Conservation News ~ 9 June 2023

• "Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Permitting Reforms"
• "U.S. Justice Department Probes California Refinery Over Emissions"
• Wildfire In Canada's Halifax Leads To Evacuation Orders For Thousands
• Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, TX
• DeSantis Accused Of ‘Catastrophic’ Climate Approach After Campaign Launch
• "Burning Trash For The Planet? Climate Cash Sets Off Branding Frenzy."
• "Plastic Recycling In Focus As Treaty Talks Get Underway In Paris"
• "Georgia Nuclear Rebirth Arrives 7 Years Late, $17 Billion Over Cost"
• "Will Climate Change Cut Off The Panama Canal?"
• ‘All I See Are Ghosts’: The Last Spotted Owl In Canada Fights For Survival
• IUCN Asia leads discussion on Nature-based Solutions at UN side event
• Announcement of volunteers list for sea turtle conservation volunteer programme in Con Dao National Park (Trip 1 – June 2023)
• 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
• IUCN Rwanda Country Representative calls immediate actions on Global Biodiversity Framework ahead of World Biodiversity Day
• New species of spiny-tailed gecko discovered in Australia
• Western lowland gorilla is born over the weekend at National Zoo
• Fujian bamboo salamander
• Forestry Commission warns of southern pine beetle outbreak
• South Dakota zoo welcomes litter of "critically endangered" red wolves
• 2nd confirmed wolverine sightings since 1920s reported in Sierra Nevada mountains
• New species of bent-winged bat discovered in cave in India
• Two new species of glassfrog discovered in Ecuador mountains
• Designating parks not enough to protect endangered species
• New species of pygmy frog discovered in Vietnam
• "‘An Egregious Act’: Debt Ceiling Deal Imperils The Environment, Critics Say"
• State Farm Stops New Home Insurance Sales In Calif. Amid Wildfire Risks
• "Climate Battle Looms As Smith Wins Alberta Election And Targets Trudeau"
• "Delta Air Lines Hit With Lawsuit Over Claims Of Carbon Neutrality"
• "Cop28 President’s Team Accused Of Wikipedia ‘Greenwashing’"
• "As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises"
• "Joe Rogan Is Fueling Climate Misinformation on TikTok, Watchdogs Warn"
• "How The U.S. Wants To Pressure China To Help Avert Climate Catastrophe"
• "Land Around The U.S. Is Sinking. Here Are Some Of The Fastest Areas."
• "Why Our Allergies Are Getting Worse — And What To Do About It"
• "US Debt Ceiling Bill Passes House With Broad Bipartisan Support"
• DOJ West Virginia Governor’s Coal Empire Seeking Unpaid Fines
• Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone Many Ways: Study
• "Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse."
• Ohio Legislature Mulls Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate
• "Peru Battles Record Dengue Outbreak, In A Warning For A Warming World"
• "Food Poisoning Often Caused By Sick Restaurant Workers, CDC Says"
• Platform Urges More Than 1,600 High-Emitting Firms To Disclose Data
• Brazil's Indigenous People Protest As Lawmakers Vote To Limit Land Rights
• "It Takes The Fat From 8,800 Pigs To Power A Transatlantic Flight"
• "Debt Deal Pares Federal Role in Environmental Permitting Reviews"
• Renewable Energy Surges, Driven By Solar Boom And High Fuel Prices: Report
• Industry Documents Show Firms Knew About Forever Chemicals for Decades
• Plastic Containers Still Distributed Across The US Are Potential Threat
• "When Political Refugees Become Climate Refugees"
• "Argentine Meteorologist Becomes First Female Head Of UN Weather Agency"
• "New Mexico Imposes Oil And Gas Moratorium On State Land Near Schools"
• Louisiana Joins 9 Other States To Sue Feds Over Flood Insurance Premiums
• Arizona Will Halt Some New Phoenix Home Approvals As Water Supplies Tighten
• "Exclusive: Vulture Surveillance System Alerts Zambian Park To Poachers"
• "Three ‘Forever Chemicals’ Makers Settle Public Water Lawsuits"
• EPA Spurns Trump Effort to Drop Pollution Controls for Plastic Recycling
• After Rough Start, UN Plastic Treaty Talks End With Mandate For 1st Draft
• "Oil Jumps 2% On Saudi Plan To Deepen Output Cuts From July"
• "UAE Defends Big Oil’s Role At UN Climate Summit It Will Host"
• Rich Nations Undermining Climate Funds To Help Poor Countries: Report
• "Biden Plans To Pick Physician Mandy Cohen To Lead CDC"
• "Haaland Orders 20-Year Oil Leasing Ban Around Chaco Canyon"
• "FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Backlog. Can It?"
• "The Indigenous Forager Reconnecting Native Americans With Their Roots"
• "Destruction of Kakhovka Dam Takes Ukraine War Into Uncharted Territory"
• "Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Sets Off Health Alerts In New York, Ottawa"
• "Conservatives Block Debate On Regulation, Gas Stove Bills"
• DOJ Settles Probe Of Illegal Dumping In Houston's Minority Neighborhoods
• Climate Activists Crash Event Featuring Manchin, Chanting ‘Dirty Deal’
• "Pres. Biden Announces $115 Million For Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis"
• "Cleveland’s Tree Canopy Is in Trouble"
• "Too Late Now To Save Arctic Summer Ice, Climate Scientists Find"
• Corps Revokes Permit For Minnesota Mine, Cites Threat To Tribe’s Water
• "Brazil’s Lula Lays Out Plan To Halt Amazon Deforestation"
• Fossil Phase Out Key To Curbing Warming But May Not Be On Talks Agenda
• Climate: Carbon Dioxide In Air Hits New Peak, Growing At Near-Record Rate
• Outcry Over Recycling Plant Next To Watts High School Gaining Traction
• "Global Study Of 71,000 Animal Species Finds 48% Are Declining"
• "‘It Doesn’t Go Away’: Another Violent Fishing Season In Atlantic Canada"
• Texas Community Waited Decades for Running Water. Could Hydro-Panels Help?
• US Judge Yanks Approval For Idaho Mine, Finding That BLM Violated NEPA
• "Biden Admin. Moves To Nix US States' Challenge To ESG Investing Rule"
• ‘You’re Looking To Die’: The Brazil River Where Illegal Fishing Threatens Lives
• Mystery of Vanishing Kestrels: What’s Happening to This Flashy Falcon?
• New species of gecko discovered in bamboo forest in Thailand
• Apocalyptic Skyline: "Worst Air Quality In 20 Years Grips New York City"
• Oil State Hired Biggest PR Firms To Buff Its Climate Image. It Didn’t Help.
• Chemical Industry Used Big Tobacco’s Tactics To Conceal Evidence Of PFAS Risks
• ‘Absolute Scandal’: UAE State Oil Firm Able To Read Cop28 Climate Summit Emails
• Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Harmful Pollutants: Study
• "Virginia Panel Votes To Exit Carbon Trading Market"
• "Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists"
• "The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River"
• "America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack"
• Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Curb Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
• "EPA Proposes Partial Ban On Toxic Dry Cleaning Chemical"
• Big, Sloppy El Nino: Likely To Add Even More Heat To A Warming World
• "Extreme Heat Is Killing Incarcerated Black Folks"
• "Where Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change"
• Record Investment Scratches Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis
• "Most Nations Aiming For Net-Zero Emissions Fail To Meet Targets: Study"
• Jury Awards $63M After Finding Chevron Covered Up California Toxic Pit
• "The Revolving Door At Public Utilities Commissions? It’s Alive And Well"
• Marine Protected Areas, Explained
• "World's Slum Populations Set To Surge As Housing Crisis Bites"
• Meta’s former CTO has a new $50 million project: ocean-based carbon removal