Environment
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'A really big deal': New York City's fossil fuel divestment could spur global shiftEconomists say city’s status as financial and cultural giant means move to sever ties with fossil fuel will catalyze others in US and around the world to follow
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California in revolt: how the progressive state plans to foil the Trump agendaFrom immigration to the environment and recreational cannabis, state leaders and activists are finding paths to circumvent the administration. Will it work? -
Deadly California mudslide 'like Niagara falls' as hills turn to rivers of debrisAt least 15 people have been killed, with the death toll expected to rise, after heavy rains caused a violent mudslide exacerbated by recent wildfire damage
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New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companiesMayor Bill de Blasio: ‘It’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient’
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Trump administration won't allow oil drilling off Florida coastIn an abrupt reversal after announcing plans to expand offshore oil drilling, administration bows to opposition from Republican Florida governor
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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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UK’s wasted chances to recycle and renewLetters: Britain should follow China’s example on renewables, writes Feargal Dalton, and Ian Paul urges the UK to step up to the recycling challenge. Neil Sinclair wants a fossil fuel-free February, while Grace Hewson wants a plastic-free newspaper
Latest news
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World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaignVast 1.8m sq km fishing-free zone would protect species, such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate change
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Animal welfare groups call for higher standards for farmed chickensRetailers and restaurants urged to sign up to new cross-European guidelines amid growing concerns over cruelty in intensive meat production
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Great Barrier Reef tourism spokesman attacks scientist over slump in visitorsCol McKenzie calls on government to stop funding work of Terry Hughes, saying tourists ‘won’t do long-haul trips when they think the reef is dead’
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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Community leader tortured and killed over land traffickingJosé Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas murdered for opposing land traffickers seeking to clear land in the Chaparrí Ecological Reserve, say local witnesses
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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
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 picturesRockhopper penguins, bleeding heart baboons and a flying fox are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
New York City just declared war on the oil industry