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Environment
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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’ -
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’ -
The Biden transition team is facing pressure not to hire people with fossil fuel ties, like Obama’s energy secretary Ernest Moniz -
Administration finishing off regulatory moves to lock in drilling, loosen wildlife protections and roll back pollution standards -
Climate groups plan to camp in Washington DC in protest of Biden’s hires of key staff with connections to the oil and gas industry
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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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Amitav Ghosh, Margaret Atwood and Emma Thompson are among 20 activists and cultural figures to speak at Writers Rebel event -
Springwatch presenter adds to warnings of threat to Welsh countryside if non-native species get out -
How a chance encounter with a ‘weird plant’ in the Drakensberg mountains led to a startling discovery
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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Denial of permit to controversial Pebble gold and copper delights environmental and indigenous rights activists -
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 -
Bureau of Land Management begins ‘call for nominations’ in Alaska refuge’s coastal plain region, considered some of the country’s last pristine wilderness -
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 -
Couple finds areas that once required ice-breaking ship have become open water
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Campaigners welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection -
Plan would help Trump administration advance projects held up over global heating concerns such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline -
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 -
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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Home owners can get help from government schemes but but do they really cut costs?
Latest news
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Archie Thomas stumbled across solitary windfall fruit that could be cross between cultivated apple and European crab apple -
Exclusive: ACF has been cautioned it’s charity status prevents it ‘opposing a political candidate’ over letter calling out climate change inaction -
Deep discounts spark outrage on Twitter as campaigners highlight environmental cost
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 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