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Environment
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Instead of implementing safer systems, activists say Smithfield Foods is seeking to profit from hog waste under the guise of ‘renewable energy’
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Wildfire exploded in size throughout the night as winds raise fire danger for much of region
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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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The high-elevation tree – a key source of food for grizzly bears – is vulnerable to climate crisis, beetles and disease
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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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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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Pandemic cuts funding and volunteer numbers but rising awareness means more people are rescuing injured animals
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Insect-destroying fungi ‘may represent the next frontier for drug discovery’
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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President-elect will also nominate regulator Michael Regan to head Environmental Protection Agency
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Alaska SeaLife Center is the only facility in the state that rehabilitates aquatic animals – but the future of the 22-year-old center appeared uncertain this year
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At least six new or expanded mines could be built as a new conservative provincial government aims to increase coal production for export
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$28m grant was intended to help rural communities recover from oil drilling not help industry expand deeper into the state, suit claims
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Biologists hail ‘one of the great conservation successes’ but species’ fate uncertain as warming rapidly transforms Arctic
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The Bureau of Land Management is moving from Washington to Colorado – but some see it as an attempt to undermine the agency
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Campaigners welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection
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The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment
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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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Kepco had appealed against decision to refuse development proposal to extract 120 tonnes of coal over 25 years
Latest news
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Wildlife photographer Lee-Anne Carver is trying to share Carrot’s plight in hopes of saving injured deer
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Tesla, Origin Energy and Atlassian among hundreds that have made parliamentary submissions backing proposal
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Campaigners urge action after a coroner rules air pollution contributed to her daughter’s death
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 a Sumatran tiger and rare storks
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America's last wilderness is about to go to the highest bidder for oil drilling