Clean-air plan, Goldman prize and whale whispering – green news roundup

Environment news

• Air pollution plan cannot be delayed, high court tells government
  

• Temperature-boosting El Niño set for early return this year

• Greenpeace halts campaign against palm oil trader that has ‘come a long way’

• Slathering on sunscreen at the beach? It may be destroying coral reefs

• Most global investors recognise financial risk of climate change, report finds

• Two wildlife rangers killed by poachers in DRC

• Tory windfarm policy endangers cheap energy in UK, commission finds

• Consumers being misled by labelling on ‘organic’ beauty products, report shows

• UK’s rarest plants are at risk of extinction, charity warns

Features and comment

• The Republicans who care about climate change: ‘They are done with the denial’

• Murder of Spanish wildlife rangers spurs calls for armed service

• The government just announced a gamechanger for cycling in England – Sam Jones

• ‘Life improved when I left London’: readers on tackling air pollution

• Honour for environmental activist farmer, 83, surrounded by mines on three sides

• This spring, fight for our precious planet and join the climate march

Multimedia

• California ‘super bloom’ visible from space – video report
  

• The week in wildlife – in pictures

• Satellite Eye on Earth: March 2017 – in pictures

• 2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures

And finally ...

• Baby whales ‘whisper’ to mothers to avoid predators, study finds

Scientists have made a fascinating discovery into the unique way humpback mothers and their calves communicate.