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The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico

Energy companies secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction. It's the second time this month that the administration has opened federal territory for new fossil fuel drilling.

WEKU

Why all these cranes have taken over Swansea's skyline

They are each assigned to major projects to rejuvenate different buildings and areas

Wales Online

‘Phenomenal loophole’ in quotas could lead to massive overfishing

Exclusive: Drastically weakened rules on how vessels document their catches of endangered species could endanger the marine ecosystem, confidential EU papers reveal

The Guardian - UK

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Right spreading misinfo on wind power

Protests about wind farms killing whales seem to be more about stopping renewable energy than protecting whales

Salon

‘Feeble’ curbs will ban bottom trawling in only three marine parks in England

UK government’s piecemeal response to harmful practice attacked as too slow to stop ‘industrial fishing frenzy’

The Guardian - UK

Whale entangled in fishing gear is fighting for its life off Outer Banks, NOAA says

A struggling right whale is “heavily entangled” in fishing gear off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and likely won’t survive, according to NOAA Fisheries biologists.

Tribune News Service

Amazon Has a Problem the Whole Planet May not Like

With big deliveries comes big responsibility and Amazon appears to have a lot of work to do (which may make customers consider shopping elsewhere).

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Amazon's plastic waste increased in 2021

Amazon says it generated 214 million pounds of plastic waste in 2021. An advocacy group says it was 3 times that

Salon

Biden, Macron to dine on world’s best cheese, hear Batiste

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron will dine on lobster, caviar and an Oregon cheese named the best in the world while listening to Grammy-winner Jon Batiste at the U.S. president’s first state dinner on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste

Draft regulations would ban mini-shampoo bottles and throwaway cups, with push towards reuse over recycling

The Guardian - UK

To fight the climate crisis, we need to stop expanding offshore drilling for oil and gas

Environmental disaster struck the shores of Peru on Jan. 15, 2022, when Spanish energy company Repsol spilled 12,000 barrels of crude oil into the Bay of Lima after its tanker ruptured. The spill endangered 180,000 birds and destroyed the livelihoods of 5,000 families.

The Conversation

New report shines light on seafood fraud

In 2019 alone, $2.4 billion worth of imported seafood was identified as illegal, unreported and unregulated

Salon

US lobster put on ‘red list’ to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales

The 1m lines from pots used to catch the crustaceans are one of the two main threats to the whales, of which fewer than 340 remain

The Guardian - UK

Swansea Civic Centre transformation to be modelled on Plymouth waterfront

Senior council officer says the Civic Centre could become a new destination in its own right

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Birmingham Post

The projects which make up the much talked-about £1bn regeneration programme in Swansea

Richard Youle assesses the status of £1bn worth of projects aimed at transforming Swansea

Al Jazeera

Ships must slow down to save endangered whales, US gov’t says

Proposed rules would force more ships to slow down off US east coast to avoid striking North Atlantic right whales.

The Independent UK

Ships must slow down more often to save whales, feds say

The federal government says vessels off the East Coast must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale

Wales Online

Breakdown of the £1bn worth of developments council leader says are being delivered in Swansea

Swansea could be a very different place if all of these changes are made

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Roll Call

New Interior offshore drilling plan draws mixed reviews - Roll Call

The administration’s latest offshore oil and gas drilling plan drew swift pushback from environmentalists and Democratic allies in Congress.

Wales Online

The long lost Cardiff nightclubs from the noughties where we spent our weekends

At the turn of the century clubbing in Cardiff was very different to now - with smoking allowed and binge drinking encouraged

The Independent UK

Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework

The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China and ordering federal agencies to better coordinate amongst themselves in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world’s oceans

The Independent UK

Interior phasing out plastic water bottles at national parks

The Interior Department says it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting a major source of U.S. pollution

The Guardian - UK

Fishing industry still ‘bulldozing’ seabed in 90% of UK marine protected areas

New data shows ‘mystifying’ lack of progress in post-Brexit pledge to curb bottom-trawling, two years after landmark legislation

The Guardian - US

Why are American national parks filled with plastic?

According to a recent poll, 82% of American voters would support a decision by the National Park Service to stop selling and distributing single-use plastic at national parks

Wales Online

Council elections interview: Leader of Swansea Labour on his unusual rise to power and focus on building up the city

This is part of a series of interviews with the people who have a chance of being the next leader of Swansea Council after the local elections on May 5. Today we spoke to Rob Stewart, the leader of Swansea Labour

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