Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Researchers linked nine causes of death with a certain type pollution when reviewing medical records of deceased veterans
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All but one of 459 species have traits making them vulnerable to rising temperatures, study finds
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Activists occupy speaker’s office to mark start of hunger strike and to demand that she meet with them for an hour on camera
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America Recycles Day promoted by EPA is brainchild of not-for-profit backed by companies that produce plastic products
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Cows missing for two months were located on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after ‘mini tsunami’ carried wildlife away
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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
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Parks one of many government resources Trump has sought to privatize, including the US postal service, airports and freeways
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Wall will traverse the entirety of the southern edge of the Organ Pipe Cactus national monument, one of the most biologically diverse regions in the US
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Males have begun their walkabout seeking a mate (and hoping not to get eaten) – and this year has seen a big turnout
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Trail use near Vail, Colorado, has more than doubled since 2009. It’s had a devastating impact on a herd of elk
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Management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante, downsized by Trump administration in 2017, criticized as ‘a giveaway to fossil fuel’
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An $87m corridor will extend over Highway 101 to reconnect the ecosystem and possibly save mountain lions from extinction
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Protesters were characterized as a threat to national security in what one calls an attempt to criminalize their actions
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State’s highest court rejects attempt to derail project by opponents who want to force developer to reapply for state approval
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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
Energy
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Angus Taylor wants support for $2.55bn rebadged fund and roll out of new generation and transmission projects
Latest news
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Temperatures top 40C in Victoria’s north, up to 11 properties hit by fire in South Australia and NSW and Tasmania face difficult conditions
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Channel 4 to broadcast first such discussion – but prime minister unlikely to participate
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‘Investment blitz’ promised as experts taken aback by scale of Labour’s tax and spend plans
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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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
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Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday
The big picture
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The pick of this week’s best flora and fauna photos from around the world, including a tired tiger and sea goldies
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If the US military is facing up to the climate crisis, shouldn't we all?