environment
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Gloucester cathedral’s zero-carbon footprintLetters: We should be able to generate around 25% of the main cathedral electricity from our new panels, including power for our air source heat system -
Record temperatures, bees and pizzly bears – green news roundupThe week’s top environment news stories and green events
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA fleeing giraffe, a sleeping racoon and a close encounter with a great white shark are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world -
Monsanto weedkiller faces recall from Europe's shops after EU fail to agree dealLeading Monsanto, Dow and Syngenta products could be withdrawn from shops by July after committee fails to agree on whether glyphosate poses a health risk to humans
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Protect Myanmar's marine resources from being pillaged to point of no returnAung San Suu Kyi’s new government must safeguard the ocean from illegal fishing that has depleted stocks by 70-90% and is killing endangered sea turtles and dugongs
around the world
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North Yorkshire council faces pleas to reject fracking planCounty hall meeting hears objections to project by Third Energy to frack for shale gas near village of Kirby Misperton
sustainable business
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Great Barrier Reef: who's profiting from the destruction and devastation?The fossil fuel industry, fee-hungry lawyers, banks and those that stay silent are profiting from the reef’s destruction. It’s time for them to say no more
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People power: Tasmanian residents to store solar energy and sell it back to gridSome 40 Bruny Island households are to be transformed into ‘mini-power stations’ as they trial Reposit Power’s software and solar storage
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Not a drop to waste: how expanding Australian cities can tackle water shortagesSmart leak detection and reusing stormwater to reduce urban heat are discussed at this year’s OzWater as cities prepare for climate change
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'Tantalisingly close': is solar thermal energy ready to replace coal-fired power?Australian projects are viable already – now the industry needs investors willing to take a risk on large-scale renewable energy
in pictures
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The brutal economics of Zambia's illegal wildlife trade - in picturesFrustrated by simplistic portrayals of poaching, photographer Benjamin Rutherford has documented the complex and violent trade in his new project, Nyama
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The week in wildlife – in picturesEndangered seals, catfish and a rhino calf are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Mongolian nomads' spring migration – in picturesTimothy Allen is the first outsider to walk with a Kazakh family on their spring migration. The Kazakhs of western Mongolia are known for hunting with eagles and each year between February and April about 200 families make the 90-mile trip across the Altai mountains
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From tulips to tigers: student nature photography - in picturesPostgraduate students from the University of Nottingham’s MSc in Biological Photography and Imaging are staging 7 Magpies, an exhibition of their most striking images, from 13 May
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Fish net bikinis and mushroom death suits – eco fashion in picturesFrom selling clothes with a 30 year guarantee to touring Europe in a repair shop - these brands are advancing the circular economy within fashion
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Greenpeace activists target destructive fishing in Indian Ocean – in picturesWith some Indian Ocean tuna stocks on the brink of collapse, the expedition exposes harmful methods by the world’s largest tuna company, Thai Union, owner of John West
opinion & analysis
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Carbon dioxide's 400ppm milestone shows humans are rewriting the planet's historyLevels of CO2 are pushing beyond 400 parts per million in the atmosphere. The last time they were there, 15 million years ago, the world was very different
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Why air pollution in schools is such a big deal – and what to do about itIan Colbeck: About 3,000 British schools are in areas where air quality is poor, with those in poorer communities suffering more
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation divests entire holding in BPWorld’s largest health charity sells its $187m stake in the oil giant in a move welcomed by fossil fuel divestment campaigners
key issues
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Last stand for Europe's remaining ancient forest as loggers prepare to move inGovernment plans to fell Poland’s Białowieża forest have divided families, led to death threats against green campaigners and allegations of an ‘environmental coup’ by government and state timber interests
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Environmental groups demand end to logging of Australia’s native forestsMore than 30 green groups sign statement after damning report says extending regional forestry agreements ‘would constitute an irrational decision on environmental, economic and social grounds’
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How safe does protected status keep the world's national parks?Environment 360: Protected areas and habitats are being downgraded and delisted so often, to accommodate mining, logging or population growth, the problem even has its own acronym
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More than 1,000 species have been moved due to human impactAnimals and plants are increasingly being ‘translocated’ from their native areas to survive effects of climate change, poaching and habitat loss, says top conservationist
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Numbers dwindle at Mexico's mountain of butterfliesDecline of Monarchs wintering in Mexico now marks a statistical long-term trend, experts say
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Loss of monkeys and birds in tropical forests driving up carbon emissionsOverhunting affects seed dispersal and thus survival of hardwood trees, resulting in drastic reduction in Earth’s natural carbon storage, study finds
video
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WHO: air pollution causes 7m premature deaths a year – videoAir pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data
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So you think you know David Attenborough? – videoA look back at the best known, and not so well known, achievements of Sir David Attenborough to mark his 90th birthday on Sunday
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Killer whales: drone footage off the Western Australian coast – videoTwo young aerial photographers film a pod of orcas off Bremer Bay in the state’s south
Oil company records from 1960s reveal patents to reduce CO2 emissions in cars