Environment news
- Dutch government ordered to cut carbon emissions in landmark ruling
- Barack Obama sets sizzling climate action pace in push to leave legacy
- Half of Europe’s electricity set to be from renewables by 2030
- Senior Tories slam government’s Green Investment Bank sell-off
- Bill Gates to invest $2bn in breakthrough renewable energy projects
- Google to convert Alabama coal plant into renewable-powered data centre
- GM wheat no more pest-resistant than ordinary crops, trial shows
- Royal Navy bomb explosions caused mass whale deaths, report concludes
- New report estimates enough natural gas is leaking to negate climate benefits
- Climate change threatens 50 years of progress in global health, study says
- Weak sun could offset some global warming in Europe and US – study
On the blogs
- Saving the dhole: The forgotten ‘badass’ Asian dog more endangered than tigers
- California’s state pension funds move closer to divesting from coal
- Toronto march to merge economic justice and climate action
- French banks say no to Bangladesh coal plant
- New study links global warming to Hurricane Sandy and other extreme weather events
Multimedia
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
- What do mermaids think of climate change? - video
- Atkins Ciwem environmental photographer of the year 2015 winners – in pictures
- Amur tiger relishes new home in Russian wild – video
- British beavers take their first swim - video
- Anti-fracking protests in Lancashire – in pictures
Features and comment
- Brazil’s gamble on deep water oil
- Leading health experts call on Wellcome to divest from fossil fuels
- Child health fears at the most polluted spot in the world’s most polluted city
- Move out Formula One, hello Formula E: UK race first to use solar-charged cars
- The Kenyan elephant reserve that’s fighting back against poachers
- Hague climate change judgement could inspire a global civil movement
- A beginner’s guide to fossil fuel divestment
- The Earth stands on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and the fault is ours
And finally ...
Lamb genetically modified with jellyfish protein may have been sent from Paris lab to abattoir after dispute between researchers – and ended up on someone’s plate.
