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Conservation News ~ April 7, 2018

4/7/2018

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  • NOAA publishes global list of fisheries: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/noaa-publishes-global-list-of-fisheries-and-their-risks-to-marine-mammals/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
  • Bahrain discovers huge offshore oilfield: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43644629
  • Brazil creates four massive marine protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/03/brazil-creates-four-massive-marine-protected-areas/
  • BP says oil spills can be beneficial to nearby economies: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/04/bp-says-oil-spills-can-be-beneficial-to-nearby-economies.html
  • Rubber plantation in Cameroon edges closer to UNESCO World Heritage Site: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/rubber-plantation-in-cameroon-edges-closer-to-unesco-world-heritage-site/
  • India bans seal fur and skins just as Canada starts brutal hunt: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/india-bans-seal-fur-skins-just-canada-starts-brutal-hunts/
  • CDFW wildlife officers arrest three for poaching succulents in Humboldt county: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/cdfw-wildlife-officers-arrest-three-for-poaching-succulents-in-humboldt-county/
  • Louisiana and Minnesota introduce anti-protest bills amid fight over Bayou Bridge and Enbridge Pipelines: https://theintercept.com/2018/03/31/louisiana-minnesota-anti-protest-bills-bayou-bridge-enbridge-pipelines/
  • Bollywood star Salman Khan sentenced to five years for killing protected antelopes: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/05/salman-khan-bollywood-actor-guilty-of-killing-rare-antelopes
  • WH Chief of Staff advised US President to fire EPA chief: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/trump-kelly-pruitt-fired.html
  • France becomes first country to ban all plastic cups and plates to save environment: https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/europe/france-bans-plastic-cups-plates/index.html
  • Finn, the yellow lab, helped save an island of penguins: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/how-finn-the-yellow-lab-helped-save-an-island-of-penguins
  • Indonesian island oil spill larger than Paris, leaves 5 dead: https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-death-2556835512.html
  • Sea Shepherd saves 25 critically endangered Totoabas at the height of spawning season: https://seashepherd.org/2018/03/28/sea-shepherd-saves-25-critically-endangered-totoabas-in-the-height-of-spawning-season/
  • Mobil knew: CEO discusses links between fossil fuels and climate change in 20-year-old footage: https://www.ecowatch.com/mobil-climate-change-fossil-fuels-2556206118.html
  • Turkey starts construction of its first nuclear power plant: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/turkey-starts-construction-of-its-first-nuclear-power-plant
  • Valuable mid-Atlantic mussel officially listed as threatened: https://www.ecowatch.com/endangered-mussel-species-2556252026.html
  • Deadly oil spill in eastern Borneo spreads to the open sea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/deadly-oil-spill-in-eastern-borneo-spreads-to-the-open-sea/
  • Alaska officials issued an emergency order to shit down wolf hunting after excessive kills: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/emergency-order-closes-wolf-season-along-stampede-trail/
  • Portugal generated enough renewable energy to power the whole country in March: https://qz.com/1245048/portugal-generated-enough-renewable-energy-to-power-the-whole-country-in-march/
  • Kaziranga’s rhino census finds population growing: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/kazirangas-rhino-census-finds-the-population-is-growing-but-more-slowly-than-expected/
  • South Korean company under fire for alleged deforestation in Papua oil palm concession: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/south-korean-company-under-fire-for-alleged-deforestation-in-papua-oil-palm-concession/
  • Global analysis of large carnivore habitats: https://phys.org/news/2018-03-global-analysis-large-carnivore-habitats.html
  • A fierce opponent of the Endangered Species Act is picked to oversee Interior’s wildlife policy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/04/a-fierce-opponent-of-the-endangered-species-act-is-picked-to-oversee-interiors-wildlife-policy/
  • Pennsylvania Superior Court rules that fracking natural gas from a neighboring property is trespassing: http://www.ehn.org/pennsylvania-fracking-trespassing-2555983611.html
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  • CRISPR can officially be used to modify plant foods: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/crispr-can-officially-be-used-to-modify-plant-foods-usda-says/
  • Judge’s ruling could mean Mexican Wolves allowed to roam north of Flagstaff: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/judge-s-ruling-could-mean-mexican-wolves-allowed-to-roam/article_2eaee923-ee0e-5a17-9791-ee346767f5ea.html
  • EPA chief faces mounting scrutiny for ethics violations: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/03/599145343/epa-chief-pruitt-faces-mounting-scrutiny-for-ethics-violations
  • Shell threatened with legal action over climate change contributions: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/04/friends-of-the-earth-threatens-to-sue-shell-over-climate-change-contributions
  • Interior reconsiders steep park fee hikes due to public backlash: http://nfnews.net/interior-reconsiders-steep-park-fee-hikes-due-to-public-backlash/
  • World’s toughest ivory ban to be implemented by UK: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/wildlife-watch-uk-elephant-ivory-ban/
  • Ithaca College dramatically cuts carbon emissions with move to renewable electricity: https://www.ithaca.edu/news/releases/ithaca-college-dramatically-cuts-carbon-emissions-with-move-to-renewable-electricity-49978/
  • Michigan Oks Nestle water extraction, despite 80k public comments against it: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599207550/michigan-oks-nestl-water-extraction-despite-over-80k-public-comments-against-it
  • Beef-eaters produce half of US greenhouse gas: http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=11017&catId=1
  • California Clean Water and Safe Parks Act, Vote Yes on 68: https://www.greenbelt.org/blog/yes-on-68-support-the-california-clean-water-and-safe-parks-act/
  • Virunga National Park Ranger Faustin Birko Nzabakurikiza was slain by Mai-Mai militants: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1244397259025930&id=474596272672703
  • EPA to roll back car-efficiency rules, despite science that supports them: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-to-roll-back-car-efficiency-rules-despite-science-that-supports-them/
  • Bats with white-nose syndrome found in Kansas: http://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/News/Weekly-News/4-2-18-White-nose/Bats-With-White-nose-Syndrome-Detected-In-Kansas
  • New rules make it easier to find oil and noisier for whales: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-marine-mammal-oil-drilling-20180402-story.html
  • Special judiciary on environmental crime established in Peru: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/special-judiciary-on-environmental-crimes-established-in-peru/
  • Traditional landowners reject mining exploration in Papua New Guinea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/03/traditional-landowners-reject-mining-exploration-bid-in-bougainville/
  • Newly described Carribean deep-reef zone packed with biodiversity, thousands of new species: http://www.newsweek.com/hidden-ocean-twilight-zone-has-been-discovered-thats-filled-new-species-854921
  • Monsanto concealed effects of toxic chemicals for decades, Ohio AG says in suit: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/monsanto-concealed-effects-toxic-chemical-decades-ohio-ag-alleges-n853866
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