Breaking Waves: Ocean News

White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:11:18 +0000

Nasa cuts contract that convened USGCRP, which released assessments impacting environmental decision-making

The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States.

Trump takes aim at city and state climate laws in executive order

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:10:28 +0000

President orders justice department to stop enforcement of critical policies holding fossil fuel companies accountable

Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:06 +0000

Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council says

Adani names two dead Australian war veterans in documents alleging protest conspiracy against it

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:00:04 +0000

Exclusive: Judge says case appears to be making ‘no real progress towards trial’ as mining company files fourth statement of claim since 2020

US against plan for levy on carbon emissions from ships, leak suggests

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:21:35 +0000

Document says levy would be ‘blatantly unfair’ and inconsistent with international law of the sea

Plans for a levy on the carbon produced by ships are being opposed by the US government, on the apparent basis they would “impose substantial economic burdens” and “drive inflation”.

Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:05:01 +0000

Scale of environmental damage attributed to huge number of dogs globally as well as ‘lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners’

Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found.

An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised”.

Solar panels and pristine forest: how one Amazon village is adapting to protect itself – in pictures

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:00:02 +0000

Metuktire, in the Indigenous Capoto-Jarina territory in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, is a pocket of resistance against mining, which has devastated the landscape in nearby areas. The AFP photographer Pablo Porciúncula travelled deep into Mato Grosso state to see how it has staved off deforestation and continued to honour its traditional ways of life – while also facing the threats of miners and the climate crisis

Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:30:01 +0000

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

Dutton’s energy plan could make Australians pay more for gas, not less, expert warns

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:06:15 +0000

Victorian Energy Policy Centre director says constraining exports would be ‘seismic policy shift’

Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:00:35 +0000

Heads of 32 charities warn proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss

The heads of 32 UK nature organisations have written to the government warning that the planning bill “throws environmental protection to the wind”.

The planning and infrastructure bill, which is at committee stage in parliament, aims to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects.