Pelecanus NEWS #18 October 1 2020

The October 1st Pelecanus NEWS episode has some great and uplifting stories from the world of Conservation. All podcast episodes can be found at Pelecanus.org, Apple podcasts, spotify, soundcloud, and amazon podcasts. Drawdown China, world’s biggest polluter, vows to go carbon neutral by 2050 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/world/asia/china-climate-change.html California plans to ban sales of gas-powered cars in 15 years https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/california-ban-gas-cars.html Rewilding Joshua Trees given temporary endangered species protections https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/state-grants-temporary-endangered-species-protections-for-joshua-trees/ Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdout https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/two-new-javan-rhino-calves-are-spotted-in-the-species-last-holdout/ SciFi in Real Life Chinese startup launching space mining robot in November https://www.universetoday.com/147878/chinese-asteroid-mining-robot-due-to-launch-in-november/ Astronomers discover potential sign of life excessive in Venus’s environment https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a34012688/scientists-find-signs-of-life-in-venus-clouds/ Humans Humanity may never hit the 10 billion mark https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/the-best-news-of-2020-humanity-may-never-hit-the-10-billion-mark/ Human footprints found in Saudi Arabia may be 120,000 years old https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/22/middleeast/human-footprints-saudi-arabia-intl-scli-scn/index.html