Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:00:33 +0000

Exclusive: expert raises concerns over quantities allowed to be discharged from nuclear fuel factory near Preston

The Environment Agency has allowed a firm to dump three tonnes of uranium into one of England’s most protected sites over the past nine years, it can be revealed, with experts sounding alarm over the potential environmental impact of these discharges.

‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:27:36 +0000

Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

The sea off the coast of the UK and Ireland is experiencing an unprecedented marine heatwave with temperatures increasing by as much as 4C above average for the spring in some areas.

Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000

Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate moves ahead with plan to revoke key environmental rule

California has long been one of the nation’s pre-eminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the country are cleaner, more efficient and electric in greater numbers because of it.

Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000

Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts

A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution that is causing the climate crisis, experts have warned.

Chris Packham calls sea bass labelling in UK supermarkets a ‘dereliction of duty’

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:46 +0000

The TV naturalist’s comments come after a Guardian investigation into the complex supply chain behind the fish on sale on Britain’s high streets

The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:45 +0000

Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal

Drowned herds. Towns underwater. Farmers in NSW are facing ‘absolute devastation’

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:35:54 +0000

Those who survived the 2021 floods and are still recovering from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ‘have lost absolutely everything’ in the latest deluge

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 07:18:31 +0000

Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio

The environment minister, Murray Watt, has knocked back two last-minute objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, clearing the way for a final decision on the controversial development.

'Give these blokes the clothes off my back': Taree man films SES flood rescue – video

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 05:16:44 +0000

Taree resident Phill Smith captured the moment a woman was rescued from flood waters, declaring the crew involved in the rescue 'definitely deserve an Australia Day just for themselves'. Unprecedented flooding has hit the New South Wales mid-north coast, with further rain predicted to come

NSW floods: one dead and ‘grave fears’ held for three missing people as crisis worsens

How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare

admin — Thu, 22 May 2025 05:00:49 +0000

Introduced from South America, mathenge was intended to halt desertification, but now three-quarters of the country is at risk of invasion by the invasive tree

For his entire life, John Lmakato has lived in Lerata, a village nestled at the foot of Mount Ololokwe in northern Kenya’s Samburu county. “This used to be a treeless land. Grass covered every inch of the rangelands, and livestock roamed freely,” he says.