Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Almost half of proposed area of construction falls within hunting and roaming zone that is essential to animal’s survival -
Energy Transfer Partners planted only about 8,800 of the 20,000 trees required along the pipeline’s route in 2018
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Human feces, overflowing garbage and damaging behavior reported as staff hampered over busy holiday period
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Climate change is transforming the state’s coast but with habitats hemmed in by cliffs, condos and farms, pre-emptive action is needed to preserve biodiversity -
Billionaire ex-New York mayor who could run for president and retiring California governor who once did both demand action -
Nancy Pelosi revives special committee axed by Republicans, a move welcomed by progressive Democrats who have pushed for a ‘Green New Deal’
This Land is Your Land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Deaths reported at several sites amid staffing shortages, as local teams lend a hand at Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and elsewhere
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Trump administration criticized for trying to make it harder to obtain records of interior department dealings
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Visitors face ‘disruption and disappointment’ as states scramble to keep key sites open -
Conservation group says it will keep the parks ‘as accessible as possible’ as thousands prepare to go on winter holidays -
A bucolic community was reduced to ash by a new kind of wildfire – the deadliest in California’s history. Survivors recall that horrible day
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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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Letters: Richard Murphy and Colin Hines suggest a number of ways that revenue could be raised to fund energy efficiency in all buildings, renewables and local transport systems
Latest news
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The winning auction bid for the enormous tuna was more than double the price fetched five years ago -
Greater Manchester tells firms they are not welcome as discontent spreads -
Union boss Minette Batters says tariffs would price British farms out of export market
Talking points
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
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Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished -
Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday -
More than half of countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate, warns a report -
High court orders government to get prior community consent before granting mining rights in Pondoland
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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Rescued turtles, piggybacking toads and a sadly missed rhino feature in this week’s gallery
Keeping US national parks open during the shutdown is a terrible mistake