environment
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Oroville dam: authorities lift evacuation order for nearly 200,000California water officials said they drained enough of the lake behind it so that emergency spillway won’t be needed to handle runoff from approaching storm -
How Oroville went from drought to an overflowing dam in just two yearsAn unusual amount of rain, climate change and unexpected erosion of an emergency spillway created a perfect storm at Lake Oroville in California
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Evacuees wait out uncertainty in Lake Oroville dam crisis: 'I'm just praying'Local residents express a mix of frustration and stoicism as emergency crews race to stem flooding from America’s tallest dam -
Judge rejects Standing Rock request to block Dakota Access pipeline drillingTribes lose challenge to the president’s decision to speed approvals for last stretch of $3.7bn pipeline under Missouri river in North Dakota -
Lake Oroville dam: emergency staff race to fix spillway before more rain strikesBags of rocks loaded on to helicopters to fill gap created by erosion, and the emergency repairs come a day after nearly 200,000 were evacuated in California
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Environmentalists warn of bumblebee's extinction after Trump halts regulationsOrder for 60-day pause on regulations not yet implemented includes protection for endangered rusty patched bumblebee, which experts say is near extinction
energy
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Toshiba crisis: unions urge government to 'get a grip' on nuclear policyFresh concern about future of planned Moorside power station in Cumbria as Toshiba’s financial woes deepen
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latest news
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Antarctic sea ice shrinks to smallest ever extentData contradicts climate change sceptics, who have pointed to earlier increases in areas of sea ice to support their views
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Plague of armyworms threatens to strip southern Africa of key food cropsExperts at emergency meeting of 16 nations say pest has invaded fields of maize, a staple crop throughout the region
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Group of 'extinct' antelope released into wild in southern SaharaConservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad
elephant conservation
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'What can I do to help elephants?'Climate change, poaching, competition for food and water… elephants have never faced such threats. Here are more than 50 ways to give them a helping hand. Can you add to the list?
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Elephants in crisis: MPs accuse government and Europe of dragging their feet over ivory ban‘This is the last chance saloon,’ say politicians and campaigners pushing for urgent action
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Live Q&A: What can we do to help elephants?Volunteer? Raise money? Be a citizen scientist? Join us Monday 13 Feb at 1 - 2.30pm GMT to talk about what we can all do to help elephants.
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineMicrofibers are polluting our food chain. This laundry bag can stop thatTwo German inventors created a laundry bag to prevent shedding microfibers ending up in oceans. Now, Patagonia will start selling it to customers
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayMorning Routines – the making of long-distance runner Scott Jurek – videoWhat 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
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA 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
Shorten fails to specify cost of Labor's renewables policy when asked four times