Green news roundup: Climate minister, badger cull and Arctic sea ice
The week’s top environment news stories and green events
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Environment news
• Questions over climate change minister’s links to his adviser
• World’s 100 most endangered species listed
• Asian frogs becoming extinct before they can be identified, biologists warn
• Activists plan to disrupt autumn badger cull after court appeal fails
• Rising number of top firms believe climate change is threat to business
• Climate activists target Shell with ice protest over Arctic drilling
• Climate change will extend hay fever season by six weeks, report warns
On the blogs
• Tracking polar bears across the Arctic ice
• Wind energy could surpass global power demand – with huge hurdles
• Cycling in China: not for the faint-hearted
• George Monbiot: The great riches of our seas have been depleted and forgotten
Multimedia
• The week in wildlife – in pictures
• The Cold Edge – Polar Photography by Dave Walsh – in pictures
• Brian May responds to badger cull defeat – video
• 100 most endangered species: priceless or worthless? – in pictures
• Nowhereisland leaves its final port of call – big picture
• British wildlife photography awards 2012 – in pictures
Features
• Javan rhino clings to survival in last forest stronghold
• Dolphin murals spark marine awareness campaign in Philippines
• Yangtze finless porpoise: China’s national treasure disappearing fast
Green jobs
• Architectural Conservation & Development Officer jobs, St Helena government, South Pacific, £40k pa taxable
• Community Project Officer, Groundwork London, £21,000
• Research Officer – Water Policy Programme, Overseas Development Institute, London, £26,004 to £36,486 per annum
… And finally
• Terry Nutkins: what are your fondest memories?
For Shiona Tregaskis, the legacy of Terry Nutkins – who died of leukaemia aged 66 on Thursday – was to inspire her to smuggle her pet rat into school
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