Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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enGreen leader Adrian Ramsay: Labour’s ‘growth v nature’ framing is an outrage
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/green-leader-adrian-ramsay-labour-s-growth-v-nature-framing-outrage
<p>Co-leader says deprioritisation of net zero is ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rejects ‘nimby-in-chief’ characterisation</p>
<p>Labour’s push for economic growth at the expense of climate and nature is “extremely dangerous”, the co-leader of the Green party has said.</p>
<p>Adrian Ramsay, the MP for Waveney Valley between Norfolk and Suffolk, was one of the five Green MPs elected to parliament last July in their best ever result. He said and his colleagues knew they would be holding Labour to account, but did not expect to be as disappointed as they have been.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/green-leader-adrian-ramsay-labour-s-growth-v-nature-framing-outrage" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:00:42 +0000admin99272 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBaby wombat-snatching US influencer apologises and says she was ‘concerned’ for Australian animal
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-australian-a
<p>Sam Jones, who left Australia on Friday, posted a 900-word statement questioning outrage in country where ‘slaughter of wombats’ is permitted</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-australian-a" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:48:42 +0000admin99270 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgTrump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-environmental-rule-shredding-will-put-lives-risk-ex-epa-heads-say
<p>Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’</p>
<p>Three former <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/epa">Environmental Protection Agency</a> leaders sounded an alarm on Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s dual mission to protect the environment and human health.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/trump-s-environmental-rule-shredding-will-put-lives-risk-ex-epa-heads-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:28:57 +0000admin99269 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘Germany is back’: Merz secures Greens’ support for defence spend boost
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/germany-back-merz-secures-greens-support-defence-spend-boost
<p>Backing of Greens is tantamount to approval of chancellor-in-waiting’s proposal to relax debt brake</p>
<p>Germany’s conservative chancellor-in-waiting, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/german-election-winner-merz-moves-step-closer-to-forming-government">Friedrich Merz</a>, has said he has secured the support of the Green party for his radical plan to increase spending on defence and infrastructure after marathon talks that went through the night, paving the way for its approval in parliament.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/germany-back-merz-secures-greens-support-defence-spend-boost" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:29:57 +0000admin99268 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWhy I quit my homestead dream just as farmer tradwives became mainstream
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream
<p>Our homesteading journey began with self-sufficiency and a dream, but it evolved through loss and social media fame</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/why-i-quit-my-homestead-dream-just-farmer-tradwives-became-mainstream" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:00:22 +0000admin99267 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgUK hoping to work with China to counteract Trump’s climate-hostile policies
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies
<p>Ed Miliband visits Beijing as part of plan to create global axis working in favour of climate action</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/uk-hoping-work-china-counteract-trump-s-climate-hostile-policies" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:16:15 +0000admin99266 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgWeek in wildlife: leapfrogging monkeys, a strolling tortoise and Lincolnshire seals
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/week-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals
<p>The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world</p>
<p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/mar/14/week-in-wildlife-leapfrogging-monkeys-a-strolling-tortoise-and-lincolnshire-seals">Continue reading...</a></p>
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:00:20 +0000admin99265 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgThe global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I’m visiting Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them | Ed Miliband
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll-
<p>I will be the first UK energy secretary since 2017 to visit. It is negligence towards today’s and future generations not to engage China on this critical topic</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/global-battle-against-climate-crisis-needs-china-i-m-visiting-beijing-and-s-what-i-ll-" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:20 +0000admin99264 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgRichest farmers in England may lose sustainability funding in Defra review
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review
<p>Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more nature</p>
<p>The richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).</p>
<p>Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/richest-farmers-england-may-lose-sustainability-funding-defra-review" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:00:19 +0000admin99263 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgAttacking a young tourist over her treatment of a wombat is hypocritical – and misses the point | Georgie Purcell
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi
<p>What’s happening to our native wildlife across the country is just as horrific as what we witnessed in that video – it’s just occurring behind closed doors</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/attacking-young-tourist-over-her-treatment-wombat-hypocritical-and-misses-point-georgi" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:33:47 +0000admin99262 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org