environment
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Dakota Access pipeline moves to final stage in army corps approval processThe acting secretary of the army has directed the army corps of engineers to grant the easement necessary to finish the billion-dollar project
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Republicans move to sell off 3.3m acres of national land, sparking ralliesLand totaling the size of Connecticut has been targeted in a new bill in the Republican House, uniting hunters and conservationists in opposition -
Judge in environmental activist's trial says climate change is matter of debateControversial statements angered environmentalists who insist courts have an obligation to recognize the science about manmade climate change -
Sonny Perdue vows to make American agriculture great again – but for whom?President Trump wants Perdue to lead the agriculture department – but the head of a global agribusiness could favor big ag over family farmers
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From pipelines to refugees, everything Trump does is connectedToo comfortable in their separate silos, activists on the left need to learn that the only way to fight a unified rightwing agenda is to unify in response
energy
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Barnaby Joyce says Australia should build new coal-fired power stationsNationals leader says he would not oppose taxpayers subsiding the building of new coal-fired plants
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Coalition's renewable energy target won't last forever, says Turnbull• Prime minister boosts conservatives’ calls for U-turn on green energy plan
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latest news
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Deutsche Bank pulls out of coal projects to meet Paris climate pledgeThe biggest bank in Germany says all new investment will stop and existing exposure will be gradually reduced
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Backyard butchers and vigilante farmers: stock rustling on the rise in New ZealandLast year thousands of valuable farm animals were poached from isolated farms to await slaughter in ‘abhorrent’ and illegal conditions
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Honduras elites blamed for violence against environmental activistsAfter the murder of at least 123 activists since 2009 military coup, the Global Witness group points to involvement of politicians and business moguls
elephant conservation
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Two wildlife rangers shot dead in CataloniaAccused has ‘no memory’ of shotgun killings in Spanish olive grove
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If you were an elephant …… the world would be a brighter, smellier, noisier place – and you would be a better, wiser, kinder person. The author of Being a Beast explains all
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Water relief for 8,000 thirsty elephants neglected by ZimbabweBoreholes set up by local conservationists are saving drought-stricken elephants in Hwange national park
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Alone, China's ban on ivory could make life worse for elephantsChina has ordered all its legal ivory carvers and traders to get of the business by the end of the year. But it will have to do more if it really wants to stop poaching
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineTesla moves beyond electric cars with new California battery farmThe project is part of Elon Musk’s plan to help transform the power grid
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayMorning Routines – the making of long-distance runner Scott Jurek – videoWhat 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
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA baboon squaring up to a leopard, white-tailed eagles, and a cauliflower jellyfish are among this week’s pick of animals from the natural world
Tesla moves beyond electric cars with new California battery farm