Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:04:34 +0000

Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement

Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.

Emissions decreased by just 0.1% last year compared to the previous year, according to data from the German Environment Agency.

Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought – report

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:00:19 +0000

US test of 120 umbilical blood cord samples identified 42 Pfas compounds, which do not naturally break down

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:00:19 +0000

Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations

Some top US lobbying firms are simultaneously working both sides of the Pfas “forever chemicals” issue, raising serious conflict of interest questions and concerns that their activity is slowing states’ efforts to rein in the public health threat.

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:00:11 +0000

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in the UK’s largest lake, which supplies drinking water to about 40% of Northern Ireland.

Testing of water from Lough Neagh, which has a surface area 26 times bigger than Windermere, found genes resistant to a wide range of antibiotics, including carbapenems – drugs reserved for life-threatening infections when all other treatments have failed.

Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:50 +0000

With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players

Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:48 +0000

Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs, environmental rollbacks and other plans

Donald Trump’s policies are likely to drive soaring rates of lung disease and premature death, according to a wide-ranging new study by pulmonary specialists and public health experts.

Miliband reveals plans that could mean nuclear power plants built near homes

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:46:32 +0000

Changes to regulation to speed up development could also make it easier to build on sensitive nature sites

Ed Miliband has unveiled plans that could make it easier to build nuclear power plants closer to homes and on sensitive nature sites, as he attempts to speed up the development of energy infrastructure.

The energy secretary set out changes to nuclear regulation, to be carried out this year, which would mean a “win-win for building critical infrastructure while protecting nature and the environment”.

Week in wildlife: a wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:00:44 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:00:43 +0000

The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:41 +0000

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans

As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia’s copper belt in February 2025, more than 50m cubic litres of acid and heavy metals poured into the Chambishi stream – a tributary of the Kafue River, the country’s longest waterway.