Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Millions of salmon deaths at Scottish farms disclosed after watchdog’s ruling

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:00:48 +0000

Animal and Plant Health Agency forced to release reports showing scale and cause of deaths on some fish farms

Millions of fish deaths caused by accidental poisoning and suffocation on Scottish salmon farms have been revealed after the inspection agency was forced to share its reports.

The UK government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) had refused to release inspection reports, claiming it would cause “significant detriment” to companies, including to their reputations.

‘I’m throwing everything at it’: one young man’s search for a job in Britain’s ‘worklessness capital’

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:00:46 +0000

High unemployment and a lack of support mean life can be tough in Grimsby, but 19-year-old Cohen is determined to make the best of life in this coastal town

It’s mid-afternoon in the Lincolnshire seaside town of Cleethorpes and Cohen is sitting in the back seat of a car putting on an Easter bunny outfit. A group of teenagers nearby stare in amusement. Cohen isn’t fazed. He is hoping we can take some new photographs that he can use to advertise his mascot business for the upcoming holidays.

Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:00:46 +0000

People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy

Indians protest over ‘forever chemicals’ after relocation of scandal-hit Italian factory

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:45 +0000

Lack of Pfas regulations raised in parliament after Guardian revealed former Miteni plant bought by Indian company

Protests over the production of cancer-linked Pfas chemicals have spread across India, after an investigation revealed that an Italian factory shut down due to an environmental scandal was bought by an Indian company and partly rebuilt.

BHP ‘laughing’ at Australia’s key climate policy while pocketing hundreds of millions in tax breaks, Pocock says

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 00:48:43 +0000

Outrage as leaked documents reveal mining giant’s backsliding on commitments to slash emissions

Power bills to fall by up to 10% from July as renewables and batteries soar across Australia

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 00:16:42 +0000

Australia now a top-three global player in batteries, and renewable energy met nearly half of the nation’s power in 2025

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Record May highs sweep across France as extreme heat hits western Europe

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 22:06:09 +0000

Mercury in Spain also climbs to well above normal with weather event set to continue for several more days

More than 350 French towns have recorded their highest-ever temperatures for May as France and the UK set national heat records amid an extreme early-summer heat event that could see the mercury rise to 40C in parts of Spain by the end of the week.

Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:47:02 +0000

Speaking at Hay festival as UK breaks May heat record, author says optimism is a ‘moral duty’

Pessimism is probably “a bigger problem than climate change”, said the novelist Ian McEwan on Monday afternoon, as temperatures broke May records in the UK.

McEwan “constantly” hears people say that they don’t “expect their children to have as good a life as they did”, but suggested that optimism is a “moral duty”.

Heatwave hell: are soaring temperatures the new normal? - The Latest

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 16:34:01 +0000

The UK is experiencing record-breaking temperatures in an unprecedented May heatwave, while large parts of Europe are also facing blistering conditions. As the climate crisis makes extreme heat more likely, are we prepared?

Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian reporter Helena Horton.

A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside it

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:25 +0000

Jay Morris denies experts’ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta’s Hyperion datacenter

This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action

For more than two years, John “Jay” Morris, a Louisiana state senator, helped pave the way for Meta to build one of the world’s largest datacenters, called Hyperion, in Richland Parish.