Breaking Waves: Ocean News

German activists take government to court over climate policy

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:24:52 +0000

New law is too weak and has been made harder to enforce, while transport ministry has not taken sufficient action, groups say

German climate activists are taking the government to court for “unconstitutional” climate policy, seeking to build on a landmark victory three years ago that they had hoped would force Europe’s biggest polluter to clean up quickly.

Women exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ may risk shorter breastfeeding duration

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:17 +0000

Higher PFAS exposure could cause lactation to slow or stop altogether within six months, new research finds

Women exposed to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” prior to pregnancy face an elevated risk of being unable to breastfeed early, new research finds.

The study tracked lactation durations for over 800 new moms in New Hampshire and found higher PFAS exposure could cause lactation to slow or stop altogether within six months.

‘Reform or go out of business,’ carbon offsetting industry told

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:00:13 +0000

Study finds carbon credits could raise billions for climate action but only with changes, such as rigorous standards

The carbon-credit market must reform or “go out of business”, leading scientists have concluded in an international review of the offsetting industry.

The market for carbon offsets shrank dramatically last year after a series of scientific and media reports found many offsetting schemes had little environmental impact.

Lake District sewage campaigners launch nuisance complaint in legal first

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:43:32 +0000

Statutory nuisance complaint lodged by Save Windermere against United Utilities is a first over sewage pollution

Campaigners fighting to stop sewage discharges into Windermere, the Lake District’s largest lake, have made a statutory nuisance complaint against a water company in the first legal action of its kind.

Labor defends approval of Gina Rinehart-backed gas project in Senate – video

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:28:34 +0000

Facing accusations from Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young that the approval of a Senex Energy coal seam gas project would threaten koala habitat, Labor senator Penny Wong defended the move, saying the approval comes with 'strict limits on habitat loss'

Gina Rinehart-backed company gets approval from Tanya Plibersek for coal seam gas project

Gina Rinehart-backed company gets approval from Tanya Plibersek for coal seam gas project

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:44:53 +0000

Environment minister gives go ahead for Senex Energy to develop and operate up to 151 new coal seam gas wells in inland Queensland

Norfolk Southern wrongly burned chemicals after Ohio train derailment, agency says

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:04:29 +0000

National Transportation Safety Board faults railroad company and contractors with unnecessary pollution

The National Transportation Safety Board said that Norfolk Southern and its contractors unnecessarily burned toxic chemicals – including vinyl chloride – from its tank cars during the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last February, unleashing hazardous fumes into the air.

‘Most of it was dead’: scientists discovers one of Great Barrier Reef’s worst coral bleaching events

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:00:29 +0000

Analysis of high-resolution drone imagery concludes 97% of corals died at a Lizard Island reef between March and June this year

US pledges to be a climate finance leader but defends gas expansion

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:14:59 +0000

John Podesta, Biden’s top climate official, calls for other big economies to step in to help poorer states

The US will “continue to be a leader” in climate finance, the White House’s top climate official has promised, though without specifying how much it would provide to poor countries.

John Podesta, senior adviser to Joe Biden on international climate policy, also defended the large-scale US expansion of gas production, saying the world was fortunate America was strengthening its supply, given the demand for non-Russian sources after the invasion of Ukraine.

Migration of 6m antelope in South Sudan dwarfs previous records for world’s biggest, aerial study reveals

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:26 +0000

The movement is more than double that of east Africa’s renowned ‘great migration’ and has continued despite decades of war and instability

An extensive aerial survey in South Sudan has revealed an enormous migration of 6 million antelope – the largest migration of land mammals anywhere on Earth. It is more than double the size of the celebrated annual “great migration” between Tanzania and Kenya, which involves about 2 million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle.