Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, report says

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:36 +0000

London assembly committee says move will increase cleanliness of waterways and offer more access to outdoors

Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, a report from the London assembly has said, to boost cleanliness of the capital’s waterways and increase access to the outdoors.

Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:36 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:00:34 +0000

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

The UN aviation organisation has been captured by the industry, a report has concluded, leading to the urgent action required to tackle the sector’s high carbon emissions being blocked.

Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at the recent “environmental protection” meeting of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the report found. The ICAO is the forum where nations agree the rules governing international aviation.

TfL says persistent offenders owe more than £700m in Ulez fines

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:01:33 +0000

Transport body promises to crack down on the small minority of people with four or more penalty notices

Transport for London is promising to crack down on drivers who flout its ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) after revealing that 94% of the £790m owed in fines has been racked up by persistent offenders.

Non-payers have been fined up to £17,000 this year, including one driver whose car was seized and sold at auction after he ignored 130 warning letters and 14 visits by enforcement officers.

Powerful owls’ grisly crime scenes in urban parkland remind us we share suburbia with a magnificent predator

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:00:22 +0000

The magnificent apex predator of the night, forced out of forests into urban landscapes, now confronts yet another silent killer: rat poison

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now

‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:14 +0000

Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency

As the Trump administration wages an all-out assault on climate protections and renewable energy, activists are gearing up for demonstrations this Sunday to hype up solar power and energy efficiency.

The national “day of action”, called Sun Day, will be spearheaded by the veteran climate activist Bill McKibben.

The Indiana town suffering under the shadow of a BP refinery: ‘They’ve had way too many accidents’

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:14 +0000

Whiting residents worried after facility, which has had multiple problems, shut down temporarily after rain

It was the biggest news story around the midwest as the Labor Day weekend approached earlier this month: the unexpected surging price of fuel at the gas station.

But for residents of Whiting, Indiana, petroleum has been presenting an altogether bigger problem.

How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis – video

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:53:35 +0000

Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets. In this episode, Neelam Tailor exposes how one of the world’s most powerful climate voices is betting on both sides of the crisis – and making a lot of money in the process

‘A slap in the face’: our expert panel on Australia’s 2035 emissions target

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:28:21 +0000

Six experts respond to Labor’s plans for agriculture, resources, the built environment, industry, transport and energy. What did it get right and what more needs to be done?

How vulnerable are Australia’s cities to extreme heat? Explore our maps

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:27:14 +0000

Exclusive: Residents of western Sydney and outer suburbs of Melbourne are at particular risk of high temperatures, data shows