Green news roundup: Forests, food waste and extreme weather The week’s top environment news stories and green events • If you’re not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Environment editor guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 July 2012 09.14 EDT Seagulls fly around as a bulldozer compacts freshly dumped rubbish at a landfill site. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Environment news • No sell-off of forests, promises Caroline Spelman • Scientists say ongoing weather extremes offer proof of climate change • Protect whales from new oil industry threat, warns WWF • Wiltshire council votes for tough new planning restrictions for windfarms • Ban food waste from landfill for renewable energy, urges thinktank • MPs give green light to loan plan for home insulation On the blogs • Is it now possible to blame extreme weather on global warming? • England is lagging behind with its woodland creation strategy • How would you lead us out of the climate predicament? • Nuclear more popular than gas but wind blows both away • Help map the UK’s bumblebee population Multimedia • Dragonflies and damselflies – your Green shoots photographs • Greenpeace’s Save the Arctic video • The week in wildlife – in pictures • Nuclear power protests in Japan – in pictures Features and comment • Share your photos of ‘signs of summer’ • What is the ‘polluter pays’ principle? • US Navy’s ‘great green fleet’ sets sail for Pacific Best of the web • Oh Canada: the government’s broad assault on the environment • US heatwave sets more temperature records • Adventurers sail through wave of tsunami debris • Beyond Rio, green economics can give us hope For more of the best environment comment and news from around the web, visit the Guardian Environment Network. Green jobs of the week • Climate Change Specialist – Mott Macdonald, Cambridge • Energy and Sustainability Manager – Leeds Federated Housing Association • Policy and Research Officer – the Green Party

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