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Environment
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Ex-US vice-president says with $370bn package of clean energy spending ‘we have changed history and will never go backwards’
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Yes, it’s a real word. Here’s the science (and etymology) behind it
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While the legislation provides renewed hope, work remains to be done to ensure the funding is put to best possible use
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Yellowstone, Death Valley, Kentucky – experts say extreme rainfall spurred by global heating is rendering historical norms obsolete
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Charge of up to $23 a day would reduce number of cars entering Manhattan by 15-20%, assessment says
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As temperatures soar at triple digits, heat-related 911 calls have increased 34% since 2020, with first responders facing the brunt
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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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A drive to eradicate non-native pests is slowly restoring the rocky Caribbean outpost’s unique species
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Antony Blinken announces formal working group during Kinshasa visit, while voicing concerns over auction of oil and gas permits
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Invasive species on islands: Macquarie Island, a Unesco world heritage site, was being eaten alive until an ambitious eradication programme restored it
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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Agency chief calls for immediate end to military activity around plant, saying further ‘deeply worrying’ incidents could lead to disaster
Latest news
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Exclusive: Britishvolt’s 95-hectare site seen as great hope for automotive industry, but construction severely limited until February
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Experts warn of current and future impact of drought as ministers are expected to make official declaration
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Supermarkets introduce total ban as large swathes of UK suffer from lengthy dry spell
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 bearded seal, peacocks and mating humpback whales
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‘No point in anything else’: Gen Z members flock to climate careers