Here's a story (not news, as such, admittedly) on RT, that you won't find on the BBC:

‘It’s become hellish’: Brussels residents fight against EU construction project largesse

https://www.rt.com/news/402294-brussels-eu-parliament-rebuilding/

Locals in Brussels are angry with the EU’s never-ending construction projects, which they say paralyze the city center. The proposed renovation of one EU site comes with the hefty price tag of half-a-billion euro, drawing sharp criticism from Belgians.
The latest plan, costing an estimated half a billion euros, involves rebuilding the EU parliament building in the very heart of the city. While the current EU parliament building is less than 25 years old, plans to refurbish it or rebuild it entirely have been circulating for some time, as the glass and concrete structure has been deemed unsafe according to the latest EU safety regulations.

In June, Politico reported the draft plan to rebuild the structure as opposed to reinforcing it. Previously, the cost of replacement for the Paul-Henri Spaak building, which itself cost some €1 billion (US$1.2bn) to build, had been placed at €430 million.

There's much more in the same vein, but I particularly liked the line:

"While the current EU parliament building is less than 25 years old, plans to refurbish it or rebuild it entirely have been circulating for some time, as the glass and concrete structure has been deemed unsafe according to the latest EU safety regulations."

Will France;s armed forces be the first in the world to operate with no oil-based fuels, I wonder? No aircraft, sailing ships only, and electric tanks. I suppose they could rebuild those Maginot line forts...

http://news.sky.com/story/northern-lights-linked-to-whales-stranding-in-uk-11021193

Now we await news that the Northern Lights are due to manmade CO2.

stewgreen, spinning sails. Tried before, but this time, Maersk, one of the biggest shipping companies is being subsidised by the UK Taxpayer.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/14/maersk-tankers-to-be-fitted-with-huge-rotating-sails-to-cut-fuel-bills.html

"Norsepower said it was working in partnership with Maersk Tankers, Shell Shipping & Maritime, and the U.K.'s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The ETI is majority funding the project."

Sep 7, 2017 at 10:15 AM | Supertroll

I wondered if that was part of what prompted Pcar's query.

The footage of toothed killer whales deliberately beaching, inorder to grab sunbathing seals was filmed in South America, and I don't think that method of hunting/killing has been observed elsewhere, but the reward of a fat juicy seal made the risk worthwhile. For the larger baleens, there is (normally?) no advantage in entering shallow water.

Mariners are very wary of shallow water especially if it is tidal. Submariners risk embarrassment in peacetime, and destruction in wartime.

Surely the link with whale strandings is that the toothed whales, that strand, employ echolocation, whereas the baleen whales which are mostly deep sea denizens, do not echolocate?