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In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir Feb 6 Feb 6 14 438

Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter Feb 6 Feb 6 7 316

Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 8 378

Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 9 507

One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 12 343

Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Feb 5 Feb 5 9 468

This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 4 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 5 16 2362

EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 9 458

Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 6 339

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Feb 4 Feb 4 5 385

What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Feb 3 Feb 4 11 640

Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 4 9 488

Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Feb 4 Feb 4 5 308

Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 4 Feb 4 6 414

Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 9 411

1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 3 332

Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 2 239

At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 8 406

"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 3 Feb 3 4 365

As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 276

On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 319

Nuclear refurbishment done and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister 0 OnlinePoker Feb 2 Feb 2 2 225

Feral camels terrorizing Australian desert towns in search of water 0 jmbar2 Feb 2 Feb 2 12 627

OFFS - Meet The Energy Department's Cute New Mascot: It's Coalie, Urging Us To "Mine, Baby, Mine!" 7 hatrack Jan 30 Feb 2 6 661

NRDC: Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 1 Feb 1 10 422

Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed 3 hatrack Jan 31 Feb 1 11 478

EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage 4 douglas9 Feb 1 Feb 1 4 458

The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 4 highplainsdem Jan 31 Feb 1 12 487

"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 1 Feb 1 3 286

Melbourne Harbor And Beaches Awash In Venomous Lion's Mane Jellyfish 1 hatrack Feb 1 Feb 1 8 529

Environment & Energy Continued...

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31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... 1 NNadir Feb 1 Feb 1 13 606

The Imminent Copper Tailings Crisis in China 1 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 5 627

Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing 0 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 2 533

'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health 1 douglas9 Jan 30 Jan 30 3 407

After Pathetic FEMA Performances In Multiple States, Natural Disaster Survivors Want Noem Fired 2 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 11 738

Performative Colorado River Talks Pending; Expectations Low, Since Littlest President Having Tantwums At AZ, CO 1 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 2 410

Potential Interactions Between Birds And Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Spatially Informed Species Vulnerabilities 4 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 30 3 487

EPA Eliminating 13 Top Executive Positions; 2331 Employees - 13.5% Of Workforce - Gone Since January 2025 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 4 354

Scientific Mapping Project Shows East Coast Ghost Forests - Killed By Rising Seas - Are Far Larger Than Thought 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 10 398

Don't worry. Be happy. Server Farms Will Learn for Themselves How to Be All Renewabley and "Green." 0 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 29 2 527

"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 Jan 29 Jan 29 8 382

Airports Across Asia Screening For Nipah Virus After Two Cases Confirmed In W. Bengal; 40-70% Fatality Rate, No Vaccine 2 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 7 458

America Leads Global, Massive Expansion Of Gas Power Plants Because Of (All Together Now!) AI. USA!! USA!! USA!! 1 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 1 385

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress 0 douglas9 Jan 29 Jan 29 9 402

Awwww!!!! Shitstain Backs Away From Pushing EPA To Gut Endangerment Finding - It Would Likely Lose In Court 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 373

Wastewater Geysers, Land Cracks & Subsidence Prompt West TX Landowner To Sue 8 Oil Companies For Damages 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 2 390

Conoco Phillips Rig On Its Way To Drill Falls Over, Catches On Fire - The Rig "Left The Road" 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 4 405

Well, Good Luck: OK State Senator Trying To Rein In Pollution Of Groundwater From Fracking Operations 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 304

Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them. 1 douglas9 Jan 28 Jan 29 11 364

Environmental Activists Sued To Get UK National Security Assessment; Even Then, It Was Redacted 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 3 362

Guardian - What It's Like In Victoria These Days, When The Temperature Finally Dips Below 104F At 8:30 PM 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 9 466

Shitstain's EPA: 66 Environmental Rollbacks In One Year: "I Am For Whatever President Trump Is Advocating For" 0 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 8 521

Jacking Up Prices, Censoring Bookstores - But Worst Part Of Assault On NPS Devastating Loss Of Institutional Knowledge 2 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 17 569

This Storm Is Exactly What You'd Expect In A Warming World; BTW, How Will FEMA Respond (Assuming It Can)? 1 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 10 656

After Millei Cuts Firefighting Funds 81%, Argentina Faces Tough Go Fighting Huge Fires In Monoculure Pine Forests 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 3 437

All-Time Record Highs Across S. Australia, Victoria Approaching 50C (122F); Overnight Low In Adelaide Was 95F 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 8 397

I'm through one of my son's recent publications almost in tears. 7 NNadir Jan 23 Jan 26 53 1816

The Ocean Already 30% More Acidic Than In Preindustrial Era; Key Planetary Limit For Acidification Was Breached In 2020 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 11 362

New Mexico Sues 3 Texas Oil Execs For Offloading Cleanup For 100s Of Abandoned Wells While Pocketing Profits 3 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 15 505

Since There's No Problem That Can't Be Solved W. Marketing, Prepare For Lots Of Shiny, Green Data Center Advertising 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 6 446

Environment & Energy Continued...

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At Late-January Seasonal Maximum Extent, Arctic Sea Ice Still Well Below All-Time Prior Record Lows 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 5 323

Pakistan Turned To China To Address Power Shortages, Now Faces Severe Pollution And Crippling Debt For Coal Plants 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 2 334

Poof!! ExxonMobil Creates Whole New Accounting System For GHGs, And Climate Collapse Is YOUR Fault, NOT Theirs!! 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 8 528

"Snow Drought" Means Significant Drawdown Likely From Flaming Gorge Dam This Spring In Effort To Prop Up Powell & Mead 3 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 7 566

Australia's Winter 2025-25 Heatwave Worst Since 2019-20's Black Summer, Made 5X More Likely By Global Warming 0 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 6 296

To Breathe In Delhi Means Inhaling (On Average) The Equivalent Of Half A Pack Of Cigarettes Every Day 0 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 4 413

A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow 1 littlemissmartypants Jan 25 Jan 25 7 361

Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That's bad news. 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 25 Jan 25 21 929

"Most Of The Data Centers Do Not Consume Water" - Ladies & Gentlemen, The Governor Of Utah!! 9 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 9 732

"Everything Is Worse Since Drax Came Here": "Green" Energy For UK, Pollution & Lung Disease For LA, MS Residents 1 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 6 481

Nevada Snowpack Quarter Below January Median; Warmest December Ever For Elko, Reno And Las Vegas 1 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 3 332

Science/AAAS - Muskism, Voughtism, Trumpism - Three Different Approaches To Destroying Science And Government 0 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 9 369

MIT Modeling In The Wake of CRAP 30 Shows 1.5C By 2030, 1.8C By 2050 And 3C By 2100 0 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 6 392

Why Earth's melting glaciers matter more than we think - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 24 Jan 24 4 404

Arkansas to become best source of lithium in US through new process - NewsNation 0 TexasTowelie Jan 23 Jan 23 3 365

Measuring Economic Recovery in Post Covid China by Monitoring Air Pollutants (NO2) 0 NNadir Jan 22 Jan 22 4 302

FDA Used To Screen For 8 Foodborne Pathogens. Now They Screen For 2, W. Inspection Rates Collapsing 1 hatrack Jan 22 Jan 22 8 522

"Global Water Bankruptcy" Has Arrived; 2 Billion Live On Sinking Ground; 75% Live In Countries "Water-Insecure" Or Worse 1 hatrack Jan 21 Jan 21 3 453

Bobby Brainworm Sez "Eat More Meat And Dairy!!"; His Guidelines Would Require An Additional 100 Million Acres Of Land 5 hatrack Jan 20 Jan 21 7 507

UK Restaurant Chain Facing Eviction From Enfield Site After Felling 500-Year-Old Oak On Leased Property 1 hatrack Jan 21 Jan 21 22 592

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