Dandelion News - April 22-28
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1. Citizen science helps reconnect Singapore treetops for elusive leaf-eating langurs
“[… As] treetop specialists, langurs depend on continuous canopy cover to travel to find mates and forage for the variety of fruits, leaves and flowers that constitute their diet. [… V]olunteers have helped scientists map how langurs move through and use the urban landscape in and around the reserve, [… and] planted several safe natural corridors around the reserve with trees and shrubs eaten by the langurs[….]”
2. Dems pass "profound" law to protect trans kids who change their names
“Colorado’s Senate Bill 18, “Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors,” simply makes it so that starting July 1, when anyone who is under 18 years old petitions for a name change, […] the petition will not be part of the public record and cannot be collected through searches or data harvesting. […] “It gives children the safety and dignity they deserve, and it treats their private life with the same care we afford in other sensitive cases.””
3. Three Central Asian countries jointly building 2,000 MW hydropower plant
“Three Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – are set to launch a joint hydropower plant with a capacity of nearly 2,000 MW[...,] enough to power up to 1.5 million homes. [...] Kyrgyzstan is also developing solar and wind power projects with a combined capacity of 6,050 MW. [...] In addition, Uzbekistan is developing waste-to-energy projects [... which will] generate more than 2.2 billion kWh of electricity.”
4. Brazil’s Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Return to Rio After 200 Years: ‘A dream come true’
“The organization handling the release is called Refauna, and having released the birds for a period of 15 days earlier this year, they’ve rounded them back into the aviary with plans for a possible permanent departure in September when food is plentiful. [... Once wild, the birds will] break open nuts and fruits to help trees better disperse their seed, something virtually all trees in the park rely on to reproduce.”
5. Bunnings extends zero up-front home solar and battery deal to three new states
“Hardware giant Bunnings is [… expanding availability of its] range of battery and/or solar options that are installed for free and then paid for in monthly installations over a 10-year subscription period. […] Bunnings says a sample of NSW Zelora households with an average battery size of 18 kWh cut their energy costs by an average of 25 per cent over a three-month summer period, with the monthly subscription costs included.”
April 15-21 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)
