environment
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Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, a win for tribeArmy Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, handing a major win to environmental activists
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Trump supports 'clean coal' – but does it really have a future?A technology to capture carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants has struggled to become affordable -
Standing Rock: authorities will retreat from bridge if protesters agree to termsOfficials say they will move from north of Backwater Bridge if Dakota Access pipeline protesters stay south and go there only if meeting is planned -
Climate scientists condemn article claiming global temperatures are fallingA Republican-led panel promoted a misleading tabloid story alleging earth may not be warming, relying on data that leaves out important points of context
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Trump supports Dakota pipeline – but claims it's not due to his investment in itTransition team says that the president-elect’s endorsement of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline ‘has nothing to do with his personal investments’
energy
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Anti-coal protesters rally in Melbourne against Adani loan proposal – videoAnti-fossil fuel campaigners rally against the government’s proposal to lend $1bn to Adani to build a rail line from the planned Carmichael coalmine to the sea
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Direct Action review: Coalition leaves carbon trading option openClimate policy review will look at possible changes to safeguard mechanism, which could convert to baseline and credit scheme
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latest news
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Tony Abbott's 'green army' expected to be abolished in budget updateFormer prime minister’s policy reportedly to be dumped to increase Landcare funding as part of backpacker tax deal with Greens
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Australia is blowing its carbon budget, projections revealExclusive: In less than four years the country has ‘spent’ almost 20% of its greenhouse gas allowance to 2050, analysis shows
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The trolling of Elon Musk: how US conservatives are attacking green techElectric-car evangelist is the target of concerted negative online campaign linked to influential rightwing network
elephant conservation
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Live Q&A;: Elephants are disappearing, so how can we save them?The survival of elephants depends on what humans do now. Join us on Tuesday 22 November from 1-2.30pm to discuss how to save this threatened species
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Is there a plan B for elephants? The next step in saving them is even harderEnding global legal markets is a great plan A, but that alone won’t stop elephant poaching or stem the illegal consumption of ivory
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Wildlife smugglers using Facebook to sell ivory and rhino hornAn investigation reveals the social media site is acting as a shopfront for a multimillion dollar trade in animal parts, centred in a small village outside Hanoi
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The elephant who helped me through one of the darkest periods of my lifeAfter years of battling psychological demons, Jake Dorothy took the radical decision to go and work in an elephant sanctuary
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineTrump supports 'clean coal' – but does it really have a future?A technology to capture carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants has struggled to become affordable
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayHow lobbyists made breakfast 'the most important meal of the day'We’ve tied all sorts of ills to a failure to sit down to a hearty breakfast. But research and history show that skipping our granola bowl does not, in fact, harm our health
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA baby slow loris, a ‘walking shark’ and caribou in Alaska are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
The victory at Standing Rock could mark a turning point