Conservation News ~ May 20 2017

• Malaysia confiscates 350 tortoises, arrests poacher: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/330842/malaysia-seizes-330-endangered-tortoises
• Illegal poaching/drug runway found in one of Guatemala’s National Parks: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/a-new-secret-runway-found-in-laguna-del-tigre-national-park-in-guatemala/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest in 15 years: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/peru-lost-more-than-1-million-hectares-of-amazon-forest-over-a-period-of-15-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• India Environment Minister Dies: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-minister-idUSKCN18E0NT
• Wildlife Smuggling Kingpin Arrested: http://nypost.com/2017/05/18/wildlife-smuggling-kingpin-busted-at-airport/
• Endangered Species Day: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/19/endangered-species-numbers/318173001/
• Australian Oil Well Leaked into Ocean for Months but Kept Secret: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/18/australian-oil-well-leaked-into-ocean-for-months-but-incident-kept-secret
• Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/17/activists_sue_to_block_plans_to
• Wildlife Rehab Specialist and Activist Amanda Autumn Margraves dies: http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article151345352.html
• Va Governor will Regulate Power Plant Emissions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mcauliffe-aims-to-regulate-power-plant-emissions/2017/05/16/2b2df5e0-3a58-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html?utm_term=.45878f3225b7
• Climate Registry recognizes Long Beach: http://www.longbeach.gov/sustainability/news/long-beach-recognized-by-the-climate-registry/
• Kenya cracks down on illegal rare viper smuggling:  https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/kenya-cracks-down-on-illegal-trade-in-rare-and-venomous-vipers/
• World’s biggest wind turbines go online near Liverpool: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/17/mersey-wind-turbines-liverpool-uk-wind-technology
• Diesel causes 38k deaths a year: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/diesel-emissions-test-scandal-causes-38000-early-deaths-year-study
• Dog meat banned at Chinese festival: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/china-yulin-dog-meat-festival-sales-bans-animals/
• On fifth day in power, South Korea’s president shut down 10 big coal plants: http://www.reuters.com/article/southkorea-politics-energy-idUSL4N1IH13D
• Cyclist making a 10k mile bike trip to conserve Monarchs: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article148599379.html
• Four Chinese Airlines ban shark fin shipments: http://www.wildaid.org/news/four-more-chinese-airlines-ban-shark-fin
• Two wolves remain on Isle Royale: http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2016/april/two-wolves-remain-isle-royale.html
• 200th Critically Endangered Condor Hatched at SD Zoo: http://www.ksby.com/story/35435539/historic-milestone-hit-as-200th-critically-endangered-condor-hatched-at-san-diego-zoo
• Remote Island has 18 tons of trash - World’s worst plastic trash density: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/05/16/remote-island-turns-into-dump-after-38-million-pieces-trash-wash-ashore/324465001/
• Leonardo DiCaprio gets Mexican President to Commit to Vaquita: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leonardo-dicaprio-mexico-vaquita_us_591556fae4b0fe039b339853
• Wireless charging roads are tested for electric vehicles: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/israel-tests-wireless-charging-roads-for-electric-vehicles/
• Oceans are close to being starved of oxygen: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4499064/Oceans-edge-starved-oxygen.html
• $10k reward for info on shooter of Yellowstone White Wolf: http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/10000-reward-offered-yellowstone-white-wolf-shooter-47381800
• Snowy Plovers nesting in LA: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Rare-Snowy-Plover-Nesting-in-LA-County-Beaches-After-a-Nearly-70-Year-Absence-421672553.html
• Rare Albino Orangutan Found in Wild: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/rare-albino-orangutan-found-indonesia/
• Wyoming Tribes Request a No-Kill Buffer for Wolves: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article150371357.html
• U.S. Bank becomes first major bank to stop financing pipeline construction: http://www.ecowatch.com/us-bank-divest-pipelines-2408440397.html
• EPA Greenlights a Nasty Chemical: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/05/california-farm-workers-just-got-poisoned-nasty-pesticide-greenlghted-trump
• Two Thirds of Germany was powered by Renewable Energy on Easter: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/twothirds-of-germany-was-powered-by-renewable-energy-on-easter-sunday/
• Forests cover 9 percent more Earth than thought: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/forests-cover-9-percent-more-of-earth-than-thought/
• Israel Banned Cruel Slaughterhouse Killing Method: http://forward.com/scribe/372272/israel-bans-gruesome-shackle-and-hoist-slaughterhouse-method-imports/
• Lego hits goal of using 100% renewable energy 3 years early: http://www.ecowatch.com/lego-renewables-goal-2413131137.html