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Awards
Sylvia Earle and others win Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-nolan-laurie-anderson-sylvia-earle-and-david-attenborough-winners-of-the-stephen-hawking-medal-for-science-communication-302147946.html
Wildlife
Bhutan and the Tiger Conservation Coalition Commit to Catalysing US$1 billion for tigers
https://www.iucn.org/news/202404/bhutan-and-tiger-conservation-coalition-commit-catalysing-us1-billion-tigers
Northern California river receives endangered salmon for first time in 80 years
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/northern-california-river-receives-endangered-salmon-for-first-time-in-80-years/
Critically endangered whale spotted off California coast, NOAA confirms
https://abc7.com/post/critically-endangered-north-pacific-whale-spotted-off-marin/14882124/

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Biodiversity
Rare, critically endangered baby addax antelope born at Disney's Animal Kingdom
https://thedisneyblog.com/2024/05/12/walt-disney-world-announces-birth-of-rare-baby-addax-at-disneys-animal-kingdom-lodge/
Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtle nest spotted on St. Augustine Beach
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/life/animals/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-makes-rare-nest-on-st-augustine-beach-florida-sea-turtle-nesting-season-micklers-landing-turtle-patrol/77-cf56b522-50e0-4135-bec1-bbe600d78760
Critically endangered wolf pups born at Point Defiance Zoo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/critically-endangered-wolf-pups-born-at-point-defiance-zoo/ar-BB1mgrQg
Endangered vulture chick born at Longleat Safari Park 'thriving'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1352x0lyro

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Biodiversity
Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68897433
Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state, after years of debate
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/grizzly-bears-reintroduced-washington-state-rcna149558

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Rewilding
Critically endangered parrot bounces back in huge conservation victory
https://www.sciencealert.com/critically-endangered-parrot-bounces-back-in-huge-conservation-victory
How the Saudi rewilding scheme is bringing the Arabian leopard back from the brink of extinction
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2457286/saudi-arabia

Drawdown
US now has world’s largest solar and energy storage project
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-now-has-worlds-largest-solar-and-battery-energy-storage-project
Chicago sues fossil fuel companies for role in climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/chicago-sues-bp-chevron-fossil-fuel-climate-change
Satellite beamed power from space to Earth for the first time ever
https://www.space.com/space-solar-power-satellite-beams-energy-1st-time

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Protected Areas
Inuit protected area in Torngat Mountains coastal waters advances
https://thenarwhal.ca/torngats-inuit-marine-conservation-feasibility/

Rewilding
Feds toast recovery of a once-endangered Colorado plant
https://www.eenews.net/articles/feds-toast-recovery-of-a-once-endangered-colorado-plant/
Albuquerque's zoo welcomes second tiger, hopes to save endangered species
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/albuquerque-s-zoo-welcomes-second-tiger-hopes-to-save-endangered-species/ar-BB1jWYlt

Drawdown
Chevron Agrees to Pay Significant Fines to California for Oil Pollution
https://resources.ca.gov/Newsroom/Page-Content/News-List/Chevron-Agrees-to-Pay-California-Significant-Fines-for-Oil-Pollution

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Drawdown
Air Force partners with startup to tap virtually limitless power source: '[As] close to the holy grail as you can get'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/air-force-partners-with-startup-to-tap-virtually-limitless-power-source-as-close-to-the-holy-grail-as-you-can-get/ar-BB1jEZyn
Oceans
Canada Bans Bottom Trawling Near its Only Pacific Coral Reef
https://maritime-executive.com/article/canada-bans-bottom-trawling-near-its-only-pacific-coral-reef
Study finds 'full recovery' of reef growth within four years
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-good-news-coral-reef-efforts.html
Habitat protection
Critical Habitat Protected for 12 Endangered Species on Hawai'i's Big Island
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/critical-habitat-protected-for-12-endangered-species-on-hawaiis-big-island-2024-03-11/