Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Former Liberal MPs deride net zero dumping as ‘nail in the coffin’ that may prolong party’s pain in urban seats

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:19:24 +0000

Ex-politicians and candidates warn the decision will likely cause a loss of votes from younger people

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Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:00:23 +0000

Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution

If you Sit Down and wonder why Britain’s streams, rivers and lakes are so filthy, you’re probably Holding Out for a Hero to halt this Scandalous discharge of sewage.

China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:00:23 +0000

Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries

China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis.

Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:59:51 +0000

Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law

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Drop crocs! Everyone loves drop crocs! Or do they? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:48:04 +0000

It certainly sounds like fun until you walk under a tree and…

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Once a global leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing | Nathalie Tocci

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:19 +0000

From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’. But Europe is shooting itself in the foot

Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:29:30 +0000

Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’

The great escape: seal flees killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:59:02 +0000

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of Seattle

A wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.

Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6 metre) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas.

Labor must not partner with climate vandals on Australia’s new environmental laws | Tim Flannery

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:50:51 +0000

If the government cuts a deal with them, it risks repeating the mistakes of the Abbott era, sacrificing progress for politics

Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:59:29 +0000

Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will lose their right to subsidies for eco-friendly heat pumps as a result of government plans to bring down energy bills at the budget.