Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Company supplying critical EV metal ‘did not disclose’ Erin Brockovich pollutant in drinking water

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:00:16 +0000

Leaked documents indicate Harita, owner of key nickel mine in Indonesia, did not reveal water contamination

One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

UK watchdog bans coffee pod ads over ‘misleading’ composting claims

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:14 +0000

Advertising Standards Authority says neither Lavazza UK nor Dualit’s product can be recycled at home

Descriptions of coffee pods as “compostable eco capsules” were misleading as they could not be composted at home, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.

The ASA has banned adverts by Lavazza UK and Dualit, which both made claims about the eco credentials of their coffee products.

India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:14 +0000

Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heat

The summer conditions south Asian countries dread each year have arrived alarmingly early, and it’s only April. Much of India and Pakistan is already sweltering in heatwave conditions, in what scientists say is fast becoming the “new normal”.

Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2025

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:00:08 +0000

Wild weather, elections and rabbit jumping are all part of some of the month’s best images in Australia for April

Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:01:06 +0000

Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessment

Labour is putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the climate crisis, the UK’s climate watchdog has said.

Flooding, droughts and heatwaves are all increasing in severity due to climate breakdown, but current plans to protect people, land and infrastructure against extreme weather have been judged inadequate in a scathing assessment of the UK’s preparedness.

Fly-tippers’ vehicles to be crushed in bid to save England from ‘avalanche of rubbish’

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:30:03 +0000

The scheme, part of policy blitz for local elections, will encourage councils and police forces to work together

Councils will be encouraged to work with police forces to seize and crush vehicles used by fly-tippers, in the latest phase of a government policy blitz before Thursday’s local elections.

Under a scheme being led by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), new legislation will impose jail sentences of up to five years for people who illicitly transport waste in England.

UN climate talks will be ‘uphill battle’ amid Trump rollbacks, says Cop30 chair

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:59:12 +0000

Tariffs and environmental cuts will make meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do Lago

Crucial United Nations climate talks this year will be a “slightly uphill battle” due to economic turmoil and Donald Trump’s removal of the US from the effort to tackle global heating, the chair of the upcoming summit has admitted.

Trump dismisses contributors to key US report on climate crisis preparedness

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:06:05 +0000

The assessment, mandated by Congress, is used by federal and local governments to prep for climate disasters

Donald Trump’s administration has dismissed all contributors to the US government’s flagship study on how to prepare for climate change impacts, prompting strong criticism from experts over a “senseless” move.

Leaked document shows two threatened species could be wiped out at Middle Arm development site

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:00:02 +0000

Exclusive: Conservation advocates say assessment shows controversial NT project ‘shouldn’t get past the starting gun’

Climate crisis could kill off Australian music festivals, report warns

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:00:01 +0000

Exclusive: As they wait on latest weather forecasts, concertgoers delay buying tickets. But this has caused some major events to cancel

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Music festivals are a threatened species that could die out if they fail to adapt to the climate crisis.