Revealed: a century-old water war is leaving this rural California county in disrepair
Los Angeles has long owned large swaths of the Owens valley. Officials in the region say the city has been ‘stonewalling’ their attempts to make critical infrastructure repairs
Republican governors gather to attack Biden’s climate agenda
Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says
Hot summer may bring 8% rise in utility costs for many people across the US
Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools
In threat to climate safety, Michigan to woo tech data centers with new laws
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‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife
Market value of carbon offsets drops 61%, report finds
Negative scientific and press reports on the efficacy of carbon credit projects has led to a ‘direct pullback in buyer investment’
California comedown: how illicit cannabis farms have left a wilderness where ‘you’re lucky to see a lizard’
The golden state legalised marijuana production in 2016, but strict curbs have led to a thriving black market. Its hub is in Siskiyou county, where the environmental damage is clear to see
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‘Where do sharks hang out?’: the race to find safe spaces for the Galápagos’ ocean-going predators
‘It was like the wild west’: meet the First Nations guardians protecting Canada’s pristine shores
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans
Penguins in peril: why two bird charities are taking South Africa’s environment minister to court
‘Free Bella’: campaigners fight to save lonely beluga whale from Seoul mall
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Opinion
An orchard: a place where you tame trees, or try to
Helen Sullivan
Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?
Joëlle Gergis
On Australia’s climate and extinction crises, the major parties both have questions to answer
Adam Morton
The claim of a $600bn carbon capture windfall for Australia is based on heroic assumptions and selective analysis
Graham Readfearn
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Multimedia
Aerial pictures show Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupting – video
Australian photography auction – in pictures
The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), the proud custodian of more than 3,860 photographs, is holding a fundraising auction in Melbourne, with the proceeds of the sales shared equally with the contributing artists
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Notorious seed-stealing koala caught in brazen daylight robbery in northern NSW – video
Claude was caught eating 4,050 food tree seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore in 2023
Week in wildlife – in pictures: playful baby lemurs, kingfisher tug-of-war and a beautiful bee-eater
India’s ‘sinking island’ looks to election for survival – in pictures
Protesting Indian farmers endure severe heatwave – video
Week in wildlife – in pictures: dormouse gets a checkup, a lucky kingfisher and a waving seal pup
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