Conservation News ~ July 29 2019

• The Guardian joins a major media initiative to combat the climate crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/25/the-guardian-joins-a-major-media-initiative-to-combat-the-climate-crisis
• Berkeley became first US city to ban natural gas: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/23/berkeley-natural-gas-ban-environment
• Rep. Ilhan Omar introduces zero waste act as part of Green New Deal: https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/headlines/rep_ilhan_omar_introduces_zero_waste_act_as_part_of_green_new_deal
• Two ferns presumed extinct found on remote Australian mountaintops: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/two-ferns-presumed-extinct-found-on-remote-australian-mountaintops/
• More than 100 Arctic wildfires burn in worst ever season: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/26/unprecedented-more-than-100-wildfires-burning-in-the-arctic-in-worst-ever-season
• New monkey species found in amazon area threatened by deforestation: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2211348-new-monkey-species-found-in-amazon-area-threatened-by-deforestation/
• A pair of new butterfly species are named as Carlos Alvarado and Claudia Dobles: https://thecostaricanews.com/a-pair-of-new-butterfly-species-are-named-as-carlos-alvarado-and-claudia-dobles/
• UConn launches Institute of the Environment: https://clas.uconn.edu/2019/07/28/uconn-launches-institute-of-the-environment/
• Federal Court tosses Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s key Endangered Species permits: https://www.wvpublic.org/post/federal-court-tosses-atlantic-coast-pipelines-key-endangered-species-permits
• Federal agency to assess oil and gas development’s impact on endangered species in the Gulf: https://www.nola.com/news/article_d11f991c-afcd-11e9-945f-3324e4f5e18b.html
• More than $1bn of food wasted before reaching supermarkets: https://williamneillson.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/more-than-1bn-of-food-wasted-before-reaching-supermarkets-study/
• California college student discovers 65 million year old Triceratops skull: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-25/california-college-student-discovers-65-million-year-old-triceratops-skull
• Feds look again at reintroducing grizzly bears to North Cascades: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-look-again-at-reintroducing-grizzly-bears-to-north-cascades/
• More than 250 mayors nationwide sign letter calling for increased solar power: https://environmentamerica.org/news/ame/more-250-mayors-nationwide-sign-letter-calling-increased-solar-power
• Bali Zoo has successfully released an endangered Silvery Gibbon into the wild: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bali-zoo-successfully-released-endangered-012000670.html
• Gray Wolves should remain an endangered species, Michigan Attorney General says: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/07/24/wolf-protection-michigan-attorney-general/39800315/
• Newly discovered moth named Icarus sports a flame-shaped mark and prefers high elevations: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181009113606.htm
• 16 Endangered Black Rhinos successfully relocated to Eswatini: https://earther.gizmodo.com/16-endangered-black-rhinos-successfully-relocated-to-es-1836706641
• Beautiful coral discovered on the New South Wales Central coast: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2019/07/beautiful-coral-discovered-on-the-new-south-wales-central-coast/
• In France, ancient forests are resurging: https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/france-forest
• Gabonese timber linked to illegal logging seized in Antwerp: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/gabonese-timber-linked-to-illegal-logging-seized-in-antwerp/
• New pups born to Bow Valley wolf pack: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/bow-valley-wolf-pack-gains-pups-for-second-year-in-a-row
• Amazon near unrecoverable ‘tipping point’: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/amazonian-rainforest-near-unrecoverable-tipping-point
• London becomes world’s first ‘National Park City’: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/london-national-park-city/
• Secretive and colorful dryas monkey isn’t as rare an once thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/secretive-and-colorful-dryas-monkey-isnt-as-rare-as-once-thought/
• Scientists say environmental damage should be a war crime: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jul/24/make-environmental-damage-a-war-say-scientists-geneva-convention
• Extinction Rebellion protestors confront politicians at US Capitol: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/23/extinction-rebellion-protesters-us-capitol-washington
• French MPs boycott ‘apocalypse guru’ Thunberg: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49092653
• Record haul of elephant ivory seized in Singapore, with pangolin scales, worth over $66m in total: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/record-haul-of-elephant-ivory-seized-in-singapore-together-with-pangolin-scales-worth-over
• Almost 30,000 species face extinction because of human activity: https://time.com/5629548/almost-30000-species-face-extinction-new-report/
• The Green New Deal is as popular as legalizing weed: https://grist.org/article/poll-the-green-new-deal-is-as-popular-as-legalizing-weed/
• Huge swaths of the Arctic on fire: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/arctic-circle-wildfires-climate-change-greenland-alaska-siberia-photographs-a9015851.html
• Loch Lomond volunteer finds 315 new species: https://www.thenational.scot/news/17787267.loch-lomond-volunteer-finds-315-new-species/
• Airline to remove 55 million plastic items from flights: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/air-new-zealand-cuts-55-million-plastic-items-from-flights/
• Toyota has made a solar-powered Prius that charges while driving: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a28322554/toyota-is-testing-a-new-solar-powered-prius/
• Ballet performed in South African bush for Rhinos sake: https://www.voanews.com/africa/ballet-performed-south-african-bush-rhinos-sake
• 26% of climate change references have vanished from .gov sites: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmmwe/under-trump-26-of-climate-change-references-have-vanished-from-gov-sites
• Rhinos and their gamekeepers benefit from AI: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/rhinos-and-their-gamekeepers-benefit-from-a-i/
• OSU pauses old growth logging: https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/osu-pauses-old-growth-logging/article_e5f93598-869b-5afd-8c90-90f5524fd01e.html
• New EU chief makes bold climate pledge: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02204-4
• There are at least 75 million vegans and vegetarians in Europe now: https://www.livekindly.com/75-million-vegans-vegetarians-europe/
• UCF researchers find new frog species: https://www.clickorlando.com/weather/environment/ucf-team-discovers-names-new-frog-species
• High levels of arsenic found in bottled water sold at Wal-Mart, Target, Whole Foods: https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/06/24/study-finds-high-arsenic-levels-in-bottled-water-sold-at-walmart-target-whole-foods/
• Rare human-sized giant jellyfish caught on camera: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7qqp/rare-human-sized-giant-jellyfish-caught-on-camera
• Sea Turtles set nest records again in Cape Hatteras National seashore: https://pilotonline.com/news/local/environment/article_df46c282-a7ed-11e9-b053-f39ce8d2a2fd.html
• 4.5 million gallons of sewage spill into the Puget Sound: http://komonews.com/news/local/3-million-gallon-sewage-spill-causes-several-puget-sound-area-beaches-to-close
• Elephant and Rhino populations skyrocket in Tanzania thanks to anti-poaching task force: https://www.greenmatters.com/p/endangered-elephants-rhinos-in-tanzania-population
• New York climate plan sets 30-year goal or 100% renewable energy: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-07-20/new-york-climate-plan
• Madagascar’s environment minister says they’re planting trees and not selling rosewood: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/we-are-planting-everywhere-qa-with-madagascars-environment-minister/
• California Condor comeback reaches 1,000 chicks: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/21/743901094/once-nearly-dead-as-the-dodo-california-condor-comeback-reaches-1-000-chicks
• Mass deforestation leaves only 38% tropical forests wildlife-friendly, animal holocaust nears: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/deforestation-climate-change-species-extinction-wildlife-tropical-forests-1565393-2019-07-09
• Sea Shepherd assists Gabon in arrest of illegal trawler inside Marine Protected Area: https://www.seashepherd.org.uk/news-and-commentary/news
• India’s wild tiger population rises to almost 3,000: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/india-wild-tiger-population-rises-conservation
• There’s been a rise in organized Polar Bear hunts: http://www.ladbible.com/news/animals-experts-say-theres-been-a-rise-in-organised-polar-bear-hunts-20190727
• The Giant River Otter returns to Argentina:
• Earth warmed faster in the last few decades than the previous 1,900 years: http://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/rewilding-argentina-giant-river-otter-returns-ibera-park
• Top court holds Indonesian government liable over 2015 forest fires: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/top-court-holds-indonesian-government-liable-over-2015-forest-fires/
• Jaguars make comeback in Argentina: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jaguar-reintroduction-plan-argentina-represents-rare-good-news-story-big-n1031396