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From kelp to whales: marine heatwaves are reshaping ocean life 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 18 Jul 18 4 1199

Effects of reprocessed uranium multi-recycle on proliferation resistance of plutonium and uranium. 0 NNadir Jul 18 Jul 18 5 360

Great, hopefull, article: 9 applegrove Jul 17 Jul 18 9 574

Record Summer Of Flooding - TX, NM, NJ, DC - Driven By Warming Oceans And The Moisture They Send Inland 2 hatrack Jul 18 Jul 18 3 326

Oh Goody! Private Equity Firms Start Buying Electric Utilities, Since We Desperately "Need" AI And More Data Centers 0 hatrack Jul 18 Jul 18 8 373

Studies: Noreasters Already Notably Stronger Than During Mid-20th Century; Trend Linked To Arctic Ice Loss 0 hatrack Jul 18 Jul 18 2 276

US Counties Hit By Severe Climate Disasters 2000 - 2014 Lost Clinics, Hospitals And Pharmacies 0 hatrack Jul 18 Jul 18 5 262

Is so called "renewable energy" actually "renewable?" 12 NNadir Jul 16 Jul 18 4 778

Brazilian Congress Passes "Fuck It" Bill Massively Cutting Environmental Law; Lula Has 2 Weeks To Veto Or Sign 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 3 201

An Australian Spider Species That's Been Around For 150 Million Yrs On The Edge Of Extinction - Fire, Drought, Disease 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 5 245

Trump's EPA Tries To Slow Shutdown Of CO Coal Plants w/o Result - Springs Plant Will Close On Schedule In 2029 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 5 210

2 Billion Tons Of Toxic Coal Ash Across The US In 1400 Sites; Shitstain Removing Feds From Regulating These Toxins 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 5 191

Unprecedented acidification ahead for Hawaiian corals 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 3 209

INVICTUS - Europe's new hypersonic test platform (hydrogen fueled, Mach 5 "aerospace vehicle"/"spaceplane") 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 4 325

A Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough May Be Closer Than You Think 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 10 467

Erasing the evidence: United States climate rollbacks and the implications for public health 3 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 6 284

Trump administration hints at a lifeline for Alaska's embattled Pebble mine project 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 17 Jul 17 2 273

Barcelona could suffer heat waves up to 6C more intense by the end of the century 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 1 1290

James Hansen's new Substack - Climate Uncensored 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 4 223

Decline in Aerosols Could Lead to More Heatwaves in Populated Areas 3 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 3 399

Architect Of Paris Agreement: Taxing AI & Crypto Could Fund Nations Dealing With Damage From Climate Collapse 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 4 253

Only One Thing Certain On New Crypto Legislation: It's Going To Keep Jacking Up Energy Demand, Climate Damage 0 hatrack Jul 17 Jul 17 7 748

Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels 1 OKIsItJustMe Jul 17 Jul 17 4 1526

Study: By 2060, Outdoor Summer Sports May Be Unsafe For Japan's Kids; Baseball And Rugby Teams Already Feeling The Heat 0 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 4 220

Toxic Algae Bloom Has Shut Down S. Australia's Shellfish Farms, As Well As Beach Harvesting 0 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 3 204

Oh, Goody: After The Big Bullshit Bill, Here Come The 2026 House Budget Plans For Interior, EPA 0 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 4 265

Minutes ago: Tsunami warning issued after 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska. 0 Tonk Jul 16 Jul 16 10 456

Local watchdog group releases report on Moss Landing Battery plant fire [BESS insanity] 2 Caribbeans Jul 16 Jul 16 4 466

A Whale Saved My Life Close Encounters BBC Earth 2 Uncle Joe Jul 14 Jul 16 12 586

Restored wetlands reap benefits for climate, drought-resilience after just one year: study 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 16 Jul 16 7 1311

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Hillsborough, NC Had Been Counting On FEMA For Flood Protection. Then Came Trump, Followed By Chantal 1 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 14 439

Freedumb! W. Renewable Energy Tax Credits Gone For Utilities, Consumers Will Pay More - Up To $600+/Year 1 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 2 306

JD Vance's Hometown Gets To Keep On Breathing Exhaust From Coal-Powered Blast Furnace, Thanks To His Boss 2 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 5 374

Watering Bans Expand To Include 1 In 7 Residents Of England; Rainfall Apr-Jun Down 37% From Historical Average 0 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 3 279

Four Regions Of England Now Officially In Drought, East And West Midlands, Yorkshire, Northwest 0 hatrack Jul 16 Jul 16 3 287

Projects bringing water to drought-ridden land could end with USAID's dismantling - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 Jul 16 Jul 16 1 263

Republicans complain to Canada over wildfire smoke despite supporting planet-heating bill 3 OKIsItJustMe Jul 15 Jul 15 5 346

Solar power in new configurations can support Europe's green transition and energy independence 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 15 Jul 15 3 279

Synthetic Fuels from Offshore Wind Park 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 15 Jul 15 4 287

Relief From Drought in Southwest U.S. Likely Isn't Coming, According to New Research 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 15 Jul 15 7 372

June 2025 Atmospheric CO2 Content 429.61 ppm; June 2024 426.91 ppm; June 2023 423.68 ppm 4 hatrack Jul 15 Jul 15 3 332

Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised 0 Dulcinea Jul 15 Jul 15 5 366

Manitoba Burning 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 14 Jul 14 18 440

Greenland's Bejeweled Ice Sheet 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 14 Jul 14 8 383

Ecological Risk of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Degradation Products. 0 NNadir Jul 14 Jul 14 3 266

Using lightning to make ammonia out of thin air 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 14 Jul 14 4 260

'Slow motion crisis': Why some of the most populous cities in the U.S. are sinking - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Jul 14 Jul 14 9 547

Congress, state lawmakers move to juice aviation biofuel production 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 14 Jul 14 0 231

Who Pays the Price for Nuclear's Clean Energy Promise? 3 Caribbeans Jul 14 Jul 14 3 507

Shocked, Shocked!! Major Food Corporations' Promises About Regenerative Farming Mostly Buzzwords, Greenwashing 1 hatrack Jul 14 Jul 14 8 365

OH Regulators Rule Data Centers Must Pay More Upfront Costs (And We'll See How Long This Stance Lasts . . . ) 1 hatrack Jul 14 Jul 14 4 305

SO, ANWR is Doomed? 7 MrWowWow Jul 14 Jul 14 14 1165

Please, in my backyard... 19 NNadir Jul 12 Jul 13 5 956

Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 13 Jul 13 9 365

Atlanta Mandates Reflective "Cool Roofs" (Cue Corporate Pushback & Lawsuits In 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . ) 5 hatrack Jul 13 Jul 13 8 509

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: 'not just stupid, it's evil' 0 hunter Jul 13 Jul 13 7 406

A Bad Supreme Court Decision Paves the Way for Radioactive Waste Storage in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico 3 Judi Lynn Jul 12 Jul 13 8 410

Grand Canyon Fires Approaching 25,000 Acres So Far; North Rim Visitors Evacuated, Fires Uncontained 3 hatrack Jul 13 Jul 13 9 503

Global Warming Is Something Republicans Happily Lie About: They're Also Happy To Leverage The Chaos It Produces 0 hatrack Jul 13 Jul 13 7 355

Study: Far More Plastic Nanowaste In Oceans Than Thought: 27 Million Metric Tons In N. Atlantic Alone 0 hatrack Jul 13 Jul 13 7 353

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Poor Majority Black AL County Had Funds To Deal With Raw Sewage Problem, Then Trump Killed Grant - "DEI!!" 3 hatrack Jul 13 Jul 13 10 423

Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy 2 cbabe Jul 12 Jul 13 5 391

Proposed "Hyperscale" Data Center Wants 1/3 Of AL Water Utility's Capacity; Process Fogged By NDAs 3 hatrack Jul 12 Jul 13 11 502

Climate Central: Shifting Cities 4 OKIsItJustMe Jul 11 Jul 12 3 512

Music video with environmental message 1 Sewa Jul 12 Jul 12 1 355

Shitstain Directs National Park Gift Shops To Remove Items With "Anti-American" Content 6 hatrack Jul 12 Jul 12 11 1042

Nuclear Engineer and Nuclear Historian Nick Touran Speaking at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (PPPL). 0 NNadir Jul 12 Jul 12 0 289

See a Salamander Grow From a Single Cell in this Incredible Time-lapse Short Film Showcase 4 Uncle Joe Jul 12 Jul 12 13 575

Bull sharks linger in warming Sydney waters 0 marmar Jul 12 Jul 12 2 361

England's Reservoirs At Lowest Levels In 10 Years; Watering Bans Under Discussion 2 hatrack Jul 12 Jul 12 4 299

HSBC First Major UK Bank To Dump Net-Zero Commitments, Following In Footsteps Of 6 Major US Banks 0 hatrack Jul 12 Jul 12 5 376

Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier, Which Had Withstood Warming For Decades, Now In Retreat 0 hatrack Jul 12 Jul 12 5 299

Envision launches world's largest green hydrogen, ammonia plant in Inner Mongolia 1 Caribbeans Jul 11 Jul 11 2 351

SamTrans Approves $20M Hydrogen Fueling Station to Support 118-Units H2 Bus Fleet 1 Caribbeans Jul 11 Jul 11 6 370

Long-Term Study At 8 Sites Across UK Shows That Ancient Forests Are Failing To Regenerate 4 hatrack Jul 11 Jul 11 4 493

110 Of 117 UK Bodies Of Water Tested Revealed PFAS Contamination Above Proposed Safety Level 1 hatrack Jul 11 Jul 11 9 560

How Human Error and Climate Policy Failures Made a Tragedy Worse - Explainers - Heather Cox Richardson 0 Rhiannon12866 Jul 11 Jul 11 4 383

Bees vs Hornets: Nature's Most Synchronised Defence System BBC Earth 0 Uncle Joe Jul 10 Jul 10 5 386

Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO2 sink, say researchers 1 OKIsItJustMe Jul 10 Jul 10 10 421

Scientific Confirmation Pending, But 4th Of July Floods Had Global Warming's Fingerprints All Over Them 5 hatrack Jul 10 Jul 10 3 402

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