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Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands -
Msituni was born with her front limb bending the wrong way, and her other front limb started to hyperextend
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Seth Plant pronounced dead at hospital following mauling from female bear in military training area west of Anchorage -
Poseidon Water sought to turn seawater into drinking water but activists said plan would devastate ecosystem on Pacific coast -
Shell made $9.1bn in profit, almost three times what it made in the same period last year, while Exxon raked in $8.8bn -
The case is believed to be the first enforcement action of its kind aimed at preventing the advance of the marbled crayfish
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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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Hi-tech laboratory launched to save trees from threats including oak processionary moth, emerald ash borer and citrus longhorn beetle -
Kyiv repelled Russian forces by opening a Soviet-era dam on the Irpin River. Now, ecologists hope Ukraine’s newest wetlands can survive, or even thrive, after the war
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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The confirmation of Charles F. Sams III marks a symbolic moment for many Indigenous communities -
As wildfires consume the American west, economic uncertainty plagues those tasked with containing them
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Legal setbacks in efforts to block a new lithium mine in Nevada’s Thacker Pass highlight how federal courts routinely fail to protect sacred lands -
Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante represents victory for advocates after protections were slashed -
Judge blocks Teal Cedar Products’ extension request and says police conduct on Vancouver Island has put court at risk -
Tips for the socially and environmentally responsible traveler
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TC Energy halts project that faced longstanding opposition from climate campaigners -
Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era but oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture -
Democrats’ climate record is mixed – and it’s largely pressure from Indigenous and environmental groups that’s pushed them to act
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Environmental groups in Canada applaud decision, but country’s western provinces left in disbelief
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Six things the Guardian is doing to confront the climate emergency -
Glasgow 2021 must be the moment when the promise of Paris 2015 becomes real – history will not forgive us otherwise
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We have every tool we need to tackle the climate crisis. Here’s what some key sectors are doing
Energy
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Exclusive: Nearly half existing facilities will need to close prematurely to limit heating to 1.5C, scientists say
Latest news
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Pascal Lamy to lead commission exploring how methods to tackle global heating could be governed -
Reasons behind drop include people being more conscious of energy use during cost of living crisis, says CPRE -
Non-native bugs will be first attempt at using biocontrol on floating pennywort, after years of research
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 this week’s wildlife pictures, including a giant stingray, a lost tortoise and hungry monkeys
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Record number of dams removed from Europe’s rivers in 2021