Green light: Marine power, butterflies under threat and turbine skyscrapers

Green technology Green energy and technology had a big week, with Scotland pushing ahead with a plan to harness more energy from tidal and wave power than the Dungeness B nuclear station in Kent. Plans for carbon capture and storage coal plants also took a step closer , while a London high-rise building prepared to become the world's first with wind turbines built into its fabric. • Ten sites named in £4bn UK marine energy project • London landmark building will generate 8% of its energy needs • Climate activists predict direct action against Scotland's 'Kingsnorth' • Carbon capture storage will 'generate 100,000 jobs and £6.5bn a year' • Solar PV has failed in Germany and it will fail in the UK Climate change Polling this week suggested fewer Americans now believe climate change is a threat, while Damian Carrington analysed whether such a fall is a temporary blip. In the UK, Ed Miliband and the government were rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority for the language in two adverts which used nursery rhymes to push the message of action on climate change. • Nearly half of Americans believe climate change threat is exaggerated • Slide in climate change belief is a temporary glitch • Chinese PM rebuts criticism over Copenhagen role • Climate change adverts draw mild rebuke from advertising watchdog • Almost 10% of Europe's butterflies face extinction, report warns • IPCC under fire in blogosphere for 'sealevelgate' Multimedia Wildlife from spider monkeys in the Amazon to stag beetles in the UK featured in this week's galleries and video. We also took a trip to the top of London's new Strata tower to see work progessing on the three wind turbines at its peak. • In pictures: Protected species in the Amazon's Cristalino state park • Video: Saving the stag beetle • In pictures: The week in wildlife • In pictures: The Strata 'Razor' tower: the cutting-edge of eco-construction • Video: How seasonal and local can we eat? Green living • Bixi is big in Canada but can it recycle success in London this year? • I turn the power off at home for fun • Can I buy underwear and be green? • Do digital screens have a greater carbon footprint than printed posters? • You ask, they answer: Ethical Consumer magazine This week Suzanne Goldenberg interviewed the team behind Montreal's bike hire scheme, Lucy Siegle investigated eco undies and Leo Hickman asked if digital screens in public places are bad news for the environment. You can also still post questions this week for Ethical Consumer magazine , which is online to help answer your ethical buying questions and dilemmas. Everybody's Talking About Best comment China defends detention of lead poisoning victims who sought medical help AenimaUK : Shocking case, but to be fair similar things happen in almost every country, it's just that the governments of less developed ones tend to use less 'developed' means (arrest/intimidation) for stifling the unrest/criticism instead of more 'developed' ones (legal obstructions/gagging orders/interminable investigations/inquiries/out of court settlements). Made me smile Bike blog: bspoke womenswear review BalbKubrox : While I hesitate to pass comment on a lady's appearance, the outfit is truly appalling and makes you look like a firewoman minus the helmet and the hatchet and plonked onto a bicycle: perhaps as a result of some ill-conceived cost-cutting exercise. Read interaction manager Mariam Cook's latest blogpost for more about this week's community activity. ...And finally • How going green may make you mean Are ethical consumers really less likely to be kind and more likely to steal?