Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves/index.php en GB Energy faces ‘challenging’ task to find CEO for Aberdeen HQ, sources say https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gb-energy-faces-challenging-task-find-ceo-aberdeen-hq-sources-say <p>Industry insiders say it will be ‘tricky’ to find suitable candidate who would agree to location and civil service pay</p> <p>Britain’s state-owned energy company faces a “challenging” task to find a chief executive for its Aberdeen HQ when it begins recruiting this month, senior industry sources have said.</p> <p>Great British Energy is poised to begin the hunt, but sources claim there are still no obvious frontrunners for the top job almost six months after the £8.3bn publicly owned clean energy company was formed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/gb-energy-faces-challenging-task-find-ceo-aberdeen-hq-sources-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:00:04 +0000 admin 98890 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Persimmons and pears: the farmers’ market program getting kids excited to try new foods https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/persimmons-and-pears-farmers-market-program-getting-kids-excited-try-new-foods <p>Elementary schoolers in the San Francisco Bay Area are embarking on tasting journeys of fruits and vegetables</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/persimmons-and-pears-farmers-market-program-getting-kids-excited-try-new-foods" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:00:03 +0000 admin 98891 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/air-pollution-causing-1100-cases-year-main-form-lung-cancer-uk <p>Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers</p> <p>More than 1,100 people a year in the UK are developing the most prevalent form of lung cancer as a result of air pollution, the Guardian can reveal.</p> <p>Exposure to toxic air was attributed to 515 men and 590 women in the UK in 2022 getting adenocarcinoma – now the most dominant of the four main subtypes of lung cancer – an analysis by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency found.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/air-pollution-causing-1100-cases-year-main-form-lung-cancer-uk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:08:03 +0000 admin 98889 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Air traffic control to Sir Keir: turbulence ahead | Stewart Lee https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/air-traffic-control-sir-keir-turbulence-ahead-stewart-lee <p>There’s no point trying to make plans around the whims of Trump. The PM instead needs to turn to Europe</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/air-traffic-control-sir-keir-turbulence-ahead-stewart-lee" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:00:47 +0000 admin 98888 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/promoting-green-growth-does-not-make-you-eco-nutter-it-s-only-way-forward <p>Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/promoting-green-growth-does-not-make-you-eco-nutter-it-s-only-way-forward" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:00:46 +0000 admin 98887 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Nimbys. Naysayers. Traitors. Children take note, why learn oracy when insults will do? | Catherine Bennett https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nimbys-naysayers-traitors-children-take-note-why-learn-oracy-when-insults-will-do-cath <p>Keir Starmer’s rhetoric against green campaigners appears to have taken a playground turn </p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/nimbys-naysayers-traitors-children-take-note-why-learn-oracy-when-insults-will-do-cath" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 07:00:44 +0000 admin 98886 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Keir Starmer urged to resist pressure to permit Rosebank North Sea oilfield https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-urged-resist-pressure-permit-rosebank-north-sea-oilfield <p>Leading climate group warns of damage to green agenda if giant project goes ahead</p> <p>Keir Starmer will do huge damage to the global fight against climate change if he gives in to political pressure and allows the development of a giant new oilfield in the North Sea, according to an analysis by the country’s leading environmental institute.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-urged-resist-pressure-permit-rosebank-north-sea-oilfield" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 07:00:43 +0000 admin 98885 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Towns cut off by Queensland floods warned against panic-buying as premier vows ‘resilient’ rebuild https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/towns-cut-queensland-floods-warned-against-panic-buying-premier-vows-resilient-rebuild <p>David Crisafulli says infrastructure to be replaced after floods needs ‘greater ability’ to withstand natural disasters</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/towns-cut-queensland-floods-warned-against-panic-buying-premier-vows-resilient-rebuild" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:44:46 +0000 admin 98884 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org I live in a forest my parents planted when I was a child. It’s not too late for you to grow one too | Jessie Cole https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-live-forest-my-parents-planted-when-i-was-child-it-s-not-too-late-you-grow-one-too-j <p>Sometimes a branch grows so low and bushy that it blocks access to my room. I diligently cut it back</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/i-live-forest-my-parents-planted-when-i-was-child-it-s-not-too-late-you-grow-one-too-j" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 23:00:34 +0000 admin 98883 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Labour’s clean energy plan will not only cut emissions but lift hundreds of thousands out of fuel poverty | Ed Miliband https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labour-s-clean-energy-plan-will-not-only-cut-emissions-lift-hundreds-thousands-out-fue <p>The party’s agenda is about energy security, lower bills, economic growth and good jobs</p> <ul> <li>Ed Miliband is the Labour MP for Doncaster North and secretary of state for energy security and net zero</li> </ul> <p>During four years in opposition and in the seven months since this government came to office, we have been clear: smart climate policy means not only protecting future generations from the biggest existential threat we face, but fighting to make working people better off today, growing our economy and confronting the economic injustices we face.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labour-s-clean-energy-plan-will-not-only-cut-emissions-lift-hundreds-thousands-out-fue" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:00:32 +0000 admin 98882 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org