Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Citizen scientists’ to check UK rivers for sewage and pollution

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 05:00:08 +0000

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulation

Rivers will be checked for sewage and other pollution by the general public this month in an attempt to assess the health of British waterways.

Cuts to the UK regulators and a change in the law to allow water company self-monitoring of pollution in England mean there is little independent monitoring of the state of rivers in the UK.

Two hundred sheep killed in truck fire in remote NSW

admin — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:26:25 +0000

Driver, a 32-year-old man, escaped blaze in the early hours of Saturday unharmed

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Two hundred sheep have been killed in a truck fire near a remote town in western New South Wales.

Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:45:15 +0000

Hottest summer on record continues, with millions from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Seattle under heat alerts

An intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region – some of the highest of the season – and broken heat records.

‘We’ve not had a summer’: retailers battle unpredictable British weather

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:14:09 +0000

Soggy summers and warmer winters are hitting sales as climate crisis blurs seasons

When the season switched from summer to autumn, like clockwork clothing stores would swap out the racks of floaty frocks and fill them with heavy coats and jumpers.

Now, as the nights draw in, retailers are having to rejig seasonal ranges as the UK’s unpredictable weather calls for summer jackets and lighter knits.

Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:05:13 +0000

This year will more than likely end up the warmest humanity has measured, reports European climate service

Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, the European climate service Copernicus reported on Friday.

Greens to push Labour for wealth tax to fund public services

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:05:46 +0000

Co-leader kicks off party conference by saying chancellor is ‘not looking in the right place’ for money

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Keir Starmer’s government is “not looking in the right place” when he says there is no money for public services, the leaders of the Greens have said as the party began a celebratory post-election conference with a series of attacks on a perceived lack of ambition from Labour.

Is your cocktail ultra-processed? Nutrition labels won’t tell you

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:00:51 +0000

Many ready-to-drink cocktails have as much sugar as Coca-Cola – but a loophole avoids the ‘ultra-processed’ tag

What's at stake in the US election? The climate for the next million years | Bill McKibben

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:36:42 +0000

Donald Trump gets everything wrong about the climate crisis. The results of the vote in November could reverberate for a million years

Amsterdammers left bemused at plan to tackle flowerpot ‘jungle’

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:07:47 +0000

Authorities in Dutch capital launch ‘Operation plant pot’, saying excessive pot placement threatens accessibility

Residents have reacted with bemusement at plans by authorities in Amsterdam to crack down on what it sees as a plague of messy plant pots.

EU failing to enforce illegal fishing rules, say campaigners

admin — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:39:44 +0000

Activists says EU court ruling on transparency makes mockery of laws to protect the environment

Campaigners have said that the EU is failing to enforce rules on illegal fishing, and allowing member states to conceal information that could help uncover breaches of fishing law.

The court of justice of the EU ruled on Thursday that member states could keep vital details of their implementation of fishing rules under wraps, in a blow to environmental campaigners hoping to use the information to show whether the regulations are working.