Environment
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US National Climate Assessment details impact of climate change and authors say current response to crisis is insufficient -
Arnold Schwarzenegger visits firefighters in California as haze envelopes Washington DC and other east coast cities
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Resources to save manatee and other animals nearing limit a year after toxic red tide bloom outbreak -
Neighbors in tiny Seminole Springs are banding together in the aftermath of California’s deadly wildfires
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Hilcorp’s plan to extract 70,000 barrels a day follows Trump’s reversal of an Obama-era ban on fossil fuel activity in the region
This Land is Your Land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Some are buoyed by faith, some by good fire insurance, some by both. On Thursday, they came together to eat -
As thrill seekers and Instagrammers swarm public lands, reporting from eight sites across America shows the scale of the threat
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Fossil fuel companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil ‘knowingly caused harm’ by contributing to warming, group says -
Trees grow thicker bark and animals burrow for protection. We can use similar techniques to save human lives -
The president blamed ‘poor forest management’ for the state’s crisis. But much of the area burning isn’t forest -
At first I kept an open mind about Trump’s interior secretary. But it soon became clear he put the oil, gas and mining industry above our mission
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Latest legal skirmish in a long battle between activists and the company building the pipeline, which is also behind Keystone XL -
District court judge Brian Morris rules Trump administration did not consider environmental consequences before pushing ahead -
Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock -
Martin Lukacs: Canadian government viewed Trump’s election as “positive news” for Keystone XL and energy industry
Energy
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The time for Australians to ask questions is now, before a permitting decision is made
Latest news
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Solutions range from walk-to-school initiatives and stocking up on asthma medicine -
Nearly 8,000sq kms lost in the year to July amid alarm new president Jair Bolsonaro will make situation worse -
Fears other challengers will fold amid tough competition and rising wholesale costs
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
Featured series
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It’s one of the only incubators focused on solar companies – but Powerhouse is part of a larger movement to nurture new companies in the low-carbon future -
What ingredients are required to make an ultramarathon runner? In Boulder, Colorado, Scott Jurek has concocted quite the recipe that has kept him going the distance for the past two decades -
The big picture
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A family of roe deer and the bignose unicornfish are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Big Oil v the planet is the fight of our lives. Democrats must choose a side