Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 100 days of Trump’s onslaught on the environment

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:20 +0000

Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world – from ‘drill, baby, drill’ to mass firings

100 days of Trump: inside Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term

Donald Trump has never been mistaken for an environmentalist, having long called the climate crisis a “giant hoax” and repeatedly lauding the supposed virtues of fossil fuels.

Motorists abandon cars as 'worst wildfire in decades' rages near Jerusalem – video

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 09:18:47 +0000

Police and military personnel were seen helping people evacuate the highway connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv as wildfires raged. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared the situation a national emergency as the fire threatened to reach the city. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue agency said they treated about 23 people, 13 of whom were taken to hospital

Israel facing ‘national emergency’ as it battles worst fires in a decade, says Netanyahu

Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 08:17:51 +0000

Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policy

Almost all new homes in England will be fitted with solar panels during construction within two years, the government will announce after Keir Starmer rejected Tony Blair’s criticism of net zero policies.

Housebuilders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 under the plans.

Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 07:14:08 +0000

Only one in two Liberal party voters are in favour of lifting the national ban, according to the National Climate Action Survey

Arctic plant study reveals an ‘early warning sign’ of climate change upheaval

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 06:30:16 +0000

A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them

Scientists studying Arctic plants say the ecosystems that host life in some of the most inhospitable reaches of the planet are changing in unexpected ways in an “early warning sign” for a region upended by climate change.

Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:17 +0000

The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling

The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot

admin — Thu, 01 May 2025 05:00:16 +0000

The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival

When sea stars fall, sea otters rise: Sea otters benefit from prey boom triggered by loss of ochre sea stars

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:18:32 +0000

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange and purple stars have a hungry appetite for mussels in the rocky intertidal. Without the voracious sea stars lurking around, mussel populations exploded, expanding in cover from around five percent to more than 18 percent within three years.

Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:58:18 +0000

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local elections

Tony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after furious Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform sceptics on the eve of the local elections.

Climate experts also accused the former prime minister of granting political cover to fossil fuel interests and weakening momentum behind the UK’s legally binding target to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

The Guardian view on Labour and net zero politics: lean in and ignore bad advice | Editorial

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:44:56 +0000

Sir Tony Blair’s ill-conceived contribution to the climate debate was a political gift to Nigel Farage. But public support for the green transition remains strong