Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Trump administration moves to narrow protections for endangered species

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:56:21 +0000

Environmentalists warn new proposal from US wildlife agencies could lead to habitat destruction and extinction

The Trump administration is planning to narrow protections for endangered species, in a move that environmentalists say would accelerate extinction by opening up critical habitats for development, logging, mining and other uses.

About 15% of world’s cropland polluted with toxic metals, say researchers

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:46 +0000

Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems

About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated by toxic heavy metals, researchers have estimated, with as many as 1.4 billion people living in high-risk areas worldwide.

Spurs contractors judged felled Enfield oak to be ‘fine specimen’

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:46:12 +0000

Toby Carvery owner apologises over tree’s felling as football club faces questions about whether it knew of decision

An ancient London oak controversially felled earlier this month was assessed to be a “fine specimen” last year by tree experts working for Tottenham Hotspur as part of the football club’s plans to redevelop parkland next to the site.

Mitchells & Butlers Retail (MBR), which owns the Toby Carvery in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, apologised on Thursday for the “upset” caused by the felling of the tree.

Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:38:37 +0000

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producers

Britain’s rural communities could be “destroyed”, the former government food tsar has said, if ministers sign a US trade deal that undercuts British farming standards.

British rebellion against Roman legions caused by drought, research finds

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:28:05 +0000

The pivotal ‘barbarian conspiracy’ of AD367 saw Picts, Scotti and Saxons inflicting crushing blows on Roman defences

A series of exceptionally dry summers that caused famine and social breakdown were behind one of the most severe threats to Roman rule of Britain, according to new academic research.

The rebellion, known as the “barbarian conspiracy”, was a pivotal moment in Roman Britain. Picts, Scotti and Saxons took advantage of Britain’s descent into anarchy to inflict crushing blows on weakened Roman defences in the spring and summer of AD367.

‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:41 +0000

Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing. Their fears differ from their better-known rightwing counterparts – as do their methods

One afternoon in February, hoping to survive the apocalypse or at least avoid finding myself among its earliest victims, I logged on to an online course entitled Ruggedize Your Life: The Basics.

Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:30:38 +0000

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industry

Conservationists on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its attempts to boost the oil industry by rolling back green policies.

Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:00:37 +0000

Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle

How the truth about supermarket salmon is being hidden – video

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:17:52 +0000

Salmon is often marketed as the sustainable, healthy and eco-friendly protein choice. But what you may not realise is that most of the salmon you buy is farmed, especially if you live in the UK, because Scottish salmon producers are no longer required to tell you.

Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out why it is important for consumers to know where their salmon comes from, and examines the gap between the marketing of farmed salmon and the reality for our health, the environmental and animal welfare

BP suffers investor rebellion at first AGM since climate strategy U-turn

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:04:20 +0000

Nearly a quarter of shareholders vote against the chair, Helge Lund, as green protesters are blocked from entering

BP suffered an investor rebellion on Thursday after facing shareholders for the first time since abandoning its climate strategy at a meeting marred by protest.

About a quarter of shareholders voted against the chair, Helge Lund, at the company’s annual meeting in Sunbury-on-Thames, on the edges of London, which attracted protest from several green campaign groups.