Environment

Beekeepers take to parliament to demand the government back an EU proposed suspension of pesticides – neonicotinoids – which they claim are behind the dramatic decline of the UK’s bees.

Can a castle or a thatched cottage be eco-friendly? The National Trust thinks so, and is investing £3.5m in a bid to spend less on energy bills and more on conservation.

The controversial Sea Shepherd founder, Paul Watson, who is wanted by Interpol, left the environmental group’s fleet of anti-whaling ships before they docked in Australia.

Actor Jeremy Irons is lending his voice to an EU campaign to ban non-recyclable plastics, including plastic bags, in an effort to end the growing mountain of plastic waste in our environment.

As Beijing residents are told to limit time outside because of pollution, some of the 10 million residents in Shinjiazhuang, China’s most polluted city, are starting to fight back.

Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall applauds an EU agreement to phase out fish discards, but says the “devil is in the detail”.

A group of activists plead guilty to aggravated trespass for a protest at an EDF power plant, but now face a civil claim of up to £5m in damages – something they say is an attack on peaceful protests.

The UK is facing an “energy gap” and consumers should prepare for higher prices to prevent power shortages, Ofgem warns.

The sticky substance which has killed seabirds on the south coast is an oil additive according to academics, writes Jane Deith.

Former US vice-president Al Gore tells Channel 4 News the UK is wrong to believe green policies conflict with business, and that he is worried about anti-green “influences” in the Conservative party.

A flagship government scheme aimed at making homes more energy efficient goes live today amid claims that hundreds more households than thought have signed up for assessments.

It might be good for us – but mackerel should be confined to an occasional treat. Overfishing means it has been taken off the Marine Conservation Society’s “fish to eat” list.

China’s economic boom comes at a price, pollution caused by a build-up of coal fumes, car exhaust and other industrial pollutants. Harry Smith reports as measures of air pollution peak.

Scientists say that recent years of wet weather are concrete evidence of the effects of man-made climate change, and more extreme weather will now be the norm in the UK.

The energy secretary gives the go-ahead to resume fracking, the controversial process of drilling for gas by splitting shale. But environmentalists say it has no place in a low-carbon economy.