Clean-air plan, Goldman prize and whale whispering – green news roundup

Baby humpback whales ‘whisper’ to their mothers to avoid attracting attention from predators, scientists have discovered. Photograph: Fredrik Christiansen/PA

Environment news

• Air pollution plan cannot be delayed, high court tells government
  
• Temperature-boosting El Niño set for early return this year
• Greenpeace halts campaign against palm oil trader that has ‘come a long way’
• Slathering on sunscreen at the beach? It may be destroying coral reefs
• Most global investors recognise financial risk of climate change, report finds
• Two wildlife rangers killed by poachers in DRC
• Tory windfarm policy endangers cheap energy in UK, commission finds
• Consumers being misled by labelling on ‘organic’ beauty products, report shows
• UK’s rarest plants are at risk of extinction, charity warns

Features and comment

• The Republicans who care about climate change: ‘They are done with the denial’
• Murder of Spanish wildlife rangers spurs calls for armed service
• The government just announced a gamechanger for cycling in England – Sam Jones
• ‘Life improved when I left London’: readers on tackling air pollution
• Honour for environmental activist farmer, 83, surrounded by mines on three sides
• This spring, fight for our precious planet and join the climate march

Multimedia

• California ‘super bloom’ visible from space – video report
  
• The week in wildlife – in pictures
• Satellite Eye on Earth: March 2017 – in pictures
• 2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures

And finally ...

• Baby whales ‘whisper’ to mothers to avoid predators, study finds

Scientists have made a fascinating discovery into the unique way humpback mothers and their calves communicate.