Environment news

• Deepwater oil spill: BP finalises settlement with Gulf residents
• US oil boom fuels earthquake rise – but fracking not to blame, scientists say
• Carbon capture in UK under threat as study raises doubts
• National body opposing wind power to launch in Westminster
• Tory council happily running ‘conservatory tax’ for past five years
•  UK had driest March in 59 years, latest figures show
• Fracking: green groups denounce report approving further exploration

On the blogs

• Has the carbon footprint of our consumption finally peaked?
• Drought should force football clubs to consider artificial turf
• Go-ahead for fracking is not the start of a golden age for gas
• Rio+20 summit asks young people: what environmental future do you want?

Multimedia

• Beekeeping: why we love keeping bees – video
• Belo Monte dam construction – in pictures
• The week in wildlife – in pictures
• Emperor penguins become first creatures to be counted from space

Features and comment

• F1 fuel-saving flywheel to be fitted to London’s buses
• Is the EU ‘juking the stats’ of its carbon schemes?
• Apple defends green credentials of cloud computing services
• Nuclear: a toxic investment

… And finally

• Black honeybees rediscovered in Britain
Native black honeybees, previously thought all but extinct in the UK, are better suited to surviving the British climate and could hold the key to reversing colony collapse