Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Hair compost, sugar waxes and refillable shampoo: inside a California low-waste salon

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:00:39 +0000

Scisters Salon & Apothecary in the San Diego area is committed to sustainable beauty and going low-waste

The first thing you notice when you walk into Scisters Salon & Apothecary is what isn’t there. No wall of glossy plastic bottles promising “repair” or “shine”. No sharp chemical tang or aerosol haze. The only trash can is a tiny basket that mostly collects coffee cups and gum wrappers clients bring from home.

EPA approves sale of higher-ethanol fuel in bid to lower gas prices

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:21:04 +0000

Higher blend has been prohibited in warm weather because of concerns it could worsen smog

The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that it would temporarily allow widespread sales of a higher-ethanol gas blend in a move that it hopes will tamp down consumer prices that have soared since the Iran war began.

The higher-ethanol blend has been prohibited in warm weather because of concerns it could worsen smog.

Australia urged to swap diesel for electric buses as fuel costs soar

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:00:39 +0000

Electric buses are just 1% of the Australian fleet compared with 80% in urban China, a quarter in the Netherlands and 12% in the UK

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Listen to a grieving mother and have no doubts: water privatisation has been a lethal scandal | Clive Lewis

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:24:26 +0000

Progressives must wage a battle against a rotten capitalist system that milks our resources – and destroys lives. Let the fightback start with water

In more than a decade as an MP, I have attended hundreds of meetings in parliament. Most pass. Some linger. Few stay with you. But a recent event was very different.

Church leaders criticise Christian owner of GB News over channel’s climate attacks

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:36 +0000

Exclusive: Paul Marshall also challenged over his own ‘misleading’ statements and £1.8bn of fossil fuel investments in his hedge fund

The co-owner of GB News and “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall has been criticised by a group of church leaders over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action.

The hedge fund manager was also challenged over his own statements, which were called “misleading”, by the 100-strong group, which includes the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and two current bishops.

Octopus reports sharp rise in solar panel sales since start of Iran war

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:51:17 +0000

Firm’s sales up 54% this month and Good Energy reports doubling of interest in solar after latest oil price shock

Solar panel sales have risen sharply since the start of the Iran war, according to Octopus Energy, and households are opting for bigger arrays of roof panels.

Sales were up 54% so far this month compared with the same period last month, the company said on Thursday.

Sewage released into England’s rivers and seas nearly 300,000 times last year

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:49:13 +0000

Campaigners criticise frequent use of storm overflows when parts of the country were in drought for months

Raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas almost 300,000 times last year after the driest spring for more than 100 years and the sunniest and warmest year on record in England.

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:11 +0000

US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found.

Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C?

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:00:11 +0000

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, scientists set up a unique experiment in these Rocky Mountain meadows. It was one of the first (and longest running) to work out how the changing climate would affect an ecosystem.

‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:02 +0000

Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance

“The worst part of it was the smell,” says Audrey Crook, 58. A full-time carer who lives with her 20-year-old son, Crook woke up at 11pm one night to find a foot of flood water on the ground floor of her home. “It was like black water. It had sewage and everything in it, it was absolutely disgusting.”