Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Conservationist says for first time number of animals removed exceeds annual population growth Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast More than 5,000 feral horses have been culled since the recommencement of aerial shooting in the Kosciuszko national park, with the NSW environment minister, Penny Sharpe, describing the number as proof of the need to control the threat the animals pose to the alpine wilderness. Conservationists said for the first time the number of horses removed from the park would exceed the annual growth in horse populations, giving hope that a major threat for under-pressure ecosystems was starting to be addressed. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

Demonstrators gathered outside Paris meetings of energy giant and Amundi, with some forcing their way into fund manager’s tower block The head of TotalEnergies has told shareholders that new oilfields have to be developed to meet global demand, as the annual meetings of the French energy giant and one of its biggest shareholders were picketed by climate activists. Police said they detained 173 people among hundreds who gathered outside the Paris headquarters of Amundi, one of the world’s biggest investment managers and a major TotalEnergies shareholder. Continue reading...

Smaller secondary systems that create hailstorms and tornadoes pack a punch that is causing billions of dollars in damages This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration The rising cost of homeowner’s insurance is now one of the most prominent symptoms of the climate crisis in the US. Major carriers such as State Farm and Allstate have pulled back from offering fire insurance in California, dropping thousands of homeowners from their books, and dozens of small insurance companies have collapsed or fled from Florida and Louisiana following recent large hurricanes. Continue reading...

PFAS contamination recorded in groundwater on Angus Fire site in Bentham, and includes chemicals with known health impacts A small North Yorkshire town has been found to have the highest concentration of “forever chemicals” in the UK, it can be revealed. The market town of Bentham, which is home to 3,000 people and set on the banks of the River Wenning, is also home to the Angus International Safety Group – locally known as Angus Fire – which, since the 1970s, has been producing firefighting foams containing PFAS at a factory near the town centre. Continue reading...