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- ▸Last year's survey estimated only seven to ten vaquitas remain in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California. — Inside Climate News
- ▸Vaquitas are distinguished by black-ringed eyes and lipstick-like mouth markings. — Inside Climate News
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Mexico Reduces Vaquita Porpoise Protections
Mexico cut protections for the vaquita porpoise, the world's rarest marine mammal.
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Japan's MMX Mars Moon Sample Mission
Japan's JAXA launched the MMX spacecraft toward Mars' moon Phobos to collect samples and return them to Earth.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸The MMX mission will take approximately five years to complete. — PBS NewsHour Science, Forbes Innovation
- ▸Five of the world's space agencies joined forces for this mission. — PBS NewsHour Science, DW
- ▸The mission will land a robotic prospector and a rover on Phobos. — PBS NewsHour Science
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World Bank Withdraws Brazil Feed Mill Funding
The World Bank's private lending arm withdrew funding for a feed mill in Brazil tied to deforestation.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸The International Finance Corporation withdrew funding for the controversial feed mill project. — Inside Climate News
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Britain Weakens Nature Protections for Nuclear
Britain is rethinking its nature protections to unlock nuclear development such as Hinkley Point C.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸Ultrasonic speakers are being laid across the seabed at Hinkley Point C to drive fish from cooling pipes. — Inside Climate News
- ▸The ultrasonic speaker technology is expected to save fewer than one salmon. — Inside Climate News
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Bipartisan SLOTHS Act Bans Wild Sloth Imports
Representatives Frost and Lee introduced the SLOTHS Act to ban wild sloth imports to the United States.
WHAT'S REPORTED
- ▸The bill is known as the SLOTHS Act, standing for Stopping Legalized Organized Trafficking and Harm. — Inside Climate News