Environment news
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Fukushima nuclear reactor radiation at highest level since 2011 meltdown
- Republicans back off bill to sell 3.3m acres of public land after outcry
- Sweden criticises US climate stance as it reveals ambitious carbon emissions law
- Electric cars and cheap solar ‘could halt fossil fuel growth by 2020’
- Heathrow third runway will create a more global Britain, says Grayling
- Rising carbon emissions could kill off vital corals by 2100, study warns
- Rush to build new homes will increase flooding, experts warn
- Green movement ‘greatest threat to freedom’, says Trump adviser
- EU on track to meet renewable energy targets – but UK lags behind
- Air pollution crisis ‘plagues’ UK, finds UN human rights expert
- MEPs in bid to force UK to meet environmental regulations after Brexit
Features and comment
- Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
- Armed herders invade Kenya’s most important wildlife conservancy
- Bay of Bengal: depleted fish stocks and huge dead zone signal tipping point
- First images of unique Brazilian coral reef at mouth of Amazon
- Smog in the cities: the truth about Britain’s dirty air
- More than 100 natural world heritage sites degraded by human activity, says report
Multimedia
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The week in wildlife – in pictures
- European Tree of the Year 2017 – vote for your favourite tree
- The traditional cures threatening Myanmar’s wildlife – in pictures
- The public urinal that turns pee into compost – video
And finally ...
The scientists’ main problem in their mating experiment was building a touchscreen tough enough to withstand Samboja the orangutan’s attentions.
