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Native guardians: Canada’s First Nations move to protect their lands
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Native guardians: Canada’s First Nations move to protect their lands

Faced with mounting impacts from warming and a push for resource development, Indigenous communities in northern Canada are setting aside vast areas for protection and partnering with scientists on research that can help conserve their lands and way of life.

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In Nevada, a tribe and a toad halt a geothermal plant
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In Nevada, a tribe and a toad halt a geothermal plant

A rugged, remote corner of Nevada’s Great Basin region finds itself at the epicenter of a confrontation between some of President Biden’s pressing priorities.
Biden will designate Colorado's Camp Hale as national monument
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Biden will designate Colorado's Camp Hale as national monument

President Biden has yet to create an entirely new national monument, although he has expanded existing national monuments that President Donald Trump slashed in size.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Feet in sandals stand on stone pavers.

Hotter heat waves are sticking around as the planet keeps warming

Flood waters rising next to house boats.

Rising seas may erase land, but not national identity, legal experts say

Equipment pointing toward the sky to communicate with satellites.

Old satellites vital to hurricane tracking will soon stop transmitting data

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Jellyfish floating in the ocean

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

Green coral on a reef.

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
US Capitol dome touched by early morning sun with trees and a path in foreground.

Senate moves to gut clean energy tax credits as deal nears

Man holding sign that says Not is not the time for business as usual; climate action now.

UN climate talks face growing backlash over corporate influence and stalled action