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Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon 1 Eugene Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 331
Climate change will bring more turbulence to flights in the Northern Hemisphere, analysis finds 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 333
Trail cameras capture first-of-its-kind footage of 'one of the rarest' feline species in the world: 'An incredibly 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 32 917
Puget Sound Energy building two massive wind energy projects in Montana 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 347
One Of Fastest-Heating Cities In US, Las Vegas Plans New Airport, More Development, More Roads, More Concrete/Asphalt 6 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 646
"No Country In History Has Extracted As Much Oil As The US In Each Of The Past Six Years" 2 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 605
CA Oil Well Cleanup Law, Toughest In America, Ignored As State Agency Runs Legal Sidestep Maneuver 2 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 419
Fairfax County, Virginia, Awarded $50.5 Million for New Low-Emission Buses 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 272
UK Sea Surface Temperatures In 2023 Hottest On Record; 0.9C Above 1961-1990 Average 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 372
Companies are reshaping operations to cope with a changing climate 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 394
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Officials warn an impending storm could exacerbate it 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 433
New research underscores the close relationship between Saharan dust and hurricane rainfall 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 356
The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies - it's damaging our health, our communities and t 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 362
We've discovered the world's trees absorb methane - so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thou 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 311
Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth's climate goes far beyond carbon storage 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 307
United Airlines & NOAA To Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions With Boeing 737 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 336
The Razor-Sharp Teeth Of Komodo Dragons Stay That Way Because They're Coated With Iron 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 546
Here's how $4 billion in government money is being spent to reduce climate pollution 4 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 463
Lifetime GHG Output Of Oil & Gas Licenses Granted In 2024 Equals China's Annual GHG Emissions 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 339
Tea Yields In East Africa And India "Stagnant Or Falling" - Price Hikes Already Baked In 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 353
Chicago Building Where Nearly 1,000 Birds Died in One Night Last Fall Installs Bird-Safe Window Film 4 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 451
Nevada Program Tests Farmers' Willingness To Sell Groundwater Rights, And The Results Have Been Startling 3 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 476
Rash of earthquakes blamed on oil production, including a magnitude 4.9 in Texas (USA Today) 0 eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 4928
Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor 0 usonian Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 316
July 21 hottest day ever recorded globally: EU climate monitor 3 Jim__ Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 383
123 GQP Members Of Congress Deny The Scientific Reality Of Anthropogenic Global Warming 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 5584
Warming Endangers Half Of 11,000 Trees Growing At Kew Gardens In London; 400 Died In 2022 Drought 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 275
The Guardian: 'Not acceptable in a democracy': UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 411
Reuters: Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 335
AP: India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 284

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Interior Department Announces Next Steps to Implement President Biden's Investing in America Agenda for Ecosystem and Ha 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 421
'New El Nio' discovered south of the equator 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 500
Metrolink tests out its first zero-emission train in San Bernardino 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 433
Scientists make game-changing discovery while analyzing toxic byproduct in soil: 'It gives us hope' 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 614
Ash wastewater spill at northern Minnesota coal plant more than five times larger than first reported 0 progree Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 392
Veterans group works to restore coral reefs - CBS News 0 Rhiannon12866 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 324
Young Republican Environmentalists Disappointed By Complete Absence Of Climate From GQP Platform 16 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 778
Earth's Water Is Rapidly Losing Oxygen, And The Danger Is Huge 6 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 27 897
Groundbreaking Cement-Free Concrete a Game Changer in Construction 3 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 15 856
Life returns to Ukrainian reservoir drained by Russian strike on dam 2 cbabe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 521
Study: Shitstain's Return Adds Additional +/- One Years Worth Of Global Atmospheric CO2 Increase By 2030 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 290
CRAP 29 Host Azerbaijan Asks Oil/Gas Majors For (Dr. Evil Voice) One Billion Dollars Climate Aid For Poor Nations 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 282
Intersect Power to Build $837M Worth of Grid Batteries in Texas 13 Think. Again. Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1441
How the nation's driest state is using cash to free up water 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 414
Columbia River Wild Sockeye Salmon Run Spikes, But Record Water Temps May Block Them From Spawning Grounds 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 293
Two Yorkshire Water Execs Got Nearly $800,000 For A Year Marked By Massive Sewage Dumping, Infrastructure Failure 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 305
In 1977, Marathon Petroleum Published A Long, Detailed Article On What FF Emissions Could Do To Earth's Climate 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 412
Arctic Ice Has Lost +/- 40% Of Its Cooling Power In 40 Years; Global Ice Has Lost 15% In Same Time Period 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 347
Sharp Wind Turbine Debris Shuts Nantucket Beaches. 0 NNadir Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 562
Home battery backup explodes in Marin County house 0 Caribbeans Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 626
Shocked, Shocked! Shell Backtracks On Promises To Recycle 1 Million Tons Of Plastic/Year 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 593
Shocked, Shocked!! Jamie Dimon Backs Away From Climate Goals; Bank Made $430 Billion In FF Investments Since 2016 2 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 638
Reuters: Russian farmers fight to salvage harvest as major region cuts forecast 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 480
Intensive farming could raise risk of new pandemics, researchers warn 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 516
UC Irvine Earth System Scientists Discover Missing Piece In Climate Models 4 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 622
JD Vance - Just As Awful On Climate And Environmental Issues As You Thought He Is 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 429
Warming Powering Stronger Hurricanes, While Making Their Behavior Far More Unpredictable 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 324
The Independent: Urgent evacuations as 'imminent' dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 11 515
The Guardian: Devastation as world's biggest wetland burns: 'those that cannot run don't stand a chance' 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 19 552
Why Big Box Stores Are Doomed, And What Might Replace Them 6 Warpy Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 985

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Climate Central: Urban heat island effect can add more than 10 degrees to temperatures in hottest U.S. neighborhoods... 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 262
The Guardian: Climate advocates fear picking JD Vance for VP is 'a dangerous step backward' 1 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 345
Reuters: Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 512
AP: 'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under heat wave, worst still to come as temperatures top 104F 2 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 438
AP: Will the Seine be clean enough by the Olympics? Not even the experts know yet 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 342
NPR: California's wildfires are burning far more land so far this year than in 2023 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 334
226,000+ Centerpoint Customers Still w/o Power A Full Week After Beryl's Landfall 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 393
New LA Law - Insurance Companies Can Cancel Up To 5% Of Their Long-Time Home Insurance Policies Each Year 3 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 488
China's Output Of Perfluorocarbons - 1,000s Of Times More Potent Than CO2 - Up 78% In 10 Years 1 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 341
UK Water Regulator Begins Investigation Into Four Water Companies Left Not Already Under Investigation 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 325
60,000 Beluga Whales Are On The Move - Watch Their Annual Migration Live 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 539
AP: Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 318
Debt-Ridden Thames Water Dumps Solar Firm; But Don't Worry, Its Executives Will Get Lots Of Severance Pay! 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 345
High Temps Across Balkans In +/- 105F Range; Nighttime Athens Lows 87F; Fire Risk Spiking 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 263
DC Hits 102F Monday 7/15; Heat Index 7/16 Pegged At 105F - Hottest Summer On Record So Far 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 280
Oh, Goody - Shitstain's GOP And Their Positions On Climate And Energy, Just In Time For The Convention 0 hatrack Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 473
World's rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 373
Reuters: China asks WTO to set up panel for US electric vehicle subsidies dispute 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 287
POSTEC Could High-Temperature Single Crystals Enable Electric Vehicles Capable of Traveling Up to One million Km? 0 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 435
AP: World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride 6 OKIsItJustMe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 560
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