Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Companies could have profits from breaking environment laws stripped under Australian reforms

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:38 +0000

Exclusive: Looming overhaul of protections should also include definition of ‘unacceptable impact’ on environment, Murray Watt says

All profits from Orkney windfarm will go to local services, says council

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:25:52 +0000

Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm

Every islander on Orkney is expected to benefit from a major windfarm being built by the local council after it won £62m in financing from the UK’s national wealth fund.

All the profits from the project to build up to 18 turbines across three islands on Orkney will be spent on local services, council officials said, in what is expected to become the UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm.

Fears of heat-rationing for millions in US as shutdown delays energy aid

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:36 +0000

Most vulnerable families could be without critical energy assistance, experts warn, as electricity and gas bills surge

Millions of Americans face having to ration heating this winter as the US federal government shutdown and mass layoffs by the Trump administration cause unprecedented delays in getting energy assistance aid to low-income households, a group that helps people pay energy bills has warned.

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:36 +0000

New rule would prohibit states from banning dangerous chemicals, and could invalidate hundreds of protections

A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would dramatically weaken safety reviews for some of the nation’s most toxic chemicals that are already on the market, public health advocates and an EPA employee warn.

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:41:08 +0000

Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects

Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.

The country was until this month one of the few places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica.

Delhi awakes to a toxic haze after Diwali as pollution season begins

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:11:18 +0000

Air breathed by people in the city categorised as ‘severe’ in quality after fireworks contribute to thick smog

Delhi awoke to a thick haze on Tuesday, a day after millions of people celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali with fireworks, marking the beginning of the pollution season that has become an annual blight on India’s capital.

Those in the most polluted city in the world once again found themselves breathing dangerously toxic air that fell into the “severe” category on Tuesday morning.

On the trail of the guano miners – in pictures

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:38 +0000

Guano, a fertiliser derived from seabird excrement, enriched Peru in the 19th century and was shipped around the world in huge quantities. On Santa Island, north of Lima, workers still mine it in the toughest of conditions

Photographs by Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Ed Miliband’s new green jobs will bring Britain hope. I dare Reform to denounce them | Polly Toynbee

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:33 +0000

While Nigel Farage promotes retro plans to reopen coalmines, will he really tell thousands of clean energy workers to leave their well-paid, local jobs?

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:00:33 +0000

Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:01:26 +0000

Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk

Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.