Environment news
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Arctic ice melt could trigger uncontrollable climate change at global level
- Obama administration rushes to protect public lands before Trump takes office
- Trump to scrap Nasa climate research in crackdown on ‘politicized science’
- ‘Extraordinarily hot’ Arctic temperatures alarm scientists
- Government accused of ‘dirty tricks’ over controversial fracking report
- Peru declares state of emergency over deadly forest fires
- UK has second-highest number of deaths from NO2 pollution in Europe
- Paris climate deal: Trump says he now has an ‘open mind’ about accord
- Pizzly or grolar bear: grizzly-polar hybrid is a new result of climate change
- Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches falls by nearly half
- Outcry over lack of cash for flood defences as storm hits south UK
- High court gives ministers deadline for tougher air pollution plan
Features and comment
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Is this the beginning of the end for coal?
- Protected forests in Europe felled to meet EU renewable targets – report
- Africa’s biggest windfarm sparks controversy in the desert
- Drive, baby, drive: Hammond’s autumn statement is more grey than green
- China emerges as global climate leader in wake of Trump’s triumph
- No room for bikes: how one street shows the UK-wide failure over cycling
Multimedia
- The week in wildlife - in pictures
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Vote for your favourite wildlife image of the year – in pictures
- Autumn colors across North America – in pictures
And finally...
Australian scientists are having to go the extra mile because the critically endangered birds are not helped by being ‘morons’ with poor survival instincts
