Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Global Energy Monitor says slew of new pipelines in the US and Canada represent ‘a bet that the world won’t get serious about climate change’ -
Forty-three percent of Americans live in places where they’re breathing unsafe air, according to American Lung Association
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Kits often involve more packaging waste but factors such as the supply chain and portion size mean their overall impact may be less -
President praised the benefits of a ‘strong market economy’ but did not echo warnings from scientists on rising temperatures -
If Mississippi reflects on the deep, systemic inequalities its plantation economy created, perhaps it will see how climate change exacerbates them -
Nine years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trump administration is exacerbating the industry’s ‘systemic failures’, report warns
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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The Lummi Nation is dropping live salmon into the sea in a last-ditch rescue effort: ‘We don’t have much time’ -
Based in part on reporting by the Guardian last year, a non-partisan group alleged a ‘disturbing pattern of misconduct’
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As the state is swept by a super bloom, these flowers are popping up – a silver lining for areas hit hard by intense fires
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As bird is found with large amounts of lead in its body, a biologist asks ‘Is Yellowstone as protected as we once thought?’ -
A study of coyote scat in LA found the animals are attracted to fruit in gardens, where they are also finding cats and dogs -
The Instagram account Public Lands Hate You is part of a trend shaming irresponsible behavior on America’s public lands
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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
Energy
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Court decision blocking fossil fuel activity in swaths of the Arctic complicated administration plans to ramp up fossil fuel extraction
Latest news
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Former WA premier Colin Barnett warns against Clive Palmer preference deal, while Shorten rebuffs Greens on climate policy. Follow the day’s news live -
Mathieu Shamavu’s photo captured two female orphaned gorillas at a national park in the Congo copying his movements -
Ceremony in London park marks break in activism after day spent targeting the City
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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Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’ -
Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished -
Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday -
More than half of countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate, warns a report
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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Grousing mates, a final turtle and a newborn giraffe
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