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Environment
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Phoenix is the US’s deadliest city for heat fatalities while its urban sprawl makes it a concrete heat island
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Visitors will be allowed on southern loop under system designed to manage crowds after flooding destroyed bridges and roads
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As state suffered record flooding – and Yellowstone national park closed – his office initially declined to say where he was
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From Chicago to Alabama, people are staying inside, floating in pools – and worrying about the deepening climate emergency
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Appeals says EPA did not adequately consider whether glyphosate causes cancer and threatens endangered species
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Maui is a hub for GMO research but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors
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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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From Somerset to Derby, councils are rewilding rivers, parks and golf courses, despite claims by some that it is only for wealthy landowners
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Pinna nobilis is vital to the Mediterranean ecosystem, but since 2016 numbers have plummeted by 99.9% – and saving it from extinction is no easy task
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An on-call team at Amritsar’s tree hospital nurses sick neems and gives new life to troubled banyans
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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They came into force in England last week to help the UK hit environmental goals by 2050, but this means short-term pain for long-term gain
Latest news
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Advice that allowed farmers to spread manures in a way that risked polluting waters has been changed by Defra
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Chris Bowen says states can decide how to provide backup energy generation but must meet 2030 target
The Energy Security Board recommends paying generators to keep extra capacity in the national grid to reduce the risk of blackouts -
Award-winning founder of green development centre was arrested on tax evasion charges in February
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 a poisonous frog, an alligator lizard and a walrus called Stan
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