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Endangered Species
Rare Endangered Whooping Crane Hatches at Virginia Conservation Institute https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/first-whooping-crane-hatches-smithsonian-conservation-biology-institute
Virgin Islands Flower Finally Gets Endangered Species Protections After 47 Years https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/virgin-islands-flower-finally-gets-endangered-species-protections-after-47-years-2022-06-15/
Biden Administration Tosses Trump Definition of 'Habitat' for Endangered Species https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-admin-tosses-trump-definition-habitat-endangered-species
Pollution
China’s clean air campaign is bringing down global pollution https://time.com/6187349/china-air-pollution/ Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Roundup Maker Over Cancer Claims https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/supreme-court-rejects-bayer-bid-to-stop-roundup-lawsuits.html
Tribes
Yellowstone National Park announced that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/22022.htm Native American Tribes To Co-Manage National Monument For First Time https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/20/bears-ears-national-monument-tribes/
People
Biden Picks First Woman, Person Of Color As Science Adviser https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-picks-woman-person-color-science-adviser-85541040
Dr. Jon Paul Rodríguez, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, is the recipient of the inaugural Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize for Species Conservation https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/21/2466241/0/en/American-Humane-Awards-Dr-Jon-Paul-Rodr%C3%ADguez-Chair-of-the-IUCN-Species-Survival-Commission-with-the-Wolfgang-Kiessling-International-Prize-for-Species-Conservation.html