Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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The town at the center of a Guardian series, where the cancer risk is 50 times the national average, is critical of a planned monitoring system -
Officials say dolphins, who were found in waters off Naples and Pensacola, had what looked like bullet wounds
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At least 250 unaccounted for after heavy rainfall across Pacific north-west overwhelmed cage of fish waiting to be released -
Businesses are still struggling months after a massive wildfire hit Sonoma county and prompted widespread evacuations and panic -
Varieties of corn, beans and squash seen as central to Cherokee identity will be deposited in Norway’s Svalbard seed bank -
Announcement comes after Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts
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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
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In the wake of destruction caused by wildfires, most recently in Australia, experts are seeking ways of limiting their impact by managing forests better -
A rash of newly-approved mines could destroy an estimated 80% of the Hasdeo Arand forest – and with it the biodiversity local villagers depend on for survival -
The deaths of two butterfly conservationists have drawn focus to a troubling tangle of disputes, resentments and violence
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Energy companies have leased 9.9m acres from the administration – and the fossil fuels extracted could equal half a year of emissions from China
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Lawsuits are pending from groups who have challenged the constitutionality of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
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Twenty-five years ago, the national park attempted to reintroduce wolves – now scientists are celebrating it as one of the greatest rewilding stories ever -
Powerful gun lobby group has used connections in Trump administration to influence decisions, messages show -
We’re devoting new resources to our public lands reporting, amid mounting threats posed by privatization, energy extraction and climate change
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Plan would help Trump administration advance projects held up over global heating concerns such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline -
Records seen by the Guardian show law enforcement has called demonstrators possible ‘domestic terrorism’ threats -
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
Energy
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Europe’s biggest asset manager backs vote calling for bank to end services to energy firms
Latest news
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Anthony Albanese says he was unaware of factional dinner and his MPs are united on wanting action on emissions reduction -
Plan to form coalition of developing countries at COP 26 to help support efforts -
Minister says he has ‘had enough’ of company’s failure to deal with waste dump that was almost breached by South Island floods
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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The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a baboon with a lion cub and Devon beavers
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The great dismantling of America's national parks is under way