Environment news
• 2014 on track to be hottest year on record, says US science agency
• EU climate policy being 'taken hostage' by Ukip, MEPs say
• US greenhouse gas emissions rise
• Fossil fuel divestment campaign targets UCL and BHP Billiton
• Ed Davey attacks coalition partners over pledge to end wind subsidies
• China's coal use falls for first time this century, analysis suggests
• Government urged to tackle stalled recycling rates in England
• John West and Princes accused of backtracking on tuna commitments
On the blogs
• 2014 Arctic sea ice extent - 6th lowest in millennia
• Battle for Bali: campaigners fight back against unchecked development
• Five graphs that explain the EU 2030 energy and climate deal
• India's largest dam given clearance but still faces flood of opposition
• While Didcot B burned, renewable energy powered on
• The indigenous land rights ruling that could transform Canada
• Beijing's smog clouds city's marathon
Multimedia
• The week in wildlife – in pictures
• EEA photography competition 2014 shortlist – in pictures
• Chimpanzees in Uganda are forced to steal from maize plantations to survive - video
• Colombian photographer Juan Fernando Herrán wins Prix Pictet commission - audio slideshow
• Glimpses of extinction: the pictures that capture the stories
Features and comment
• Divest MPs' pension fund from fossil fuels, says Caroline Lucas
• Google Streetview gives glimpse into world of Jane Goodall's chimpanzees
• Are goats the answer to the reed choking US east coast marshes?
• Are solar farms really hitting British food production?
...And finally
• 'Make young unemployed pull up ragwort for benefits,' says Lord Tebbit
Controversial remarks by former Tory minister also annoy environmentalists who bemoan decline in plant loved by bees
