Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Australian photography auction – in pictures

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:00:51 +0000

The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), the proud custodian of more than 3,860 photographs, is holding a fundraising auction in Melbourne, with the proceeds of the sales shared equally with the contributing artists

An orchard: a place where you tame trees, or try to – an act of hope | Helen Sullivan

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:00:45 +0000

My grandmother’s orchard stopped me in my tracks, and I only have to read the word to feel the shade of those trees

Asian hornets overwintered in UK for first time, DNA testing shows

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:57:52 +0000

Discovery of three queen hornets in East Sussex means it is likely the bee-killing insect will be here for good

DNA testing has confirmed that Asian hornets overwintered in the UK for the first time this year, meaning it is very likely the bee-killing insect will be here for good.

Chainsaws for all! I live on a rural island where we share all our tools

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:00:44 +0000

Read more from My DIY climate hack, a new series on everyday people’s creative solutions to the climate crisis

Neil Wiesblott, 69, swapped bustling Los Angeles for a quiet island off the coast of Seattle more than 30 years ago and never looked back.

Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefits

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:29:18 +0000

Willie Walsh, now boss of Iata, also calls for more investment in sustainable aviation fuels

Green aviation policies should be abandoned if the costs outweigh the benefits, the head of the world’s most influential airlines body has said.

Willie Walsh, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) and a former British Airways boss, said achieving net zero by 2050 was “existential, not optional”.

In threat to climate safety, Michigan to woo tech data centers with new laws

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:00:31 +0000

Opponents of bills argue ‘offramp’ to keep gas or coal plants running will be triggered if energy-heavy centers are built

Michigan Democrats are poised to pass legislation aimed at attracting big-tech data centers, but opponents say the bills would destroy nation-leading climate laws the same legislators approved in November because the centers consume massive amounts of electricity.

Top Democrats launch inquiry into Trump’s brazen $1bn pitch to oil execs

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:30:29 +0000

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April

Donald Trump’s brazen pitch to 20 fossil-fuel heads for $1bn to aid his presidential campaign in return for promises of lucrative tax and regulatory favors is the “definition of corruption”, a top Democrat investigating the issue has said.

UK election debates must make climate crisis a key issue, say green groups

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:00:27 +0000

Campaigners have written to broadcasters expressing concern that climate is not a more prominent discussion topic

The climate crisis must be discussed as a key priority in the TV debates between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, say green groups.

A number of NGOs have written to the TV networks expected to host the live debates, the first of which is on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV.

Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 04:00:22 +0000

Exclusive: level at highest in more than 30 years, say campaigners, who want ‘rapid and effective’ relief scheme

Debt payments by the 50 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis have doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and now stand at their highest level in more than three decades, campaigners have warned.

The Debt Justice charity said countries at the highest risk of being affected by global heating were paying 15.5% of government revenues to external creditors – up from less than 8% before Covid-19 and 4% at their lowest recent point in 2010.

Notorious seed-stealing koala caught in brazen daylight robbery in northern NSW – video

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 02:44:10 +0000

Claude the koala was caught eating 4,050 food tree seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore in 2023. The bandit has been captured returning for a meal at the nursery, as workers look on. Conservationists say Claude's behaviour is part of a bigger problem as heavy land clearing has meant that there isn't enough food in the local area for koalas to eat