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enTrump revokes Biden order that had set 50% electric vehicles target for 2030
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-revokes-biden-order-had-set-50-electric-vehicles-target-2030
<p>President tells crowd that US ‘will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-revokes-biden-order-had-set-50-electric-vehicles-target-2030" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 02:10:36 +0000admin98653 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgTrump vows to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling as he rolls back climate rules
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-vows-unleash-oil-and-gas-drilling-he-rolls-back-climate-rules
<p>President declares energy emergency, reiterates Paris withdrawal plan and overturns emissions standards</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-vows-unleash-oil-and-gas-drilling-he-rolls-back-climate-rules" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:46:29 +0000admin98652 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgGlobal financial sector dropping key green pledges as Trump takes office
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-financial-sector-dropping-key-green-pledges-trump-takes-office
<p>Banks, asset managers and industry groups move to accommodate US president’s anti-net zero stance</p>
<p>The second Trump administration is expected to strike a blow to efforts to align the global financial sector with the path to net zero, with banks, asset managers and industry groups already moving to accommodate the incoming president’s avowed policy of “drill, baby, drill”.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-financial-sector-dropping-key-green-pledges-trump-takes-office" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:36:56 +0000admin98651 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgA hadada: nothing can quite capture the sound of these birds, because it’s mainly just rude noise | Helen Sullivan
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hadada-nothing-can-quite-capture-sound-these-birds-because-it-s-mainly-just-rude-noise
<p>These ibises have a special skill called ‘remote touch’, which they use to find their worm, grub and snail prey through vibrations</p>
<p>Hadedas are iridescent grey-brown ibises – jack russell-sized birds with long, curved bills and very small heads – found throughout sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
<p>They have a special skill called “remote touch”, which they use to find their worm, grub and snail prey. At the tip of their bills is an organ that, when they stick it into the soil, can sense the vibrations of their food<strong> </strong>nearby.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/hadada-nothing-can-quite-capture-sound-these-birds-because-it-s-mainly-just-rude-noise" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:00:47 +0000admin98650 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgAlmost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat approved for clearing under Labor in 2024, new report finds
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/almost-26000-hectares-threatened-species-habitat-approved-clearing-under-labor-2024-ne
<p>Australian Conservation Foundation’s analysis finds amount of habitat approved to be razed double previous year’s as it calls for stronger protections</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/almost-26000-hectares-threatened-species-habitat-approved-clearing-under-labor-2024-ne" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:00:47 +0000admin98649 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgThe LA fires left a beloved school in ashes. Now, parents are rallying to restart their ‘community’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/la-fires-left-beloved-school-ashes-now-parents-are-rallying-restart-their-community
<p>Altadena’s Village Playgarden education center served diverse families with outdoor classrooms, small farm and animals – till it was destroyed by flames</p>
<p>In Altadena, it had become the hot ticket among the preschool set.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/la-fires-left-beloved-school-ashes-now-parents-are-rallying-restart-their-community" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:00:02 +0000admin98648 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUK charging firm warns over changes to electric car sales amid ‘difficult’ market
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-charging-firm-warns-over-changes-electric-car-sales-amid-difficult-market
<p>Pod Point reports weak demand for new cars as government says no firms will pay fines over ZEV mandate</p>
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<p>A charging company has said proposed UK changes to electric car sales rules could increase uncertainty over demand, as it said that it had been caught out by lower numbers of purchases by British drivers.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-charging-firm-warns-over-changes-electric-car-sales-amid-difficult-market" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:36:20 +0000admin98646 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgHigh fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/high-fertiliser-use-halves-numbers-pollinators-world-s-longest-study-finds
<p>Even average use of nitrogen fertilisers cut flower numbers fivefold and halved pollinating insects</p>
<p>Using high levels of common fertilisers on grassland halves pollinator numbers and drastically reduces the number of flowers, research from the world’s longest-running ecological experiment has found.</p>
<p>Increasing the amount of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus doused on agricultural grassland reduced flower numbers fivefold and halved the number of pollinating insects, according to the paper by the University of Sussex and Rothamsted Research.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/high-fertiliser-use-halves-numbers-pollinators-world-s-longest-study-finds" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:41 +0000admin98647 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgCampaigners call for action as jellyfish threaten Scottish salmon farms
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/campaigners-call-action-jellyfish-threaten-scottish-salmon-farms
<p>String jellyfish species that has killed millions of salmon in Norwegian sea farms reported in Scotland</p>
<p>A jellyfish species that has been wreaking havoc on Norway’s salmon industry has made its way to Scotland, causing significant damage and prompting calls for urgent action.</p>
<p>The string jellyfish has killed millions of salmon in Norwegian sea farms with officials urging an extermination of affected stocks.</p>
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:00:15 +0000admin98645 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgSmelters will close without green aluminium funding, Albanese warns as Dutton labels $2bn pledge a ‘con job’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/smelters-will-close-without-green-aluminium-funding-albanese-warns-dutton-labels-2bn-p
<p>Federal government aims to encourage power-intensive producers to switch to renewables by 2036</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/smelters-will-close-without-green-aluminium-funding-albanese-warns-dutton-labels-2bn-p" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:42:42 +0000admin98644 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org