Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:35:59 +0000

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

Britain’s sunny spring weather powered the grid to new solar energy records on two consecutive days this week.

Solar farms in England, Wales and Scotland generated 14.1GW of low-carbon electricity at lunchtime on Monday, surpassing the previous high of 14GW in July last year.

Trump’s EPA chief Zeldin gives keynote speech at climate-denying group’s event

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:58:22 +0000

Lee Zeldin opens conference for Heartland Institute, which once compared climate advocates to the Unabomber

How do you convince Americans to eat fish? Disguise it as meat, of course | Arwa Mahdawi

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:30 +0000

To tackle the US’s woefully low seafood consumption, drastic measures are being taken. Enter tuna that looks like chicken nuggets and salmon masquerading as beef jerky

‘The water is no longer our friend’: how dredging is pushing Lagos Lagoon towards ecosystem collapse – photo essay

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:29 +0000

Taking sand from the Nigerian city’s lagoon to supply a building boom harms more than fish – it affects the entire food chain, erodes coastlines and is depriving fishing communities of their livelihoods

UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:16 +0000

Senior climate figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countries

Opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned.

Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:30:08 +0000

Those facing the earliest and harshest consequences are, overwhelmingly, those who did the least to create them

Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:02:05 +0000

Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles

Middle East crisis – live updates

An oil slick from a stricken Iranian ship threatens to contaminate one of the Middle East’s most important wetlands, satellite image analysis suggests, making it one of a number of spills posing a risk to the livelihoods of coastal communities in the Gulf.

BP shareholders advised to vote against chair over climate resolution exclusion

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:53:03 +0000

Glass Lewis says blocking of proposal to share company’s longer-term strategy at AGM raises transparency issues

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BP shareholders should vote against its new chair over his decision to exclude a climate resolution from the company’s next annual meeting, a major proxy adviser has recommended.

Scientists develop gene-edited wheat that can make toasted bread less carcinogenic

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:40:46 +0000

Bread and biscuits made from Crispr-edited wheat showed substantially reduced acrylamide levels

Scientists have developed gene-edited wheat that can be used to make bread that is less carcinogenic when toasted.

Researchers at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, used Crispr genome editing, which allows researchers to selectively edit the DNA of living organisms. This technology was adapted for use in the laboratory from naturally occurring genome editing systems found in bacteria.

US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:45 +0000

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Mexico is facing a “toxic crisis” and has become a “garbage sink” for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.