Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Ed Miliband says Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:14:49 +0000

Energy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidents

Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told an unusual meeting of Cop presidents past and present on Friday, as he sought to re-establish the UK at the heart of international climate discussions.

Asphalt burns, delirium, body bags: extreme heat overwhelms ERs across US

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

More than 120,000 heat-related ER visits were tracked in 2023, as people struggle in record-breaking temperatures

In his 40 years in the emergency room, David Sklar can think of three moments in his career when he was terrified.

Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:46:24 +0000

Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense

When Danielle Smith, premier of Alberta, began her grim update about the wildfire damage to Jasper, the famed mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies, her voice slipped and she held back tears.

Jabiluka decision ends long-running battle and preserves ‘some of the oldest rock art in the world’

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:01:00 +0000

‘There will never be mining’ at Northern Territory site, Albanese says as area becomes part of Kakadu national park

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It’s the decades-long fight over uranium mining that pitted Indigenous owners against the resources industry.

Your food is more expensive – are US corporate profits to blame?

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:00:58 +0000

Many companies such as Chipotle and McDonald’s are seeing profits jump as they continue raising prices, an analysis finds

Northern Scotland’s Flow Country becomes world heritage site

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:05:05 +0000

Planet’s largest blanket bog is first peatland to be designated by Unesco after 40-year campaign

The Flow Country, a vast and unspoiled blanket bog that carpets the far north of Scotland, has been made a world heritage site by Unesco.

The planet’s largest blanket bog, the Flow Country covers about 1,500 sq miles of Caithness and Sutherland, and is the first peatland in the world to be designated by Unesco, after a 40-year campaign by environmentalists.

Ed Miliband: people must be persuaded of need for pylons near homes

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:36:06 +0000

Communities affected by construction of renewable energy infrastructure ‘have the right to see the benefits’

Drax Group to give shareholders £300m windfall as profits rise

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:31:25 +0000

Owner of North Yorkshire power station earned £393m in government subsidies for biomass

The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire will give shareholders a £300m windfall after a sharp rise in taxpayer subsidies boosted its profits for the first half of the year to more than £500m.

The power station, which receives hefty subsidies from burning biomass wood chips, mainly shipped from North America, generated almost a third more electricity over the first half of this year compared with the same months last year.

Wildlife enthusiasts called on to help record dolphins and whales on UK coast

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:00:51 +0000

National Whale and Dolphin Watch organisers say data collected will help with research into marine mammals

Hundreds of wildlife enthusiasts are expected to gather along UK coastlines over the next 10 days to count and record whales and dolphins.

The National Whale and Dolphin Watch, taking place from 26 July to 4 August, is hosted by the Sea Watch Foundation and aims to get volunteers to observe and record sightings of the UK’s most impressive marine mammals.

Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 – report

admin — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:00:49 +0000

Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future

A greener economy could bring millions of jobs to some of the largest countries in Africa, according to a new report.

Research by the development agency FSD Africa and the impact advisory firm Shortlist predicts that 3.3 million jobs could be generated across the continent by 2030.