Minute Flubs Gift Biden Time to Rewrite Regulations"
  • "California Leads U.S. Sprint Towards Electric Vehicles"
  • Biden Admin To Restart Permitting For Major Offshore Wind Project
  • "Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams"
  • "B.C. Allows Logging In Nine ‘Protected’ Old-Growth Areas"
  • K-Pop For The Planet: Fans Of S Korean Stars Take Up Climate Activism
  • Solar energy empowers young women in Yemen
  • Tens of Millions of Birds Pass Through Just Two Western U.S. Corridors
  • Activists in Minnesota are calling attention to the expansion of Line 3.
  • Seattle Gets Most Fossil Fuels Out of New Large Buildings
  • Researchers find 2 wolves illegally killed in NE. Minnesota; 1 was shot in chest
  • Court rules France failed to respect its climate change goal
  • Trader Cargill, pension fund TIAA linked to land grabs in Brazil’s Cerrado
  • For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
  • New approaches needed to protect biodiversity as Aichi Targets go unmet
  • Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile
  • Study reveals how species once extinct in the wild have bounced back
  • It’s not too late – yet – to save the Philippine pangolin, study finds
  • Fish & Wildlife Service Defends Removing Gray Wolf From Endangered List
  • "Vehicle Mile Tax Draws Fresh Attention as Buttigieg Takes Post"
  • USDA Nominee Vilsack Clears First Hurdle, Says He Will Focus On Climate
  • "Exxon, BP Announce Billions In Losses For 2020"
  • Toyota, Fiat Chrysler Quit Trump Effort To Bar Calif. Emissions Rules
  • Yellen Signals Action on Climate Change a Top Treasury Priority
  • "Biden Orders Sweeping Review Of Government Science Integrity Policies"
  • "Australia Tells Thousands To Leave Homes As Bushfire Threatens Perth"
  • "Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Pessimistic Forecasts"
  • Surge From an Atmospheric River Drove Latest Calif. Climate Extremes
  • Eight States Join CA to Make Manufacturers Responsible for Plastic Waste
  • Tennis-court sized scrap of Bristol to become 'tiny forest'
  • The world's obsession with economic growth is killing nature, report finds
  • Police Unions Are Fighting Against Fossil Fuel Divestment
  • Scandinavian banks poured $67 billion into the fossil fuel industry since Paris
  • Cyanobacteria could revolutionize the plastic industry
  • Ecuadorian Amazon: Three European banks stop funding trade of oil
  • Biden reinstates northern Bering Sea climate plan
  • "G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035"
  • "Court Order Widens EPA Options to Drop ‘Secret Science’ Rule"
  • "Oil, Gas Industry Stockpiled Drilling Leases Before Biden ‘Pause’"
  • "Energy Nominee Jennifer Granholm Stresses Climate Action And Jobs"
  • "Hope And Skepticism As Biden Promises To Address Environmental Racism"
  • "Air Quality Regulators in “Cancer Alley” Have Fallen Dangerously Behind"
  • "Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria To Compensate Farmers"
  • "Regulator Shelves Rule Meant To Force Banks To Serve Oil, Gun Companies"
  • BLM Exodus: Agency Lost 87 Percent Of Staff In Trump HQ Relocation
  • "Scientists Identify New Whale Species In Gulf Of Mexico"
  • Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills
  • Activists make the case that bigger is better to protect Galápagos reserve
  • European farmed salmon sector to use only deforestation-free Brazilian soy
  • Boat strikes in Maldives put pressure on whale sharks’ survival odds
  • Current protected areas not enough to save parrots from extinction: Study
  • Seven financial firms key to rooting out deforestation, report finds
  • Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south
  • Namibia to sell off wild elephants in controversial auction
  • Ambitious return to carbon markets to conserve Africa’s forests
  • The Amazon lost an area of primary forest larger than Israel in 2020, new analysis finds
  • In sweeping executive orders, Biden brings climate to the forefront of U.S. policy
  • "GM Announcement Shakes Up US Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars"
  • Court Strikes Down Part Of Rule Easing Ozone Standard Implementation
  • "Ignored No Longer, People Of Color Shape Climate Action"
  • "Ignored No Longer, People Of Color Shape Climate Action"
  • "Michigan Approves Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Tunnel Permits"
  • "Biden Environmental Challenge: Filling Vacant Scientist Jobs"
  • "Biden’s Secret Weapon To Cleaning Up Energy Is Spelled FERC"
  • Climate Ravaged West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Will 2021 Be Worse?
  • "Two Biden Priorities, Climate and Inequality, Meet on Black-Owned Farms"
  • Sea Lions Are Dying From Mysterious Cancer. The Culprits? Herpes and DDT
  • France contributes to protection of Amazon stronghold, Yasuní National Park
  • Brazil guts agencies, ‘sabotaging environmental protection’ in Amazon: Report
  • Eye in the Sky: Tech makes satellite imagery increasingly attractive for wildlife surveys
  • Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for American Bumblebee
  • vincent callebaut's twisting carbon-absorbing tower nears completion in taipei
  • "EPA: Judge Scraps Trump's 'Secret Science' Rule"
  • "A Consensus Builder for E.P.A. When Some Want a Fighter"
  • "Interior: FOIA Backlog Confronts Biden's New Team"
  • "Firefighters Battle an Unseen Hazard: Their Gear Could Be Toxic"
  • "Heat Killed A Record Number Of People In Arizona Last Year'"
  • "Former U.S. Climate Leaders Press Biden on Amazon Deforestation"
  • Scientists Help Biden Put Trump’s Climate Policies Under A Microscope
  • Warming Oceans: Scientists Say California Crab Fishers Must Diversify
  • Once United For Biden, Enviros And Unions Clash Over Pipelines
  • "Bumblebee Endangered Species Listing Urged by Green Groups"
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