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Biden Vetoes GOP Bills Undo Endangered Species Protections For Bat, Chicken [1]

"President Biden on Tuesday vetoed a Republican-led attempt to ax endangered species protections for the long-eared bat and the lesser prairie-chicken."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [9], 09/28/2023
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"Indigenous Brazilians Celebrate Land Claims Win - But Fight Goes On" [10]

"A few days ago, hundreds of Xokleng Indigenous people gathered around a screen in Ibirama-La Klãnõ territory in southern Brazil to watch the Supreme Court vote on Indigenous land rights."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Justice [11]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [7]
South America [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [13], 09/27/2023
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"Cars Are A Major Predator For Wildlife. How Is Nature Adapting To Our Roads?" [14]

"In his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, Goldfarb explains how roads and cars are changing the lives of wildlife all over the world — and how roadkill has created a "crisis for biodiversity.""

Biodiversity [3]
Infrastructure [15]
Natural Resources [5]
Transportation [16]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [17], 09/27/2023
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"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere." [18]

"The two-and-a-half-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone."

Biodiversity [3]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
California [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [23]

"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [15]
Journalism & Media [28]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [29], 09/20/2023
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"Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space" [30]

"A herd of 2,000 rhinoceroses urgently in need of a new owner has finally found one: The rhinos and the farm where they live in South Africa have been purchased by a conservation group that plans to release the animals into the wild over the next decade."

Biodiversity [3]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
Africa [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 09/19/2023
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From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature [33]

"Take a mental picture of the Earth. Now shatter that image into 600,000 fragments. These fragments are carved out by road networks, which stretch across about 40 million miles of the Earth's surface."

Biodiversity [3]
Infrastructure [15]
Natural Resources [5]
Transportation [16]
Public [7]
International [34]
Source: NPR [35], 09/19/2023
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"The Sea Eagles That Returned to Mull" [36]

"Almost 50 years ago, conservationists reintroduced white-tailed eagles to Scotland. It’s gone well. Some say too well."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
Europe [38]
Source: Hakai [39], 09/18/2023
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"Federal Judge Strikes Down Ruling That Hellbenders Are Not Endangered" [40]

"A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take another look at its 2019 decision denying endangered status protection for the eastern hellbender, the nation’s largest aquatic salamander that is found in low numbers in all Chesapeake Bay drainage states."

Biodiversity [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bay Journal [41], 09/18/2023
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"A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?" [42]

"Fireflies — whose shimmering, magical glows light up summer nights — are in trouble, threatened by habitat destruction, light pollution, and pesticide use. With 18 species now considered at risk of extinction in North America alone, recovery efforts are only just beginning."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [43]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [44]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [34]
Source: YaleE360 [45], 09/15/2023
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