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Energy firm obtains expanded injunction ahead of plans to begin large-scale fracking at Preston New Road site

A major energy firm has secured an expanded injunction against protesters after it took a big step towards starting fracking on a substantial scale.

Cuadrilla Resources went to court to obtain the injunction against all campaigners who opposed its drilling operations at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire. The injunction was granted on Friday on a temporary basis amid growing criticism of the corporate use of injunctions to counter protests. At least five companies have chosen to use them as legal weapons in this way.

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The EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) voted late Thursday to review whether several of the agency’s decisions to repeal or weaken environmental policies such as the Clean Power Plan (CPP) were based on insufficient scientific information, serving as a possible check on Administrator Pruitt’s efforts to scale back GHG regulations.

Christiana Figueres was also scathing of those who say it is inevitable that the global warming limit set out in the Paris agreement will be broken

Businesses are moving forward faster than ever on climate change despite the intransigence of US president Donald Trump, the former climate chief of the UN has said.

“There is a big difference between the economics of climate change and the politics of climate change,” said Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention of Climate Change, who oversaw the landmark Paris agreement on climate change.

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John Loader does the math on stapling the sections of the paper

May I ask all those readers who want their Guardian stapled (How the humble stapler came to one reader’s aid, 28 May) to consider the ecological effects of ther preference. The Guardian comes on weekdays in three sections, one part only using two staples. Given a circulation (ABC) of 142,318, the Guardian already thus uses 284,636 staples Monday to Friday. Each one is roughly 3cm long. So for every weekday the Guardian itself uses over 8.5km of steel. I don’t have a set of scales to weigh anything less than a quarter of an ounce, but that’s a hefty reel of steel every day. Bet you it’s Chinese, too, and most will end up as rust.

So, green-thinking Guardian readers: join the campaign to banish the staple and help save the planet. Take responsibilty for your pages, grasp the sides fully and say no to staples. You know it makes sense.
John Loader
Leyburn, North Yorkshire

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Blue-throated bee-eaters, a baby anteater and a dehydrated fruitbat are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

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Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

Four Greenpeace activists climb down into Total's AGM to protest against the oil company’s plans to drill in the mouth of the Amazon and French Guiana. The abseilers descended as the Total chief executive, Patrick Pouyanné, began his presentation, while many people protested outside the venue

• Greenpeace protesters abseil into oil firm Total's AGM

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The RSPCA says the grey seal nearly died after being found with rope and plastic around its neck.

South Korean allowances slipped further on Friday as the government's auction announcement took some of the edge off the demand rush that has seen prices hit fresh six-month highs earlier this week.

Leaked documents reveal discarded proposals to ward off antibiotic resistance through closer scrutiny of drug firms

The EU has scrapped plans for a clampdown on pharmaceutical pollution that contributes to the spread of deadly superbugs.

Plans to monitor farm and pharmaceutical companies, to add environmental standards to EU medical product rules and to oblige environmental risk assessments for drugs used by humans have all been discarded, leaked documents seen by the Guardian reveal.

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Family Thanksgiving visits in 2016 were much shorter due to increased political divisions say researchers.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has approved 42 new carbon credit projects over the past two weeks that are now cleared to participate in next week’s ERF auction, potentially tightening competition among bidders.

Andrew Garn is a native New Yorker who grew up surrounded by the city’s ubiquitous pigeons. For over a decade he has photographed, rehabilitated and observed the birds, documenting the entire spectrum of their development from newborn “squeakers” to fully fledged adults. The New York Pigeon: Behind the Feathers by Andrew Garn, with text by Emily S Rueb and Rita McMahon, is published by powerHouse Books

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It’s not perfect, but the city has ambitious plans for cycling, and the Festival of Cycling offers a chance to celebrate progress

In theory, Edinburgh might not look like the perfect city for cycling. Apart from the weather there are the (in)famous hills, then there’s the … (add your own excuses here.) But things are changing.

Currently the city council is committing 10% of its transport budget to cycling, a first for a UK city, as well as introducing 20mph speed limits across a large area. And in September, Edinburgh will finally be getting its own bikeshare scheme, which will include a proportion of e-bikes to help beat the hills.

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Bronkham Hill, Dorset: The wind pours larksong over the humps and bumps of a bronze age barrow cemetery

The sound of chiffchaffs shouting in the woods falls away as I follow the South Dorset Ridgeway upwards to the high chalk. The way is starred with white stitchwort running through clumps of shocking-pink campion and the last of the bluebells.

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Workers say they are taking action in response to vast amount of windfarms being constructed in their waters

The Netherlands may be the land of the windmill, but fishermen are planning a major protest on Saturday against the Dutch government’s latest wind turbine construction in the North Sea, with an armada of fishing boats sailing into Amsterdam.

After alighting from at least 15 boats at the back of Amsterdam’s central station, it is understood that hundreds of fishermen will march to the capital’s Damrak canal, where they will upend bags of small fish deemed too small for sale by the EU, and cover them with red dye.

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South Australia becomes net electricity exporter for first time, 12 new wind and solar farms were added, the amount of large-scale solar tripled, and rooftop PV kept a lid on demand.

Company behind new "Renewable Energy Hub" says wind, solar clearly delivering electricity at 40% discount from the grid.

IEA's conservative electric vehicle growth projections expect uptake to boost global power demand by 928TWh a year in 2030 – that's four times Australia's annual consumption.

Another record month for page views for RE in May, just shy of the magic million mark with a total of 986,242.