Conservation News ~ 7 July 2023

• L.A. mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged
• Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
• New octopus species discovered by scientists in rare 'nursery' off Costa Rican coast
• Two new species of bent-toed gecko discovered in Vietnam        
• US-German Satellites Show California Water Gains After Record Winter
• "World Registers Hottest Day Ever Recorded On July 3"
• DeSantis Signs Bill Authorizing Radioactive Roads For Florida
• "Elon Musk Tweets False Climate Claim"
• "Climate-Heating El Niño Has Arrived And Threatens Lives, Declares UN"
• Advocates Push For Constitutional Guarantees In Face Of Climate Crisis
• Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie Climate Projects
• "Saudi Arabia, Russia Deepen Oil Cuts, Sending Prices Higher"
• Labor Dept. Proposes Silica Exposure Rule Sought By Appalachian Democrats
• "Threatened Seabirds Get a Life Raft in Maryland"
• "As the Sea Rises, Will a Prized National Seashore Wash Away?"
• "Expect A Hot, Smoky Summer In Much Of America." Better Get Used To It.
• 5 People Contract Malaria Within U.S. Borders — First Cases In 2 Decades
• "EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution"
• Climate Groups Accept Millions From Charity Linked To Fossil Fuels
• "Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Residential Solar Grant Program"
• New Mexico Regulators Fine Oil Producer $40 Million For Flaring Gas
• "Texas Heat Wave Invigorates Calls For Worker Heat Protections"
• "Pressure Builds For FEMA To Declare Deadly Heat Events As Disasters"
• "Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid"
• "Microbes Play Leading Role In Soil Carbon Capture, Study Shows"
• New species of bumpy frog discovered on Venezuela mountain
• Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023
• New Species of Frog Found Under a Rock in Venezuela has Copper Eyes
• Countries Agree To Slash Shipping Emissions, But Not Enough
• Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Safety Standards
• "John Kerry to Visit China to Restart Climate Negotiations"
• "83,000 Hawaii Homes Dispose Of Sewage In Cesspools"
• U.N. Watchdog Says Japan Can Release Nuclear Waste Water Into The Ocean
• As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil
• "U.S. Animal Industries Pose Disease Risks to People, Report Says"
• "Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Drops 34% In First Half 2023"
• "Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals"
• "Corporate Landscaping Lets Its Hair Down"
• "Earth Entering ‘Uncharted Territory’ As Heat Records Quickly Shatter"
• "Almost Half Of U.S. Tap Water Contains ‘Forever Chemicals’"
• "Commercial-Scale Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Approved"
• "A Climate Laggard in America’s Industrial Heartland Has a Plan to Change, Fast"
• Colorado R. Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Tribe Struggles For Share of Water
• Little Publicized, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives of W.Va. Families
• Grid Operator Must Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects: Report
• Heat Is A Mortal Threat To Farmworkers. How To Protect Them.
• "Global Shipping Industry Faces Head Winds Over Going Green"
• "US Targets Environmental Crime in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands"
• World’s protected lands are safeguarding more carbon than the US emits in a year
• New glass could cut carbon footprint by nearly hald and is 10x more damage resistant
• Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles released at West Dennis Beach after months of rehab
• Scientists find the ‘extinct’ Victorian Earless Dragon not seen since 1969
• Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255 billion annually, including vast carbon storage