Breaking Waves: Ocean News

The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones | Editorial

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Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to it

Trump-supporting billionaire prevented from filling lake on UK estate during drought

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Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman acted legally, but residents complained to Southern Water

A Donald Trump-backing billionaire has been stopped from transporting water in tankers to fill a lake on his Wiltshire estate during a drought.

Southern Water has told tanker companies to cease delivering water to Stephen Schwarzman’s 2,500-acre estate after local residents filmed vehicles going day and night to its grounds.

Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw

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Government rules out using taxpayer funds to buy off competing bid as Pacific leaders urge Turkey to step aside as an ‘act of good faith’

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Much of US shark meat comes from endangered species, study finds

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:37 +0000

Research shows majority of shark meat mislabeled or so vaguely labeled buyers do not know what they are eating

A recent study has revealed that the majority of shark meat available to American shoppers is mislabeled, with much of it coming from endangered species.

Wealth and power shape the climate emergency – the most important tool we have to defend ourselves is the facts | Naomi Klein

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The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastrophe

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Community groups warn against push to ‘rip up’ UK nuclear industry rules

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Joint response by 25 bodies says proposals to speed up approval of new power plants weaken protection for public

A coalition of civil society groups is warning of the dangers of cutting safety regulations as the government pushes to “rip up the rules” to accelerate the construction of new nuclear power stations.

The 25 groups from communities neighbouring nuclear sites have submitted a joint response to a consultation by the nuclear regulatory taskforce, saying its proposals lack “both credibility and rigour”.

Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture

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Devastating twister packs gusts of up to 168mph, injuring 89 people and leaving trail of destruction

Japan has experienced the strongest tornado in its recorded history after a devastating twister tore through Shizuoka prefecture.

Week in wildlife: a huge tuna, cows on the lawn and a Dorset beaver’s adventure

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

Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

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Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

More than 750,000 tonnes of liquid from landfills are mixed with sewage at water treatment works and spread on farmland across England each year, it can be revealed.

Generated by hundreds of landfills across the country, leachate – the liquid that drains through landfill waste carrying a cocktail of chemicals – is regularly tankered to sewage treatment works, where it mixes with domestic sewage and industrial effluent to create sludge, also described as “biosolids”.

Relief for campaigners as five-star hotel on Milos’s famous ‘moon beach’ halted

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:25 +0000

Authorities revoke building licence for cascading hotel complex on one of Greece’s most photographed shorelines

Environmental campaigners have welcomed a decision to halt construction of a disputed five-star hotel on a Greek beach known for its outstanding natural beauty.

Local authorities on the Cycladic island of Milos said a building licence for the resort on the world-renowned “moon beach” had been revoked by the municipality’s planning department after falling short of inspection standards.