Environment
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Siberian tiger, cheetah cubs and the first magnolia and wild flowers of the spring are among the pick of this week’s images from the natural world
Surviving Beijing's pollution while pregnant: 'I feel like a lab-rat'
Yuan Ren: Living in Beijing’s ‘airpocalypse’, expectant mother Xiaoxia Liu swears by her respirator – and is keeping the windows shut
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UK launches bee protection plan – but asks pesticide companies to assess risks
The good news: ministers have produced a draft National Pollinator Strategy. The bad news: it asks the makers of bee-harming pesticides to mark their own homework -
Focus on low carbon technology, says former UN climate chief
Quarrels over science and policy are undermining the fight against climate change, says Yvo de Boer
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UK winter storms 'caused greatest loss of trees in a generation'
Woodlands have suffered worst damage for more than two decades, says National Trust -
The raven's wings lifted and fell, like a working bellows
Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: Silhouetted against the colourless sky, shaggy throated, it opened its great beak and uttered a cry
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Rajendra Pachauri: human society will see sense on climate change – video
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Floods and gales are taste of things to come, says UN climate science chief
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Solar-powered Big Ben mulled in plan to cut UK parliament's emissions
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China's pollution levels spark boom in sale of air purifiers and face masks
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Environment groups have a problem with population
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Climate change could mean more malaria in Africa, study says
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Polar shipping: maritime chiefs work on mandatory code to ensure safety
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Carbon-taxed companies cut emissions by 7% in past year, investor group says
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It is a mistake to claim that all farming is the same
- It's not yet the beginning of spring, but maybe it's just around the corner
- Will fossil fuels melt the global economy?
- Wendell Berry: 'for Americans to talk about sustainability is a bit of a joke'
- Anti-fracking campaigners challenge eviction attempt in court
- Rhino with horn hacked off filmed in South Africa – video
