Green news roundup: Toxic waste, wind myths and animal orchestras

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Green news roundup: Toxic waste, wind myths and animal orchestras

The week’s top environment news stories and green events

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Trafigura agreed to pay £30m to victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast

A site in Ivory Coast polluted with toxic waste. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Environment news

• Trafigura lessons have not been learned, report warns
• Nick Clegg taunts Conservatives over broken green promises
• Google Maps’ virtual diving brings the Great Barrier Reef into view
• Climate change is already damaging global economy, report finds
• Supermarkets face protests over support for badger cull
• Global shark conservation plan in the balance at landmark talks
• Report warns of global food insecurity as climate change destroys fisheries

On the blogs

Ban on wind turbines in Wiltshire

• It’s a myth that wind turbines don’t reduce carbon emissions
• Green investment is the cure for our ailing economy
• How can we make our oceans well again?
• Have you been a furious cyclist like Andrew Mitchell?

Multimedia

Baby gorilla Isangi, a poached 9-month-old Grauer's gorilla, that was moved to Virunga National Park headquarters at Rumangabo, in the Demoncratic Republic of Congo to be quarantined for a month.

• Orphaned baby gorillas rescued in Congo – in pictures
• Catlin Seaview Survey takes a dive on Heron Island – video
• How record sea ice melt is changing life for Greenlanders – video
• Bernie Krause’s great animal orchestra – interactive

Features and comment

Monarch butterfly

• Revolution in filming reveals epic journey of the monarch butterfly
• Onshore wind energy: what are the pros and cons?
• The ‘age of the machine’ is drowning out natural sound, Bernie Krause warns
• Ethical living: is it worth reusing our hotel towels?

Green jobs

• Road Safety Campaigner jobs, CTC, Guildford, Salary £24k pro rata
• Operations Director jobs, Garden Organic, Coventry, £50,000 – £55,000
• Sustainability PA / Coordinator for International Hydropower Association, Sutton, London, circa £30,000 for the right candidate

… And finally

• New HTC phone will be sold without charger in bid to cut waste
Network operator O2 will pilot the charger-free scheme in the UK for the soon-to-be-released smartphone
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