Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Hunturdeals US
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Environment
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Black farmers have been disregarded by the USDA for years. Will anything change in Tom Vilsack’s second stint? -
Conservatives have blamed the state’s power fiasco on solar and wind even though they account for a fraction of supply
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Shutdowns led to the refineries flaring, or burning and releasing gases, to prevent damage to processing units -
Allies seek to turn page on strains of Donald Trump era but oil permit revocation and US goods order complicate picture -
Shannon Stevens was treated with first aid kit after incident in which bear face was seen at at toilet seat level
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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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Other predators such as narwhals are suffering similarly as unique adaptations become less suited -
Chimneys for bat boxes and a flying fox heat stress forecaster are among efforts to prevent deaths from effects of climate crisis -
President says the time is finally right for international agreement to tackle biodiversity loss and global heating
This land is your land
Investigating the threats facing public lands in the US and Canada - with your help
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The rodents are often considered ‘nuisance animals’, but they can play a vital role in maintaining healthy landscapes -
Tribes across the US are buying back land lost during and after the colonization period on the open market
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To reach this conservation goal, the country will have to conserve more than 400m acres of land and waterways in the next 10 years -
A federal judge rejects Apache tribal members’ request to halt the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper mining company -
Exclusive: Although scientists recommended otherwise, Trump officials favored political allies over endangered wildlife, internal emails show -
Standoff exposes tensions between large Inuit organizations with power to approve permits and residents of small communities
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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 -
Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further -
President-elect to block Keystone XL pipeline among other swift environmental moves – but challenges lie ahead
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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 Hunturdeals is the leading voice in the fight to save the planet
Energy
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Household bills also likely to rise if 17 plants proposed are built, according to CarbonTracker report
Latest news
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Exclusive: Stuffed specimen was only proof of bird’s existence until discovery in rainforest last year -
Two livestock ships have been refused entry to multiple countries on health grounds since leaving Spain in December -
Ernst and Young says results reflect pressure from investors to make sustainability a priority in decision making
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Hunturdeals 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, from the swans that cancelled their flight to the Arctic due to Storm Darcy to the bears liberated from captivity to walk free in the wild
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Texas freeze shows a chilling truth – how the rich use climate change to divide us