Environment news
- European commission plans to relicense ‘carcinogenic’ weedkiller
- ‘Betty’ the ash tree offers hope against deadly dieback disease
- Paris climate deal set to be signed by record number of states
- Great Barrier Reef: 93% of reefs hit by coral bleaching
- Study reveals greater climate impacts of 2C temperature rise
- Deadly explosion at Mexican state-run petrochemical plant
- EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of oil industry ‘exodus’
- More than 1,000 species have been moved due to human impact
- More than half US population lives amid dangerous air pollution, report warns
- MPs warn vote to leave EU would threaten UK environmental policy
Features and comment
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‘Even though I know my life is at risk, I still try to save the forest’
- Why the Paris climate change goals may already be slipping beyond reach
- Zero-waste bloggers: the millennials who can fit a year’s worth of trash in a jar
- What is behind the diesel cars emissions scandal?
- Clouds gather over solar power after golden years of success
- Microplastics: which beauty brands are safe to use?
Multimedia
- Earth Day 2016: what happened to David Cameron’s green Tory dream? – video
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
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The environment photographers you should be following on Instagram
- Greenpeace protesters put a mask over Nelson’s column in air pollution protest – video
On the blogs
- Mourning Loomis Reef - the heart of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral bleaching disaster
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Scottish elections: What would each party do to improve cycling?
- Study: humans have caused all the global warming since 1950
- Why Limits to Growth’s forecasts are still relevant today
And finally ...
Forget the EU referendum, this week the vote everyone was glued to was the naming of the Natural Environment Research Council’s new £200m vessel. Despite winning the vote, Boaty McBoatface may never set sell, with even David Attenborough saying RRS Boaty should be sunk.
