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City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat
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Staffers raise concerns about inclusivity and accountability after US environmental organization says it needs to cut costs
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Biden officials consider whether symbol, created for first Earth Day in 1970, is misleading because of use on non-recyclable material
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Ballooning cost of cleaning up toxic PFAS contamination at military sites places service members and civilians at risk
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Vaccine gets emergency approval as ‘highly contagious’ virus sweeps through flocks of species on the brink of extinction
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Asset managers are told they have key role to play on climate in open letter on eve of Shell’s annual meeting
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Up to 50,000 whales expected to pass Australia’s east coast during annual migration from Antartica to Great Barrier Reef
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David Speirs said protest was ‘a good thing’, but ‘there are some countries where your head would be cut off for doing that sort of protest’
America's dirty divide
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Report finds state discriminated against Black residents with ‘consistent pattern of inaction and/or neglect’ over health risks of raw sewage
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There are plans to unite Philadelphia’s divided Chinatown with a highway cap – but a new arena could hurt the neighborhood yet again
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Measure will also help shift utilities away from private companies to make them publicly owned
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A groundbreaking analysis reveals how Portland, Oregon, was blanketed with toxic chemicals, raising concerns about global teargas use: ‘This was a disaster’
Our unequal earth
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These are the arguments spun by big beef titans to persuade consumers that meat eating has negligible impact on the planet
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A Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war
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A new generation explores alternative models and hopes for new legislation to counter record-high land prices
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‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions
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The last of the world’s Asiatic lions live in Gujarat state, but as the apex predators outgrow their forest reserve, they are moving to the seaside
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Rejection of key legislation on pesticides and restoration of wildlife ‘would send a dangerous, negative signal to the world’
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Insiders welcome stricter rules in the UK and EU over the use of terms such as ‘carbon neutral’ in adverts, and claims concerned with offsetting
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When scientists discovered holes poked into the floor of the Bering Sea, they were baffled. Now they think they have found the culprit
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Viewed by the Chumash people as their ancestral home, the Native American tribe is behind the first Indigenous-led initiative to protect the ocean and repair its damaged ecosystem
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Multimedia
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In footage shared on social media, man is seen pushing protesters, ripping away banners and grabbing at least one person's phone before throwing it away
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a rare monk seal, nesting gannets and lurking alligator
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The category-5 storm brought 160mph winds and torrential rain to parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, leaving at least five dead and causing half a million people to be evacuated
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Devastating floods in Emilia-Romagna region have left several dead and thousands homeless
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The Italian coastguard employed helicopters to rescue an elderly couple and a pregnant woman from their flooded homes
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100 for the Ocean unites 100 world-class photographers selected for their talents and contributions to conservation
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How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’