Tidal energy, Kenya's cheetahs, and sea level rise – green news roundup

Environment news

• Malta’s ‘barbaric’ finch traps ruled illegal by EU court

• MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry

• Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns

• Cocaine in rivers harming endangered eels, study finds

• Tourism preventing Kenya’s cheetahs from raising young, study finds

• ‘Time running out’ for UK parks, government told

• UK gardeners urged to build ponds as sightings of frogs and toads dry up

• ‘Huge mistake’: Britain throwing away lead in tidal energy, say developers
  

• Flooding from sea level rise threatens over 300,000 US coastal homes – study

• High risk of food shortages without pesticides, says chemical giant

In depth

• Diversion tactics: how big pharma is muddying the waters on animal antibiotics

• A world without puffins? The uncertain fate of the much-loved seabirds

• Ex-Nasa scientist: 30 years on, world is failing ‘miserably’ to address climate change

• Where have all our insects gone?

• Some rare good climate news: the fossil fuel industry is weaker than ever

Multimedia

• The week in wildlife – in pictures

• Saving Britain’s swifts - in pictures

• ‘Barnacled angels’: the whales of Stellwagen Bank – a photo essay

• The secret rainforest hidden at the heart of an African volcano - in pictures

And finally ...

We talk about emissions and climate change, but talking about population growth is much more emotive. Would you give up having children to save the planet? Meet the couples who have