Environment

US President Barack Obama describes the deaths of 19 members of an elite firefighting force, killed as they battled wildfires in Arizona, as ‘heartbreaking’.

The government promises a new strategy to tackle the rapid decline in Engand’s bees and “turn dialogue into action”. Campaigners say it is a start – and call for an urgent bee action plan.

Environment minister Owen Paterson says genetically modified crops will “improve human health and the environment.” GM science may be in danger of lagging behind in the UK, but is the public bothered?

Many onshore wind farms may become uneconomic warn the renewables industry after the government announces new planning rules giving communities more power to object to new schemes.

The European Union agrees to end decades of over-fishing and replenish diminishing stocks by 2020, as part of a deal to reform the bloc’s fishing policy.

Just days before a controversial cull of badgers can begin, opponents claim government agencies are still trying to recruit workers for the scheme.

Jon Snow interviews Simon Jenkins from the National Trust and the MP James Morris who’s on the government’s planning committee about the fine balance between preserving nature and building homes.

In the last of Channel 4 News’ series of special reports about the plight of Britain’s nature, ornithologist and author Mike McCarthy voices his fears about the price nature is paying for progress.

Our Green and Pleasant Land series has exposed worrying declines in the natural world across the UK. But what about in your back garden? Check out the interactive graphic.

Britain’s botanists are heading out across the country collecting seeds from our most iconic and threatened trees, in an effort to combat invading pests and diseases.

Live debate: In a special report Channel 4 News reveals iconic species and habitats facing wipeout. What can we do to halt the decline? Watch our Google Hangout.

Some 4,000 homes and a military base are at risk as residents are evacuated ahead of the flames and a university campus is closed.

Britain’s big fishing bosses go to the high court to challenge an attempt by the government to take away some of their fishing quota and re-allocate it to smaller boats.

British judges rule that the UK breached its legal duty to reduce air pollution in British cities, and call for the European Commission to take immediate action to enforce EU law.