environment
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'Opportunity for healing': General Custer's relative visits Standing RockDescendant’s visit served as painful reminder for some Native Americans that historical traumas are closely linked to present-day battles with US government -
Oroville dam: authorities lift evacuation order for nearly 200,000California water officials said they drained enough of the lake behind it so that emergency spillway won’t be needed to handle runoff from approaching storm
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How Oroville went from drought to an overflowing dam in just two yearsAn unusual amount of rain, climate change and unexpected erosion of an emergency spillway created a perfect storm at Lake Oroville in California -
Evacuees wait out uncertainty in Lake Oroville dam crisis: 'I'm just praying'Local residents express a mix of frustration and stoicism as emergency crews race to stem flooding from America’s tallest dam -
Judge rejects Standing Rock request to block Dakota Access pipeline drillingTribes lose challenge to the president’s decision to speed approvals for last stretch of $3.7bn pipeline under Missouri river in North Dakota
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Lake Oroville dam: emergency staff race to fix spillway before more rain strikesBags of rocks loaded on to helicopters to fill gap created by erosion, and the emergency repairs come a day after nearly 200,000 were evacuated in California
energy
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One of the more frustrating aspects of energy policy is that it begins and ends with electricity prices and the over-arching issue of climate change is a side issueElectricity pricing is confusing – and that's why they're using it to mislead us
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latest news
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Tiny plastic pellets found on 73% of UK beachesGreat Winter Nurdle Hunt finds thousands of pellets used in plastic production washed up on shorelines around country
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Taxpayers won't be left with mine clean-up costs, NSW government saysDepartment of Industry responds to Australia Institute report warning of risks, saying strict conditions are imposed
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Millions of premature births could be linked to air pollution, study findsPremature births across 183 countries may be associated with fine particulate matter, a common air pollutant, with Africa and Asia especially affected
elephant conservation
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'What can I do to help elephants?'Climate change, poaching, competition for food and water… elephants have never faced such threats. Here are more than 50 ways to give them a helping hand. Can you add to the list?
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Ivory is not beautiful, it’s barbaricI grew up with a piano in my bedroom, but now the thought of ivory fills me with revulsion. The UK needs to impose a total ban on the trade of elephant tusks
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Elephants in crisis: MPs accuse government and Europe of dragging their feet over ivory ban‘This is the last chance saloon,’ say politicians and campaigners pushing for urgent action
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featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom lineMicrofibers are polluting our food chain. This laundry bag can stop thatTwo German inventors created a laundry bag to prevent shedding microfibers ending up in oceans. Now, Patagonia will start selling it to customers
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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 tiger family drinking at the watering hole, a nightingale and a snake that plays dead are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Richard Burton obituary