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Conservation News ~ October 27 2017

10/27/2017

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  • Suspected poacher injured by charging rhino in Namibia: http://news.sky.com/story/suspected-poacher-injured-by-charging-rhino-in-namibias-etosha-national-park-11093325
  • 36 rhino poachers arrested in 3 weeks in South Arica: https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/36-rhino-poachers-arrested-in-three-weeks-11682329
  • Endling Helmeted Hornbill pushes known range: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/helmeted-hornbill-extinct-conservation-area-borneo/
  • CBD gives away thousands of condoms: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endangered-species-condoms-10-25-2017.php
  • Ohio adds Rusty Patched Bumble Bee to endangered species: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/state-adds-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-to-endangered-species/
  • 101 Pangolins Destined for Black Market Rescued: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/wildlife-watch-pangolins-seized-alive-indonesia/
  • Herd of rhinos shot and killed by poachers: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rhino-shot-dead-poaching-south-africa-eastern-cape-wildschutsberg-game-reserve-a8020246.html
  • Nestle, Mars, and Hershey break promises over palm oil use: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/27/nestle-mars-and-hershey-breaking-promises-over-palm-oil-use-say-campaigners
  • St. Louis adopts a 100 percent renewable energy goal: https://thinkprogress.org/st-louis-approves-100-percent-renewable-energy-goal-3eee608149b4/
  • Shameful Congressmen, Industry bullies push to prosecute environmentalists as terrorists: https://www.ecowatch.com/greenpeace-environmentalists-terrorists-2501764452.html
  • Dr Bronner donates $600k to Animal Rights causes: https://www.facebook.com/vegnews/posts/10155736848971250
  • Water bills re skyrocketing and people of color are being hit the hardest: http://grist.org/briefly/water-bills-are-skyrocketing-and-people-of-color-are-being-hit-hard/
  • Fracking protestors vow to put their lives on line after scaling rig: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/22/fracking-protesters-vow-to-put-their-lives-on-line-after-scaling-rig
  • Support for whaling continues to drop in Iceland: http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/support-whaling-continues-drop-iceland
  • Washington State DNR denies Millennium Coal: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/washington-state-denies-key-permit-for-columbia-river-coal-terminal-citing-environmental-concerns/
  • Fewer Sierra Pines are dying due to California drought: https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/10/24/with-california-drought-over-fewer-sierra-pines-dying/
  • Entrance rates at Glacier, Yellowstone, other parks will double: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/entrance-rates-may-double-in-glacier-yellowstone-other-parks-next/article_32b583e8-e904-549f-a890-cf9bb5cbb1a0.html
  • Tides of plastic rubbish floating off Caribbean island coastline: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/plastic-rubbish-tide-caribbean-island-roatan-honduras-coast-pollution-a8017381.html
  • Elephant poaching drops in Africa but populations continue to fall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/24/elephant-poaching-drops-africa-but-populations-continue-to-fall
  • European Parliament votes to ban glyphosate in 28 countries: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/glyphosate-10-24-2017.php
  • Netherlands to build roads with recycled plastic from the ocean: http://www.sciencealert.com/the-netherlands-plans-to-pave-its-roads-with-recycled-plastic
  • Scientists rescue first Vaquita: https://www.vaquitacpr.org/scientists-rescue-first-vaquita-porpoise-making-conservation-history/
  • Congress mounts unprecedented attacks on endangered species: https://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2017/10/congress-mounts-unprecedented-attacks-endangered-species.html
  • Tesla is successfully restoring power to hospitals in Puerto Rico: https://www.sciencealert.com/elon-musk-electricity-back-on-puerto-rico
  • Saudi Arabia is building a $643 billion green-powered megacity: https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/gyjgzq/saudi-arabia-is-building-a-dollar643-billion-green-powered-megacity
  • Rare footage captures giant jellyfish living under Arctic ice: https://www.livescience.com/60765-rare-footage-jellyfish-under-arctic-ice.html
  • Study links deforestation and malaria: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-links-deforestation-malaria.html​
  • Singapore says no more cars are allowed on the road: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/singapore-no-more-cars-allowed-on-the-road-government-says
  • Leonard DiCaprio commits $20 million to fight climate change: http://bigthink.com/philip-perry/leonardo-dicaprio-spoke-on-climate-change-at-yale-then-committed-20-mil-to-fight-it
  • EPA cancels its own scientists’ climate talks, sparking outcry over government silencing: https://www.nrdc.org/trump-watch/epa-cancels-its-own-scientists-climate-talks-sparking-outcry-over-government-silencing
  • Transparent solar panels could turn any building into a power generator: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/transparent-solar-technology-represents-wave-of-the-future/
  • Climate change at the heart of Jacinda Ardern’s plans for New Zealand: http://nzfarmer.com/climate-change-at-the-heart-of-jacinda-arderns-plans-for-new-zealand/
  • US Feds to auction off a vast swath of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/24/gulf-of-mexico-oil-companies-auction/
  • Standing Rock Landmark Headed to Smithsonian: https://splinternews.com/one-of-standing-rocks-most-important-landmarks-is-heade-1819782526
  • China developed a strain of rice that can be grown in saltwater: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/200-million-people-could-be-fed-with-chinas-new-strain-of-saltwater-rice/
  • USA and Syria are now the only countries not part of the Paris Agreement: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/politics/nicaragua-paris-climate-accord-us-syria/index.html
  • Bears Ears attacked by US Feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/27/trump-says-he-will-shrink-bears-ears-national-monument-a-sacred-tribal-site-in-utah/
  • Malaysia to roll out wildlife crossing awareness measures after spate of roadkill cases: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-to-roll-out-wildlife-crossing-awareness-measures-after-9332086
  • China shuts down tens of thousands of factories in unprecedented pollution crackdown: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/23/559009961/china-shuts-down-tens-of-thousands-of-factories-in-unprecedented-pollution-crack
  • China bans foreign waste: http://theconversation.com/china-bans-foreign-waste-but-what-will-happen-to-the-worlds-recycling-85924
  • Operation Jungle Book leads to Federal criminal charges against wildlife traffickers: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-operation-jungle-book-20171020-story.html
  • 206% of Scotland’s entire electricity needs provided by wind power: http://www.energydigital.com/renewable-energy/206-scotlands-entire-electricity-needs-provided-wind-power
  • Study finds that half of new oil production unprofitable without government intervention: https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/10/03/welfare-kings-half-current-oil-production-unprofitable-without-government-subsidies
  • Elephants officially banned from circuses in New York: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/elephants-officially-banned-circuses-new-york-state-article-1.3574721
  • Nestle is extracting water from Canadian towns on expired permits: https://news.vice.com/story/nestle-is-extracting-water-from-canadian-towns-on-expired-permits
  • First Nations leaders break with Ottawa on environmental policy: https://www.google.com/search?q=First+Nations+leaders+break+with+Ottawa+on+environmental+policy%3A&oq=First+Nations+leaders+break+with+Ottawa+on+environmental+policy%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.360j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  • 61-year old Madagascar environmental activist imprisoned: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/10/another-madagascar-environmental-activist-imprisoned/
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