Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told

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Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands

The massive spill of plastic beads at Camber Sands is devastating for local people, wildlife and tourism and the beads are dispersing along the coast, residents heard at an emotional public meeting on Thursday.

National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service

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Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown

Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a former National Park Service director, amid alarm over the impact of the federal government shutdown.

Jonathan Jarvis claimed the agency is now in the hands of a “bunch of ideologues” who would have no issue watching it “go down in flames” – and see parks from Yellowstone to Yosemite as potential “cash cows”, ripe for privatization.

Facebook community groups and maggot-infested rats: the inner workings of Australia’s climate misinformation war

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:41 +0000

Senate inquiry hears how ‘propagandised misinformation’ is drowning out legitimate concerns in Australia’s regions over renewable energy

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How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray

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Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries

Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues

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Disease outbreaks from South America to Europe have been worsened by rising global temperatures, experts say

Surging cases of yellow fever and dengue in South America highlight the growing assault on people’s health from the climate crisis, with infectious diseases spread by mosquitoes and deadly heat also now pushing into temperate regions such as Europe, experts have warned at the Cop30 climate summit.

London judge rules BHP Group liable for Brazil’s 2015 Samarco dam collapse

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:33:24 +0000

About 600,000 people seeking compensation a decade on from disaster that killed 19 and devastated villages

The global mining company BHP Group has been found liable for the deadly 2015 collapse of a Brazilian dam, in a landmark ruling that could pave the way for a multibillion-dollar payout.

The high court in London on Friday ruled that BHP was responsible for the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana 10 years ago, which led to the country’s worst environmental disaster.

Week in wildlife: a chilled capybara, a bear at nursery and a Welsh polecat

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Former Liberal MPs deride net zero dumping as ‘nail in the coffin’ that may prolong 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

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

Cop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of climate talks in Brazil

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