Environment
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Protests spearheaded by march in San Francisco ahead of climate change summit in the city next week
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With little hope of federal action, a series of marches and events in 70 countries will focus on climate change’s effects now and the low-income and minority groups bearing the brunt
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Internal watchdog found the agency has no approved procedures to determine how much security the administrator needed
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Students will be offered bottled water and coolers after testing raised concern at dozens of schools
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Animal who crossed Lake Champlain from New York state was probably spooked by crowd, wildlife officer says
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At world’s largest farm show many say US government aid has helped ease their pain – but what they want is trade security
This Land is Your Land
Investigating the threats facing America’s public lands - with your help
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California’s ‘megafires’ are making a demanding job even harder, say firefighters mourning their colleagues
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A nearby town is suing over fears that the land, once home to a nuclear weapons facility, still poses a threat
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Trump administration forces some scientific funding to be reviewed by adviser who was high-school football teammate of Ryan Zinke
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Officials plan to sell some of the land that once belonged to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, despite pledge not to
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As the dog-sized rodents eat essential vegetation and dig through levees, officials have a goal: total extermination
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US interior secretary Ryan Zinke blames environmentalists for the devastation in California and calls for an increase in logging
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Pipeline plan clears last major regulatory hurdle after vote in Nebraska, but legal challenges and protest likely to follow
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Nebraska regulators will decide Monday on the last major regulatory hurdle facing the project. Here’s what you need to know
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Officials do not believe the leak in TransCanada Corp’s pipeline, which carries oil from Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, affected drinking water
Energy
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Insurance companies lead the sell-off of coal, oil and gas stocks over climate change and financial fears – oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them
Latest news
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150 ‘Ratty’ river creatures to be released in Somerset estate where they had become extinct
Talking points
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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Invaders continue to seize land within the Chaparrí ecological reserve, one of Peru’s most biodiverse forests
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Nearly two years after the signing of a historic peace agreement, violence in the country continues
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A farmers’ leader shot in the back is one of 18 activists killed this year, targeted for opposing evictions, logging and mining
The big picture
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A hummingbird hawk-moth, mountain lion cub and stranded pygmy whales are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Revealed: Trudeau government welcomed oil lobby help for US pipeline push