Breaking Waves: Ocean News

Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:00:15 +0000

New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Horse Hill despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024

After years of trying to dig for oil in Surrey, the company behind the drilling project that was turned down in a landmark supreme court ruling has sold off the site for a fraction of the money it spent on it, and rebranded as a clean energy company.

Meanwhile, the new owners, who picked up the site for £1m, are applying, once again, for permission to dig.

People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:00:10 +0000

Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin America

Nature and land defenders were murdered at the rate of one every three days last year, prompting many communities to set up self-defence units, according to the latest annual death toll by the independent watchdog Global Witness.

Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:00:12 +0000

Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions

Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the government’s climate advisers have said.

Air pollution linked to higher suicide risk, international research suggests

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:30:01 +0000

Analysis of 29 studies highlights potentially heightened danger from small particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide

Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of suicide and suicidal thoughts, according to research.

3M, DuPont and more to face lawsuit on Pfas in US firefighters’ protective gear

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:06:55 +0000

Connecticut plaintiffs say ‘forever chemicals’ in turnout gear increase risk of cancer by absorption and inhalation

Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:57:16 +0000

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blaze

Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild apes.

Thousands of sea turtles reach Mexico in yearly migration threatened by climate crisis – video

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:39:26 +0000

More than 330,000 sea turtles arrived in southern Mexico in a mass nesting phenomenon known as an ‘arribada’.

The sixth arribada of the season, which began in March, brought thousands of turtles to the beach in less than 48 hours to lay their eggs, according to officials at La Escobilla beach sanctuary in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Hello yellow: canola crops shine on in NSW – in pictures

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:55 +0000

Vibrant fields light up the landscape as an ideal growing season means crops are flowering earlier than usual in the south-west slopes and Riverina regions of New South Wales

Blankets of colour: Western Australia’s wildflower season bursts into life – in pictures

World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:42:59 +0000

Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters

The energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia, according to a new report.

Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:31 +0000

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group

The North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, as Britain heads into a winter with energy bills expected to reach their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the industry’s trade body, wants the tax replaced in 2027, rather than in 2030, with a narrower levy that only applies during price spikes.