Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Revealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail’ of pollution emerges

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:27 +0000

Investigation finds very high levels of lead and arsenic in homes near a factory processing US toxic waste

Raquel Villarreal lives in a bright-yellow house in Mexico’s Monterrey metropolitan area with her family and nine cats. Here, the emergency medicine doctor has raised three daughters, one of whom died at the age of 14.

Just steps away is an industrial plant that operates 24 hours a day, emitting pollution that neighbors say blankets the neighborhood and which Villarreal says is hard to remove from her car.

Five years, multiple deaths: what is happening at the home of the last captive whales in Canada?

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:24 +0000

Ontario’s Marineland lost five belugas last year, which the park’s management puts down to the ‘circle of life’. But activists claim animal welfare is at stake

On the southern shores of the Niagara River, a few hundred feet from the thundering falls, sits Marineland of Canada – an amusement park, zoo, aquarium and forest occupying nearly 1,000 acres of land (400 hectares). Over the years, millions of people have clamoured to view the park’s 4,000 animals, including its prized walruses, orcas, dolphins and belugas.

Sizewell C cost ‘has doubled since 2020 and could near £40bn’

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:03:25 +0000

Treasury expected to decide whether to support EDF-backed nuclear power plant in this year’s spending review

Biden Trump-proofs $74bn in climate funding but $20bn remains vulnerable

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:00:24 +0000

Allocation of funds from Inflation Reduction Act makes it harder for president-elect to halt green initiatives

The Biden administration has raced to allocate $74bn of funding for climate initiatives before Donald Trump’s inauguration, leaving $20bn vulnerable to potential rollback by the incoming president, new figures reveal.

As the inauguration of Trump looms, the outgoing administration has been accelerating its allocation of cash for climate change and clean energy programs before they are throttled by the incoming US president.

Amazon makes ‘largest ever’ UK order of electric trucks to cut carbon emissions

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:05:19 +0000

Online retailer will also begin its first large-scale deliveries by train and trial heavy post-style carts

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Amazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of delivering goods in the UK.

Dream come true for Australian funnel-web spider enthusiast after he discovers a new species

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:01:15 +0000

Newcastle funnel-web spider’s last shared common ancestor with the Sydney funnel-web was 17 million years ago, experts say

Nobel prize winners call for urgent ‘moonshot’ effort to avert global hunger catastrophe

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:01:01 +0000

More than 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates sign open letter calling for immediate ramping up of food production

More than 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates have signed an open letter calling for “moonshot” efforts to ramp up food production before an impending world hunger catastrophe.

The coalition of some of the world’s greatest living thinkers called for urgent action to prioritise research and technology to solve the “tragic mismatch of global food supply and demand”.

Ministers to appeal against river pollution ruling won by Yorkshire anglers

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:00:01 +0000

High court had ruled government was not meeting legal duty to clean up Costa Beck near Pickering

The UK environment secretary, Steve Reed, is pursuing legal action against a group of anglers who are trying to restore the ecosystem of a river.

Lawyers for Reed will argue on Tuesday in the court of appeal that cleaning up individual rivers and streams devastated by pollution is administratively unworkable.

‘Down but not out’: Queensland farmers end 11-year legal fight against New Acland coalmine expansion

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:15:38 +0000

Oakey Coal Action Alliance says it will still oppose ‘inappropriate’ mining after abandoning court appeal to stop New Hope Group’s project

Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled

Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation

The cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution could reach more than £1.6tn across the UK and Europe over a 20-year period, an annual bill of £84bn, research has found.