Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 12:00:04 +0000

In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia

‘PR stunt’: how US utilities use housing non-profit partnerships to promote gas

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 12:00:03 +0000

Revealed: Four gas utilities have teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build ‘zero-net energy homes’, investigation shows

US gas utilities are partnering with one of the nation’s most trusted non-profits as part of a “cynical PR stunt” to combat efforts to curb fossil fuel usage, a Guardian investigation has found.

Local Habitat for Humanity affiliates have teamed up with at least four utilities across 10 states to build “zero-net energy homes”, which are meant to produce more energy than they use.

Climate victims file criminal case against bosses of oil firm Total

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 11:00:37 +0000

Case alleges French company’s exploitation of fossil fuel contributed to deaths of victims in extreme weather disasters

A criminal case has been filed against the CEO and directors of the French oil company TotalEnergies, alleging its fossil fuel exploitation has contributed to the deaths of victims of climate-fuelled extreme weather disasters.

Devon parasite outbreak: supplier says service nearly restored as it hikes dividend

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 08:03:15 +0000

South West Water hands out £127m to investors despite anger over contaminated supply

Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 07:56:38 +0000

Authorities cut short school term as weather bureau warns of severe heatwave conditions this week

Authorities in the Indian capital, have ordered schools to shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures in Delhi hit 47.4C (117F).

City officials told schools to shut with “immediate effect” due to the blistering heat, according to a government order quoted by the Hindustan Times on Tuesday, cutting the term by a few days.

Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 06:00:34 +0000

Oil Change International says plans do not stand up to scrutiny and describes US fossil-fuel corporations as ‘the worst of the worst’

Major oil companies have in recent years made splashy climate pledges to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and take on the climate crisis, but a new report suggests those plans do not stand up to scrutiny.

Dozens of cormorants shot by Tasmanian salmon farm operator

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 05:07:15 +0000

Tassal staff legally killed 53 of the native birds with permission from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment

More valuable than gold: New Zealand feather becomes most expensive in the world

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 04:47:04 +0000

The well-preserved huia bird feather was expected to fetch up to NZD$3,000 but ended up selling for more than NZD$46,000

A rare and highly prized feather from the extinct New Zealand huia bird has sold for NZD$46,521 (US$28,365), making it by far the world’s most expensive feather ever sold at auction.

The hammer price far exceeded initial estimates of between $2,000-$3,000, and blew the previous record-holder’s price out of the water. Until Monday’s sale, the previous record sale was another huia feather that sold in 2010 for $8,400.

Migratory freshwater fish populations ‘down by more than 80% since 1970’

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 04:00:29 +0000

‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns

Migratory fish populations have crashed by more than 80% since 1970, new findings show.

Populations are declining in all regions of the world, but it is happening fastest in South America and the Caribbean, where abundance of these species has dropped by 91% over the past 50 years.

Closing Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station would leave NSW exposed to risk of blackouts – Aemo

admin — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:40:28 +0000

States must roll out batteries, solar and wind energy more quickly to ease risk of blackouts, market operator says