Breaking Waves: Ocean News

BP cuts boss’s pay by 30% after company misses profit targets

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:06:54 +0000

Murray Auchincloss paid £5.4m in 2024 as oil company ditched green investment strategy and came under investor pressure

BP cut the pay of its chief executive after a chastening year in which the British oil company missed profit targets and ditched its green investment strategy as it came under pressure from a US-based activist investor.

Murray Auchincloss’s pay decreased by 30% to £5.4m for 2024, according to the company’s annual report, published on Thursday.

‘You just hope for the best’: rarely seen froglets – the length of a grain of rice – released into small patch of Victorian wilds

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:00:10 +0000

Exclusive: More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs set free in a high-altitude forest to bolster dwindling population

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More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs have been released in Victoria’s east as part of a record-breaking conservation breeding program.

Former NSW asbestos investigator calls for more controls on waste disposal

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:00:06 +0000

As chief scientist says state should drop ‘zero tolerance’, former EPA official says many problems could be solved during demolition process

‘Slavish’ catch limits ignored scientific advice, say conservationists in case against Defra

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:02:33 +0000

Blue Marine Foundation charity asks high court to declare quota decision unlawful amid concern over sustainability of fish stocks

At the start of 2024, Jerry Percy, who led the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association, dedicated to small boats, said he started to receive lots of calls from members. “They were calling my office to report that a lack of fish in the inshore grounds were putting their livelihoods in peril,” he said.

The fishers said they had noticed a depletion of species such as pollack, typically caught off Britain’s coasts.

Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:00:14 +0000

Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say

Promise to phase out lead from UK game shooting has failed, study finds

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:00:21 +0000

Vow in 2020 aimed to keep shot out of human food chain but study finds most game carcasses still contain lead

A voluntary promise to phase out toxic lead shot in the UK has failed, meaning wildlife and human health are being put at risk, a study has found.

‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:19 +0000

Only 20 miles from Italy’s capital, Isola Sacra was ignored for years but now Royal Caribbean has plans to turn it into a major new port

On a cloudy day in January, Isola Sacra, a hamlet in Fiumicino, 20 miles from Rome, does not look like a place that would attract masses of tourists. Low-rise family homes with small gardens alternate with meadows and fields and life has the sedate pace of a provincial town.

Navigating trade-offs on conservation: the use of participatory mapping in maritime spatial planning

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 06 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00109-6

Navigating trade-offs on conservation: the use of participatory mapping in maritime spatial planning

Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:00:14 +0000

Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet

Global sea ice fell to a record low in February, scientists have said, a symptom of an atmosphere fouled by planet-heating pollutants.

The combined area of ice around the north and south poles hit a new daily minimum in early February and stayed below the previous record for the rest of the month, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.

River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:01:11 +0000

Group claims regulator signed off on ‘broken system’ making customers pay for industry’s neglect

An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by the water industry.