Conservation News ~ June 21 2019

• Akagera National Park receives five endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceroses: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/endangered-rhinos-ready-europe-rwanda-63835627
• New species of rock-eating shipworm identified in freshwater river in the Philippines: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/new-species-rock-eating-shipworm
• River Herring not added to Endangered Species list: http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/river-herring-will-not-be-added-to-endangered-species-list
• Chevron, Equinor depart NZ exploration scene: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12241688
• Record numbers of honey bee colonies died last winter: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/19/733761393/more-bad-buzz-for-bees-record-numbers-of-honey-bee-colonies-died-last-winter
• India’s sixth largest city runs out of water: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-indian-city-has-all-but-run-out-of-water-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it
• 56 new species of arachnids found in Western Australia: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-species-arachnids-western-australia.html
• EPA knows its new coal rule could kill 1,400 people per year: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmy79/trumps-epa-knows-its-new-coal-rule-could-kill-1400-people-per-year
• Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-permafrost/scientists-amazed-as-canadian-permafrost-thaws-70-years-early-idUSKCN1TJ1XN
• In ‘war on terrorism’ Pentagon has emitted over a billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses: https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-emitted-billion-metric-tons-greenhouse-gases-war-terror/259324/
• In a colony of 40k, just two penguin chicks survived this year: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28067879/two-penguin-chicks-40-000-colony-climate-change-birds/
• Canada officially bans the import of shark fins: https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canada_has_officially_banned_the_import_of_shark_fins/
• Environmentalists sue Federal government for failing to protect threatened Alaska seal habitat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-seal-habitat-1.5174610
• EPA finalizes plan to replace Obama-era climate rules: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
• Sheep, foxes, bears fonud dead after marijuana raids in Los Padres, other state forests: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/06/18/forest-service-cleans-marijuana-site-los-padres-dead-sheep-foxes-bears/1445228001/
• Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/primates-lose-ground-to-surging-commodity-production-in-their-habitats/
• Corsica ‘Cat-Fox’ once thought to be a myth, could be its own species: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-new-catfox-species-may-have-been-indentified-in-corsica/
• Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/ammonia-pollution-damaging-uk-land-report
• Louisiana bans ‘meat’ labels on vegan food: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/louisiana-bans-meat-labels-on-vegan-food
• Trudeau Cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-trudeau-cabinet-decision-1.5180269
• Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/norway-sees-sharp-drop-in-palm-oil-biofuel-consumption-after-ban-on-government-purchasing/
• Pennsylvanians demand a fracking halt until rare childhood cancers are investigated: https://grist.org/article/pennsylvanians-demand-a-fracking-halt-until-rare-childhood-cancers-are-investigated/
• Slovakia welcomes first female president, and she’s an environmental activist: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/world/europe/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president.html
• Crow Nation seeks protection for Crazy Mountains in forest plan revision: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2019/06/crow-tribe-crazy-mountains/
• Idaho State University researcher names seven new fossil species: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/community/idaho-state-university-researcher-helps-name-seven-new-fossil-species/article_f110650b-35a3-5217-b658-5373709fe6f5.html
• New dinosaur species found in Chongqing, Southwest China: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154634.shtml
• 4,100 smuggled tortoises discovered in Russia: https://news.sky.com/video/4-100-smuggled-tortoises-caught-in-russia-11743717
• Galapagos island to be used by US military: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48663283
• Aududon testifies at US House hearing on the Migratory Bid Treaty Act: https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-testifies-us-house-hearing-migratory-bird-treaty-act
• Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/greenland-sudden-ice-melt-wxc/index.html
• A vegan is now in charge of advising the Israeli government on animal-rights issues: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/a-vegan-is-now-in-charge-of-advising-the-israeli-government-on-animal-rights-issues
• Major global firms accused of concealing their environmental impact: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/16/major-global-firms-accused-of-concealing-their-environmental-impact
• G20 environment ministers agree to tackle marine plastic waste: https://www.dw.com/en/g20-environment-ministers-agree-to-tackle-marine-plastic-waste/a-49225550
• Biologists have discovered an underwater octopus city: https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-underwater-octopus-city-octlantis-jervis-bay-australia
• Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on Kangaroo Island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/giant-trilobite-redlichia-rex-found-on-kangaroo-island/11207232
• US renewable power capacity surpasses coal for first time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2019/06/10/u-s-renewable-power-capacity-surpasses-coal-for-the-first-time/
• Woman arrested for stomping on, stabbing sea turtle nest: https://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-beach-woman-arrested-stomping-sea-turtle-nest/story?id=63743992
• Eastern Himalayas, a treasure trove of Balsams, yields 20 new species: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/eastern-himalayas-a-treasure-trove-of-balsams-yields-20-new-species/article27951138.ece
• Kakapo could be wiped out by fungal infection: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/worlds-fattest-parrot-endangered-kakapo-fungal-infection-new-zealand
• Satellites show 740 square kilometres of rainforest cleared in 30 days: https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/satellites-show-740-square-kilometres-of-rainforest-cleared-in-30-days-20190605-p51uly.html
• 633 divers set world record cleaning ocean floor off Deerfield Beach: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/deerfield-beach/fl-ne-world-record-diver-cleanup-20190615-i6qik2bluzh7tekb3hg2nspqxi-story.html
• Scotland planted over 22 million trees last year: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/448428-scotland-planted-over-22-million-tree-last-year-smashing-planting
• Comenius University scientists discover a new species of snake: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22141351/comenius-university-scientists-discover-a-new-species-of-snake.html
• Bermuda land snail comes back from the dead after disappearing 40 years ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/bermuda-land-snail-chester-zoo-back-from-the-dead-extinction-a8956926.html
• Kuwait and Saudi Arabia record highest temperature on Earth: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait-and-saudi-arabia-record-highest-temperature-on-earth-1.1560325581417
• 537 vultures found poisoned in dark day for Botswana conservation: https://africageographic.com/blog/catastrophic-breaking-news-537-vultures-found-poisoned-in-dark-day-for-botswana-conservation/
• Song of one of rarest whales on the planet recorded for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/20/song-rare-whale-first-time-north-pacific-right-whale
• Estee Lauder companies will end animal testing: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/news-and-media/newsroom/press-releases/2019/06-20-2019
• Russia to release first whales held in jail for months: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/europe/whales-released-in-russia.html
• Costa Rica has banned Styrofoam: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/costa-rica-to-ban-the-use-of-styrofoam-containers/Akagera National Park receives five endangered Eastern Black Rhinoceroses: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/endangered-rhinos-ready-europe-rwanda-63835627
• New species of rock-eating shipworm identified in freshwater river in the Philippines: https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/new-species-rock-eating-shipworm
• River Herring not added to Endangered Species list: http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/river-herring-will-not-be-added-to-endangered-species-list
• Chevron, Equinor depart NZ exploration scene: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12241688
• Record numbers of honey bee colonies died last winter: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/19/733761393/more-bad-buzz-for-bees-record-numbers-of-honey-bee-colonies-died-last-winter
• India’s sixth largest city runs out of water: https://www.sciencealert.com/this-indian-city-has-all-but-run-out-of-water-and-no-one-is-talking-about-it
• 56 new species of arachnids found in Western Australia: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-species-arachnids-western-australia.html
• EPA knows its new coal rule could kill 1,400 people per year: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzmy79/trumps-epa-knows-its-new-coal-rule-could-kill-1400-people-per-year
• Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-permafrost/scientists-amazed-as-canadian-permafrost-thaws-70-years-early-idUSKCN1TJ1XN
• In ‘war on terrorism’ Pentagon has emitted over a billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses: https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-emitted-billion-metric-tons-greenhouse-gases-war-terror/259324/
• In a colony of 40k, just two penguin chicks survived this year: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a28067879/two-penguin-chicks-40-000-colony-climate-change-birds/
• Canada officially bans the import of shark fins: https://www.kelownanow.com/news/news/National_News/Canada_has_officially_banned_the_import_of_shark_fins/
• Environmentalists sue Federal government for failing to protect threatened Alaska seal habitat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-lawsuit-seal-habitat-1.5174610
• EPA finalizes plan to replace Obama-era climate rules: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html
• Sheep, foxes, bears fonud dead after marijuana raids in Los Padres, other state forests: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2019/06/18/forest-service-cleans-marijuana-site-los-padres-dead-sheep-foxes-bears/1445228001/
• Primates lose ground to surging commodity production in their habitats: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/primates-lose-ground-to-surging-commodity-production-in-their-habitats/
• Corsica ‘Cat-Fox’ once thought to be a myth, could be its own species: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-new-catfox-species-may-have-been-indentified-in-corsica/
• Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/ammonia-pollution-damaging-uk-land-report
• Louisiana bans ‘meat’ labels on vegan food: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/louisiana-bans-meat-labels-on-vegan-food
• Trudeau Cabinet approves Trans Mountain expansion project: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-trudeau-cabinet-decision-1.5180269
• Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/norway-sees-sharp-drop-in-palm-oil-biofuel-consumption-after-ban-on-government-purchasing/
• Pennsylvanians demand a fracking halt until rare childhood cancers are investigated: https://grist.org/article/pennsylvanians-demand-a-fracking-halt-until-rare-childhood-cancers-are-investigated/
• Slovakia welcomes first female president, and she’s an environmental activist: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/world/europe/zuzana-caputova-slovakia-president.html
• Crow Nation seeks protection for Crazy Mountains in forest plan revision: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2019/06/crow-tribe-crazy-mountains/
• Idaho State University researcher names seven new fossil species: https://www.idahostatejournal.com/community/idaho-state-university-researcher-helps-name-seven-new-fossil-species/article_f110650b-35a3-5217-b658-5373709fe6f5.html
• New dinosaur species found in Chongqing, Southwest China: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1154634.shtml
• 4,100 smuggled tortoises discovered in Russia: https://news.sky.com/video/4-100-smuggled-tortoises-caught-in-russia-11743717
• Galapagos island to be used by US military: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48663283
• Aududon testifies at US House hearing on the Migratory Bid Treaty Act: https://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-testifies-us-house-hearing-migratory-bird-treaty-act
• Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/us/greenland-sudden-ice-melt-wxc/index.html
• A vegan is now in charge of advising the Israeli government on animal-rights issues: https://vegnews.com/2019/6/a-vegan-is-now-in-charge-of-advising-the-israeli-government-on-animal-rights-issues
• Major global firms accused of concealing their environmental impact: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/16/major-global-firms-accused-of-concealing-their-environmental-impact
• G20 environment ministers agree to tackle marine plastic waste: https://www.dw.com/en/g20-environment-ministers-agree-to-tackle-marine-plastic-waste/a-49225550
• Biologists have discovered an underwater octopus city: https://www.sciencealert.com/marine-biologists-discover-an-underwater-octopus-city-octlantis-jervis-bay-australia
• Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on Kangaroo Island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/giant-trilobite-redlichia-rex-found-on-kangaroo-island/11207232
• US renewable power capacity surpasses coal for first time: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2019/06/10/u-s-renewable-power-capacity-surpasses-coal-for-the-first-time/
• Woman arrested for stomping on, stabbing sea turtle nest: https://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-beach-woman-arrested-stomping-sea-turtle-nest/story?id=63743992
• Eastern Himalayas, a treasure trove of Balsams, yields 20 new species: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/eastern-himalayas-a-treasure-trove-of-balsams-yields-20-new-species/article27951138.ece
• Kakapo could be wiped out by fungal infection: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/worlds-fattest-parrot-endangered-kakapo-fungal-infection-new-zealand
• Satellites show 740 square kilometres of rainforest cleared in 30 days: https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/satellites-show-740-square-kilometres-of-rainforest-cleared-in-30-days-20190605-p51uly.html
• 633 divers set world record cleaning ocean floor off Deerfield Beach: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/deerfield-beach/fl-ne-world-record-diver-cleanup-20190615-i6qik2bluzh7tekb3hg2nspqxi-story.html
• Scotland planted over 22 million trees last year: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/448428-scotland-planted-over-22-million-tree-last-year-smashing-planting
• Comenius University scientists discover a new species of snake: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22141351/comenius-university-scientists-discover-a-new-species-of-snake.html
• Bermuda land snail comes back from the dead after disappearing 40 years ago: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/bermuda-land-snail-chester-zoo-back-from-the-dead-extinction-a8956926.html
• Kuwait and Saudi Arabia record highest temperature on Earth: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait-and-saudi-arabia-record-highest-temperature-on-earth-1.1560325581417
• 537 vultures found poisoned in dark day for Botswana conservation: https://africageographic.com/blog/catastrophic-breaking-news-537-vultures-found-poisoned-in-dark-day-for-botswana-conservation/
• Song of one of rarest whales on the planet recorded for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/20/song-rare-whale-first-time-north-pacific-right-whale
• Estee Lauder companies will end animal testing: https://www.elcompanies.com/en/news-and-media/newsroom/press-releases/2019/06-20-2019
• Russia to release first whales held in jail for months: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/world/europe/whales-released-in-russia.html
• Costa Rica has banned Styrofoam: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/costa-rica-to-ban-the-use-of-styrofoam-containers/​