Conservation News ~ 5 February 2021

• 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"