Fears of dirty recovery as China air pollution shoots up
The data will raise concerns China is taking a path of quick and dirty economic recovery
Environment
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Farmers lose High Court challenge over badger culling
The NFU claimed Boris Johnson was inspired to take a 'personal interest' by Carrie Symonds
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Mother sea turtles create 'decoy nests' to protect their eggs from predators
This is despite it putting them in more danger
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Orchards should be planted on housing estates to bring back 1950s-level access to fruit, says charity
British varieties are under threat and have been destroyed as majority of people rely on supermarket fruit
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Moths are 'super-pollinators' study shows as experts say they are as important to nature as bees and butterflies
Moths are often dismissed compared to their fuzzier and more colourful fellow insects
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RSPB calls for public to help map swift nests using new app as numbers have more than halved
Their numbers have more than halved since 1995
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How our towns and cities could be permanently changed by coronavirus
As concerns over the virus meet those about climate change and pollution, city space could be given to bikes and pedestrians
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Scottish community crowdfunds to buy area of Buccleuch Estate for nature reserve
The initiative hopes to raise £3m to help it purchase the wildlife-rich land and turn it into a vast new nature reserve
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Volunteers go into lockdown on Scottish ‘rewilded’ estate to help save 100,000 trees
The volunteers are caring for the young trees and living in shared accommodation
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Government challenged over 'inadequate' tree planting plans
Current targets will leave England short of reaching its climate change goals, Friends of the Earth says
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Threatened pine trees used to make eco-friendly gin to ensure their survival in national park
Rare pine trees grown in the Cairngorms National Park will be used to make gin
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Climate change could push 1.5bn to escape unlivable heat
Warming temperatures will leave many outside the "climate niche" that humans have lived in for 6,000 years
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How to show your children the wilder side of life in your garden
Lockdown has given nature a boost– so here's how to make the most of it in the garden
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Honeybees risk being wiped out by a disease that is sweeping Britain, scientists reveal
The disease has been fuelled by the introduction of queen bees from across Europe
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Grow a 'super lawn' that can support 4000 bees a day by only mowing it once a month, urges Plantlife
Even a normal garden lawn can yield some surprising and rare flowers if left to its own devices
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Killing of songbirds at British military base at ten-year low as army and RSPB save hundreds of thousands from ending up on dinner plates
There has been a nearly 90 per cent reduction in the use of the cruel traps
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Eco-conscious wine lovers should buy corked instead of screw top because it has up to half the carbon footprint, scientists discover
In the past, it was believed that recyclable screw caps were more environmentally friendly
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Calls for lower pollution levels to be maintained as study shows 1,700 lives saved
First Europe-wide study to quantify impact of lower pollution levels
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Hermit crabs act 'frightened' and choose worse quality shells when exposed to microplastics
Currently, up to 10 per cent of the world's plastic ends up in the sea
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Michael Moore climate change film accused of inaccuracies and outdated science
The film, released on YouTube, suggests the environmental movement has been taken over by corporate interests
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UK breaks record for coal-free electricity generation
A drop in electricity demand as a result of the crisis, plus strong wind and sun, have priced coal out of the market
