Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US
Environment
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Expansion of drilling in New Mexico would threaten sacred artefacts and bring public health risks to area still reeling from Covid-19
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Artifacts dealer claims treasure he buried a decade ago has been found, Santa Fe newspaper reports
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Cristobal the first named storm expected to hit US this season, and heavy rains could cause flash flooding in central Gulf coast
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Changes could hurt communities of color, which are more likely to live with pollution due to decades of environmental racism
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Ruling says EPA ignored clear evidence that the new herbicide would cause widespread damage to crops
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Analysis by Yale and Columbia universities shows US lagging far behind other industrialized countries in a range of categories
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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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Unlovely and unloved, vultures play a vital role as nature’s clean-up squad but are now one of the most threatened groups of birds on the planet
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Up to 80% of these distinctive birds now nest in man-made boxes, though encouraging them to set up home takes time, finds one Guardian writer
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Since 2014, entomologists have sampled millions of insects around the city, identifying 800 species, including 47 new to science. The most striking of Los Angeles’ miniature inhabitants are showcased in an online exhibition of photographs taken using a special digital microscope
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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A survey of 11 remote western locations found that, over a year, the fragments had traveled through the atmosphere like rain or water particles
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Reactions to the announcement by eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn that his hoard had been found range from surprise to delight and dismay
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‘399’, at 24 one of the oldest grizzlies living outside a zoo, becomes symbol of bears’ recovery in Yellowstone ecosystem
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Administration opening areas off New England coast up to commercial fishing, a move experts say will hurt the environment
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About 4,000 mine workers infected in 18 countries, with workers returning from mining camps have spread virus widely
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Campaigners welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as a victory for tribal rights and environmental protection
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The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment
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Plan would help Trump administration advance projects held up over global heating concerns such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline
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Records seen by the Guardian show law enforcement has called demonstrators possible ‘domestic terrorism’ threats
Energy
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The owner of the UK’s high-voltage network may cut returns to shareholders, but don’t bank on it
Latest news
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Decision to ‘relocate’ the animals comes despite species recovery plan identifying such tactics as significant threat
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Long-running battle ends as coronavirus takes its toll on Coffs Harbour dolphin park
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Yallah Coffee’s beans now arrive on a schooner. Has the prospect of wind-powered cargo finally landed?
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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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
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Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday
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
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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
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The big picture
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The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including ibises on the Nile and a vermilion flycatcher
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