Air pollution, Seychelles marine parks and fruit bats – green news roundup

Environment news

• Monsanto demands Avaaz hands over all of its campaign data

• Britain and Europe must ban palm oil in biofuel to save forests, EU parliament told

• EU ‘one step ahead’ of Michael Gove on plastic straw ban

• Half of world’s oceans now fished industrially, maps reveal

• Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme

• Stronger storms mean new ‘category six’ scale may be needed

• Air pollution: UK government loses third court case as plans ruled ‘unlawful’

• Climate change ‘will push European cities towards breaking point’

• ‘Sloppy and careless’: courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules

• Scientists race to explore Antarctic marine life revealed by giant iceberg

In depth

• How international law could help victims of environmental degradation

• ‘People think the deer are lovely. Then they learn more about it’: the deer cull dilemma

• Is your wood stove choking you? How indoor fires are suffocating cities

• World’s most controversial fruit may depend on giant bats for pollination

• Should we give up half of the Earth to wildlife?

Multimedia

• The week in wildlife – in pictures

• Ocean sanctuary: your Antarctic questions answered aboard Greenpeace expedition

Animals farmed: welcome to our series

A new Guardian series investigates modern farming around the world, examining the impact of intensive farming and exploring sustainable solutions.

This week’s stories include a shocking exposé of hygiene failings in US pig and a look at how red tape can mean the difference between life and death in the meat industry.

And finally ...

• Problem-solving could be key to grey squirrels’ success, study finds