environment
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The 'bomb cyclone' heading for the eastern US – is that even a thing?With much of the country already struggling with sub-zero temperatures, a storm is building off the coast of Florida that could be about to make things worse
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Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source but EPA is tearing up regulationsTransport overtook power generation for climate-warming emissions in 2017 but the Trump administration is reversing curbs on auto industry pollution -
Trump's progress report: his impact so far and what to watch for next yearWhat may be America’s strangest presidency ever has been a radical departure – in tone if not in substance – not least over race, the media and the environment -
Hurricanes and heatwaves: stark signs of climate change 'new normal'This year is set to be the third warmest on record in the US, as scientists say the fingerprints of climate change can be seen in numerous extreme weather events
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The top US environment stories of 2017: Trump makes the political weatherThe new president immediately made his mark on environmental policy, pulling out of the Paris climate accord and targeting America’s protected public lands
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Trump plan to shrink ocean monuments threatens vital ecosystems, experts warnRyan Zinke has recommended three major marine monuments be reduced to allow greater commercial fishing, prompting anguish from environmental groups
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How the fight to save a bird species shows how to bridge the red/blue divideA plan to save the sage grouse was a rare instance where ranchers, the timber industry, scientists, landowners and environmentalists all agreed on something
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Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge now has a $1bn price tag on itAlaska Senator Lisa Murkowski believes this refuge could generate vast sums of money once it’s opened to oil leasing. That would be a tragedy
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Patagonia files claim against Trump over removing Bears Ears protectionsThe company says Donald Trump is exceeding the powers of his office by enacting the largest removal of protection from federal lands in history
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Ryan Zinke recommends Trump shrink two more US national monumentsInterior secretary wants to reduce Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon and California and Gold Butte in Nevaa
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Trump slashes size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments in UtahPresident signs two proclamations slashing protections for Utah monuments, representing a triumph for fossil fuel industries, ranchers and Republicans
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Nebraska regulators approve Keystone XL pipeline routePipeline plan clears last major regulatory hurdle after vote in Nebraska, but legal challenges and protest likely to follow
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Keystone XL pipeline decision: what's at stake and what comes next?Nebraska regulators will decide Monday on the last major regulatory hurdle facing the project. Here’s what you need to know
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Keystone pipeline leaks estimated 210,000 gallons of oil in South DakotaOfficials do not believe the leak in TransCanada Corp’s pipeline, which carries oil from Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, affected drinking water
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'Nebraska is the last hope to stop the Keystone XL pipeline' – video‘Nebraska is the last hope to stop the Keystone XL pipeline’
energy
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More than half of Norway's new car sales now electric or hybrid, figures showGenerous tax breaks and incentives like free city tolls and parking put country en route to meet electric-only vehicle market by 2025
latest news
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Community leader tortured and killed over land trafficking in PeruJosé Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas murdered for opposing land traffickers seeking to clear land in the Chaparrí Ecological Reserve, say local witnesses
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Farmland could turn into meadows after Brexit, says Michael GoveGove will tell farmers that the current subsidy regime, which rewards land ownership, will be replaced by a scheme focused on supporting the environment
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'Poo tracker': New Zealand website reveals sewage on beachesSafeswim site predicts and tracks the safety of waterways in real time amid concern about effluent overflows
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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Recording the deaths of environmental defenders worldwideThis year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian aims to record the deaths of all people killed while protecting land or natural resources. At the current rate, about four defenders will die this week somewhere on the planet
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Environmental crusaders risk their lives to save paradiseA small group of civilian para-enforcers is taking the protection of Palawan’s threatened rainforest from illegal loggers into their own hands
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Indigenous people of Colombia fighting for their landsThe 50-year civil war is over but, in the Cauca Valley, indigenous communities are on frontline of fight against drug gangs, riot police and deforestation
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On the road with the defenders of the world’s forestsA busload of indigenous leaders have been crossing Europe to highlight their cause before the start of UN climate talks in Bonn
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom linePowerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the worldIt’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
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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 rare golden monkey, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Malaysia’s last female Sumatran rhinoceros all feature in this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Which works better: climate fear, or climate hope? Well, it's complicated