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Environment
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Ohio woman, 25, was tossed 10ft in air after getting close to female bison on boardwalk
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Recent revelations that Democratic West Virginian senator quietly made millions from his coal business could come back to haunt him as he eyes a run for re-election
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Experts say cities are failing to grapple with the deadly threat after discovery of bodies in senior housing facility
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Study finds Pacific rattlesnakes, which can’t control their own temperature, prefer places where the climate averages 80F
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Meta shareholders also reject proposals seeking more oversight and less power for Zuckerberg
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Wandering salamanders live in the world’s tallest trees and wind tunnel tests show how the amphibians take their ‘leaps of faith’
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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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One ecologist counted 160 dead wild birds while walking round a Scottish loch, and figures from other countries are just as worrying
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Rising seas choked the flora on the tiny mammals’ island habitat, and in just a few years they were gone
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African delegation says proposed new law ignores local voices and could harm rather than save wildlife
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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Calls for faster transition away from ‘volatile’ fossil fuel supply as SA burns large amounts of gas and diesel
Latest news
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Greg Mullins says Chris Bowen’s invitation to meet with experts is a ‘stark contrast’ to outgoing Coalition government
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‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society
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Deflationists and Tyre Extinguishers both say they want to make SUV ownership impossible in urban areas
Opinion
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 hungry seagulls, a puffin census and a shy stingray
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‘No point in anything else’: Gen Z members flock to climate careers