environment
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Los Angeles' legendary palm trees are dying – and few will be replacedA beetle and a fungus are killing off the trees that have become synonymous with the city, making way for trees that give more shade and use less water
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Brazil's worst month ever for forest fires blamed on human activitySeptember saw more fires than any month on record, as experts say uptick is due to expansion of agriculture and reduction of oversight and surveillance -
Second rock fall shakes Yosemite as British victim is namedWelsh climber Andrew Foster, 32, was man killed on El Capitan, say authorities, and ‘substantially bigger’ fall has since taken place -
Puerto Rico evacuates 70,000 after dam fails in Hurricane Maria's wakeOfficials warn that Guajataca Dam, in the island’s north-west, has caused flash floods downstream: ‘This is an extremely dangerous situation’
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Puerto Rico battered by Hurricane Maria: 'Devastation – it's everywhere'Worst storm to hit Puerto Rico in 80 years felled trees and smashed buildings, and more than 70% of the island is without drinking water
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National park ban saved 2m plastic bottles – and still Trump reversed itTrump administration reversed ban in August, a decision that horrified conservationists and pleased the bottled water industry
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Bears Ears is sacred to Native Americans. But heritage isn't all equal for TrumpWhile Trump is quick to defend his Confederate forefathers, he has been equally swift to desecrate places held sacred by Native Americans
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10 national monuments at risk under Trump's administrationThe US interior secretary has identified a total of 10 national monuments to reshape or repurpose in order to allow for logging, mining and grazing
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More national monuments should be opened for exploitation, Zinke saysIn leaked memo, Trump interior secretary recommends 10 protected areas be modified to allow for ‘traditional uses’ such as mining, logging and hunting
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Patagonia joins forces with activists to protect public lands from TrumpNative Americans and environmental advocates get help from outdoor retailers as they battle proposal to change monuments’ boundaries
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Under threat: the three national monuments in Trump's sightsAs interior secretary recommends boundary changes to Donald Trump, three national monuments are reportedly at risk of being reduced in size
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'Nebraska is the last hope to stop the Keystone XL pipeline' – video‘Nebraska is the last hope to stop the Keystone XL pipeline’
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Keystone XL: the final leg and the myth of Trump's job promisePart three: The Guardian’s pipeline road trip ends in Nebraska, where Trump has sold the project as a creator of ‘a lot of jobs’, but facts don’t support his claims
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Keystone pipeline defiance triggers further assault on citizens' rightsPart two: In South Dakota, a law could ban protests amid opposition from Republican ranchers, as many fear a ‘serious threat’ to water
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Keystone XL: Republican ranchers join the fightback in South Dakota – videoAfter Trump’s revival of the Keystone XL pipeline project, a law in South Dakota could ban protests, as many fear a ‘serious threat’ to water
energy
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China’s emissions trading scheme puts Australian companies on noticeThe launch of China’s national carbon market could also harm the competitiveness of Australian products
latest news
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Greens propose new energy storage target to drive switch to renewablesPolicy includes target of 20 gigawatts by 2030, is modelled on the renewable energy target and contains incentives for households and small business
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HS2 protester spends night under digger in effort to stop demolitionOccupation by Sarah Green, 62, later joined by other protesters, is intended to be part of rolling campaign along rail link’s route
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Hindu festival chokes Indian waterways with flowers and idol debrisEnvironmentalists say holy ceremonies such as 10-day Durga Puja overwhelming already polluted Yamuna river
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian 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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Cameroon palm oil campaigner arrested in crackdown on activistsNasako Besingi has been jailed after opposing a US-funded palm-oil plantation and supporters say this is linked to Cameroon’s ‘anglophone crisis’
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'Our desire for goods is at the heart of this': Why Bruce Parry wants us all to live more sustainablyIn his new documentary, the explorer joins Borneo’s Penan tribe to see what the world’s indigenous people can teach us about our own survival and that of the planet
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Recording the deaths of environmental defenders worldwideThis year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian aims to record the deaths of all people killed while protecting land or natural resources. At the current rate, about four defenders will die this week somewhere on the planet
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Land defenders call on UN to act against violence by state-funded groupsFight to protect natural resources has become too dangerous in the face of violence from state forces, private security groups and state-sponsored vigilantes, say groups from 29 countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia
featured series
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The new bottom lineThe new bottom linePowerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the worldIt’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
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An apple a dayAn apple a dayMorning Routines – the making of long-distance runner Scott Jurek – videoWhat 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
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the big picture
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The week in wildlife – in picturesBearded tits in Norfolk, rutting deer in Dublin, and a hungry polar bear in Alaska are among our pick of images from the natural world
Nestlé pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint – where water is undrinkable