Test tube rhinos, tidal power and a talking crow – green news roundup

Najin and Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos, both female. Researchers hope test tube rhino embryos could save the species Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Environment news

• UK fishing fleets unlikely to gain from Brexit despite Gove’s claims, say experts
• Japan’s appetite for eel could see it share fate of bluefin tuna
• Global temperature rises could be double those predicted by climate modelling
• Red list research finds 26,000 global species under extinction threat
• Researchers race to make bioplastics from straw and food waste
• ‘This is unprecedented’: right whale forces Canadian island to ban fishing
• Baltic Sea oxygen levels at ‘1,500-year low due to human activity’
• First test tube rhino embryos could bring extinct species back from dead
• UK car buyers face ‘lottery’ with both ultra-clean and ultra-dirty diesels on sale
• Child’s asthma death linked to illegal levels of air pollution
• Most of Europe’s rivers and lakes fail water quality tests – report
• UK heatwave helps solar power to record weekly highs

In depth

Tidal power: Minesto’s Deep Green kite turbine. Photograph: Minesto

• Does the moon hold the key to the earth’s energy needs?
• Scott Pruitt is out but his impact on the environment will be felt for years
• Two amputations a week: the cost of working in a US meat plant
• As the state is dismantled, who will save Britain’s wildlife? | George Monbiot
• The last (plastic) straw: travel and its environmental responsibilities

Multimedia

• The week in wildlife – in pictures
  
• Botanical life in close-up – in pictures

And finally ...

‘Y’alright love’: watch this wonderful footage of a crow welcoming tourists to a Yorkshire castle