The lure of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could mean the destruction of species only just discovered on the ocean floor
… of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could mean the destruction of species only just discovered on the ocean floor Before the late nineteenth … exists, but prospers in the depths of the ocean. His three-year voyage on the HMS …
Faced with the double crisis of global warming and the decimation of marine wildlife, what does the Obama administration do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & David Helvarg. But this assault on our climate and cetaceans can be stopped, as a 'Sea Party Rebellion' prepares to fight it all the way in forthcoming Presidential elections.
… Nader David Helvarg | 4th July 2015 Activism Oceans Cetaceans USA Energy Oil Gas Politics … do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write … Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean ', states that human activities threaten …
A new wave power generator has moved closer to reality after successful testing in simulated marine conditions. An array of the 1.5MW 'Searaser' devices could be deployed on Britain's coast within a few years.
… New wave generator brightens ocean power prospects The Ecologist | 27th … October 2014 News Renewables UK Technology Oceans Energy searaser-cut.jpg A new wave … at sea but will simply use the motion of the ocean swell to pump high pressure seawater …
The deep ocean is cold; our cities are growing increasingly warm. What if we could tap those frigid depths to cool down energy-hungry metropolises?
… | 13th April 2010 News Science And Technology Ocean Air Conditioning Energy Climate Change downtownhonolulu.jpg The deep ocean is cold; our cities are growing … Authority (NELHA) began the first US tests of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) …
Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions
… gas extraction is not possible in the Arctic Ocean Immediate moratorium on all activity by … rushed to lay claim to areas of the Arctic Ocean during the past few years, following … the current governance gap in the Arctic Ocean, and something that will remain in place …
Two new reports say existing forest and ocean systems offer the most cost effective way to capture and store carbon - far cheaper than industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology
… Forests and oceans more effective than carbon capture … Two new reports say existing forest and ocean systems offer the most cost effective … for decades or centuries, that stored in the oceans remains for millennia. 'We already know …
Ecuador seeks $3.6 billion from international donors to protect species-rich rainforest reserve from oil exploration
… READ MORE... NEWS Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming The entire marine food … are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures. INVESTIGATION … seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels The main impacts of …
The 2011 Fukushima catastrophe is an ongoing disaster whose end only gets more remote as time passes. The government is desperate to get evacuees back into their homes for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but the problems on the ground, and in the breached reactor vessels, are only getting more serious and costly, as unbelievable volumes of radiation contaminate land, air and ocean.
… of radiation contaminate land, air and ocean. Six years after the catastrophe at … still leaking continuously into the Pacific ocean, and partially decontaminated water is being dumped into the ocean. All available information and figures …
A climate negotiators gather in Paris for COP21, the WMO say that a combination of human and natural causes will make 2015 temperatures the hottest ever - half way to the 2C 'safety threshold'. But despite the ever falling price of solar and wind, many newly industrialising countries are insisting on coal-fired development.
… likely to be the hottest year on record, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest … recorded for Asia, Europe, South America and Oceania, and for North America. And … trapped by greenhouse gases is going into the oceans, not the atmosphere: "The oceans have …
Scandinavian inventors are hoping that efficient new waves power technologies will for the first time make the sector competitive with other renewable energy sources, writes Paul Brown - opening up a massive new clean energy resource around the world.
… power Paul Brown | 23rd February 2015 News Oceans Energy Renewables Technology … the vessel swing at anchor in a part of the ocean with sufficient wave energy. Everything … into a reliable energy source. But CorPower Ocean 's new wave energy system claims to …
Dubbed 'insanity island', protesters are campaigning against the Atlantic Sea Island Group's proposal to build a mega liquefied natural gas facility off the coast of New York and New Jersey
… A Difference Atlantic Sea Island Group Clean Ocean Action Surfrider Foundation Safe Energy … veto power for almost two years. Clean Ocean Action , a New Jersey-based coalition of … environmental disruption. According to Clean Ocean Action, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine …
Environmental groups in Germany, Finland and Denmark claim gas pipeline will devastate the Baltic Sea's already fragile marine ecosystem
… study NEWS Marine mammals under threat from ocean noise pollution Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel … impacts on our current understanding of the oceans BLOG From Latvia with love... Whilst …
BP's plans to explore for oil in the deep seas of the Great Australian Bight came under fire today at the company's Annual General Meeting in London, writes Graham Readfearn. The drilling would risk the ocean's rich marine wildlife - while blowing a massive hole in Australia's COP21 emissions targets.
… News Oil Energy Corporations Climate Change Oceans Pollution COP21 Emissions bunda cliffs … Graham Readfearn. The drilling would risk the ocean's rich marine wildlife - while blowing a … wells as much as 2,200 metres down on the ocean floor are the most advanced. …
The US, long the world's biggest oil consumer, has just surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world's top oil producer, writes Don Lieber. Oil exports to Europe and Asia will begin shortly. Now what was that Obama said about climate change? Oh, forget it ...
… a senior climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , said, … fossil fuels, CO2 in the atmosphere and oceans will continue to increase ... It is … permits for the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic Ocean and (reversing a decades-long …
Naomi Klein famously called for a 'grand coalition' of the progressive left to fight climate change and Earth-destroying capitalism, writes Alexander Reid Ross. And now it's happening, drawing together diverse strands that encompass the fight for social and racial justice, the right to work, health, clean air and fresh water, and our freedom to be alive and thrive on this our one planet.
… on the Northwest coast. It could be that ocean acidification is creating an ecological … main theory places the blame on the warming oceans. It is climate change that is causing … species and exhausting aquifers, acidifying oceans and choking the skies. We could …
The Port of Seattle is violating its shoreline permit in allowing Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, according to Seattle officials. The finding could nix Shell's oil drilling plans for the 2015 season.
… Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean received what may prove a fatal blow … operations." Shell's disastrous 2012 Arctic Ocean drilling and transport operations … during its efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean that year. In December 2014, one Shell …
The North Sea has long supported local economies – and with offshore wind becoming a popular choice of renewable energy.
… that the initiative is being undertaken by Ocean Winds, but quite who they are, in reality, is unclear. I later find out that Ocean Winds is owned by EDP Renewables, which … the lease of the rights over the seabed to Ocean Winds for the duration of the project. …
The film follows the struggle between Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed and sea level rise. As the Maldives continue to be threatened by climate change, Nasheed realises it is time to take action before his country disappears under the ocean.
… before his country disappears under the ocean. The Island President tells the story of … struggle to save his country before rising oceans submerge the 1,200 islands that make up …
Tides in the UK's coastal waters could be generating 10GW of clean power, representing half of Europe's tidal resource, writes Ross Jennings. So far it's going unexploited, but a new generation of lightweight, low cast tidal turbines that float off the surface could soon get that electricity into our homes and businesses.
… 18th September 2015 Comment Energy Renewables Oceans UK floating-turbine-1-cut.jpg Tides in … windmills positioned just below the ocean surface could be a major breakthrough …
Four years ago today the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl took place at Fukushima, Japan. Total clean-up costs are estimated around $0.5 trillion, writes Jim Green - but work to defuse the dangers has barely begun, the site is flooded with radioactive water making its way to the sea, and underpaid and illegally contracted workers are suffering a rising toll of death and injury.
… a fresh leak of radioactive water to the ocean. The sensors, rigged to a gutter that … that it had failed to disclose leaks to the ocean of highly contaminated rainwater from a … is immeasurable." Fishing industry and ocean dumping A Fisheries Agency survey …
The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, its taxpayers and energy users, writes Oliver Tickell. We will be locked into a punitively high electricity price, index-linked, from 2025 until 2060, and the cumulative cost of this one nuclear power station will be well in excess of £100 billion, or around £1 billion per year in today's money.
… Nuclear UK Renewables Energy Finance Politics Oceans 1609.jpg The Hinkley deal is a … movement under the Irish Sea or Atlantic Ocean. There may not be another tsunami in the … in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. COMMENT Nuclear assault on the poor, …
A unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval.
… where the Amazon pours into the Atlantic Ocean. The discovery amazed scientists because the murky waters shield the ocean floor from sunlight for long periods of … Coastal Zone." Another member of the team, oceanographer Patricia Yager, told the …
A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be met with a global week of action demanding an end to dirty energy.
… could be crossed. Forests, permafrost and oceans, which typically store carbon and … and endangered species of sea life and ocean flora will be put at great risk of …