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Conservation News ~ January 11 2019

1/11/2019

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  • Scientists issue dire warning in new study finding last year was likely the hottest on record: https://thinkprogress.org/study-2018-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-as-ocean-warming-speeds-up-a08a85c8438a/
  • United Nations instructs Canada to suspend Site C dam construction over indigenous rights: https://thenarwhal.ca/united-nations-instructs-canada-to-suspend-site-c-dam-construction-over-indigenous-rights-violations/
  • ESA workload slowdown draws lawsuit warning: https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/esa-workload-slowdown-draws-lawsuit-warning/article_9f27b9ea-a18a-5a26-a4dc-3b061e28b136.html
  • Scientists discovered a new way to stabilize fusion reactors: https://futurism.com/the-byte/fusion-reactions-stabilize
  • Hunter shoots son dead after mistaking him for moose: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hunter-shoots-son-dead-moose-russia-siberia-nefteyugansk-charged-a8720421.html
  • She bragged to a man on a dating app about poaching deer. He was a game warden: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/08/she-bragged-man-dating-app-about-poaching-deer-he-was-game-warden/
  • Sea Shepherd vessel falls under assault by poachers in Mexico: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/01/sea-shepherd-vessel-falls-under-assault-by-mexican-poachers
  • One million fish die in Australian river in ecological catastrophe: https://news.sky.com/story/one-million-fish-die-in-australian-river-in-ecological-catastrophe-11603317
  • Controversial European policy bans ships from throwing unwanted fish overboard: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/controversial-european-policy-bans-ships-throwing-unwanted-fish-overboard
  • Matriarch of well-known orca family is starving to death: https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9114485-matriarch-of-well-known-orca-family-is-starving-to-death-b-c-researchers-fear/
  • Hunter shoots wolf near northeastern Montana’s Glasgow: https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/01/09/hunter-shoots-wolf-near-northeastern-montanas-glasgow/2526338002/
  • Most-fished shark in the world denied protection: https://maritime-executive.com/article/most-fished-shark-in-the-world-denied-protection?fb_ref=mpEwij6ZfX-Twitter
  • White House to auction off 900,000 acres for fracking Nevada: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/nevada-fracking-12-03-2018.php
  • San Diego becomes largest CA city to ban Styrofoam: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Becomes-Largest-CA-City-to-Ban-Styrofoam-504060821.html
  • Rep. Cunningham to introduce legislation that would ban offshore drilling for 10 years: http://www.live5news.com/2019/01/08/rep-cunningham-introduce-legislation-that-would-ban-offshore-drilling-years/
  • Canadian First Nations camp violently raided: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/08/shameful-day-canada-first-nations-encampment-violently-raided-land-protectors
  • US Supreme Court refuses to block Exxon climate fraud investigation: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012019/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-supreme-court-ruling-massachusetts-attorney-general-healey
  • Birds overdose on prescription pills dumped in a California park: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/22/us/intoxicated-birds-huntington-beach/index.html
  • Galapagos island gets its first iguanas since Darwin after mass-release: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/galapagos-island-gets-its-first-iguanas-since-darwin-after-mass-release
  • Joshua Tree National Park to close because of damage: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joshua-tree-national-park-closes-due-damage-caused-shutdown-n956311
  • Sleeping seal harassed by so many people on Jersey Shore that it had to be rescued: https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2019/01/sleeping-seal-harassed-by-so-many-people-on-jersey-shore-that-it-had-to-be-rescued.html
  • New species of tree frog from Ecuador has a mysterious claw: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-species-of-tree-frog-from-ecuador-has-a-mysterious-claw/
  • Arizona starts research grant to limit Wolf and Cattle interactions: https://www.drovers.com/article/arizona-starts-research-grant-limit-wolf-and-cattle-interactions
  • Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/07/global-warming-of-oceans-equivalent-to-an-atomic-bomb-per-second
  • Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle will go on sale in August: https://futurism.com/harley-davidsons-electric-motorcycle-august
  • Federal court rules that almond milk is milk: https://vegnews.com/2019/1/federal-court-rules-that-almond-milk-is-milk
  • Whales to leave Shanghai park for sanctuary in Iceland: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1901057700/
  • Reclusive Hawaiian snail and last of his kind dies at 14: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/07/682908544/george-reclusive-hawaiian-snail-and-last-of-his-kind-dies-at-14
  • California foie gras ban goes into effect after Supreme Court rejects challenge: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-foiegras/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-california-foie-gras-ban-idUSKCN1P11LD
  • Bat not seen since 1940s found in Connecticut: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bat-not-seen-since-1940s-found-in-Connecticut-13513988.php
  • Arabian sharks may be the most threatened in the world: https://oceana.org/blog/arabian-sea-sharks-may-be-most-threatened-world
  • One of the world’s rarest birds has been reintroduced to the wild in Madagascar: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-worlds-rarest-birds-has-been-reintroduced-wild-madagascar-180971138/
  • Manatee deaths soar in Florida but drop in Volusia: https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190104/manatee-deaths-soar-in-florida-but-drop-in-volusia
  • Galapagos fireworks ban to save wildlife: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46706515
  • Huge reserves protect underwater mountains, endangered sea life: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/huge-reserves-protect-underwater-mountains-endangered-sea-life.aspx
  • Portugal: new whale watching licenses to be suspended on five islands: http://www.macaubusiness.com/portugal-new-whale-watching-licenses-to-be-suspended-on-five-islands/
  • Hawaiian monk seals had a record number of babies in 2018: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/01/02/hawaii-news/hawaiian-monk-seals-had-a-record-number-of-babies-born-in-2018/
  • Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric plane: https://www.flyingmag.com/rolls-royce-is-building-worlds-fastest-electric-airplane
  • South Korea bans single-use plastic: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/31/asia/south-korea-plastic-bag-ban-intl/index.html
  • Fisherman sue big oil for its role in climate change: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/04/671996313/fishermen-sue-big-oil-for-its-role-in-climate-change
  • Meet the newly discovered shark species of 2019: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-first-newly-discovered-shark-species-of-2019/
  • Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-power-renewables/renewables-overtake-coal-as-germanys-main-energy-source-idUSKCN1OX0U2
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