Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Progressives should think twice about who their allies are. Conservatives, especially the hunters among them, can be environmentalists too
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The Environmental Protection Agency has been cut to a skeleton staff, meaning work to ensure clean air and water is left undone -
Closure of agriculture department offices could not have come at a worse time for farmers awaiting emergency federal aid -
Last year’s 3.4% jump in emissions is the largest since 2010 recession and second largest gain in more than two decades -
Almost half of proposed area of construction falls within hunting and roaming zone that is essential to animal’s survival
This Land is Your Land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Interior department continues processing permits and moves forward with controversial plan to increase drilling in the Arctic -
Maintenance and sanitation problems also reported 18 days after government shutdown furloughed the vast majority of park staff
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As wolves arrive in California for the first time since the 1920s, ranchers try non-lethal methods to deter animals once seen as livestock-killing vermin -
Climate change and invasive predators have taken a heavy toll on native animals and insects in the Hawaiian Islands -
Deaths reported at several sites amid staffing shortages, as local teams lend a hand at Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and elsewhere -
A former park service director says leaving parks open without key staff is equivalent to leaving the Smithsonian open with priceless artefacts unattended
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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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Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now
Latest news
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Firm to phase out all non-recyclable or hard to recycle plastic for all its products -
Five frogs found on Bolivian expedition funded through lonely hearts profile -
Tuna fishery gains first MSC gold standard after nation’s huge push to boost stocks, protect livelihoods and ban foreign vessels
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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An adopted leopard cub, a preening moorhen and tiny turtles feature in this week’s gallery
Standing Rock inspired Ocasio-Cortez to run. That's the power of protest