Breaking Waves: Ocean News

I invented a pedal-powered home office. Now I exercise – and save energy – at my desk

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:11 +0000

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

Jim Gregory, 59, loves to cycle. More than a decade before the work-from-home revolution, the Iowa business owner was grappling with a conundrum now faced by many: how to stay active while spending so much of his day at the computer.

Garden with terracotta 3D-print bricks wins Chelsea flower show green medal

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:11 +0000

Design created with no concrete and completely sustainable materials is first to win new environmental prize

A garden built with “humble” terracotta made into 3D-printed bricks has won the first green medal at Chelsea flower show for being the most environmentally sustainable design.

Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 13:08:25 +0000

More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills

Mass deaths of fish in England’s rivers have increased almost tenfold since 2020, with fears sewage pollution is exterminating life in the country’s waterways.

Green activists push Biden to freeze ‘disastrous’ deepwater oil export rigs

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:06 +0000

Sensing election-year traction, coalition of 20 environmental groups also demand entrenchment of pause in gas-export licences

Joe Biden’s administration is coming under renewed pressure to escalate its curbs on the US’s booming trade in fossil fuels by halting new deepwater oil-export facilities, as well as entrenching its pause in gas-export licences.

The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end?

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:05 +0000

The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027

What are those weird ingredients in our favorite US packaged foods?

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:04 +0000

From maltodextrin to guar gum, these additives are found in 73% of the US food supply – and are linked to health impacts

Ultra-processed US foods are ultra-bad for you. Here’s what to know

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:04 +0000

A growing number of grocery-store foods, from fruit-flavored yogurts to packaged bread, are being tied to health concerns

The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 07:15:03 +0000

Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has garnered glittering prizes, but concerns have been voiced over the influence it can buy – and its interest in carbon offsets

Late last month, the coronation of Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez as environmental royalty was complete. At Conservation International’s glitzy annual gala in New York, with Harrison Ford, Jacinda Ardern and Shailene Woodley looking on, the couple were given the global visionary award for the financial contribution of the Bezos Earth Fund to the natural world.

‘Free Bella’: campaigners fight to save lonely beluga whale from Seoul mall

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 07:00:04 +0000

Five years after her last companion died and the aquarium’s owner pledged to free her, Bella still languishes in a tiny tank amid shops

In the heart of Seoul, amid the luxury shops at the foot of the world’s sixth-tallest skyscraper, a lone beluga whale named Bella swims aimlessly in a tiny, lifeless tank, where she has been trapped for a decade.

Her plight is urgent, with campaigners racing to rescue her from the bare tank in a glitzy shopping centre in South Korea’s capital before it is too late.

Scotland’s vulnerable marine life not properly protected, campaigners warn

admin — Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:01 +0000

Scottish government accused of missing deadlines to take action on overfishing and effects of climate breakdown

Fragile and damaged marine life around Scotland’s coasts is not being properly protected because ministers in Edinburgh have broken their promises, environment campaigners have warned.

Prominent charities including the Marine Conservation Society and the National Trust for Scotland accuse the Scottish government of repeatedly missing its deadlines to protect vulnerable marine life from overfishing and the effects of climate breakdown.