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Global rice paddy greenhouse gas emissions have doubled during the past six decades 0 OKIsItJustMe May 23 May 23 3 337

Climate change drives 'emptying' of rural Bhutan 3 OKIsItJustMe May 22 May 23 11 463

602 Dams, Weirs And Sluices Removed From European Rivers And Streams In 2025 - A New Record 4 hatrack May 22 May 22 47 1191

Poland Bought Hydrogen Buses. Then The Fuel Bills Arrived 2 NNadir May 22 May 22 6 662

Cross post from the NJ forum: New Jersey Declares State of Emergency After April Freeze Wipes Out $300M in Crops. 4 NNadir May 22 May 22 8 848

ArcelorMittal to pay record Canada Fisheries Act fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 22 May 22 2 320

Holtec and Rwanda advance plans to deploy SMR-300 nuclear reactors. 0 NNadir May 22 May 22 2 458

Electricity Generation from Solar Could Exceed Coal in ERCOT for the First Time in 2026 11 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 22 6 752

'Seed Transfer Zones' will help restore Brazil's degraded land 0 OKIsItJustMe May 22 May 22 1 244

Oops!! Shitstain's Big Oil Plans For Gulf Of Mexico, California, Would Cut Area Available For Military Exercises 0 hatrack May 22 May 22 2 401

Trump's Energy War Causes Affordability Crisis For Millions of Working Americans - FIVE MINUTE NEWS 0 Rhiannon12866 May 22 May 22 3 296

In my writings here, I will no longer refer to methane, the climate heating driving gas, as "natural gas." 0 NNadir May 22 May 22 3 305

How Denmark's wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 May 22 May 22 15 491

University of Alberta chemist turns ocean water into an abundant hydrogen source 4 Caribbeans May 21 May 22 6 441

Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US 1 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 22 5 350

NC Beachfront Property Owners Get $50 Million In State Money To Dump More Sand, "Save" Their Stupid Fucking Homes 9 hatrack May 21 May 21 10 652

Colombia's climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle 0 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 2 503

X-post: UN backs world court climate opinion; U.S. among few to oppose 1 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 21 1 453

International Energy Agency video: How the Energy Landscape Changed Last Year 0 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 1 286

The feds are coming for diesel truck owners. They're starting with your phone 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 21 May 21 8 756

Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits 6 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 4 465

Trump will ease refrigerant rule in effort to address surging grocery costs 7 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 8 784

Indian city records 48.2C temperature as sizzling heatwave empties roads 2 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 4 424

Scientists map which genes are active in a developing seed to build hardier crops 0 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 5 288

England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn 0 OKIsItJustMe May 21 May 21 6 289

Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972 5 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 21 5 455

Massive northeast Montana dust storm raises fears of another Dust Bowl era 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 21 May 21 6 459

The Simple Truth: Climate Change is Real - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 May 21 May 21 4 309

IEA: Global EV Outlook 2026 - Emerging battery chemistry and designs 2 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 21 2 463

Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis 8 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 5 766

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Young Americans demand court halt Trump's biggest rollbacks of pollution protections 2 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 7 370

A gray wolf entered Sequoia National Park for the first time in a century 4 Beringia May 20 May 20 17 605

China is cutting emissions even faster than promised and may already have peaked, study shows 0 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 3 491

Extreme weather events threaten river ecosystems 0 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 4 317

Carbon markets underestimate the risks U.S. forests face from climate change 0 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 1 309

White hydrogen discovered in billion-year-old Canadian Shield rock points to potential new energy source 0 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 3 563

IEA: Net Zero Emissions by 2050 - Acting now to limit overshoot 6 OKIsItJustMe May 20 May 20 1 653

The UK Is Built For A Climate That No Longer Exists; Heatwaves At/Above 40C Will Span The Country By 2050 1 hatrack May 20 May 20 6 492

BC Ex-Premier Drops Truth Bomb: "We've Spent Billions To Convince Ourselves Carbon Capture Works. It Doesn't Work". 2 hatrack May 20 May 20 10 558

After Trump Killed Rebates, EPA Now Cites Falling EV Sales As Reason To "Reconsider" (i.e. Kill) Tier 4 Air Standards 2 hatrack May 19 May 20 7 440

South Africa's CHARGE launches off-grid EV stations on Johannesburg-Durban corridor 3 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 20 4 433

Appeals Court Rules That Suit Against Alabama Power Over 600 Acres Of Coal Waste, Groundwater Poisoning To Proceed 0 hatrack May 20 May 20 7 348

Research led by a Royal Holloway academic finds the 50 questions that could protect a vital ecosystem found across...globe 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 4 283

South Africa's $5.8bn green hydrogen-ammonia project advancing 1 Caribbeans May 19 May 19 3 369

Why Fears Are Growing Over the Fate of a Key Atlantic Current (AMOC) 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 14 537

'Foolish' CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn 1 Eugene May 19 May 19 2 325

Warming Accelerates Ecological State Shift Along Maine Coast 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 8 340

Extreme Weather Events Accelerating Tidal Wetland Loss 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 4 279

Hope can inspire climate creativity for action according to new study 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 4 296

Climate report says world won't get as hot as feared but will pass warming limit 0 OKIsItJustMe May 19 May 19 7 419

"Lies", "Unbelievable", "Alternative Reality" All Available In 35-page TVA Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks 1 hatrack May 19 May 19 8 472

Sinton, TX Fighting Corpus Christi Groundwater Plan, Potentially Because It Wants A Data Center Of Its Own 1 hatrack May 19 May 19 5 478

For N. American Beekeepers, Swarming Season Started Nearly 3 Weeks Earlier Than In 2025 (After Record Dieoff) 0 hatrack May 19 May 19 5 392

Australia's Federal Biodiversity Funding Falling To 0.04% Of Budget; "Nature Markets" Flop, W. 1 Project Listed 0 hatrack May 19 May 19 2 292

Coal Makes a Comeback, Fueled by War in the Middle East 4 question everything May 19 May 19 4 505

EPA to rescind bans on 4 forever chemicals in drinking water. 3 applegrove May 18 May 18 15 514

Go Pakistan: 1 applegrove May 18 May 18 19 453

Monash University Develops New Membrane To Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cell Efficiency At High Temperatures In EVs 2 OKIsItJustMe May 18 May 18 2 346

xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit 1 OKIsItJustMe May 12 May 18 4 401

Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts 2 OKIsItJustMe May 18 May 18 4 329

Environment & Energy Continued...

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China's solar exports jump 60% on the year in April 1 OKIsItJustMe May 18 May 18 4 328

Access to NOAA's world-renowned Mauna Loa Observatory restored - Science activities to resume and site renovations plann 1 OKIsItJustMe May 18 May 18 8 409

Comedian takes on ai data centers 0 cbabe May 18 May 18 4 593

Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find 6 OKIsItJustMe May 16 May 18 3 835

Extreme, Deadly Heat In Much Of South Asia Ranging From 111-115F; "It's No Longer Exceptional" 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 9 505

Single-Use Vapes Banned In UK Last Year But 6 Million Pods/Week Still Thrown Out; Fire & Toxin Hazards Abound 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 8 461

Oxygen: 0 applegrove May 17 May 17 19 362

Metrobus cancellations after hydrogen bus fire in Crawley 9 NNadir May 9 May 17 2 1147

Texas - Chevron Will Save $227 Million In 10 Years w. Tax Break; Related Data Center Will Host "Over 25 Full-Time Jobs" 0 hatrack May 17 May 17 8 480

2026 World Flop, er, Cup Likely To Set New Mark For Greenwashing Along W. GHG Output 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 6 512

Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 17 2 306

Harrison Ford: 5 applegrove May 15 May 17 25 686

How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows Climate Town 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 17 5 382

NOAA - Super El Nino Now Most Likely Outcome For October-February 27 Period; Could Surpass Record From 150 Years Ago 2 hatrack May 16 May 17 17 651

Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO 3 OKIsItJustMe May 16 May 16 11 620

Global Ocean Conference Arouses Predictable Rhetorical Questions As To Humanity "Awakening" To Environmental Collapse 2 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 3 653

2/3 Of Americans Will Experience A Week Of Extreme Heat & Humidity Starting Friday June 20th 3 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 11 854

Shocked, Shocked!! Corporate Climate And Sustainability Pledges & Policies Melting Away Like Snow In The Sahara 1 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 5 781

Alabama Mining Regulator Expecting Feds To Take Over Mine Regulations As Federal Funding Dries Up 1 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 3 634

10s Of Millions Face Deadly Conditions In Rare June Heatwave; Indices In The Low Hundreds In Multiple Cities 3 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 11 1024

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