environment
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Order for 60-day pause on regulations not yet implemented includes protection for endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which experts say is near extinction
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While tribal leaders have urged activists to let the fight play out in the courts, many on the ground have called for a final push as pipeline moves ahead
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The army corps of engineers says it intends to grant a permit for the oil pipeline to cross the Missouri river, following Donald Trump’s executive order
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Trial stemming from a 2014 standoff could be derailed by a ploy to pose as a ‘fake film company’ and an ethics scandal involving a BLM officer and Burning Man
energy
latest news
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On Sunday 220 remain stranded on remote coastline off South Island with 100 returned to sea with the help of volunteers
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Slashed budgets risk the nation’s 27,000 parks becoming no-go areas, with negative effects on park-goers’ health and the environment
talking points
elephant conservation
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‘This is the last chance saloon,’ say politicians and campaigners pushing for urgent action
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Nomadic herders have killed wildlife and torched buildings but questions remain over the causes of the violence
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Accused has ‘no memory’ of shotgun killings in Spanish olive grove
the big picture
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A tiger family drinking at the watering hole, a nightingale and a snake that plays dead are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Republican elders call for new national carbon tax to replace federal regulations