Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Australia politics live: Chalmers considering levy on banks to boost regional services; Albanese lands in Rio for G20

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:03:44 +0000

The treasurer has confirmed he is considering a levy on banks to help maintain services in regional areas, saying he has not finalised any decision. Follow today’s news live

Don’t waver on electric car targets, big UK businesses tell Labour

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:17:46 +0000

Manufacturers want ministers to ease EV mandate, which would mean energy firms losing out

Big UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks this week.

Far-right groups plan to hijack farmers’ protest in London against tax changes

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:29:41 +0000

Extremists including Tommy Robinson associates latch on to event but organisers say they want it to be nonpolitical

Far-right groups are seeking to hijack a farmers’ protest in London against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

Floods, explosions and asbestos: Thames Water faces potential problems on all fronts

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:00:12 +0000

Exclusive: Senior managers say they are forced to press ahead with orders for vital items without approval

Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’

When Sarah Bentley and Sarah Albon met at Beckton sewage treatment works in east London, the choice of location was designed to underline Thames Water’s predicament.

Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:59:33 +0000

Exclusive: Company has failed to tackle serious safety concerns or upgrade vital IT systems, Guardian investigation reveals

Floods, explosions, asbestos: Thames faces problems on all fronts

Thames Water has £23bn of assets that are in urgent need of repair and the supply of water to its 16 million customers is “on a knife-edge”, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

Greens drop climate trigger demand in attempt to restart Nature Positive talks with Labor

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:01:09 +0000

Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a week

Countries must set aside differences and agree climate finance deal, says German minister

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:56:01 +0000

Jochen Flasbarth called on Cop29 delegates to press on as world faces increasing crises and drop in solidarity

Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over their differences this week and come to a deal – because if talks carry on until next year they stand little chance with Donald Trump in the White House, the German development minister has said.

Farmers in England and Wales feel betrayed by inheritance tax changes, says NFU

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:53:43 +0000

Union leader says anger is unprecedented, but does not condone any plan to stop food reaching supermarkets

The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said that farmers in England and Wales feel “betrayed” by changes to inheritance tax rules, while saying his organisation does not condone mooted plans to stop food reaching supermarket shelves.

How a fatal bear attack led an Italian commune to rally against rewilding

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:34:58 +0000

Brown bears, introduced into Trentino province 20 years ago, have begun to clash with the local human population

Franca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village surrounded by forests on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy’s Trentino province.

But now she tries to shut out the scene as much as possible, rolling down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear.

The Observer view: the Cop summit is foundering, we need urgent action not more hot air

admin — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:35:16 +0000

The grim negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, have shown the need for reform of the UN annual global climate talks

‘Global emissions continue to increase, carbon sinks are being degraded and we can no longer exclude the possibility of surpassing 2.9C of warming by 2100.” It is a bleak assessment of our planet’s future and could have been made by just about any environmental organisation on Earth.