Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:46 +0000

Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins

Australians should “expect the unexpected” this bushfire season amid dangerous conditions, experts have warned, after a severe start that saw a firefighter killed and homes destroyed in several states.

White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:46 +0000

Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort

Above the roar of traffic, the rumble of the tube and the juddering construction noise of a towering new datacentre in Dagenham, east London, will soon rise a beautiful and unlikely melody: the bill-clattering of white storks.

The birds will next year make a historic return to the UK capital as part of an ambitious rewilding effort to bring charismatic nature into busy city communities.

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:41 +0000

At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline

Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour government announced it would ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, strengthen a windfall tax and accelerate phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies.

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:00:40 +0000

Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.

‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:00:44 +0000

Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030

Britain’s energy system operator is pulling the plug on hundreds of electricity generation projects to clear a huge backlog that is stopping “shovel-ready” schemes from connecting to the power grid.

The restaurateur chronicling hardships of immigrant staff in US kitchens: ‘These are the stories that make it work’

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:00:25 +0000

In Voices from the Kitchen, Marc Meyer pulls the curtain back on the harrowing journeys of the people who run his restaurants

Throughout his lifetime, the celebrated chef and author Anthony Bourdain was unequivocal in his belief that the restaurant industry in the US could not function without immigrant labor. These indispensable workers, Bourdain argued, were not only willing to do the jobs that most US-born citizens would look down upon, but also they did them better and faster.

Maha v Maga: feud grows as Trump EPA rolls back rules on toxic chemicals

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:00:27 +0000

‘Make America healthy again’ leaders call for Lee Zeldin to quit for favoring chemical companies over US families

“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals.

Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:00:24 +0000

Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

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Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car | Phineas Finn

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:00:23 +0000

The impending collapse of UK carsharing is an embarrassment for a government attempting to curb the dominance of cars

‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk in 500 years

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 06:00:15 +0000

Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve

A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.

It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk.