Breaking Waves: Ocean News https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-waves en Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/energy-generators-poke-holes-dutton-s-nuclear-plan-questions-over-costings-pile <p>‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/energy-generators-poke-holes-dutton-s-nuclear-plan-questions-over-costings-pile" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:51 +0000 admin 98275 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Never mind the fact the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/never-mind-fact-coalition-s-nuclear-proposal-fantasy-it-doesn-t-even-claim-reduce-powe <p>Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/never-mind-fact-coalition-s-nuclear-proposal-fantasy-it-doesn-t-even-claim-reduce-powe" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:48 +0000 admin 98276 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org President Biden: stand up to Chevron and pardon Steven Donziger | Jim McGovern https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/president-biden-stand-chevron-and-pardon-steven-donziger-jim-mcgovern <p>Chevron spent billions trying to destroy him after he won the largest pollution case in history. It’s time for Biden to end this nightmare</p> <p>It’s a tale as old as time: an underdog fighting for what’s right, and a powerful giant doing everything it can to stop him. Yet in today’s America, the giants don’t lose – they rig the system to crush anyone who dares to challenge them.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/president-biden-stand-chevron-and-pardon-steven-donziger-jim-mcgovern" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:46 +0000 admin 98274 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Miliband pledges no blackouts under Labour’s ‘unstoppable’ renewable energy shake-up https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/miliband-pledges-no-blackouts-under-labour-s-unstoppable-renewable-energy-shake <p>‘Clean power 2030’ plan will speed up planning and give energy secretary final say on major infrastructure projects</p> <p>The UK will not face blackouts under Labour’s proposed shake-up of energy supply, Ed Miliband has said, as he unveiled plans to boost clean power by the end of the decade.</p> <p>The energy secretary insisted the transition away from fossil fuels was “unstoppable.”</p> <p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/13/miliband-pledges-no-blackouts-under-labours-unstoppable-renewable-energy-shake-up">Continue reading...</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:48:37 +0000 admin 98271 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Discovery of six rare Mekong giant catfish in Cambodia raises hopes for endangered species https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/discovery-six-rare-mekong-giant-catfish-cambodia-raises-hopes-endangered-species <p>Find is ‘hopeful sign’ the species, one of world’s largest and rarest freshwater fish, is not at imminent risk of extinction</p> <p>Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — have been caught and released in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/discovery-six-rare-mekong-giant-catfish-cambodia-raises-hopes-endangered-species" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:26:41 +0000 admin 98272 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org ‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/water-war-how-drought-threatens-survival-sicily-s-towns <p>Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/water-war-how-drought-threatens-survival-sicily-s-towns" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:43 +0000 admin 98273 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Rapid spread of bee-killing Asian hornets halted in UK https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rapid-spread-bee-killing-asian-hornets-halted-uk <p>Action helps thwart advance of invasive yellow-legged hornet that can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee colonies in France and Italy</p> <p>Rapid action against an invasive bee-killing hornet has stopped its spread in the UK despite suitable climate and habitat for the insect, a study has found.</p> <p>Research led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) looked at how suitable European countries were for the yellow-legged or Asian hornet to become established, and how they might have spread without action.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/rapid-spread-bee-killing-asian-hornets-halted-uk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:10:19 +0000 admin 98270 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ed-miliband-pledges-most-ambitious-reforms-uk-energy-system-generations <p>Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks </p> <p>Ed Miliband has pledged to bring in “the most ambitious reforms to the country’s energy system in generations” as he presses ahead with plans to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/labour-onshore-windfarms-ed-miliband-bills-energy">accelerate the development of onshore windfarms</a> in England.</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/ed-miliband-pledges-most-ambitious-reforms-uk-energy-system-generations" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:39 +0000 admin 98269 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Sam Groth quits John Pesutto’s shadow frontbench – as it happened https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sam-groth-quits-john-pesutto-s-shadow-frontbench-it-happened <p>This blog is now closed</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/sam-groth-quits-john-pesutto-s-shadow-frontbench-it-happened" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:59:07 +0000 admin 98267 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org Turbine bat deaths could fall without loss of power if wind speed triggers were raised, Victorian research finds https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/turbine-bat-deaths-could-fall-without-loss-power-if-wind-speed-triggers-were-raised-vi <p>Changing state guidelines to lift the wind speed at which turbines start spinning won’t notably affect energy generated, government consultants say</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/turbine-bat-deaths-could-fall-without-loss-power-if-wind-speed-triggers-were-raised-vi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:00:20 +0000 admin 98266 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org