Conservation News ~ August 5 2017

• US retailers halt sales of hardwood flooring linked to illegal logging in PNG: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/us-retailers-halt-sales-of-hardwood-flooring-linked-to-illegal-logging-in-png/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• US eases environment laws for Mexico Border wall near San Diego: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sandiego-idUSKBN1AH49T
• Appeals court upholds endangered species protection for Great Lakes grey wolves: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/02/appeals-court-upholds-endangered-species-protection-great-lakes-gray-wolves/534783001/
• Border Wall will put more than 100 endangered species in peril: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-border-wall-endangered-species-expert.html
• Loss of Arctic sea ice impacting Atlantic Ocean water circulating system: https://news.yale.edu/2017/07/31/loss-arctic-sea-ice-impacting-atlantic-ocean-water-circulation-system
• Mozambique will be stripped of its forest in just a few years: https://mg.co.za/article/2015-03-19-moz-will-be-stripped-of-its-forests-in-just-a-few-years
• Pittsburgh city council adopts meatless Mondays: http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=9862&catId=1
• GE, Invenergy build largest wind farm in US in Oklahoma: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-windfarm-oklahoma-idUSKBN1AB31B
• The world invested $264 billion in New Renewables in 2016: https://futurism.com/report-the-world-invested-264-billion-in-new-renewables-in-2016/
• Nearly 60k suicides in India linked to global warming: https://news.vice.com/story/60000-suicides-in-india-linked-to-global-warming
• New species of mammal described: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-species-of-adorable-elephant-shrew-described/
• Illegal wildlife trade threatens half of world’s natural heritage sites: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39590117
• Korean president rescues dog from meat trade: https://www.thedodo.com/impact/south-korea-president-adopts-dog
• Mexico City ends marine mammal captivity: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/mexico-city-ends-marine-mammal-captivity/
• Meat industry responsible for New Jersey-size marine Dead Zone, largest ever: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/01/meat-industry-dead-zone-gulf-of-mexico-environment-pollution
• Oregon Court of Appeals just rejected that wolves are invasive species: http://www.cascwild.org/
• A new garbage patch the size of Mexico was just discovered in the Pacific Ocean: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/yet-another-huge-plastic-garbage-patch-has-been-found-in-the-pacific/
• California sets its sight on being 100 percent renewable by 2045: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/california-sets-sights-100-percent-renewable-2045/
• American Medical Association tells hospitals to go vegan: https://www.peta.org/blog/american-medical-association-hospitals-serve-vegan-meals/
• Ranchers fight Keystone pipeline by building solar panels in path: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072017/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-solar-panels-ranchers-nebraska
• Mysterious air crash kills leading Brazilian environmentalists: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jul/28/inquiry-launched-after-mystery-air-crash-kills-leading-brazilian-environmentalists​