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Conservation News ~ Jan 27 2018

1/27/2018

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  • Indigenous communities use drones to protect Amazon river dolphins: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/26/indigenous-communities-use-drones-to-protect-amazon-river-dolphins
  • China is decimating Southeast Asian wildlife: https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/china-is-decimating-southeast-asian-wildlife/
  • Cape Town is about to become the first major city in the world to run out of water: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-23-2018-1.4498738/cape-town-is-about-to-become-the-first-major-city-in-the-world-to-run-out-of-water-1.4498798
  • Rhino poaching worsens in 5 provinces, as S loses 68 elephants too: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-01-25-rhino-poaching-worsens-in-5-provinces-as-sa-loses-68-elephants-too/
  • Oklahoma drilling rig explosion deadliest in years: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Oklahoma-drilling-rig-explosion-deadliest-in-years-12519984.php
  • 1,797 acres of new solar panels have just been switched on in America: http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/not-all-green-energy-projects-have-halted-under-the-trump-administration​
  • Thoiry zoo to welcome new rhino after fatal poaching: https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Thoiry-zoo-to-welcome-new-rhino-after-fatal-poaching
  • Richmond, Ca becomes 9th US city to sue big oil firms over climate change: https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/01/23/richmond-california-climate-lawsuit-chevron/
  • France will shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-coal-power-station-emmanuel-macron-davos-shut-2021-a8176796.html
  • Tesla’s Australian battery shows it can also make huge profits: https://futurism.com/teslas-australian-battery-shows-can-make-huge-profits/
  • UCS sues to stop EPA from kicking independent experts off advisory boards: https://blog.ucsusa.org/josh-goldman/ucs-sues-to-stop-epa-from-kicking-independent-experts-off-advisory-boards
  • After exporting baby elephants, Zimbabwe pledges to turn over new leaf on conservation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/after-exporting-baby-elephants-zimbabwe-pledges-to-turn-over-new-leaf-on-conservation/
  • US Feds to open nearly all waters to drilling: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/climate/trump-offshore-drilling.html
  • Rare Asiatic black bears were found in Buxa Tiger Reserve: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rare-and-nearly-extinct-wildlife-species-found-in-buxa-tiger-reserve/articleshow/62618219.cms
  • UK opposes strong EU recycling targets despite plastics pledge: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/24/uk-opposes-strong-eu-recycling-targets-despite-plastics-pledge
  • Brazil curbs soy farming deforestation in Amazon: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-soy-amazon/brazil-curbs-soy-farming-deforestation-in-amazon-idUSKBN1EZ2BM
  • FERC approves PennEst pipeline: Opponents look to Clean Water Act: https://www.ecowatch.com/penneast-pipeline-ferc-2527732964.html
  • Hunting guide found guilty or allegedly poaching bighorn sheep in Utah: http://fox13now.com/2018/01/22/hunting-guide-allegedly-poached-bighorn-sheep-in-utah/
  • Monarch butterfly migration was off this year and researchers are worried: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/monarch-butterfly-migration-was-off-this-year-and-researchers-are-worried/2018/01/19/177555f2-f65a-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html​
  • UV light might fight white-nose syndrome: http://wildlife.org/uv-light-might-fight-white-nose-syndrome/
  • San Francisco could become the world’s first major city to ban the sale of fur: http://wildlife.org/uv-light-might-fight-white-nose-syndrome/
  • Shark charities flooded with donations after US President says he hopes sharks die: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shark-charities-flooded-with-donations-after-trump-says-he-hopes-sharks-die-2018-01-23
  • Mountain lions officially declared extinct in Eastern US, removed from ES list: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/cougars-officially-declared-extinct-in-eastern-u-s-removed-from-endangered-species-list
  • Five people, including game farmer, in rhino horn bust: https://www.enca.com/south-africa/game-farmer-couple-2-chinese-nationals-nabbed-with-rhino-horn
  • US president slaps big tariffs on imported solar panels, riling the renewable industry: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-solar-tariffs-20180122-story.html
  • Fang trafficking to China is putting Bolivia’s jaguars in jeopardy: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/fang-trafficking-to-china-is-putting-bolivias-jaguars-in-jeopardy/
  • Rescued Olive Ridley sea turtle transported to SeaWorld San Diego: http://www.kusi.com/rescued-olive-ridley-sea-turtle-transported-to-seaworld-san-diego/
  • 44 wolves taken in first wolf hunt in Wyoming since 2013: https://www.sfgate.com/g00/news/article/44-wolves-taken-in-first-wolf-hunt-in-Wyoming-12528918.php?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3D&i10c.ua=1
  • Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/indonesian-ruling-rings-alarms-over-criminalization-of-environmental-defenders/
  • Feds roll back protections for migratory birds: https://grist.org/article/trump-administration-rolls-back-protections-for-migratory-birds-drawing-bipartisan-condemnation/
  • Phosphorus pollution reaching dangerous levels worldwide: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-phosphorus-pollution-dangerous-worldwide.html
  • Paris Zoo shut after 50 baboons escape: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/26/paris-zoo-shut-baboons-escape
  • Supreme Court agrees to hear case involving endangered frog: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/370086-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-endangered-frog
  • Lloyd’s of London to divest from coal over climate change: http://boards.4chan.org/news/thread/221333/lloyds-of-london-to-divest-from-coal-over-climate
  • Thai police bust leading wildlife trafficker: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/thai-police-bust-leading-wildlife-trafficker/
  • Vandals kill 500k bees at Iowa apiary: https://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/vandals-strike-aviary-kill-half-million-bees-iowa
  • Feds sign land-swap deal allowing road through Alaska’s Izembek Wilderness: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ryan-zinke-announces-deal-allowing-road-through-alaska-wildlife-refuge/article/2646653
  • Grizzlies spotted in Manitoba’s north: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/grizzlies-polar-bears-black-bears-churchill-manitoba-university-of-saskatchewan-1.4497039
  • Illegal pot farms are endangering spotted owls: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/illegal-marijuana-farms-exposing-owls-rat-poison-says-study
  • World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas exploration: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/12/uk-banks-join-multinationals-pledge-come-clean-climate-change-risks-mark-carney
  • Rhinoceros DNA database successful in aiding poaching prosecutions: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/08/rhinoceros-dna-database-successful-in-aiding-poaching-prosecutions
  • Man arrested in Chiapas with 244 endangered parrots: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/man-arrested-with-244-endangered-parrots/
  • China just exceeded its 2020 target for solar installations: https://futurism.com/china-just-exceeded-its-2020-target-for-solar-installations/
  • Metallic blue tarantulas and golden frogs among 30 new species described from Guyana: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/metallic-blue-tarantulas-and-golden-frogs-among-30-new-species-described-from-guyana/
  • Brazilian Amazon list 184 km2 of forest in December 2017: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/10/19/brazilian-amazon-loses-660000-hectares-forest-one-year/
  • Vancouver Aquarium finally fives in and ends whale and dolphin captivity: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/vancouver-aquarium-ends-whale-and-dolphin-captivity/
  • World’s biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/13/worlds-biggest-wildlife-reserve-planned-for-antarctica-in-global-campaign
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