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Conservation News ~ April 29 2018

4/29/2018

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  • Newly discovered Madagascan Chameleons have rainbow skin and a nose like Pinocchio: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/newly-discovered-chameleons-have-rainbow-skin-and-a-nose-like-pinocchio/
  • The Forest Service is arresting protestors along the AT:
  • https://www.outsideonline.com/2300611/tree-sitters-trying-save-pipeline
  • 95% of plastic comes from 10 rivers: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4970214/95-plastic-oceans-comes-just-TEN-rivers.html
  • Two newborn Java Rhinos found on camera traps: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/two-newborn-javan-rhinos-spotted-on-camera-in-indonesian-park/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
  • US urban areas losing trees 36 million trees a year: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/us-urban-areas-are-losing-36-million-trees-every-year-study-finds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
  • Amur Leopard population triples – to 103: http://therevelator.org/amur-leopard-triples/
  • Snow in the Andes as clean as Canadian Arctic: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-andes-canadian-arctic.html
  • Minnesota court says activists can use climate change as defense in trial: https://thinkprogress.org/minnesota-climate-activists-necessity-defense-appeal-65d5399619cb/
  • Dead Zone larger than Scotland found by underwater robots in Arabian Sea: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/dead-zone-arabian-sea-gulf-oman-underwater-robots-ocean-pollution-discovery-a8325676.html
  • Former child soldier wins Goldman prize for protecting Congo’s wildlife: https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/23/africa/goldman-prize-rodrigue-katembo/index.html
  • Record levels of plastic discovered in Arctic sea ice: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/24/record-levels-of-plastic-discovered-in-arctic-sea-ice
  • World’s oldest spider discovered in Australian outback: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-world-oldest-spider-australian-outback.html
  • First ever footage of Okapi calf in the wild: https://www.okapiconservation.org/first-ever-footage-of-okapi-calf-in-the-wild/
  • Vancouver island rainforest stands are becoming as rare as white rhinos: http://theprovince.com/opinion/op-ed/jens-wieting-vancouver-island-rainforest-stands-are-becoming-as-rare-as-white-rhinos
  • Foxconn just got permission to start draining Lake Michigan to make LCD screens: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj73x9/foxconn-just-got-permission-to-start-draining-lake-michigan-to-make-lcd-screens
  • US won’t restore Yellowstone grizzly bear protections: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/us-restore-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections-54783496
  • US official appeared to delay protections for endangered species at behest of oil group: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/20/vincent-devito-trump-interior-department-endangered-species-delay-oil-industry
  • Oregon wildlife officials kill wolves in effort to save cattle: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oregon-officials-kill-wolves-effort-save-cattle-54569648
  • Flint water whistleblower wins Goldman Environmental Prize: https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/stories/flint-water-crisis-whistleblower-wins-goldman-environmental-prize
  • Bottlenose dolphins spotted off Canada’s Pacific coast for first time: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604112728/bottlenose-dolphins-spotted-off-canadas-pacific-coast-for-the-first-time
  • Gorillas are far more numerous than previously thought: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/25/gorillas-more-numerous-than-thought-landmark-survey-endangered-species
  • Dutch rewilding experiment sparks backlash as thousands of animals starve: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/dutch-rewilding-experiment-backfires-as-thousands-of-animals-starve
  • Smothered by smog, Polish cities rank among Europe’s dirtiest: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/world/europe/poland-pollution.html
  • Surprising findings reveal desert ants orient to the geomagnetic field: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reveal-ants-geomagnetic-field.html
  • EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/eu-agrees-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides
  • Grizzly bears could make a return to WA: https://crosscut.com/2018/04/grizzly-bears-could-make-return-wa-real-time
  • Mexico arrests traveler smuggling endangered totoaba bladders: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/25/mexico-arrests-chinese-traveler-with-endangered-fish
  • Endangered Mexican Wolf pups transferred to New Mexico and Arizona: http://kplr11.com/2018/04/25/endangered-mexican-wolf-pups-transferred-to-new-mexico-and-arizona/
  • EPA pesticide approval without endangered species review in Farm Bill: https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/epa-pesticides-endangered-species
  • New oil drilling approved in Carrizo Plain National Monument: http://kcbx.org/post/new-oil-drilling-approved-carrizo-plain-national-monument
  • Rhino poachers shot dead in raids by armed rangers in South Africa: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rhino-poachers-shot-dead-in-raids-by-armed-rangers-vdpsr7f6m
  • Iceland’s beloved Puffin now officially endangered: https://grapevine.is/news/2018/04/23/icelands-beloved-puffin-now-officially-endangered/
  • Galilee Basin seeks approval for monster mine next door to Australia Adani: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/clive-palmer-seeks-approval-for-monster-mine-near-adani/9698680
  • French President gave America the climate change speech that US President never will: https://grist.org/briefly/the-french-president-gave-america-the-climate-change-speech-that-trump-never-will/
  • EPA head wants to delete decades of science for the sake of “Transparency”: http://www.iflscience.com/policy/pruitt-wants-to-delete-decades-of-science-for-the-sake-of-transparency/
  • EPA declares biomass plants carbon neutral, amid scientific disagreement: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-declares-biomass-plants-carbon-neutral-amid-scientific-disagreement/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sa-editorial-social&utm_content&utm_term=sustainability_partner_
  • Wind, solar deliver stunning 98 percent of new US power capacity in January, February: https://thinkprogress.org/wind-solar-deliver-stunning-98-percent-of-new-u-s-power-capacity-in-january-february-abc373e272d6/
  • Big business pushes Spanish government to pass climate change law: https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/04/12/inenglish/1523521805_338086.html
  • Scientists accidentally found octopus nursery deep in the Pacific Ocean: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/scientists-accidentally-found-octopus-nursery-deep-pacific-ocean
  • Agriculture Department killed 1.3 million native animals in 2017: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/wildlife-services-04-23-2018.php
  • NY Central Park’s scenic drives will soon be car-free: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/nyregion/central-park-car-ban.html
  • REI rolls out tough sustainability standards for all its brands: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/rei-rolls-out-tough-sustainability-standards-for-all-its-brands
  • One in eight birds is threatened with extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/23/one-in-eight-birds-is-threatened-with-extinction-global-study-finds
  • Two killed, cop among 10 arrested, in Kruger rhino poacher shootout: https://www.news24.com/Green/News/two-killed-cop-among-10-arrested-in-kruger-rhino-poacher-shootout-20180423
  • Invasive Nutria discovery in California’s Delta sets off alarm bells: http://www.recordnet.com/news/20180418/invasive-nutrias-discovery-in-delta-sets-off-alarm-bells
  • Newly discovered Amazon Reef is six times larger than we thought: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/amazon-reef-found-to-be-six-times-bigger-than-thought-and-extends-into-oil-drilling-concessions/
  • Adorable Kangaroo Rat rediscovered after being presumed extinct for 32 years: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/adorable-critter-rediscovered-after-being-presumed-extinct-for-32-years
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