Conservation News ~ Aug 31 2018

• Detroit’s public school district shuts off drinking water, citing lead, copper risk: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/643247780/detroits-public-school-district-shuts-off-drinking-water-citing-lead-copper-risk
• California’s plan to rely entirely on clean energy by 2045 heads to the governor’s desk: https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/california-s-plan-to-rely-entirely-on-clean-energy-by/article_6ece0fce-e380-55a4-9c37-594a560a2fd7.html
• Extreme heat likely cooked 2,000 fish to death in Malibu Lagoon: https://www.livescience.com/63466-hot-fish-kill.html
• Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals has quashed the NEB’s approval of Trans Mountain expansion: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-federal-court-appeals-1.4804495
• LA County planners recommend approval of Tejon Ranch development: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tejon-ranch-planning-commission-20180829-story.html
• New Zealand council proposes banning all cats: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/30/paw-outcome-new-zealand-council-proposes-banning-all-cats
• Ivory processing workshop found in Angola following airport rhino horn seizure: https://www.traffic.org/news/ivory-processing-workshop-found-in-angola/
• Green Index highlights California’s progress and challenges: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/30/green-index-highlights-california-progress-and-cha/
• Divers find mysterious mounds ½ mile under sea in SC. They’re massive coral: https://www.forbes.com/sites/priyashukla/2018/08/30/scientists-discovered-a-massive-deep-sea-coral-reef-near-south-carolina/
• An 18-foot python is on the loose in Poland: https://www.livescience.com/63463-bertha-escaped-python-poland.html
• Pentagon fires a warning shot against EPA’s secret science rule: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/pentagon-fires-warning-shot-against-epa-s-secret-science-rule
• Google Earth helps a team of scientists discover an untouched mountaintop forest: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/28/17770988/google-earth-mount-lico-discovery-secret-mozambique-rainforest-expedition
• Horny dolphin causes French officials to shut down beach: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/horny-dolphin-causes-french-officials-to-shut-down-beach/
• First wolf pups confirmed in Oregon’s northern Cascades: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/08/first_wolf_pups_confirmed_in_o.html
• More remote islands may be more susceptible to invasive species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/more-remote-islands-might-be-more-susceptible-to-invasive-species-study/
• Public comment period open for proposed grizzly bear population rule: http://www.krtv.com/story/38969865/public-comment-period-opens-for-proposed-grizzly-bear-population-rule
• Footage shows abattoir workers drowning cows in boiling water: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6093341/Horrifying-footage-shows-abattoir-workers-drowning-cows-boiling-water.html
• About 300 endangered sea turtles found dead off Mexican coast: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/29/more-than-300-vulnerable-sea-turtles-found-dead-in-sea-off-mexico.html
• Scientists discover a sixth species of Ebola virus – in bats: https://www.livescience.com/63439-new-ebola-in-bats.html
• Dolphin hunting begins Sept 1 in Taiji amid tension: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180828/p2a/00m/0na/004000c
• 2018 Rhino Conservation Award Winners announced: http://www.gameranger.org/news-views/media-releases/133-rhino-conservation-awards-winners-announced.html
• Florida’s toxic algae crisis continues unabated: https://truthout.org/articles/supercharged-by-pollution-floridas-toxic-algae-crisis-continues-unabated/
• Climate change report: California to see 77 percent more land burned: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Climate-change-report-California-to-see-77-13185429.php
• Pest responsible for food crisis in Africa reaches Kamataka: https://india.mongabay.com/2018/08/28/pest-responsible-for-food-crisis-in-africa-reaches-karnataka/
• Top Interior staffer who backed shrinking national monuments to join BP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/top-interior-staffer-who-backed-shrinking-national-monuments-to-join-bp/2018/08/27/ab241d0a-aa42-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?noredirect=on
• UK Prime Minister pledges $5.1 billion in African investment: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642658322/prime-minister-theresa-may-pledges-5-1-billion-in-investment-in-africa
• Malaysia foils record rhino horn smuggling attempt: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/malaysia-foils-record-rhino-horn-smuggling-attempt-180821100125606.html
• Celtic rainforest in Wales to be restored with help from EU: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/28/celtic-rainforest-wales-restore-eu
• Four KNP rhinos killed in two weeks: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1998782/four-knp-rhinos-killed-in-two-weeks-but-definite-decrease-in-poaching/
• Alabama tourist disturbs Hawaiian Monk Seals: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/27/do-not-disturb-the-monk-seals-warn-hawaiian-signs-alabama-tourist-learns-they-mean-it/
• Kruger Park guard arrested on suspicion of poaching: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/kruger-park-guard-arrested-on-suspicion-of-poaching-20180828
• Call for International Whaling Commission to stop Japan’s proposal: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/call-for-international-whaling-commission-to-stop-japan-s-proposal
• The world’s largest shipping company is trialing an Arctic route: https://www.businessinsider.com/maersk-launches-arctic-shipping-route-in-a-worrying-environmental-sign-2018-8
• UN scientific paper suggests capitalism has to die in order for the planet to be saved: https://gritpost.com/un-paper-capitalism/
• California Assembly advances 100% clean energy bill: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-renewable-energy-goal-bill-20180828-story.html
• French Environment Minister quits in protest in live interview: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642555342/french-environment-minister-quits-in-live-interview-world-is-not-doing-enough
• The government says America’s most polluted lake is now clean: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ywk9g5/the-government-says-americas-most-polluted-lake-is-now-clean-just-dont-eat-the-fish
• Agriculture dept. will pay $4.7 billion to farmers hit in trade war: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642525831/agriculture-dept-will-pay-4-7-billion-to-farmers-hit-in-trade-war
• Australian feral camel population estimated to be at 1.2 million and growing: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/australian-feral-camel-population-estimated-to-be-at-12-million-and-growing-fast/news-story/aa162cbe2d1c0b2fc306f6c0aadde341
• New study confirms historical presence of grizzlies in Washington: https://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/new-study-confirms-historical-presence-of-grizzlies-in-washington/
• Air pollution causes huge reduction in intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals
• UN Environment and partners show global restoration success in unprecedented study: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-environment-and-partners-show-global-restoration-success
• Deforestation continues upward trend in Brazil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/deforestation-continues-upward-trend-in-brazil-says-ngo/
• Police raid what may be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/illegal-turtle-farm-police-wildlife-trafficking-news/
• City of Edmonton, U of A joins world’s largest urban wildlife monitoring network: https://www.folio.ca/edmonton-u-of-a-join-worlds-largest-urban-wildlife-monitoring-network/
• We’re getting better at saving seabirds after oil spills: https://psmag.com/environment/were-getting-better-at-saving-seabirds-after-oil-spills
• Beluga whales and narwhals go through menopause: https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/beluga-whales-killer-whales-and-narwhals-also-go-through-menopause/
• Cameroon busts Pangolin trafficking to Vietnam: https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-busts-pangolin-trafficking-to-vietnam/4539278.html
• Ca Gov Jerry Brown proposes easing logging rules: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/23/california-fires-governor-proposes-easing-logging-rules-to-thin-forests/
• Migrating songbirds reach altitudes of up to 13,000 feet: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/migrating-songbirds-altitudes-06310.html
• US agrees to protect West Coast Humpback whales: https://www.apnews.com/6e47c3ee03b242ea96c8cb50fe683935
• UN Environment chief backs proposed UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration: https://news.globallandscapesforum.org/29246/un-environment-chief-backs-proposed-u-n-decade-for-ecosystem-restoration/