environment
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Scott Pruitt vows to slash climate and water pollution regulations at CPACHead of the EPA told the conservative audience they would be ‘justified’ in believing the environmental regulator should be completely disbanded
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Police remove last Standing Rock protesters in military-style takeoverArmed occupation brought an anticlimactic and forlorn end to the camp, which had been home to thousands of activists opposing the Dakota Access pipeline
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Tents set ablaze at North Dakota pipeline protest campsite – videoSeveral fires were lit at the Dakota Access pipeline protest campsite in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, early Wednesday ahead of a deadline from authorities to abandon the area -
New EPA head Scott Pruitt's emails reveal close ties with fossil fuel interestsDocuments suggest former Oklahoma AG followed lobby group’s guidance on challenging environmental regulations, and put letterhead to oil firm complaints more than once
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EPA head: US doesn't have to choose between environment and jobs – video‘I believe that we as a nation can be both pro-energy and jobs, and pro-environment. We don’t have to choose between the two,’ Pruitt said in his first speech to EPA workers
energy
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Revealed: thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic airExclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits
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latest news
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Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of centuryScientists at Vatican conference are searching for a solution to the manmade ‘major extinction event’
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Chris Grayling advises motorists to 'think hard' before buying dieselTransport secretary recommends low-emission cars after it emerges that thousands of children breathing toxic air
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Taxpayers to pay for oil spill clean-ups under petroleum resource rent taxTreasury officials confirm companies would be able to claim tax deduction for expenses incurred from cleaning up pollution
elephant conservation
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EU set to ban raw ivory exports from JulyExclusive: Leaked documents indicate that the European Union is now preparing a full ban of raw ivory
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Wildlife ranger killed in Zambia leaves behind seven childrenRodrick Ngulube was shot by poachers in West Petauke game management area, after rangers discovered carcasses of a warthog and zebra
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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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Ivory is not beautiful, it’s barbaricI grew up with a piano in my bedroom, but now the thought of ivory fills me with revulsion. The UK needs to impose a total ban on the trade of elephant tusks
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineOnly 14% of plastics are recycled – can tech innovation tackle the rest?A new group of companies is innovating on the problem of plastics recycling by tackling everything from styrofoam to Ziploc bags
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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 jaguar killing an anteater, a green tree python and the winner of the underwater photographer of the year are among this week’s images from the natural world
Climate scientists face harassment, threats and fears of 'McCarthyist attacks'