Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:00:13 +0000

Shrimp soundtrack will be played under water to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal blooms

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South Australians are being urged to feast on local oysters and then donate the shells to restore native reefs, which will filter ocean water and help fight harmful algal blooms.

Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:30:34 +0000

Trump promised to cut consumers’ energy costs within his first year in office but gas price is up 4% on average

Americans using gas stoves to cook during the holidays, or any other meal in the near future, are set for persistently higher bills, with the price of gas expected to keep rising into next year.

Australia could miss clean energy target as solar and wind investment slumps, investors warn

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:22:30 +0000

Expert cautions large pipeline of potential projects will not deliver required energy capacity unless companies make final investments

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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:29 +0000

The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts

How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.

Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:00:27 +0000

Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding

Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday.

Speaking to the Guardian before the publication of the updated environmental improvement plan (EIP), the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, said it would boost nature recovery in a number of areas, replacing an EIP under the last government she said was “not credible”.

England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:00:10 +0000

River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’

Water companies have issued a fifth of the UK’s “green bonds” since 2017, despite a consistently poor record of sewage pollution during that time, research has shown.

Privately owned water companies in England have together issued £10.5bn in bonds tied to projects that offer “environmental benefits”, according to analysis of financial market data by Unearthed, which is part of Greenpeace UK.

Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 14:45:04 +0000

Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami

Authorities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people after more than 900 died in devastating floods and landslides across the south of Asia.

EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:00:06 +0000

Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims

Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:05 +0000

Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels

Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans, with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream.

Earlier this year, Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation allowing people to purchase and install small, portable solar panels that plug into a standard wall socket.

Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:28:31 +0000

Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years

Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital are flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.