Breaking Waves: Ocean News

11/06/2024 - 19:10
PM fully briefed on ‘potential outcomes’ of US election and says Australia is prepared for Trump’s policies on security, economic and other issues Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia will advocate for free trade and climate action – despite Donald Trump’s agenda against both – and persist with the Aukus alliance including nuclear submarine acquisition, the Albanese government has indicated. Under fire from conservative media about his comments in 2017 that Trump “scares the shit” out of him, the prime minster, Anthony Albanese, was asked if he owed an apology to the president-elect. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 17:34
How damaging this presidency is to the planet depends very much on how other countries react. There’s no time to waste US election 2024 live: latest news and updates US election results 2024: live map and tracker Donald Trump’s re-election to the White House is a major setback for climate action but ultimately it’s the US that could end up losing out, as the rest of the world will move forward without it. The US is the world’s biggest economy and its second biggest emitter. Positive US engagement on climate has been crucial to landmark leaps forward, like getting the Paris agreement over the line, and just last year committing to transitioning away from fossil fuels. The US missing in action in the latter half of this critical decade for climate action is nobody’s idea of a good outcome. Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 09:00
Overblown concerns about potential dangers of a common chemical threaten to undermine scientific evidence to the contrary Because of his job as a dermatologist, Dr Deshan Sebaratnam frequently gets asked questions by friends, family and strangers about skin treatments. But lately, he says, he has been confronted by “a lot of myths around sunscreens”, especially on his social media feed. Among the most frequent is “that sunscreen can actually cause skin cancer”, says Sebaratnam, a conjoint associate professor at the University of New South Wales. Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 09:00
The Murrumbidgee River had 55% less water in 2018 than it did in 1988, with the Lowbidgee flood plain hardest hit Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A section of one of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee, lost more than half of its water over a 30-year period due to dams and other diversions, according to new research. Scientists at the University of New South Wales examined the impacts of dam infrastructure and irrigation on natural water flows in the lower Murrumbidgee River since 1890. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 09:00
Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For 15 minutes on Sunday morning, ABC local radio listeners were treated to a rant from Dick Smith as the millionaire attacked Australia’s transition away from fossil fuels, claiming renewables would make electricity unaffordable and cause sweeping blackouts. “It seems we have been sold a pup and we are not getting the full truth all the time,” responded Ian McNamara, the host of Australia All Over. “There are lots of people who will back you up.” Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 08:33
Westminster plan for UK’s biggest heat network could involve parliament warmed by waste and low-carbon heat About 1,000 London buildings including the Houses of Parliament and the National Gallery could soon be warmed by low-carbon heat sourced from the River Thames, London Underground and sewer networks. Plans to develop the UK’s biggest heat network to supply decarbonised heat to buildings across Westminster were set out on Wednesday by the government as part of its pledge to back seven heat network zones with more than £5m of public funding. Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 06:42
With Trump back in the White House. The impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and across the world US election 2024 – latest updates US election results 2024: live map and tracker With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term as president, the impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and also across the world. From abortion, to immigration, the environment, gun laws and LGBTQ+ rights: all are at stake with Trump and his allies back in power. Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 06:08
Land reform charities call for better regulation of UK’s carbon market so profits can be shared with public Nature campaigners have called for taxpayers to take stakes in forest and peatland projects designed to store carbon, to avoid all the profits from carbon credits going to private investors. A report from the Revive Coalition, an umbrella group for Scottish land reform and conservation charities, says carbon credits also need to be used much more effectively to bolster demand and help the UK meet its net zero targets. Government-owned banks such as the Scottish National Investment Bank should invest in carbon projects, including on public land. It becomes mandatory for all large and medium-sized companies to have audited carbon reduction targets to avoid green washing. All carbon offsetting projects must register with the official schemes, the Woodland carbon code and the Peatland carbon code. A new land tax is set up that is reduced if the land is managed to protect the climate and promote nature recovery. Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 03:00
Courtney Houssos says proposed mine would create 860 jobs over its 15-year life and inject $67m annually into local economy What’s the fight over McPhillamys goldmine about? Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales resources minister rebuked the federal environment minister over her decision to block the McPhillamys goldmine project and declared Indigenous heritage shouldn’t be protected at the expense of critical minerals investment, new documents have revealed. Correspondence tabled in federal parliament shows NSW minister, Courtney Houssos, wrote to Tanya Plibersek in August, five days after Plibersek announced she had refused Regis Resources’ mining application because of the proposed location of a tailings dam and its possible impact on Indigenous heritage. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
11/06/2024 - 03:00
Earlier this year, families from the Indigenous Guna people on the tiny island of Gardi Sugdub became the first to undergo a climate-related relocation by the Panamanian government because of the threat of rising sea levels. Hundreds of residents moved to Isber Yala, a new town built on the mainland. But many fear that the relocation has put their traditions and culture in peril Photographs by Euan Wallace Continue reading...