Green light: Earth Hour, Chagos islands and Lovelock on climate science

Climate change • James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change • Climate researchers 'secrecy' criticised – but MPs say science remains intact • US oil company donated millions to climate sceptic groups, says Greenpeace • Lighter Later – the climate change campaign to move Britain to GMT+1 • How my YouTube channel is converting climate change sceptics • Rajendra Pachauri: Climate scientists face 'new form of persecution' In the first in-depth interview with James Lovelock since the hacking of climate scientists' emails last year, the scientist warns he doesn't "think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change." Meanwhile, people trying to limit climate change's impact highlighted the financial links between oil and climate scepticism , talked about their climate myth-debunking YouTube channel and campaigned for an energy-saving change in UK daylight hours . Green living • Shoppers choose green products to improve social status, says study • Can I be green and have a family? • Ask Leo: Why don't we use urinals in the home? • Jenny Copnall: My two-wheeled personal mountain bike trainer • Earth Hour - climate change campaigners urge global switch-off • NatGeo cheapens its brand by linking with vile air freshener Join the debate on why water-saving urinals aren't commonplace in UK homes and whether shoppers buy green to be seen . Conservation and resources • Global water crisis sparks desalination surge • Small birds suffered during Britain's big chill, RSPB survey reveals • Chagos Islanders attack plan to turn archipelago into protected area • London zoo exhibit recreates living South American rainforest • Sea Shepherd seafarers battle sickness and Japanese whalers Juliette Jowit reported this week on the dramatic growth in energy-hungry desalinisation plants , while John Vidal investigated the controversy over plans to make the Chagos Islands a marine reserve . Multimedia • In pictures: The world turns the lights off during Earth Hour • In pictures: Photographer zooms in on Beijing's waste • Video: Beijing's rubbish dumps: the 'seventh ring' of the city • In pictures: The week in wildlife • Video: London zoo Rainforest Life exhibit Tamarin monkeys on video and baboons in pictures feature in the best multimedia this week. Best of the web • SolveClimate: No greenhouse gas regulations before 2011, says EPA • Green Futures: How condoms could save the world's forests • BusinessGreen: China overtakes US as top clean tech investor • Panos: Developing world candidates eye UN climate chief role For more of the best environment comment and news from around the web, visit the Guardian Environment Network . ...And finally • Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns This week China deployed a radical sci-fi-like solution to its waste problem.