Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:49 +0000

Trump officials and Republicans are rolling back protections against heat-related illnesses and deaths

When it’s 90F on a hot summer day, Esther Minton wears a long-sleeved shirt to work.

“Working outside, you don’t have cover. There’s nowhere for you to really go if you’re on a roof or if you’re on the side of a building,” said Minton, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 28 in New York City. “Having the sun beaming on your skin all day long, you’ll never make it through, so what you wear makes a difference.”

How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:48 +0000

After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands

“Gospić is our home,” Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament earlier this month. The slogan is the name of a campaign she helped to set up to protest against the illegal dumping of waste in Gospić, a town in the mountainous Lika region of central Croatia.

Week in wildlife: a tiny tiger-cat, backyard bears and a frilly pink sea cucumber

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:00:43 +0000

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

Friday briefing: How a grassroots film is turning climate anxiety into action

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:45:15 +0000

In today’s newsletter: The People’s Emergency Briefing delivers a stark warning about our future in a warming world. But sharing difficult truths collectively shows us that there is still hope to be found

Good morning. Here we are, stumbling into an oddly warm autumn and with the aftermath of a ceaselessly dry summer all around us in our parched parks and fire-ravaged forests.

The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:37:39 +0000

Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice

Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:24 +0000

Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says

It’s a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change, and the reason they don’t is “because they don’t know how to talk about it”, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Wednesday in an interview with the Guardian and the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.

Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:40:28 +0000

Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’

Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.

The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary.

Rescued bears enjoy private piano concert – video

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:32:20 +0000

Former Yes musician Rick Wakeman plays a piano concert to bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam. His concert was performed live on a Yamaha grand piano positioned in Animals Asia in the Tam Dao national park. Wakeman is trying to raise awareness of 125 animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ in the country

Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:30:17 +0000

Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters

The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution, according to a new report.

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:26:44 +0000

Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity

Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.

The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in conservation, biodiversity protection, animal welfare and environmental stewardship” and “significant contributions to advancing a more sustainable future”.

Breaking Waves: Ocean News

‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen

How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up

Week in wildlife: a tiny tiger-cat, backyard bears and a frilly pink sea cucumber

Friday briefing: How a ​grassroots ​film ​is ​turning ​climate anxiety ​into ​action

The Guardian view on a supersized El Niño: a natural phenomenon and human folly are a lethal combination | Editorial

Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028

Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam

Rescued bears enjoy private piano concert – video

Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

Friday briefing: How a grassroots film is turning climate anxiety into action