Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:55:18 +0000

Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?

Coalition pitches ‘affordable and responsible’ energy plan as Ley flags immigration as next policy battleground

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 06:35:11 +0000

Nationals and Liberals agree on new emissions plan after joint party room as opposition leader promises new immigration policy within weeks

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We have lift-off! Melbourne’s skyscraper peregrine chicks take to the sky

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:35:04 +0000

Falcon fledglings’ inaugural flight watched by dedicated fans includes dramatic crash-landing

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Trio of young peregrine falcons take first flight atop Melbourne skyscraper – video

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:24:33 +0000

Late last week, three peregrine falcons – two females and one male – left their ledge high above Melbourne's CBD for the first time. One suffered a dramatic crash landing but successfully left the nest on the second attempt. The trio hatched at the end of September with thousands tuning into a 24-hour live stream of their nest.

We have lift-off! Melbourne’s skyscraper peregrine chicks take to the sky

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:01:16 +0000

Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, an inquiry by MPs has found, in direct conflict with claims made by ministers.

The Coalition is spinning a line that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:00:13 +0000

In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters

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Biodiversity offsets didn’t work in NSW. Will Labor make the same mistake nationwide?

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:00:12 +0000

Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default

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Australian investment in green projects surges despite drastic US policy reversal, report shows

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:00:10 +0000

Exclusive: Growth has been steady even since Trump’s re-election, building on increase from $20bn to $157bn, says thinktank

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These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:03:37 +0000

Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelands

A morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena. It was a scene that evoked a tropical island rather than a bustling city in north-east Los Angeles county.

Fly-tippers dump ‘mountain’ of waste in Oxfordshire field

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:32:58 +0000

Area’s MP says it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste

Fly-tippers have dumped a “mountain of illegal waste” in Oxfordshire so large that removing it could cost more than the local council’s annual budget, the area’s MP has said.

Hundreds of tonnes of waste, stacked 10 metres high, appeared in a field between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington. One charity called the huge dump of rubbish “an environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight”.