Colorado pardons marijuana convictions, saving turtles with decoy eggs, Belgium’s transgender deputy PM

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In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about a mass-pardoning of marijuana convictions in Colorado, the use of decoy turtle eggs in the crackdown on Costa Rica’s illegal wildlife trade, and Europe’s most senior transgender deputy prime minister.
Colorado governor is to mass-pardon over 2,700 marijuana convictions
Source: Denver Post
Decoy turtle eggs put in nests to track the illegal wildlife trade in Costa Rica
Source: The Guardian
Europe’s most senior transgender politician is Belgium’s deputy prime minister
Source: CNN
Out of retirement: the care home seniors chasing global cycling glory
Source: The Guardian
Fossil fuel workers are increasingly switching to new jobs in the renewable energy sector
Source: The Guardian
One million wells in India to battle water shortage
Source: BBC
Battling Covid beyond borders: doctors in Afghanistan consulted via telephone
Source: BBC
A new movement is highlighting the presence of Black geographers in the USA
Source: Euronews
240,000 new trees planted in India as part of nine-year-old campaigner’s birthday present
Source: Euronews
Tasmanian Devils have been reintroduced into the wild in Australia
Source: Posibl