Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Treasury seeks to keep water firm fines earmarked for sewage cleanups

admin — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 14:58:02 +0000

Exclusive: Restoration fund in England could be ‘siphoned off’ to be used for general government spending, not repairing rivers

Rachel Reeves’s Treasury is looking to keep millions of pounds levied on polluting water companies in fines that were meant to be earmarked for sewage cleanup, the Guardian has learned.

The £11m water restoration fund was announced before the election last year, with projects bidding for the cash to improve waterways and repair damage done by sewage pollution in areas where fines have been imposed.

‘The discourse is chilling’: aid groups on US-Mexico border prepare for Trump

admin — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:00:08 +0000

Volunteers who leave water in the desert describe rising fears of vigilantes and climate peril

It was a blustery day in the Sonoran desert as a group of humanitarian aid volunteers hiked through a vast dusty canyon to leave gallons of bottled water and canned beans in locations where exhausted migrants could find them.

Offshore wind energy: assessing trace element inputs and the risks for co-location of aquaculture

admin — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 19 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00101-6

Offshore wind energy: assessing trace element inputs and the risks for co-location of aquaculture

‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds

admin — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 01:40:36 +0000

Shifting responsibility to consumers minimises the role of energy industry and policymakers, University of Sydney research suggests

There’s no fortune to be made, but there’s a reason we keep looking for these glassy treasures down in the mud | Mic Looby

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 19:00:36 +0000

Sifting for bottles together never gets old – it’s the idea that something so fragile could have survived for so long in one piece and in one place

My family and I have a weird hobby. We like to dig for old bottles. It’s something we stumbled upon, quite literally, one soggy weekend.

On a visit to the family farm, we were exploring a shady gully below the house, where an occasional creek meandered down the hill. One of the kids tripped on a jutting ridge in the mud. Dug up and sluiced out, the object revealed itself to be a round, honey-hued medicine bottle.

Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:00:33 +0000

United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District

The water company United Utilities has conceded defeat in its legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.

Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation revealed pollution in nearby homes

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:47:26 +0000

Mexican officials ordered facility to shut down after report on very high levels of pollutants in surrounding neighborhood

‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:00:34 +0000

Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreak

Wealth of US ‘oil-garchs’ went up 15% in nine months as industry figures plan Trump inauguration party

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:00:29 +0000

Oil and gas firms have given more than $75m to Trump’s campaign and stand to benefit from his ‘drill, baby drill’ plan

As Joe Biden warns in his farewell address as president that “an oligarchy is taking shape in America”, a new report reveals that US fossil fuel billionaires’ wealth increased by 15% over the past nine months. Some of those wealthy figures will be at parties in DC celebrating Trump’s inauguration on Monday and expecting further rewards for his “drill, baby, drill” energy agenda.

The perfect storm: why did LA’s wildfires explode out of control?

admin — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:00:24 +0000

A combustible combination of factors laid the groundwork for disaster. Will LA learn the lessons from the fires as it moves forward?

Dr Edith de Guzman watched the flames of the Palisades fire rolling through the Santa Monica mountains out of the windows of her University of California, Los Angeles, classroom last week.