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Environment
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The total number of butterflies west of the Rockies has fallen 1.6% a year since 1977, a study finds – ‘You extrapolate it and it’s crazy’ -
Senators posed misleading questions as they cited findings of a widely criticized research report
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Program previously disbursed billions in loan guarantees to companies such as Tesla and the failed solar company Solyndra -
In Jackson, where 80% of residents are Black, the cold led to breakages in the city’s ageing pipes, leaving thousands of its residents without running water -
Water resources officials found that the snowpack, which supplies a third of the state’s water each year, had a water content of just 61% of average -
Kills quickly exceeded statewide limit, forcing the state to end the hunting season early
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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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The pygmy hog is still endangered but a reintroduction programme in Assam, India, has given it a greater chance of survival -
When flamingos migrate to the southern Iraqi marshes in the winter months, the poachers are waiting – and so are the customers -
The gull that ‘won’t eat your fish and chips’ is about to make its annual return to the UK – but a favourite nesting spot is under threat
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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Parts of handover had been rushed in waning days of Trump to give Resolution Copper control over Arizona’s Oak Flat region -
Large land protection package combines various bills that languished under Trump – but now must pass a divided Senate
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As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere -
The rodents are often considered ‘nuisance animals’, but they can play a vital role in maintaining healthy landscapes -
Tribes across the US are buying back land lost during and after the colonization period on the open market -
To reach this conservation goal, the country will have to conserve more than 400m acres of land and waterways in the next 10 years
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Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era but oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture -
Environmental groups in Canada applaud decision, but country’s western provinces left in disbelief -
Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further
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As the climate crisis intensifies, we publish a regularly updating dashboard of key indicators measuring the health of the planet -
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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When is a meme worth $600,000? When technology has created a ‘unique’ version that can’t be owned by anyone else
Latest news
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The remarkable bird has outlived mating partners, and even the biologist who first placed a band on her in 1956 -
Indian Ocean states say EU pushing weakest conservation efforts for yellowfin tuna while EU ‘distant fleet’ hoovers up the most fish -
Public accounts committee report says despite green rhetoric, government policy is falling short
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 -
Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness -
Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’ -
Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished
Featured series
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It’s one of the only incubators focused on solar companies – but Powerhouse is part of a larger movement to nurture new companies in the low-carbon future -
What ingredients are required to make an ultramarathon runner? In Boulder, Colorado, Scott Jurek has concocted quite the recipe that has kept him going the distance for the past two decades -
The big picture
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The best of the week’s wildlife pictures, including a bat rescue mission and knitted nests for injured birds
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Biden killed the Keystone Pipeline. Good, but he doesn't get a climate pass just yet