Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Revealed: US airlines lobbied EU over its plan to monitor plane emissions

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:00:08 +0000

Lobbyists from Airlines for America argued against European Commission draft rules to report cocktail of pollutants, freedom of information requests show

US airlines lobbied against plans to monitor the damage wrought by planet-heating pollutants pumped out of planes in a previously undisclosed meeting with the European Commission, the Guardian can reveal.

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:00:07 +0000

Extinct in central Europe for 300 years, 36 northern bald ibis are following an ultralight aircraft on their long-forgotten migration route from Austria to Spain

The northern bald ibis was extinct in central Europe for 300 years. Now, it has returned – and scientist “foster parents” aboard a tiny plane are teaching the birds to fly their long-forgotten migration routes.

Thirty-six of these endangered birds are now following an ultralight aircraft 1,740 miles (2,800km ) from Austria to Spain, on a trip that could take up to 50 days to complete.

Without new gas, the Australian warns, an ‘energy crisis’ is nigh – but is the scary rhetoric justified?

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:00:06 +0000

Australia needs more gas in the short term because of our sluggish transition to renewables – but at worst the shortfall may lead to some rationing

Australia’s electricity grid to remain reliable if renewable projects delivered ‘on time and in full’, Aemo says

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:00:06 +0000

Investments in solar, wind, batteries, pumped hydro and transmission links must be delivered ‘on time and in full’

This man saved his town from deadly floodwaters. So why did the US government try to stop him?

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:00:05 +0000

Windell Curole built a vast levee to protect his district from disappearing into the ocean – despite federal resistance to his plan. Had he listened to officials, he says, ‘we wouldn’t have a community’

On 29 August 2021, as Hurricane Ida made landfall on Louisiana’s Gulf coast, 69-year-old Windell Curole sought refuge with others at the three-story Lady of the Sea hospital in Galliano, located 90 minutes south-west of New Orleans.

‘Don’t be scared of beans’: how readers are handling US grocery inflation

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:00:05 +0000

Food prices have increased 22% in last four years and people are feeling the pinch. Readers share their strategies to cope

Back in 2019, $100 worth of groceries may have lasted a week for a household of two. Today, that same $100 will probably only buy enough groceries to stretch for a couple of days.

In the last four years, food prices have increased a whopping 22%, and consumers are feeling the pinch.

Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:26:59 +0000

Toymaker hopes to bring down oil-based plastic it uses by paying up to 70% more for certified renewable resin to encourage production

Lego plans to make half the plastic in its bricks from renewable or recycled material rather than fossil fuels by 2026, in its latest effort to ensure its toys are more environmentally friendly.

Tell us: have you been affected by the US insurance crisis?

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:00:02 +0000

We want to hear from people across the US who have been affected by the volatility of the home insurance market

Harris administration would rein in toxic PFAS chemicals, advocates say

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:00:01 +0000

Records of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz instill hope that progress under Biden could be extended

Public health advocates are optimistic that a Kamala Harris win in the November presidential election in the US would lead to further regulation of PFAS toxic “forever chemicals”, on which the Biden administration has already taken unprecedented regulatory action.

Vapes redesigned to avoid UK crackdown could lead to more waste, say critics

admin — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:31:52 +0000

Reusable varieties unlikely to dent environmental impact of e-cigarette waste, even as they curb battery waste