Conservation News ~ January 20 2018

• Leatherback sea turtles could come off Endangered List: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/16/leatherback-sea-turtles-endangered-list/
• CBD launches lawsuit to speed endangered species protection for North Carolina fish, salamander: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/madtom-and-waterdog-01-18-2018.php
• Adult Coho Salmon released to boost endangered species’ population: http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/200-Adult-Coho-Salmon-Released-To-Boost-12494866.php
• Detroit is being invaded by snowy owls: https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/detroit-is-being-invaded-by-arctic-snowy-owls/Content?oid=8672725
• Britain’s next megaproject: a coast to coast forest: https://www.wired.com/story/britains-next-megaproject-a-coast-to-coast-forest/
• Yellowstone bison escape capture facility: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/yellowstone_national_park/yellowstone-bison-escape-capture-facility-none-found-yet/article_50b2794e-a703-5b54-b6b7-a5e663bb5b9f.html
• Zim poacher gets 10 years for killing 2 black rhino: http://ewn.co.za/2018/01/17/zim-poacher-gets-10-years-for-killing-2-black-rhino
• Two grey wolves were spotted travelling together for the first itme ever on Mt. Hood: http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/01/17/two-gray-wolves-were-spotted-traveling-together-for-the-first-time-ever-on-mt-hood/
• UK lawmakers want to battle waste with a latte levy on disposable cups: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/17/578655161/u-k-lawmakers-want-to-battle-waste-with-a-latte-levy-on-disposable-cups
• France abandons plan for new airport, squatters ordered out: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/17/france-abandons-plan-for-580m-airport-in-west-of-country
• Rover pipeline spills another 150k gallons of drilling fluid into Ohio wetlands: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/two-weeks-rover-pipeline-leaked-drilling-fluid-ohio-wetlands
• Defending the environment has become a suicide mission in many parts of the world: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fg-environmental-activists/
• Every single piece of plastic packaging n the EU to be reusable or recyclable by 2030: http://www.iflscience.com/policy/every-piece-of-plastic-packaging-in-the-eu-to-be-reusable-or-recyclable-by-2030/
• Greenland’s ice caps have passed the point of no return: https://futurism.com/greenlands-ice-caps-passed-point-no-return/
• California lawmaker wants to prohibit restaurants from providing plastic straws unless requested: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-california-lawmaker-would-prohibit-1516142365-htmlstory.html
• Bears – not birds- are the chief seed dispersers in Alaska: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/release/2018/01/great-scat-bears-not-birds-are-chief-seed-dispersers-alaska
• Chinese demand for red ivory spells doom for helmeted hornbill: http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2127802/why-chinese-demand-red-ivory-dooms-helmeted
• Oregon’s Mountcrest forest protected: https://www.pacificforest.org/mountcrest-family-owned-forest-protected-2018-01-16/
• The National Park Service advisory panel resigns in frustration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nearly-all-members-of-national-park-service-advisory-panel-resign-in-frustration/2018/01/16/b322ef5e-fae3-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html
• Los Angeles schemes to sue major oil companies over climate change: http://grist.org/briefly/los-angeles-schemes-to-sue-major-oil-companies-over-climate-change/
• Shark fin soup now illegal in Nevada: http://www.rgj.com/story/life/food/2018/01/05/shark-fin-soup-now-illegal-nevada/1004894001/
• Common pesticides threaten salmon, US fisheries agency concludes: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/common-pesticides-threaten-salmon-us-fisheries-agency-concludes
• A new species of frog is named after Stanley Kubrick: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-stanley-kubrick-species-frog-clockwork.html
• Norway bans fur farms: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-fur/norway-to-ban-fur-farms-as-fox-mink-go-out-of-fashion-idUSKBN1F426E
• China builds world’s biggest air purifier: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128355/china-builds-worlds-biggest-air-purifier-and-it-seems-be-working
• California is officially planning to ban polluting cars by 2040: https://futurism.com/california-officially-planning-ban-polluting-cars-2040/
• Iranian tanker leaves massive oil slick: https://www.ecowatch.com/iranian-tanker-sinks-2525715002.html
• Boiling live lobsters now illegal in Switzerland: http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=10648&catId=1​