Conservation News ~ May 8 2017

• Atlanta commits to 100% sustainable energy by 2035: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/atlanta-renewable-energy_us_5907ca45e4b05c397681b81b
• First sierra Nevada red fox captured in Deschutes county: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/05/rare_sub-species_of_red_fox_ca.html
• Denmark now has a wild wolf pack: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/04/526937018/denmark-now-has-a-wild-wolf-pack-again-for-the-first-time-in-200-years
• African Conservationist Kuki Gallmann: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/world/africa/kuki-gallmann-i-dreamed-of-africa-shot-kenya.html?_r=0
• Virunga ranger Tims Nalola Butinda killed: https://www.melissathinksoutloud.com/to-do-in-nelspruit/
• Justices deny review of case challenging polar bear habitat: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/331367-justices-deny-review-of-case-challenging-polar-bear-habitat
• India is going to replace all of its cars with electric ones by 2030: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-electric-cars-2030-fossil-fuel-air-pollution-piyush-goyal-climate-change-a7711381.html
• US coast guard suspends live animal military training: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/04/28/coast-guard-suspends-practice-of-shooting-stabbing-and-dismembering-animals-in-trauma-training/?utm_term=.ae3ac6ebe208
• Critically endangered red wolves pups born: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article147590394.html
• New evidence reveals just how fast coal use is declining in Europe: https://futurism.com/new-evidence-reveals-just-how-fast-coal-use-declining-europe/
• China is now the biggest producer of solar energy in the world: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/china-solar-energy/
• Two Garamba National Park Ranger’s killed: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/25/two-wildlife-rangers-killed-democratic-republic-congo-elephants
• Company behind Dakota Access spills over 2 million gallons of drilling fluids into Ohio wetlands: https://thinkprogress.org/dakota-access-company-ohio-spill-d73cb24c8dd6
• Earth just passed 410 PPM CO2 levels for the first time in human history: http://www.sciencealert.com/earth-just-passed-410-ppm-co2-levels-for-the-first-time-in-human-history
• First baby bison born in Canada’s Banff National Park in 140 years: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39723884
• Jungle puppies captured on film for the first time: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/jungle-dogs-peru-amazon-rare/
• Court lifts injunction blocking Mexican Wolf release: https://www.defenders.org/press-release/court-lifts-injunction-blocking-mexican-gray-wolf-releases
• Japan to exceed bluefin tuna quota amid warning of commercial extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/24/japan-criticised-exceed-bluefin-tuna-fishing-quota
• Buffalo pipeline leaks 19,000 gallons of crude oil on farmland in Oklahoma: http://www.ecowatch.com/buffalo-pipeline-leak-oklahoma-2377971688.html
• Los Angeles City Council bans use of wild animals for entertainment: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/los-angeles-bans-use-of-wild-animals-for-entertainment/