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24% Of EPA Workforce Gone Since 1/25; Staffers Who Left Had Median 30 Yrs Experience, Remaining Have 10 Yrs 0 hatrack Mar 7 Mar 7 5 566
US agency did not perform safety checks of more than 100 food ingredients, analysis finds 3 Eugene Mar 7 Mar 7 17 806
President Asshole, Techbros Sign "Ratepayer Protection Pledge", Pinky Swear AI Buildout Won't Spike Your Electric Bill 2 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 5 596
Significant acceleration of global warming since 2015 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 6 Mar 6 4 579
'World-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor' nears as China eyes '1000-year' energy source 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 6 Mar 6 3 687
New Report: Decline of Populations of Migratory Species of Animals Covered by UN Treaty Worsens from 44% to 49% in 2 Yrs 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 6 5 473
Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently 6 douglas9 Mar 6 Mar 6 92 2506
February 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content 429.35 ppm; February 2025 427.09 ppm; February 2024 424.55 ppm 7 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 5 918
Mark Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Deal With Alberta Premier Rapidly Turning Into An Environmental & Financial Shitshow 1 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 9 719
Even Career Climate Hack Marc Morano Stunned By Silence In Response To Shitstain's Assault On Climate Policy 2 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 9 750
A Rather Compelling Scientific Rumination on Wind Energy and Sustainability: Blade Waste. 0 NNadir Mar 6 Mar 6 3 754
Study: Projected "Disturbance" Of European Forests - By Fire, Flooding, Drought, Disease - Set To Rise 30% By 2100 1 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 2 502
Nuclear regulator grants licence for Nexgen to build uranium mine in northern Sask. 0 OnlinePoker Mar 6 Mar 6 2 465
NRC Issues First Commercial Reactor Construction Approval in 10 Years For TerraPower in Wyoming 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 3 457
2040 climate target: Council (of the EU) gives final green light 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 2 529
Sea levels are much higher than often assumed. How is that possible? 5 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 5 787
The Insurance Industry Was "Realistic" About Climate Risks; Now Multiple Industry Associations Denying There's A Problem 1 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 5 919
Australian Regulator Suspends Antibiotic For Farmed Salmon After It Shows Up In Wild Populations 10 KM Distant 2 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 4 504
Study: Global Sea Level Estimates Are About 1 Foot Too Low On Average; In SE Asia & Indo-Pacific Up to 3 Feet 0 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 11 520
Seabird "Wreck" Spans Coasts Of Northwestern Europe; +/- 40,000 Dead, Starved & Sick Birds Washing Ashore 0 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 16 588
Chevron's hometown paper is quiet on climate. Guess who owns it? 1 douglas9 Mar 5 Mar 5 9 577
Belo Monte Megadam In Amazon Basin Generated Barely 1% Of Its Hydropower Capacity During 2024 Dry Season 1 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 3 493
Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 5 584
We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 2 505
Climate change pushes tropical insects to their heat limit 0 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 1 417
Global Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Mar 5 Mar 5 3 443
'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 4 Mar 4 7 512
Pesticide Company to Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson's Disease 1 douglas9 Mar 4 Mar 4 2 653
Global Warming Shreds Colorado River Compact As Glen Canyon Dam Nears End Of Hydropower Generation, Possible Deadpool 6 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 4 13 1122
After Being Sued, USDA Settles, Agrees To Provide Climate Risk Datasets For Farmers, Won't Guarantee For How Long 1 hatrack Mar 4 Mar 4 10 612

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Port Isabel Independent School District Rejects $160 Million Tax Break For Giant Gulf Coast LNG Project 0 hatrack Mar 4 Mar 4 8 487
Warmest Winter In 135 Years Of Weather Records For Wyoming; Snowpack Below Avg At Altitude, At Record Lows Elsewhere 0 hatrack Mar 4 Mar 4 9 544
Four indicted in Sweetwater wind turbine blade dumping probe; cleanup not yet started 5 NNadir Mar 3 Mar 4 3 1121
Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power 3 douglas9 Mar 2 Mar 3 7 1161
Generational Toxicity and Incomplete Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Leachate in an Aquatic Microinvertebrate 1 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 3 1 727
Leaked Databases Show Efforts At NPS To Erase History & Reality - Slavery, First Nations, LGBTQ, Climate, Civil War 1 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 13 506
The culture war is coming for your electricity 1 douglas9 Mar 3 Mar 3 21 782
UK Slashes Funding For Climate Aid And Nature Protection Across Developing World 1 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 3 509
Cities Across SW France & Basque Regions In Spain Set All-Time February Temps Up To 13C Over Averages 0 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 8 462
HFCs Have Warming Potential 100s To 1,000s More Than CO2; Appeal Underway To SCOTUS Re. Whether They Can Be Regulated 0 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 6 466
Utah Pushes For Residents To Pay More For Electricity, Because Anything Not Coal-Powered Is Woke And Gay 3 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 2 8 647
Thousands advised to stay inside in Mississippi 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2026 Mar 2 72 3239
3 Weeks After Citizens Sued Dow Over Years Of Plastic Pollution, Company Pushing TX To Legalize That Pollution 0 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 2 7 515
'Humans Riding Bikes Are More Energy-Efficient Than Any Other Animal On The Planet' 5 sop Mar 2026 Mar 2026 21 1006
Big Tech Tries To Greenwash AI, Fails - 26% Of Climate Claims Cite Actual Research; 36% Cite No Evidence Whatsoever 1 hatrack Mar 2026 Mar 2026 10 669
In Survey Of 195 US Cities, Average Winters Nine Days Shorter Compared To 1970-1997 Baseline 1 hatrack Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 477
98% Of 2,778 Serious UK Water Pollution Incidents Downgraded By Ministry, 83% w/o Site Visits 0 hatrack Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 496
Dirty Water, Death And Decline - The Inside Story Of UK's Water Privitazation Scandal 0 hatrack Mar 2026 Mar 2026 7 498
NRDC - US Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Up 18% YOY In 2025; 24% Increase For 71 Plants That Requested Pollution Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Mar 2026 4 456
After Hurricane Helene, Cascade Of Health Effects From Mold Spreading Across NC 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 589
Shitstain Cutting System Requiring Emergency Plans For High-Risk Chemical Sites; Chemical Safety Board Also Targeted 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 585
2025 US Power Plant Inventory: Sulfur Dioxide Output Up 18%, NOx Emissions Up 7%, CO2 Emissions Up 4% 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 461
'I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmers 0 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 526
Study: Emissions Inventories For Colorado OIl & Gas Operations At Least 50% Too Low 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 408
Oceanic DDT Off Los Angeles County from 20th Century Chemical Waste Practices. 1 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 583
Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 504
Nearly All US Coal Power Plants Could Have Met Pollution Rules For Toxic Metals; Shitstain's EPA Cut Those Rules Anyway 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 619
Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 912
Colorado River Compact In Tatters, Interior Shows That It Will Barely Intervene (If At All) In Fractious 7-State Talks 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 512
More Than A Year Later, No Trace Of $400 Million In USDA Grant To Improve Irrigation Efficiency For AZ Farmers 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 523

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Study: Southern Right Whales Shift Reproduction; Lack Of Food Means 1 Calf Every 4 Years, Not 3 Years 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 407
Emperor Penguins Face Death From Hypothermia During Molt As Sea Ice Disintegrates 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 590
"Abysmal Snowpack" Conditions In Rocky Mountain States; Even Average Seasonal Totals Likely Out Of Reach 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 709
For Decades Oil Majors Preempted Local Climate Lawsuits W. Clean Air Act; Now w. End Of Endangerment Finding, They Can't 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 561
Survey Of 8,000 Tropical Plant Species Across Continents Shows Flowering Times Now Months Early & Late 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 465
One In Five Marine Products Tied To Fraud - On Species ID, "Fresh", Wild-Caught vs. Farmed, Produced Through Slave Labor 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 567
Shocked, Shocked: Epstein Class Of Ultrawealthy Among Top Purveyors Of Climate Denial, Ecofascism 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 729
"Staggering" Loss Of N. Hemisphere Marine BIomass: 7.2% Of Fish Populations Per 0.1C Warming Per Decade 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 577
Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 1 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 454
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 5 flashman13 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 17 3344
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: 'I'm not for sale' 3 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 948
U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies 1 evemac Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 459
Analysis by Reuters shows AI companies are exaggerating claims about reducing water usage 2 highplainsdem Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 558
Channel 4's 4Creative exposes 'The Sick Truth Behind Britain's Sewage Scandal' with bold new fountain installation 3 highplainsdem Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 593
The Idiocy of Trump's Attacks on Wind, Solar and Renewables Exposed - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 527
Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Depends On "Carbon Capture"; Notes Show His Gov Knows Little Of Its Unreality 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 649
Global Warming Bringing "Synchronized Fire Weather" To Multiple Regions Across Earth, Simultaneously And Quickly 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 651
The nation's largest public utility is going back to coal -- with almost no input from the public 3 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 812
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 469
Parts Of 3 Australian States Bracing For A Year's Worth Of Rain In One Week From Lingering Monsoon Low 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 515
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