Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Regulation will have significant impacts on the state’s $50bn agriculture industry, rural communities and endangered wetlands
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For the first time in history, the state is regulating the groundwater that fuels its massive agriculture industry. Now the smallest farms face the biggest threat
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The toxin has endangered hundreds of thousands of kids. But parents in the hardest-hit neighborhoods may never be warned of the threat
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Naomi Seibt, who tells YouTube followers that Thunberg and other climate activists are whipping up hysteria, to speak at CPAC
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Proterocladus antiquus carpeted seafloor 1bn years ago and was size of rice grain
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Companies spent $84m on congressional campaigns in 2018, analysis of votes and political contributions shows
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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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Wild Justice takes legal action, citing ‘ecological assault’ and harm to rare wildlife from mass release of birds for shooting
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A ‘punk’ mollusc named after Joe Strummer and a snail with a bright orange shell are among the creatures at risk from deep sea mining
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Conservation groups are fighting the creation of 3,500 gas wells in Wyoming that threaten a 170-mile path
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State aims to reduce emissions over air quality concerns as other red states are also starting to tackle global heating
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Energy companies have leased 9.9m acres from the administration – and the fossil fuels extracted could equal half a year of emissions from China
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Lawsuits are pending from groups who have challenged the constitutionality of shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante
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Twenty-five years ago, the national park attempted to reintroduce wolves – now scientists are celebrating it as one of the greatest rewilding stories ever
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Powerful gun lobby group has used connections in Trump administration to influence decisions, messages show
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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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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
Energy
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The 2021 plan for Yorkshire site will be four years ahead of government deadline
Latest news
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George Eustice is whisked in and out of fenced-off compound in Ironbridge
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Bank of England governor warns City about need for businesses to fully disclose climate impact
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Cyclone is temporarily cooling distressed corals but experts say parts of reef that previously escaped bleaching are at risk
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 the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including chinstrap penguins and a koala up a tree
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