Environment news
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No fin whales to be hunted in Iceland this summer
- Rare ‘superbloom’ blankets Death Valley in millions of yellow wildflowers
- Heathrow 13: climate change protesters avoid jail
- European commission plans to relicense controversial weedkiller
- Devastating global coral bleaching event could hit Great Barrier Reef next
- Nevada’s solar workers and customers reel as new rules ‘shut down’ industry
- Green investment bank ‘no longer required by law to invest in green projects’
- Indoor and outdoor air pollution ‘claiming at least 40,000 UK lives a year’
- Australia’s biggest banks pump billions into fossil fuels despite climate pledges
- Climate experts urge leading scientists’ association: reject Exxon sponsorship
Features and comment
- The all-female patrol stopping South Africa’s rhino poachers
- ‘We are on the verge of a litter crisis’ - British ‘grotspots’ cleaned for the Queen
- The Black Fish: undercover with the vigilantes fighting organised crime at sea
- Would British farmers be better off in or out of the EU?
- Air fresheners, joss sticks, deodorants – and other killers in our midst
Multimedia
- Greenland’s glaciers through an artist’s eyes - in pictures
- Heathrow 13 climate change protesters: ‘We’ll be back’ – video
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
- Gone batty: Israeli woman uses home to open shelter for bats – video
- Chris Packham photographs the impact of litter - in pictures
On the blogs
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Earth is warming 50x faster than when it comes out of an ice age
- Heathrow 13: I’m terrified at the thought of prison, but have no regret
- Global ocean monitoring program struggling to stay afloat, warn scientists
London masterclass on climate change
Do you want to understand more about climate change? On 14 March the Guardian’s assistant national news editor James Randerson is giving a masterclass on the topic in London. He’ll introduce the science and talk about predictions for what impact the changing climate will have - and discuss what we can do about it.
And finally ...
Plan to save a species that’s been wiped out in the state leaves some residents fearful the snakes, which are capable of swimming, will escape the island
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