Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:36:23 +0000

Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends

North Sea oil and gas must be brought under greater public control to avoid a cliff-edge collapse of the industry and secure a sustainable future for workers and communities, according to a report.

Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman

admin — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:00:02 +0000

Every barrel of oil, every cubic meter of gas, and every ton of coal burned brings us closer to environmental catastrophe

California wildfire victims pick up pieces as blazes rage on – in photos

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:26:43 +0000

Firefighters battle on as people across Los Angeles struggle to find a way forward on Friday

California wildfires – live

2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:21:20 +0000

Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’

It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure of how the climate crisis is pushing humanity into temperatures we have previously never experienced.

The Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction | Editorial

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:06:34 +0000

Events in California reveal how political obstruction is deepening a climate crisis that needs urgent action to prevent it becoming an irreversible disaster

World’s ugliest lawn winner says she leaves watering to Mother Nature

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:00:40 +0000

New Zealand garden takes first prize in global competition designed to promote water conservation

A sun-scorched patch of lawn near Christchurch, in New Zealand, has been crowned the ugliest lawn in the world.

Now in its second year, the World’s Ugliest Lawn competition rewards lawn owners for not watering their parched yellow grass and patchy flowerbeds.

Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour?

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:17:43 +0000

Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather

Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after further lynx sightings

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:56:46 +0000

Environmentalists condemn unauthorised releases as ‘reckless’ and ‘highly irresponsible’

For a brief moment this week, lynx have been roaming the Scottish Highlands once again. But this was not the way conservationists had hoped to end their 1,000-year absence.

To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:49:50 +0000

To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire class

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:37:39 +0000

Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide

Scientists have identified a glyphosate-resistant weed on a farm in the UK for the first time, raising concerns about the controversial herbicide.