by bpckle | Oct 21, 2026 | In the Media
Jackdaw gasfield announcement signals UK’s commitment to North Sea industry but undermines green credentials
The Jackdaw gasfield will be given the go-ahead on Wednesday, signalling Andy Burnham’s commitment to the North Sea fossil fuel industry and threatening to trigger a row with climate campaigners and Labour MPs.
Miatta Fahnbulleh and John Healey, the energy secretary and chancellor respectively, will make the announcement from Aberdeen on Wednesday morning after more than a year of deliberations over whether doing so would violate the UK’s climate commitments.
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by bpckle | Oct 21, 2026 | In the Media
A former Supreme Court Judge says a NSW government plan to draft special laws for a Hunter Valley coalmine “obliterates” the legal process and should be independently reviewed.
by bpckle | Oct 21, 2026 | In the Media
Amateur wildlife photographer Rhys Morgan has caught extraordinary footage of one of the largest whale species on Earth.
While sailing off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, Morgan and his friends spotted the blowholes of a fin whale in the distance, recognisable by the hooked fin near its tail, a dark grey upper body, white belly, and an asymmetrical jaw that is dark on the left and white on the right.
People who have enjoyed the video online are trying to raise awareness of fin whales being hunted in Iceland and calling on government ministers to take action
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by bpckle | Oct 20, 2026 | In the Media
Millions of bogong moths currently migrating south to the Australian Alps for summer are appearing on weather radars, with the arrival of nightfall coinciding with a sudden burst of activity.
by bpckle | Oct 20, 2026 | In the Media
Anglers are travelling from across Australia to Victoria’s east to reel in tuna weighing more than 200 kilograms.
