Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Cold weather blamed for killing thousands of bony herring in central west NSW lake

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:00:34 +0000

Native Australian fish is important for fresh water ecosystems as they are a food source for bigger fish and birds such as pelicans, cormorants and gulls

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Residents from the New South Wales central west town of Lake Cargelligo first started to notice fish dying in their local lake two weeks ago.

Trump’s inaugural fund got $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:00:31 +0000

President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combined

The fossil fuel industry poured more than $19m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, accounting for nearly 8% of all donations it raised, a new analysis shows, raising concerns about White House’s relationship with big oil.

South West Water allowed to invest £24m rather than pay £19m fine

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:04:21 +0000

Campaigners say Ofwat ‘subservient to industry and its rampaging pursuit of profit’ after illegal sewage discharges

South West Water has agreed to pay a £24m penalty for illegal sewage discharges into the environment from its treatment works.

The regulator for the water and wastewater sector in England and Wales, Ofwat, says the company, which has 1.8 million customers in Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset and Somerset, is being penalised for dumping sewage in breach of its legal permit conditions.

Scottish households urged to cut water use as climate crisis limits supplies

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:03 +0000

Scottish Water boss says average Scot uses 40% more water than people in Yorkshire partly due to mistaken belief water is abundant in Scotland

Scottish households are being urged to cut back heavily on their water use and instead treat it as a precious resource due to the growing threat to supplies from climate heating.

Alex Plant, the chief executive of Scottish Water, said the average Scot used 40% more water than consumers in Yorkshire, partly because there was a widespread but mistaken assumption that water was abundant in Scotland.

Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:01 +0000

Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted website

The future of the US government’s premier climate crisis report is perilously uncertain after the Trump administration deleted the website that housed the periodic, legally mandated assessments that have been produced by scientists over the past two decades.

With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:47:24 +0000

Terms like ‘deglobalisation’ have become commonplace, but what we need is true multilateralism. Erecting walls won’t bring us peace and prosperity

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of Brazil

The year 2025 should be a time of celebration, marking eight decades of the United Nations’ existence. But it risks going down in history as the year when the international order built since 1945 collapsed.

Doctor who lost job over Texas flood post says sorry for ‘regrettable comment’

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:59:46 +0000

Dr Christina Propst apologizes after Blue Fish Pediatrics said she was ‘no longer an employee’ because of post

New Mexico sues US air force over Pfas pollution from military base

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:00:42 +0000

High levels of Pfas stemming from the base have tainted water, damaged crops and poisoned cows in the area

The state of New Mexico is suing the US air force over its refusal to comply with orders to address extremely high levels of Pfas pollution stemming from its base, which has tainted drinking water for tens of thousands of people, damaged crops and poisoned dairy cows.

Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:44:21 +0000

Critics say change in biodiversity protections would harm environmental recovery and make scheme ineffective

Plans to weaken environmental regulations for small housebuilders would allow developers in England to build on an area the size of the Yorkshire Dales in the next 10 years without replacing the nature they destroy, according to analysis.

Labour wants to remove the requirement for small housebuilders – those whose sites are under a hectare (2.5 acres) – to replace the nature they destroy under existing rules known as biodiversity net gain.

Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation | George Hibberd

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:30:40 +0000

There’s no shortage of ideas for how to make air travel greener. But it has to start within the industry – and with workers

George Hibberd appears alongside fellow pilot Todd Smith in the Guardian documentary Guilt Trip