Environment
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Neighbors in tiny Seminole Springs are banding together in the aftermath of California’s deadly wildfires
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Hilcorp’s plan to extract 70,000 barrels a day follows Trump’s reversal of an Obama-era ban on fossil fuel activity in the region -
Fresh division among environmentalists over nuclear energy, the single largest source of low-carbon electricity -
Trend in US regions where once-brutal winters are now mild raises new concerns over climate change -
EPA to start writing rule requiring new trucks produce less nitrogen oxide, marking one of its first moves to regulate industry
This Land is Your Land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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Fossil fuel companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil ‘knowingly caused harm’ by contributing to warming, group says -
Trees grow thicker bark and animals burrow for protection. We can use similar techniques to save human lives
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The president blamed ‘poor forest management’ for the state’s crisis. But much of the area burning isn’t forest -
At first I kept an open mind about Trump’s interior secretary. But it soon became clear he put the oil, gas and mining industry above our mission -
Trump’s interior secretary has been remaking the agency charged with protecting public lands as an ally of big energy, e-mails and records reveal -
Herds of cows provide meat and dairy for influential purveyors, but environmentalists say they despoil the landscape
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Latest legal skirmish in a long battle between activists and the company building the pipeline, which is also behind Keystone XL -
District court judge Brian Morris rules Trump administration did not consider environmental consequences before pushing ahead -
Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock -
Martin Lukacs: Canadian government viewed Trump’s election as “positive news” for Keystone XL and energy industry
Energy
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Heatwaves can limit generator capacity and lead to equipment failures, Aemo warns
Latest news
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Ernesto Araújo has called climate science ‘dogma’ and bemoaned the ‘criminalisation’ of red meat, oil and heterosexual sex -
Toxic best captures ‘the ethos, mood and preoccupations’ of the year, according to the dictionary -
Under Greens policy, it would no longer be legal to dig, burn or ship thermal coal by 2030
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
Featured series
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It’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 -
What 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 -
The big picture
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Starlings, a goldfinch, flamingos and winners of wildlife photography awards are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Big Oil v the planet is the fight of our lives. Democrats must choose a side