Environment news
- Air pollution warnings issued as UK temperatures set to soar
- Plans for coal-fired power in Asia are ‘disaster for planet’ warns World Bank
- Pollution risk from over 1,000 old UK landfill sites due to coastal erosion
- Tory MPs tell Cameron to accept steep cuts needed for UK’s fifth carbon budget
- Europe to crack down on wildlife smugglers to protect rare lizard species
- Fracking: environmental groups sue EPA in call for strict rules on waste
- Idea of renewables powering UK is an ‘appalling delusion’ – David MacKay
- Climate protesters invade UK’s largest opencast coalmine
- Google and eBay refuse to ban ads offering to remove car pollution filters
- Kenya torches stockpile of ivory in bid to protect wild elephants
Features and comment
- Jane Goodall’s bid to save grizzly bears threatened by $50 hunting licenses
- Elon Musk: ‘We need a revolt against the fossil fuel industry’
- Q&A: Everything you need to know about air pollution
- Leopards have lost 75% of their historical habitat
- Bill McKibben: The time has come to turn up the heat on those who are wrecking planet Earth
- David Attenborough unveils UK’s newest nature reserve in east London
- Peabody coal’s contrarian scientist witnesses lose their court case
- Scientists are figuring out the keys to convincing people about global warming
- Gold-mining in Peru: forests razed, millions lost, virgins auctioned
Multimedia
- The world’s top 10 reptiles – in pictures
- Climate protesters occupy UK’s largest opencast coalmine – in pictures
- A month in the wild: readers’ April wildlife pictures
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
And finally...
‘Boaty McBoatface’ ship to be called RRS Sir David Attenborough
Polar research ship is named after naturalist and broadcaster, despite public vote for Boaty McBoatface
