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Rain in the Sahara? Researchers predict a wetter future for the desert 0 sue4e3 2 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 3 173
Largest primate in Americas could lose up to 61% of its climatically suitable habitat by 2090 0 sue4e3 4 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 6 274
Jumbo drop in estimates of India elephant population 0 sue4e3 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 7 168
Study reveals decline in North Atlantic dolphin lifespan and population growth 0 sue4e3 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 6 133
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sue4e3 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 0 69
Australia's rainforests are the first to switch from carbon sink to carbon source, study warns 0 Jim__ 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 4 146
Eloon Predicted 250K CyberDumpster Sales/Year; So Far In 2025, The Total (Per Tesla) Is 16,000 6 hatrack Yesterday 10 hrs ago 5 298
Average Annual Increase In Atmospheric CO2 Biggest On Record In 2024; Same For GHGs Methane, Nitrous Oxide 4 hatrack 12 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 9 206
Back In May, Trump's EPA Canceled $20 Million Grant To Prepare For AK Floods; October Floods Flattened AK Villages 1 hatrack 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 3 219
After Floods In 2019, 2020, 2023 And 2024, English Town Of Tenbury Wells Uninsurable; High Street Slowly Emptying 0 hatrack 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 4 217
UK Government Must Prepare For Heat And Drought Far Beyond Existing Plans For Expected Extremes 0 hatrack 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 6 162
Extreme Heat Hurts Troops; Extreme Weather Hits Bases - But Shitstain's Pentagon No Longer Plans For Warming 0 hatrack 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 6 196
The West's power grid could be stitched together -- if red and blue states buy in 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday 12 hrs ago 4 169
23,000 Homes Had Insulation Installed Under Tory Energy Efficiency Scheme; 98% Of Them Will Need Repair Or Replacement 2 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 5 317
1 In 6 Lab-Confirmed Bacterial Infections Antibiotic-Resistant; 40% Of Drugs Lost Potency w. Common Infections 2018-23 3 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 8 268
The medieval folklore of Britain's endangered wildlife 'omens 0 sue4e3 Yesterday Yesterday 7 203
Trump administration quietly canceled the nation's largest solar project 3 Dulcinea Yesterday Yesterday 12 334
Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks 2 Dulcinea Yesterday Yesterday 6 191
8 Million Homes In England At Risk From Flooding; Entire Neighborhoods And Towns May Be Abandoned As Uninsurable 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 8 327
Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate 'tipping point', scientists say 4 Submariner Monday Yesterday 17 228
Planet's Forest Health In "Dismal" Condition; Agriculture Gets 70X The Subsidies Dedicated To Restore, Protect Forests 3 hatrack Monday Monday 6 157
New Zealand accused of 'full-blown climate denial' over cuts to methane reduction targets 0 Eugene Monday Monday 4 151
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) To Attend COP-30 Climate Conference In Brazil, For Reasons That Remain Utterly Obscure 1 hatrack Monday Monday 1 189
UK Diesel Cheating Scandal Snares Ford, Mercedes, Renault, Nissan And Peugeot/Citroen; Damages Pegged @ $8 Billion+ 0 hatrack Monday Monday 3 156
Christmas Island Shrew Officially Extinct; 39 Australian Mammal Species Gone Since 1788, More Than In Any Other Nation 1 hatrack Monday Monday 11 226
Brown, Stinking Tapwater In Small TX Town One Problem; 90% Cuts In Fed Funding Help Another; Taste Of Freedom Unchanged 1 hatrack Monday Monday 9 340
EPA Inspector General's Office Lists 13 Problems In September Report; Former Staff Report "Incapacitating" Staffing Cuts 0 hatrack Monday Monday 8 251
European Commission Tells Trump To Get Stuffed On Pressure To Weaken Environmental Rules 0 hatrack Monday Monday 10 272

Environment & Energy Continued...

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You're kidding, right? Solar and Wind's Hidden Price Tag: Why Cost Isn't the Whole Story 0 NNadir Sunday Sunday 3 397
Solar Photovoltaic Development in West Africa Will Face Million-Ton Waste Challenges, and Off-Grid Systems Will Dominate 2 NNadir Saturday Sunday 0 375
A Nuclear Engineer Comments on HBO's Chernobyl Reactor Movie Series, Episode 5. 1 NNadir Saturday Saturday 3 342
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Saturday Saturday 0 113
Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky 3 turbinetree Friday Saturday 6 319
Adventures in "Green" Batteries, Fluorinated Ionic Liquids (and other PFAS) in European Waters. 0 NNadir Saturday Saturday 2 193
Al Gore Comes Around on Nuclear Energy. 3 NNadir Saturday Saturday 1 363
All-European team leads lead-cooled EAGLES reactor project 0 NNadir Saturday Saturday 4 236
Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas 1 DBoon Friday Friday 13 343
As Drought Grinds On In NE British Columbia, Fracking Water Consumption In Area Rose 50% In 2024 0 hatrack Friday Friday 3 175
Sen. Whitehouse: "Trump is Moving Money from Pockets of Normal Americans to Fossil Fuel Megadonors" 1 Rhiannon12866 Friday Friday 9 316
Study: 61% Of Global Bird Species In Global Survey Declining As IUCN Convenes 0 hatrack Friday Friday 5 185
8 Houses Fell Into The Sea Last Week Alone On The Outer Banks; NC Officials Bracing For More, Staging Debris Crews 0 hatrack Friday Friday 7 285
TOTAL Havoc BREAKS LOOSE as Trump DESTROYS WEATHER FORECASTS - Meidas Touch 0 Rhiannon12866 Friday Friday 6 391
Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition, Bessemer AL City Council Approves Zoning For Gigantic Data Center 1 hatrack Thursday Friday 6 308
Comprehensive Plant Inventories From 1884 To 1931 Were Nearly Tossed; Now Provide Priceless Window On Habitats Over Time 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 8 248
UK Security Agencies Prepared Major Report On Warming Threats To National Security; Release Suddenly Delayed 1 hatrack Thursday Thursday 4 195
"Forever Chemicals" - PFAS Gas - Routinely Used At Data/AI Centers. No Testing Or Use Data Required 1 hatrack Oct 4 Thursday 11 317
Headline: "Where Are The Climate Republicans?" Answer - They Never Gave A Shit In The First Place 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 6 294
20 Years On, "Great Green Wall" Of Trees Across Sahara Faltering As Seedlings Die, Money Dries Up 1 hatrack Thursday Thursday 10 319
Nestle Abandons Pretense Of Action, Leaves Global Alliance To Cut Methane From Dairy Industry 0 hatrack Thursday Thursday 3 265
Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon 1 hunter Wednesday Thursday 5 199
Trump Just Gutted The Wildest Public Land In America 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 21 1061
An inside look at Idaho's $3M fight against invasive quagga mussels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 2 204
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows 1 douglas9 Wednesday Wednesday 6 213
Biggest Federal Coal Lease Sale In 10 Years Brings One Bid - For 1/10th Cent Per Ton; Last Lease Sale Brought $1.10 2 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 4 286
Global Plastics Treaty Talks Collapsed In August After 3 Years Of Meetings; Now, Treaty Chair Resigning 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 4 247
UK Exports Of Plastic Waste To Developing Nations Nearly Doubled In Just The 1st 6 Months Of 2025 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 5 205
Insurance Coverage Near-Impossible For Coastal LA Residents As Insurance Companies Invest More In Exxon, BP, Etc. 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 4 291
Renewables Overtake Coal: Global Power Shift Leaves Trump Behind. - FIVE MINUTE NEWS 1 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Wednesday 3 185

Environment & Energy Continued...

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That's Nice: EPA Does 180, Will Require Coke Plants To Monitor For Benzene, Chromium, Other Toxins After All 1 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 10 241
Brilliant - TikTok Video - "If The Tesla Cybertruck Was A Person" 0 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 5 1275
Brexit Allowed UK To "Take Control" Of North Sea Fishing; 59%Of Cod, Mackerel Pops Fished So Hard They Can't Repopulate 1 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 12 292
"Someday" Is Here: Colorado River Treaty Divides 15 Million AF Among Basin States; Last Year's Flow Was 8.5 Million AF 3 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 8 394
Wildfires Ravage One of Africa's Largest Nature Reserves 0 douglas9 Oct 7 Oct 7 6 269
Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: 'You can almost hear the chainsaws' 2 douglas9 Oct 7 Oct 7 9 293
EPA Will No Longer Collect GHG Emissions Data From Corporations, Utilities; Can Anyone Else Compile Information? 0 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 4 246
Judge Voids Huge Tax Break Exxon Rammed Through TX School Board; New Plastics Plant Now On Hold 0 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 6 324
Thames Water Removes 100-Ton Fatberg From Sewer; Chisels And High-Pressure Hoses Used In Project 3 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 10 449
Nearly 500,000 Planned Homes In Phoenix On Hold; State Water Agency Acknowledging Groundwater Reality 3 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 15 481
Study Of 25 Years Of Carbon Offsets Reveals A Legacy Of Failure; Not Even 1 In 5 Projects Did Anything To Cut GHGs 1 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 8 253
5 SE Asian Nations Collectively Lost Forest Area The Size Of Lebanon In 2024; 30% Of Losses In Protected Areas 0 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 3 196
Cracking The Future: How Pistachios Can Power Morocco's Green Growth - OpEd 3 Judi Lynn Oct 6 Oct 6 4 274
OhNoAnyway - 80% Of Ohio's Only National Forest Now Classified As Eligible For Logging 1 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 7 359
So Cute!! "Moderate" Republicans Are "Concerned" W. Shitstain's Farcical And Toxic Coal Policies 0 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 2 302
Scientists Find 1st Evidence Of Invasive Barnacles In Arctic; Polar Water Had Been Too Cold For Them To Live There 0 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 2 256
42 Former Fossil Fuel Operatives Among Appointees/Nominees For Federal Energy And Environmental Positions 0 hatrack Oct 6 Oct 6 2 237
Philippines to Launch First Coral Larvae Cryobank to Boost Reef Restoration 0 Judi Lynn Oct 6 Oct 6 1 248
'All the trees are dead': An ancient California forest has been wiped out 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 6 Oct 6 11 504
OPEC+ to raise oil production by 137,000 barrels per day in November 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 0 275
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