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Conservation News ~ Dec 22 2017

12/22/2017

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  • Zanzibar’s Red Colobus Monkeys numerous: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/zanzibars-red-colobus-monkeys-much-more-numerous-than-thought/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
  • France to ban oil and gas production: http://thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/365755-france-to-ban-oil-and-gas-production-by-2040
  • A nuclear fusion reactor has been successfully tested in the UK: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-uk-has-just-switch-on-its-tokamak-nuclear-fusion-reactor
  • Prairie dog endangered species plan eases rules: http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/12/20/prairie-dog-endangered-species-plan-eases-rules-under-trump/
  • In two years, we’ve lost enough trees to cover Spain: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2017/dec/22/failing-our-forests-in-two-years-weve-lost-enough-trees-to-cover-spain
  • Jakarta is sinking so fast, it could end up underwater: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/21/world/asia/jakarta-sinking-climate.html
  • Santa Cruz sues Big Oil over climate change: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Suing-Big-Oil-over-climate-change-Santa-Cruz-12445020.php
  • California poised to hit 50% renewable target a full decade ahead of schedule: https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/21/california-poised-hit-50-renewable-target-full-decade-ahead-schedule/
  • First ‘ultra-fast’ electric car charging station comes online in Europe: https://electrek.co/2017/12/21/first-ultra-fast-electric-car-charging-station-europe/
  • New York City just divested from fossil fuel industry: https://www.ecowatch.com/new-york-fossil-fuel-divestment-2518904580.html
  • East Rosebud Wild and Scenic Rivers Act passes in the U.S. Senate, now heads to House: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/east-rosebud-wild-and-scenic-rivers-act-passes-in-the/article_be585f8f-3089-5905-b074-bd7a9b176c67.html
  • Fashion Designer Tom Ford goes Vegan: https://www.livekindly.co/tom-ford-vegan-vogue/
  • EPA indefinitely delays bans on deadly chemicals: https://www.ewg.org/release/trump-epa-indefinitely-delays-bans-deadly-chemicals#.Wj01-t-nGM8
  • Solar power finally becomes the cheapest source for new energy: https://futurism.com/solar-power-finally-becomes-the-cheapest-source-for-new-energy/
  • Sumatran tigers fall 17% and have just two strongholds: https://www.newscientist.com/article/sumatran-tigers-fall-17-per-cent-just-two-strongholds/
  • Federal support for oil spill fund will end in 2018: http://juneauempire.com/nation-and-world/news/2017-12-19/federal-support-oil-spill-fund-will-end-2018
  • Yukon ice patches nominated as potential world heritage site: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-ice-patches-unesco-nomination-1.4459595
  • Scotland bans use of wild animals in circuses: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/20/scotland-bans-use-of-wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses
  • Alabama snail, bat a step closer to Endangered Species Protection: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/alabama_snail_bat_a_step_close.html
  • UPS pre-orders 125 Tesla electric semi-truck, largest order yet: https://www.reuters.com/article/ups-tesla-orders/ups-pre-orders-125-tesla-electric-semi-trucks-largest-order-yet-idUSL1N1OI1HH
  • Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/agroforestry-boosts-rice-and-biodiversity-in-india/
  • Ontario closes Snapping Turtle hunt: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/04/22/snapping-turtle-hunt-banned-in-ontario.html
  • Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhino falls ills: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/malaysias-last-female-sumatran-rhino-falls-ill/
  • Toyota wants to sell more than 1 million cars by 2030: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/18/16791376/toyota-1-million-electric-cars-2030-ev
  • Violations prompt Washington state to cancel Atlantic salmon farm: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/violations-prompt-washington-state-to-cancel-atlantic-salmon-farm-lease-at-port-angeles/
  • Brazil’s forest code falls short in protecting Amazonian fish: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/forest-code-falls-short-in-protecting-amazonian-fish/
  • BC Government ends Grizzly Bear Hunt: http://mtpr.org/post/bc-ends-grizzly-bear-hunt-calls-it-socially-unacceptable
  • Hong Kong is decimating fish stocks: http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/2124166/eating-fish-sustainably-how-hong-kong-decimating-fish-stocks
  • Bluefin tuna in PEI are so hungry they no longer fear humans: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/12/15/news/bluefin-tuna-pei-are-so-hungry-they-no-longer-fear-humans
  • The Arctic will never be frozen again: http://grist.org/article/let-it-go-the-arctic-will-never-be-frozen-again/
  • Marsupial found alive after presumed extinct for over 100 years: https://www.sciencealert.com/crest-tailed-mulgara-carnivorous-marsupial-no-longer-extinct-nsw
  • Scientists plan to replace fossil fuels with nuclear fusion by 2030: https://futurism.com/scientists-plan-to-replace-fossil-fuels-with-nuclear-fusion-by-2030/
  • Bears have had a sweet tooth for millions of years: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bear-fossils-arctic-1.4451466
  • U.S. Bank quietly joins $4Bn deal with Dakota Access Owner after declaring end to oil and gas: https://www.globalwitness.org/fr/press-releases/credibility-test-global-transparency-standard-4bn-lost-anonymous-oil-and-mining-companies/
  • Point Conception gift of 24k acres: http://world.news.goldwave.com/news/couple-donates-165-million-to-preserve-24000-acres-at-point-conception
  • Giant marine reptile lived in Antarctic 150 million years ago:  https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/giant-marine-reptile-lived-in-antarctic-150-million-years-ago-scientists-1.3732863​
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