Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Severe weather has spawned multiple tornadoes, flooding and even snow across America’s Midwest and Northeast
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'They've been killing us for too long': Louisiana residents march in coalition against 'death alley'
Five-day marathon to state capitol leaves Reserve, where chemical factory presents greatest risk of cancer to surrounding community
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Louisiana wetlands are eroding faster than almost anywhere in the world – and endangering the wildlife that call them home
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Without efforts to rebuild soil health, we could lose our ability to grow enough nutritious food to feed the planet’s population
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Trump slashed size of two protected wilderness areas, with pace of rollbacks for development projects accelerating
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Last week the Mauna Loa Observatory observed the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ever documented
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The marine behemoths, which can weigh more than 10,000 pounds, are returning in numbers not seen in decades
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Report finds popular parks such as Yosemite and Joshua Tree have pollution at levels that threaten visitors and wildlife
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Environmental groups are preparing for a fight against the proposal that would end a five-year fracking moratorium in California
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Latest legal skirmish in a long battle between activists and the company building the pipeline, which is also behind Keystone XL
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District court judge Brian Morris rules Trump administration did not consider environmental consequences before pushing ahead
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Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock
Energy
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Letters: Terraforming holds the key to colonising Mars, writes Jan Miller. And we already have a sizeable nuclear fusion reactor, writes David E Hanke
Latest news
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Battery equipment that can make 600 cones an hour being trialled as concerns over diesel pollution rise
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New road that requires demolition of homes and cultural spaces stirs fury in country where Greens recently surged in polls
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Scotland’s whisky-makers reveal they had to halt production in 2018 heatwave because they ran out of water
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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Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’
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Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished
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Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday
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More than half of countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate, warns a report
The big picture
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A frog, an albino panda and a ‘seabed garden’
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