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Environment
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Democratic governor establishes taskforce despite inevitable pushback from state’s Republican-controlled legislature -
‘Climate change will not be on the agenda,’ said Mick Mulvaney of the summit, which will take place at Trump’s National Doral Miami resort
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Kathy Castor’s letter to Sundar Pichai says it’s hard to ‘overstate the detrimental impact’ groups have had on the climate debate -
Mussels, the backbone of the river ecosystem because they control silt levels and filter water, are facing a mysterious affliction -
The IMF’s proposed $75-per-ton tax would exacerbate rampant inequality. There are better ways to fund decarbonization
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In collaboration with Forensic Architecture, this video looks at the Mapuche community’s claim the oil and gas industry has irreversibly damaged their ancestral homeland
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Bank of England governor warns of financial collapse linked to climate emergency
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Wall will traverse the entirety of the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the US -
Males have begun their walkabout seeking a mate (and hoping not to get eaten) – and this year has seen a big turnout
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Trail use near Vail, Colorado, has more than doubled since 2009. It’s had a devastating impact on a herd of elk
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Management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante, downsized by Trump administration in 2017, criticized as ‘a giveaway to fossil fuel’ -
An $87m corridor will extend over Highway 101 to reconnect the ecosystem and possibly save mountain lions from extinction -
Documents obtained by the Guardian suggest interior secretary is promoting effort tied to his former firm
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Protesters were characterized as a threat to national security in what one calls an attempt to criminalize their actions -
State’s highest court rejects attempt to derail project by opponents who want to force developer to reapply for state approval -
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
Energy
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Onlookers applaud as topless protesters from Extinction Rebellion covered in fake oil
Latest news
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Airline hails achievement after 19-hour New York-to-Sydney flight carrying 50 passengers and crew -
Landowners were painted as battling victims of heartless bureaucrats by the Sydney broadcaster. But was he telling the whole story? -
Green party and Green Liberals projected to increase share of vote from four years ago
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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Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness -
Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’ -
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
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 plucky otter, a mysterious blob and a Florida panther on the prowl
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