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Federal ‘God squad’ exempts oil and gas drilling in Gulf of Mexico from endangered species rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/gulf-of-mexico-drilling-endangered-species #TrumpAdministration #EndangeredSpecies #Oil #Whales #Cetaceans #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #DeepwaterHorizonOilSpill #OilSpills #Oil #UsisraelWarOnIran #Bp #EndangeredHabitats #OilAndGasCompanies #MarineLife #Wildlife #FossilFuels #Pollution #Energy #EnergyIndustry #Environment #Conse...

‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale

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TheBadPlace Mar 25

The Guardian | ‘It’s like flowers on steroids’: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C? by Phoebe Weston

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, scientists set up a unique experiment in these Rocky Mountain meadows. It was one of the first (and longest running) to work out how the changing climate would affect an ecosystem.

At the time, it was believed a temperature increase could lead to longer, lusher grasses. But instead of flourishing, the grasses and wildflowers started to disappear, replaced by sage brush. The experimental meadows morphed into a desert-like scrubland. Even the fungi in the soils were transformed by heat.

#climatecrisis #endangeredhabitats #wildlifemeadow #globalheating

Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C?

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

The Guardian

Climate crisis | The Guardian Mar 25

‘It’s like flowers on steroids’: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/flowers-heated-2c-meadow-climate-crisis-experiment-rocky-mountains-aoe #EndangeredHabitats #EndangeredSpecies #WildFlowers #Colorado #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Conservation #Environment #Plants #Wildlife #UsNews

Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C?

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US Mar 13

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/13/minings-toxic-timebomb-dams-full-of-poisonous-waste-are-dotted-around-the-world-what-happens-when-they-burst-aoe #Mining #Zambia #Environment #EndangeredHabitats #Mining #Africa #Conservation #WorldNews #Wildlife #Rivers #China #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans

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Environment | The Guardian US Mar 11

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/mar/11/how-mining-threatens-the-worlds-biodiversity-aoe #Mining #Pollution #EndangeredHabitats #EndangeredSpecies #Deforestation #AccessToWater

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining

Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought

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Opinion | The Guardian US Feb 28

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/a-scorching-summer-has-left-australian-wildlife-on-the-brink-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way #Wildlife #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredHabitats #AustraliaNews #Animals #Conservation #ClimateCrisis #AustralianPolitics

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way

Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course

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Climate crisis | The Guardian Feb 25

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/tropical-plants-flower-shifted-months-climate-breakdown-aoe #WildFlowers #Plants #ClimateCrisis #Environment #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredHabitats #Biodiversity #Wildlife

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study

Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators

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Environment | The Guardian US Feb 24

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/federal-green-light-bulldoze-tropical-savanna-northern-territory-threatened-species #NorthernTerritory #AustraliaNews #Environment #AustralianPolitics #EndangeredHabitats #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation #Wildlife

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

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SydneyJim Feb 19

Property developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoos #EndangeredHabitats https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/endangered-banksia-ecosystem-in-perth-faces-destruction-with-no-adequate-offset-expert-says

Endangered banksia ecosystem in Perth faces destruction with no adequate offset, expert says

Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say

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World news | The Guardian Feb 18

Endangered banksia ecosystem in Perth faces destruction with no adequate offset, expert says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/endangered-banksia-ecosystem-in-perth-faces-destruction-with-no-adequate-offset-expert-says #EndangeredHabitats #Perth #Environment #AustraliaNews #EndangeredSpecies #Housing #WesternAustralia #Conservation

Endangered banksia ecosystem in Perth faces destruction with no adequate offset, expert says

Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say

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