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Environment
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The high-elevation tree – a key source of food for grizzly bears – is vulnerable to climate crisis, beetles and disease
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Four men destroyed metal pillar that had sparked intense interest and wild theories, saying: ‘Leave no trace’
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A new study has found that affordable housing in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California will be at particular risk
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When the bird who dominated Oakland’s rose garden turned violent, the question of his fate caused ‘rifts that will never heal’
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Squirrel seen swaying in video after woman put old pears from her fridge in her garden for wildlife to eat
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Activists welcome appointment of heavyweight figure, with Kerry to treat climate crisis as ‘urgent national security issue’
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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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Highways England scheme to encourage species-rich grasslands could create hundreds of miles of rare habitats after decades of loss
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The tiny freeloaders may be considered disgusting by many but new research shows they are crucial in shaping ecosystems
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Amitav Ghosh, Margaret Atwood and Emma Thompson are among 20 activists and cultural figures to speak at Writers Rebel event
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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Wall is going up in four sections in Arizona’s mountain ranges spanning the US-Mexico border where the cats had reappeared
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Denial of permit to controversial Pebble gold and copper delights environmental and indigenous rights activists
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Administration seeks to transfer ownership of Arizona area to mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site
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While overall US coral reefs are in fair condition, along the coast of Florida as little as 2% of original coral cover remains
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Bureau of Land Management begins ‘call for nominations’ in Alaska refuge’s coastal plain region, considered some of the country’s last pristine wilderness
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Biden has said he will end construction of Trump’s wall, but activists say they hope for more than a return to the status quo
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Campaigners welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection
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Plan would help Trump administration advance projects held up over global heating concerns such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline
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Records seen by the Guardian show law enforcement has called demonstrators possible ‘domestic terrorism’ threats
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As the climate crisis intensifies, we publish a regularly updating dashboard of key indicators measuring the health of the planet
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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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An expert questions the state government betting heavily on a coal and gas-fired recovery after the global slump in fossil fuels hits the 2020-21 budget
Latest news
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Jacinda Ardern calls climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’ and pledges carbon-neutral government by 2025
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UK energy minister Alok Sharma urges ‘all of you who have not already done so to join the race’ to net zero emissions by 2050
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Singapore’s approval of chicken cells grown in bioreactors is seen as landmark moment across industry
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
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Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness
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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
The big picture
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The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world, including desert-dwelling sheep and a plant that has evolved to hide from humans
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Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline