Green news roundup: Birds of prey, peatland burning and hosepipe ban 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 14 March 2012 11.01 EDT Blanket bog and in mist near Brown Knoll, Peak District, North Derbyshire. Photograph: Martyn Williams/Alamy Environment news • Gas power construction is ‘twice government predictions’ • Supermarkets pressed to donate spare food to charities • Dramatic fall in number of Scotland’s poisoned birds of prey • Natural England drops peatland bog-burning inquiry • China irrigation system responsible for rising emissions, research shows • Australia passes controversial nuclear waste bill On the blogs • From landfill to Lamborghini: the future of biofuels • Bioengineer humans to tackle climate change, say philosophers • Is a hosepipe ban the most effective way to tackle a drought? • Is it worth buying British bikes? Multimedia • The story of Sellafield nuclear power station – in pictures • Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures • Windscale nuclear accident contaminates cows’ milk – 1957 British Pathé video • In pictures : Week in wildlife Features and comment • Jonathon Porritt: How the UK is handing control of its energy future to France • Skinny genes – how GM food may help you stave off obesity • Is there enough time to prevent widespread thawing of permafrost? • Carbon Trust chief: ‘We are on the side of the good guys.’ Not everyone agrees Best of the web • Nobel economists urge Barack Obama to back EU aviation carbon plan • Renewables industry calls for clarity on post-2020 energy targets • Californian campaign pushes for labelling of GM food • Airbus blames EU carbon trading row for falling Chinese orders For more of the best environment comment and news from around the web, visit the Guardian Environment Network. …And finally • Dogs take lead in sniffing out Arctic oil Shell has been training a dachshund and two border collies to detect oil spills beneath snow and ice

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