Green light: Help for bees, whale talks, and the man who cleaned the M40

Wildlife • Bee decline could be down to chemical cocktail interfering with brains • World's 'oldest' osprey lives out final days on webcam • Tibetan environmentalist says Chinese jailers tortured him • Nightingales don't have much to sing about • Whaling talks break down At the launch of a major £10m research programme this week into the plight of bees , scientists said pesticides and other chemicals could be to blame for their decline. Climate change • Thatcher becomes latest recruit in Monckton's climate sceptic campaign • Hydropower schemes surge in decade, Environment Agency figures show • Budget 2010: Green policies 'sidelined', campaigners say • Maurice Strong: Ignore Glenn Beck – I don't want to the rule the world • Why don't we trust climate scientists? While climate change barely featured in George Osborne's budget , Bob Ward looked at former PM Margaret Thatcher's green record and Rio Earth summit-organiser Maurice Strong responded to his critics for the first time . Multimedia • Video: The National Geographic archives - Mating season in the Gulf of Mexico • In pictures: Garden wildlife photography 2010 - readers' shortlist • In pictures: Satellite Eye on the Gulf oil spill • In pictures: The week in wildlife • Share your photos of the BP oil spill More grim oil spill photos emerged from the Gulf of Mexico this week - you can add yours to our Flickr group . Green living • 10:10 campaigners push to keep summer time all year round • Overconsumption is costing us the earth and human happiness • You ask, they answer: SABMiller, beer brewer • Batteries are putting the brakes on electric car take-up Celia Cole this week interviewed web phenomenon Annie Leonard about her Story of Stuff project, overconsumption and our shopping's impact on the environment. Best of the web • iPhone 4 and Apple's silence on pollution in China • UN climate chief departs an optimist despite setbacks • How safe are the new nuclear reactors? For more of the best environment comment and news from around the web, visit the Guardian Environment Network . ...And finally • The man who cleared up all the litter along the M40 Like many drivers on Britain's litter-strewn roads, Peter Silverman was dismayed at the rubbish he saw piled on the side of the motorway. Unlike most motorists, he decided to do something about it