Breaking Waves: Ocean News

US supreme court sides with Michigan in its fight to shut down ageing pipeline

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:00:45 +0000

The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel

The supreme court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration restrictions on wind and solar projects

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:15:27 +0000

The injunction pauses policy giving senior Trump official direct sign-off on federal clean energy projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday struck down several Trump administration actions slowing down development of clean energy, including a requirement that all solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters be personally approved by the interior secretary, Doug Burgum.

Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:28:10 +0000

Fauci was joined by actor Jesse Eisenberg and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer in reading for DC Climate Week

When Anthony Fauci put on a pair of sunglasses, the hall erupted in cheers and applause. “Ah, how terrible it is to know when, in the end, knowing gains you nothing,” Fauci said. “I knew this once, but must have somehow forgotten, or else I never would have come.”

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:31 +0000

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

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How Ireland’s war-driven fuel blockades revealed the true cost of Europe’s oil addiction

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:47:42 +0000

Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran could speed the EU’s green revolution – if panicking governments can hold their nerve on clean energy

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Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:22 +0000

Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things up

Steve Green, a boat engineer from Cornwall, was pulled over by the police just before Christmas. He was driving a decrepit-looking VW campervan and towing an even more dilapidated yacht up to Truro. He hadn’t broken any laws, but he admits that Cecil the campervan, which runs on donated chip oil from local pubs and has a crane and a winch on the front, “wasn’t quite what VW intended”.

‘Petro-masculinity’ is destroying the planet. Can eco-masculinity help save it? | Andrew Boyd

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:24 +0000

It’s crucial to understanding how gender is affecting our ability to rally behind a shared ecological vision

Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:24 +0000

American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections

Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump’s expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse.

Fury in Cornwall over herbicide plan to tackle weeds

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:53 +0000

Council proposal to use glyphosate to tidy up pavements criticised over potential harm to humans and wildlife

Cornwall is famed for its glorious gardens and verdant landscapes but a bitter row has broken out over a plan to tackle a less glamorous type of vegetation – roadside weeds.

The unitary authority has announced plans to use the controversial herbicide glyphosate to tidy up pavements and kerbsides, after largely phasing out its use over the last decade amid concerns about potential harm to humans and the peninsula’s rich ecosystems.

Gibraltar’s monkeys eat mud ‘to avoid upset stomachs from tourist junk food’

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:53 +0000

Macaques have learned to eat soil to avert gut irritation caused by salty and sugary snacks, researchers believe

Troops of monkeys living on the Rock of Gibraltar have learned to eat soil in what scientists believe is an effort to settle their stomachs after all the junk food they receive – and sometimes steal – from crowds of tourists.