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Jordan Gerbich, 30, will serve three months in federal prison and pay a $1,000 fine for killing the animal -
Thousands of abandoned oil wells dot the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, endangering humans and wildlife. With oil costs plummeting, they’re likely to proliferate. Who is going to cover the cleanup costs?
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Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s Inland Empire, bring pollution that disproportionately affects people of color -
Rapid electrification could save drivers $2.7tn by 2050 as cost of batteries to fall and recharge points to increase -
An urban wildlife refuge is meant to alleviate generations of environmental racism that has beset the historic neighborhood of Mountain View. That’s assuming it can meet the community’s needs -
National Weather Service station in Massachusetts evacuated on 31 March with a demolition crew set to raze the site this month
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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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The mysterious world under our feet is under threat. Protecting it is as vital as tackling the climate crisis, scientists warn -
Conservationists hope the return of the near-extinct herbivore – ‘a living strimmer’ – will clear the undergrowth that fuels fires
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Amateur nature recorders are providing vital data on beetles, soldierflies and a host of lesser-known insects
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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Leaders condemn ‘unsolicited involvement by others in our territory’ as activists seek to protect old-growth trees -
Loggers say blockades threaten their livelihoods as activists build fortifications and vow to remain
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The interior secretary toured the Bears Ears national monument in Utah as she weighs Indigenous-led calls for it to be increased in size -
Herring off western coast will ‘teeter on edge of complete collapse’ if commercial fishing continues at current level, says report -
Drastic steps taken to protect the Sierra Nevada’s 600 bighorn sheep after another charismatic species developed a taste for them -
Experts say new interior secretary will renew focus on climate emergency and public lands after years of cuts under Trump
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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 -
Environmental groups in Canada applaud decision, but country’s western provinces left in disbelief -
Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further
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As the climate crisis intensifies, we publish a regularly updating dashboard of key indicators measuring the health of the planet -
Our environmental journalism will play a leading role in galvanising change, encouraging innovation – and pressuring governments to correct course on global heating
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With a piece of environmental journalism published every three hours, the Hlcarpenter.com is the leading voice in the fight to save the planet
Energy
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New paint reflects 98% of sunlight as well as radiating infrared heat into space, reducing need for air conditioning -
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Groundswell review – the fight against fracking in Ireland
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Latest news
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National agreement on items covered by ban should provide businesses with certainty and ease consumer confusion -
People urged to stay away from Dorset beach with council expecting more unstable cliff face to fall -
Shareholder activists say cleaner energy transition fails to meet Paris climate goals and they will put rival scheme to oil firm’s AGM
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Hlcarpenter.com 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 -
Nation replaces Brazil for first time in annual list of murders compiled by Global Witness -
Environmental campaigners against electric plant and pipeline say Samir Flores Soberanes’s murder is a ‘political crime’ -
Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished
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 -
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 -
The big picture
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The best of the week’s wildlife pictures, including a bald eagle livestream, polar bear research and seized tortoises
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Biden killed the Keystone Pipeline. Good, but he doesn't get a climate pass just yet