Breaking Waves: Ocean News

How the ‘forever tote’ became the It bag du jour – and a greenwashing ruse

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:10:46 +0000

From museums to wine bars, businesses are enticing consumers to carry logos on their arm. Demand is high, but the life cycle short

This year’s It bag isn’t made by any of the usual designers. And if this bag could talk, it wouldn’t say “calf leather” so much as “wash me at 40C”. What’s more, in an ideal world, you would never want to buy another again.

‘A hugely significant sighting’: red goshawk photographed for first time in central Australia

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:26 +0000

Bird snapped by Newhaven wildlife sanctuary ecologist is likely a juvenile on risky 1,500km journey away from parents, expert says

Conspiracy-laden, fire-prone icons: what will happen to LA’s palm trees?

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:24 +0000

Many palm species in the city are receptive to embers, hard to extinguish – and probably helped spread the fires

Environmental activist steps back from the fight ‘disappointed’ by Labour so far

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:45:45 +0000

Mark Avery to stand down from role with Wild Justice but won’t completely give up campaigning, he insists

If government ministers and civil servants are grey squirrels, they may think they can rest easy – the predatory pine marten in the Westminster jungle is leaving them in peace.

A campaigner who has “created a landscape of fear” over the authorities’ failure to protect nature is stepping back from Wild Justice to spend more time with the wildlife – and grandchildren – in his garden.

I’m obsessed with icebreaking: I was trained not to hit anything – now I drive my ship into ice 24/7

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:40 +0000

As the captain of a royal research ship, I break ice to get to British stations in the Antarctic. It’s great fun - but getting stuck is always a risk

I have been working for the British Antarctic Survey since I was 19. I started icebreaking on my first trip to the Antarctic and got hooked. Now I am the captain of the royal research ship Sir David Attenborough and I find icebreaking addictive.

Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow could add £40 to airline ticket

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:36 +0000

Exclusive: Treasury analysis shows ticket prices expected to go up across board with no plans for frequent flyers to shoulder more of the cost

Rachel Reeves’s bid to expand Heathrow airport could add £40 to the cost of an airline ticket, according to the Treasury’s own analysis.

‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:35 +0000

A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species

‘Rising star’: EU made more electricity from solar than coal in 2024

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:01:25 +0000

Report reveals solar power generated 11% of bloc’s electricity, surpassing coal at 10%

More electricity was made from sunshine than coal in the EU last year, a report has found, in what analysts called a “milestone” for the clean energy transition.

Explained: how Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:00:05 +0000

From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders

Through a flurry of executive orders, a newly inaugurated Donald Trump has made clear his support for the ascendancy of fossil fuels, the dismantling of support for cleaner energy and the United States’ exit from the fight to contain the escalating climate crisis.

Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:01:48 +0000

Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies

Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal.

MEPs have been accused of “rolling out the red carpet for climate deniers” to give them a platform in the European parliament, amid warnings of a “revival of grotesque climate denialism”.