Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:00:58 +0000

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not

Pope Francis hailed as ‘unflinching global champion’ on climate crisis

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:00:57 +0000

Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacy

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:00:57 +0000

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

What if Mother Earth could sue for mistreatment?

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:32:19 +0000

The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries. The Llurimagua case -- a dispute over a mining concession in Ecuador's cloud forest -- illustrates this approach, providing a unique opportunity to rethink Earth system governance.

Banned DDT discovered in Canadian trout 70 years after use, research finds

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:00:43 +0000

Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit

Residues of the insecticide DDT have been found to persist at “alarming rates” in trout even after 70 years, potentially posing a significant danger to humans and wildlife that eat the fish, research has found.

The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data | Jonathan Gilmour

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:00:39 +0000

Burying our heads in the sand won’t stop the climate crisis or pandemics. We’re taking action to preserve government tools

Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:30:34 +0000

Island country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery

Wave of Earth Day protests as Americans mobilize against Trump

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:00:35 +0000

Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives

Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its “war on the planet”.

Indigenous river campaigner from Peru wins prestigious Goldman prize

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:30:31 +0000

Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari led a successful legal battle to protect the Marañon River in the Peruvian Amazon

Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:30:30 +0000

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste trafficking

Indigenous river campaigner from Peru honoured

Grassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most prestigious environmental prize.