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Environment
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Dammed rivers could accelerate climate crisis as creatures move into previously inhospitable areas
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Just months after the town was plagued by noxious odors from a chemical spill, residents are inundated again
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National Parks Service describes rare incident in which sneaky grizzly joined chase with the Junction Butte pack
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At least seven reported injured while cause of the blaze remains under investigation
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The US president has made at least five disaster tours in the past year as his administration has tried to pass sweeping climate policies, with mixed success
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From local activism to shareholder rebellions, here’s what climate advocates accomplished over the last year.
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In collaboration with Forensic Architecture, this video looks at the Mapuche community’s claim the oil and gas industry has irreversibly damaged their ancestral homeland
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Bank of England governor warns of financial collapse linked to climate emergency
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Researchers are using satellite technology to monitor the health of these vital carbon sinks and help restore them
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A growing number of towns and villages are following Chester’s lead in helping local businesses to eradicate deforestation-linked oil from their supply chains
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As rewilding projects restore habitats and ecosystems, we list the plants and animals staging a comeback across Britain
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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The confirmation of Charles F. Sams III marks a symbolic moment for many Indigenous communities
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As wildfires consume the American west, economic uncertainty plagues those tasked with containing them
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Legal setbacks in efforts to block a new lithium mine in Nevada’s Thacker Pass highlight how federal courts routinely fail to protect sacred lands
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Restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante represents victory for advocates after protections were slashed
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Judge blocks Teal Cedar Products’ extension request and says police conduct on Vancouver Island has put court at risk
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Tips for the socially and environmentally responsible traveler
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TC Energy halts project that faced longstanding opposition from climate campaigners
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Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era but oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture
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Democrats’ climate record is mixed – and it’s largely pressure from Indigenous and environmental groups that’s pushed them to act
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Environmental groups in Canada applaud decision, but country’s western provinces left in disbelief
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Six things the Guardian is doing to confront the climate emergency
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Glasgow 2021 must be the moment when the promise of Paris 2015 becomes real – history will not forgive us otherwise
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We have every tool we need to tackle the climate crisis. Here’s what some key sectors are doing
Energy
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Brussels faces backlash and charges of greenwashing after publishing draft proposals on New Year’s Eve
Latest news
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Destruction of trees, grasses and other plants in the Cerrado is a major source of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions
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Certain species such as carrion crows and jackdaws can be shot after government updates guidelines
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Temperature records were broken across all four nations over the new year weekend
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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Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal
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Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness
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Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’
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Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished
The big picture
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The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a sleeping bear, a baby orangutan and an albino jaguarundi
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