Conservation News ~ Apr 26 2019

• Environmental leaders gather in Montreal for the Nature Summit: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canada-hosts-nature-summit-to-boost-global-action-on-biodiversity-crisis-864381594.html
• Controversial uranium mine approved in Australia before election called: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-26/government-approved-uranium-mine-day-before-election/11047252
• Va. cancels trophy rockfish season, urges other states to follow: https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2019/4/23/va-cancels-trophy-rockfish-season-urges-other-states-to-follow
• Australia is deadly serious about killing millions of cats: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/magazine/australia-cat-killing.html
• Court affirms Yellowstone more valuable than gold, blocks mining exploration: https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2019/court-affirms-yellowstone-more-valuable-than-gold-blocks-mining-exploration
• Yellowstone National Park announces Junior Ranger program: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/yellowstone-national-park-announces-junior-ranger-program/article_fd1b80e9-48e2-5f7a-9534-8f31e6680df7.html
• Endangered green turtles now increasing in numbers, study of Pacific coral reefs find: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/green-turtles-endangered-study-pacific-monterey-bay-aquarium-a8884481.html
• Ocean winds, wave heights have increased around the world: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2019/april/33-year-study-shows-increasing-ocean-winds-and-wave-heights
• The world lost a Belgium-size area of old growth rainforest in 2018: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/the-world-lost-a-belgium-size-area-of-old-growth-rainforest-in-2018/
• Expedition to Colombia’s Vaupes discovers 18 new species: https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/expedition-to-colombias-vaupes-discovers-18-new-species-to-world-of-science/22045
• Two new bird species discovered in Indonesia: https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/zoologists-discover-two-new-bird-species-in-indonesia/
• Ford invests $500 million in electric pickup startup Rivian: https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/04/25/why-ford-is-investing-500-million-in-electric-truc.aspx
• The Blackfeet Nation is trying to open its own National Park: https://mountainwestnews.org/blackfeet-see-promise-in-a-park-2ecba7f53697
• Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/bird-flu-in-namibian-penguins-wanes-after-killing-nearly-500/
• Oilsands lobby speechless as government scientists point to higher pollution: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/04/23/news/oilsands-lobby-speechless-government-scientists-point-higher-pollution
• Support for Extinction Rebellion soars after Easter protests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/24/support-for-extinction-rebellion-soars-in-wake-of-easter-protests
• A rare antelope is being killed to make $20,000 scarves: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/tibetan-antelope-killed-to-make-luxury-scarves/
• New plant species discovered in San Luis Obispo: https://ksby.com/news/local-news/2019/04/23/new-plant-species-discovered-in-san-luis-obispo
• Endangered rays may have unknown birthing zone in Mexican waters: https://nicholas.duke.edu/about/news/endangered-rays-may-have-unknown-birthing-zone-mexican-waters
• Endangered Species Act has saved 99 percent of protected species from extinction: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/endangered-species-act-04-22-2019.php
• Feds to consider adding Northern California Steelhead Trout to Endangered Species List: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2019/apr/23/feds-eye-protection-northern-california-steelhead/
• Conservation group secures 100,000 acres of Cumberland Forest Mountains in TN, KY: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2019/04/22/nature-conservancy-land-acquisition-100-000-acres-cumberland-mountains-tennessee-kentucky/3519003002/
• Camera trap finds a threatened high-elevation mammal community in Peru: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/camera-trap-study-finds-a-threatened-high-elevation-mammal-community-in-peru/
• Climate change makes rich countries richer and poor ones poorer: https://grist.org/article/study-climate-change-makes-rich-countries-richer-and-poor-ones-poorer/
• Virginia becomes first southern state to cap carbon: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/04/19/virginia-becomes-first-southern-state-to-cap-carbon-will-gop-budget-language-hamstring-the-program/
• Biodiversity roadmap calls for conserving ecosystems to save the world: https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2019/4/22/150177-biodiversity-roadmap-calls-for-conserving-ecosystems-to-save-the-world/
• NHL to purchase carbon offsets to counter playoff travel: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-icehockey-nhl-offsets/nhl-to-purchase-carbon-offsets-to-counter-playoff-air-travel-idUSKCN1RY1JB
• Melting permafrost in Arctic will have $70tn climate impact: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/melting-permafrost-in-arctic-will-have-70tn-climate-impact-study
• Nearly 3,000 dairy farms closed in the US in 2018: https://www.livekindly.co/nearly-3000-u-s-dairy-farms-closed-2018/
• Extinction Rebellion arrests pass 1,000: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/22/people-arrested-at-london-climate-protests
• Charlie, oldest southern Sea Otter at any zoo or aquarium, dies at 22: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/oldest-southern-sea-otter-captivity-dies-california-62564127
• Senate set to overhaul clean energy and make solar more competitive in South Carolina: https://greenvillejournal.com/2019/04/15/senate-set-to-overhaul-clean-energy-and-make-solar-more-competitive-in-south-carolina/
• Polly Higgins, lawyer who fought for recognition of ‘ecocide’ dies at 50: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/22/polly-higgins-environmentalist-eradicating-ecocide-dies
• Australian bioblitz science novices find new species: https://www.noosanews.com.au/news/science-novices-find-new-species/3708129/
• Dutch engineers build world’s biggest sun-seeking solar farm: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/21/dutch-engineers-build-worlds-biggest-sun-seeking-solar-farm
• Nesting Bald Eagles a rare sight in San Diego: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/home-and-garden/story/2019-04-18/nesting-bald-eagles-a-rare-sight-in-san-diego
• Judge delivers major setback to White House policy to increase coal mining on Federal land: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/climate/court-trump-coal-mining-setback.html
• Oilsands polluted more than entire economies of BC or Quebec: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/04/16/news/oilsands-polluted-more-entire-economies-bc-or-quebec
• AUT squid researchers discover five new species near the Kermadec Islands: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/04/aut-squid-researchers-discover-five-new-species-near-the-kermadec-islands.html
• Bow Valley alpha female wolf dens to have pups: https://www.thecragandcanyon.ca/news/local-news/bow-valley-alpha-female-dens-to-have-pups
• Singapore lets off trader in world’s biggest rosewood bust, worth $50 million: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/singapore-acquits-trader-in-worlds-biggest-rosewood-bust-worth-50m/​