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Environment
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Shutdowns led to the refineries flaring, or burning and releasing gases, to prevent damage to processing units
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Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era but oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture -
Shannon Stevens was treated with first aid kit after incident in which bear face was seen at at toilet seat level -
John Kerry made remark as US officially returned to climate agreement on Friday, 107 days after it left under Donald Trump -
Both states have faced widespread power outages after failing to plan for extreme weather
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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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Increasing land grabs endangering forest communities and wildlife as governments expand mining and agriculture to combat economic impact of Covid
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With webbed feet and a tail for a rudder, Asia’s fishing cats face shrinking habitats. But conservation efforts in West Bengal are helping it swim against the tide
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Experts in Cambridge are on night vigil as the moonflower is about to blossom in a UK first, an event being livestreamed for all
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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Tribes across the US are buying back land lost during and after the colonization period on the open market -
To reach this conservation goal, the country will have to conserve more than 400m acres of land and waterways in the next 10 years
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A federal judge rejects Apache tribal members’ request to halt the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper mining company -
Exclusive: Although scientists recommended otherwise, Trump officials favored political allies over endangered wildlife, internal emails show -
Standoff exposes tensions between large Inuit organizations with power to approve permits and residents of small communities -
A 1930s initiative that tackled environmental woes and unemployment could inspire the new administration’s plans to confront the climate crisis
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Democrats’ climate record is mixed – and it’s largely pressure from Indigenous and environmental groups that’s pushed them to act
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Environmental groups in Canada applaud decision, but country’s western provinces left in disbelief -
Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further -
President-elect to block Keystone XL pipeline among other swift environmental moves – but challenges lie ahead
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As the climate crisis intensifies, we publish a regularly updating dashboard of key indicators measuring the health of the planet -
Our environmental journalism will play a leading role in galvanising change, encouraging innovation – and pressuring governments to correct course on global heating
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With a piece of environmental journalism published every three hours, the Guardian is the leading voice in the fight to save the planet
Energy
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Exclusive: Prof Sir Robert Watson says backing of Cumbrian mine refutes claims of climate leadership
Latest news
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Pilot for First Group this autumn part of EV maker’s rapid expansion ahead of New York IPO -
Volunteers gather to remove clumps of tar in cleanup effort that could take months or years, officials say -
Ingestion of lead shotgun pellets from bed of Larnaca Salt Lake blamed for rise in deaths of migrating flamingos
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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Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal -
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
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 best of the week’s wildlife pictures, from the swans that cancelled their flight to the Arctic due to Storm Darcy to the bears liberated from captivity to walk free in the wild
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Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us