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Richard Black Environment correspondent

This is my take on what's happening to our shared environment as the human population grows and our use of nature's resources increases

17:05 UK time, Monday, 6 February 2012

Climate consensus cracking open - or not...

Is there or isn't there a scientific consensus on climate change?

And does it matter?

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14:16 UK time, Friday, 3 February 2012

Will kingfishers benefit from the Olympics?

There's less than six months to go before the opening ceremony - so are plans on course to make this the greenest Games ever?

I visited the Olympic Park to see what progress was being made - here's my report.

About Richard

Richard produced and presented science and environment programmes for BBC World Service prior to becoming a news correspondent.

He regularly covers major environment conferences such as the UN climate summits in Copenhagen and Cancun and the UN biodiversity summit in Nagoya in 2010, and recently made radio documentary series on forests, whaling and fisheries.

He has led environment news coverage on the BBC News website for six years.

Richard relaxes with music, sport and reading.

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