Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/menu-path-www.eyeonearth.org-en-us-Pages-Home.aspx en Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brazil-greenlights-oil-drilling-amazon-environmentalists-raise-alarm <p>Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/brazil">Brazil’s</a> Petrobras has been given permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over the country’s green ambitions as it prepares to host UN climate talks.</p> <p>Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president, has come under fire from conservationists who argue his oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/brazil-greenlights-oil-drilling-amazon-environmentalists-raise-alarm" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:36:25 +0000 admin 101584 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Keir Starmer will attend Cop30 in Brazil, No 10 confirms https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-will-attend-cop30-brazil-no-10-confirms <p>After speculation and conflicting pressures, prime minister will attend climate summit next month</p> <p>Keir Starmer will travel to the Amazon rainforest for the UN climate summit next month, Downing Street has confirmed, after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/26/keir-starmer-faces-call-to-attend-cop30-summit">weeks of speculation</a> that he would not.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-will-attend-cop30-brazil-no-10-confirms" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:47:14 +0000 admin 101583 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Contract that never was’ adds twist to scientist’s fight over Everglades project https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/contract-never-was-adds-twist-scientist-s-fight-over-everglades-project <p>A legal saga stemming from a water quality project saw Tom Van Lent briefly jailed in a case brought by allies of DeSantis</p> <p>An environmental scientist briefly jailed in what he called a “political prosecution” brought by allies of Florida’s rightwing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, now alleges new evidence shows his jail sentence stemmed from fraudulent allegations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/contract-never-was-adds-twist-scientist-s-fight-over-everglades-project" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:41 +0000 admin 101582 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Is the climate crisis too grim to work on the stage? Sparkling wine and villains might help https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-crisis-too-grim-work-stage-sparkling-wine-and-villains-might-help <p>A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output suggests views of the topic as too depressing or dull may be changing</p> <p>Despite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a> has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to spawn shows and movies.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/climate-crisis-too-grim-work-stage-sparkling-wine-and-villains-might-help" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:30:39 +0000 admin 101580 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/next-great-leap-grassroots-movement-wild-east-anglia-goes-national <p>Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature</p> <p>A grassroots movement to wild a fifth of East Anglia is going national with the launch of Wild Kingdom’s “map of dreams” to collect pledges and connect communities, businesses and ordinary people seeking to revive nature.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/next-great-leap-grassroots-movement-wild-east-anglia-goes-national" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:20:26 +0000 admin 101581 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Coalition showdown on net zero looms amid speculation more MPs could quit over policy https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/coalition-showdown-net-zero-looms-amid-speculation-more-mps-could-quit-over-policy <p>Meeting called for end of sitting week inviting backbench MPs to argue for or against dumping the policy after Barnaby Joyce announced resignation</p> <ul> <li> <p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/coalition-showdown-net-zero-looms-amid-speculation-more-mps-could-quit-over-policy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:14:21 +0000 admin 101579 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/dead-fish-found-river-thet-where-large-stretch-white-foam-appeared <p>Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating </p> <p>Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.</p> <p>Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/19/dead-fish-found-on-river-thet-where-large-stretch-of-white-foam-appeared">Continue reading...</a></p> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:17:26 +0000 admin 101578 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nsw-government-rejected-expert-advice-failed-koala-reintroduction-left-more-half-dead <p>Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/20/australia-news-live-space-debris-wa-albanese-trump-meeting-labor-supermarkets-price-gouging-barnaby-joyce-nationals-coalition-sussan-ley-net-zero-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nsw-government-rejected-expert-advice-failed-koala-reintroduction-left-more-half-dead" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:00:15 +0000 admin 101576 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Story of Indigenous activist’s murder takes top prize at London film festival https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/story-indigenous-activist-s-murder-takes-top-prize-london-film-festival <p>Jury says documentary about killing of Argentinian campaigner Javier Chocobar brings ‘a measure of the justice’ denied by the courts</p> <p>A documentary about the murder of the Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar has taken the top prize at the London film festival, with the jury calling it “a measure of the justice” that has long been denied by the courts.</p> <p>The Argentine film-maker Lucrecia Martel’s first documentary, Landmarks, won the best film award in the festival’s official competition, it was announced on Sunday.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/story-indigenous-activist-s-murder-takes-top-prize-london-film-festival" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:52:48 +0000 admin 101577 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org How the west can stop the global south being strangled by debt | Heather Stewart https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-west-can-stop-global-south-being-strangled-debt-heather-stewart <p>Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development</p> <p>With borrowing costs rising and western governments including the UK cutting their aid budgets, unsustainable debts are driving a development crisis across the global south.</p> <p>In the latest evidence, Ethiopia last week faced the threat of being sued by its creditors in the English courts, after long-running negotiations about restructuring $1bn (£740m) of its debt collapsed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/how-west-can-stop-global-south-being-strangled-debt-heather-stewart" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:16:34 +0000 admin 101575 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org