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The 'Great Texas Freeze' Killed Thousands of Purple Martins; Biologists Worry Recovery Could Take Decades 3 OKIsItJustMe Mar 7 Mar 7 7 918

Corrupt, Shit-Spilling UK Water Companies Sent 10s Of 1,000s Of Bailiffs For Unpaid Bills, Most For Less Than $1,000 1 hatrack Mar 7 Mar 7 4 432

Rate Of Global Heating Has Nearly Doubled From 0.2C Per Decade Through 2015 To 0.35C Per Decade Now 1 hatrack Mar 7 Mar 7 7 422

Data Center That Would Consume As Much Energy As Edmonton Too Much Even For Alberta Regulators 1 hatrack Mar 7 Mar 7 9 759

Nonlinear increase of compound drought-heatwave events since the early 2000s 0 OKIsItJustMe Mar 7 Mar 7 4 726

JPL: Most Antarctic Ice Shelves "Remarkably Stable" But West Antarctic Ice Loss Area 30X Metro LA In 30 Yrs 0 hatrack Mar 7 Mar 7 4 769

Chris Ketcham: Clowns to the Left of Me, Fascists to the Right 5 jfz9580m Mar 6 Mar 7 1 695

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 5 448

US agency did not perform safety checks of more than 100 food ingredients, analysis finds 3 Eugene Mar 7 Mar 7 17 669

President Asshole, Techbros Sign "Ratepayer Protection Pledge", Pinky Swear AI Buildout Won't Spike Your Electric Bill 2 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 5 479

Significant acceleration of global warming since 2015 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 6 Mar 6 4 451

'World-first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor' nears as China eyes '1000-year' energy source 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 6 Mar 6 3 571

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 5 379

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently 6 douglas9 Mar 6 Mar 6 92 2316

February 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content 429.35 ppm; February 2025 427.09 ppm; February 2024 424.55 ppm 7 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 5 692

Mark Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Deal With Alberta Premier Rapidly Turning Into An Environmental & Financial Shitshow 1 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 9 625

Even Career Climate Hack Marc Morano Stunned By Silence In Response To Shitstain's Assault On Climate Policy 2 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 9 609

A Rather Compelling Scientific Rumination on Wind Energy and Sustainability: Blade Waste. 0 NNadir Mar 6 Mar 6 3 646

Study: Projected "Disturbance" Of European Forests - By Fire, Flooding, Drought, Disease - Set To Rise 30% By 2100 1 hatrack Mar 6 Mar 6 2 403

Nuclear regulator grants licence for Nexgen to build uranium mine in northern Sask. 0 OnlinePoker Mar 6 Mar 6 2 378

NRC Issues First Commercial Reactor Construction Approval in 10 Years For TerraPower in Wyoming 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 3 358

2040 climate target: Council (of the EU) gives final green light 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 2 437

Sea levels are much higher than often assumed. How is that possible? 5 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 5 607

The Insurance Industry Was "Realistic" About Climate Risks; Now Multiple Industry Associations Denying There's A Problem 1 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 5 807

Australian Regulator Suspends Antibiotic For Farmed Salmon After It Shows Up In Wild Populations 10 KM Distant 2 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 4 397

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 11 441

Seabird "Wreck" Spans Coasts Of Northwestern Europe; +/- 40,000 Dead, Starved & Sick Birds Washing Ashore 0 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 16 521

Chevron's hometown paper is quiet on climate. Guess who owns it? 1 douglas9 Mar 5 Mar 5 9 476

Belo Monte Megadam In Amazon Basin Generated Barely 1% Of Its Hydropower Capacity During 2024 Dry Season 1 hatrack Mar 5 Mar 5 3 383

Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity 2 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 5 460

Environment & Energy Continued...

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We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires 1 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 2 411

Climate change pushes tropical insects to their heat limit 0 OKIsItJustMe Mar 5 Mar 5 1 334

Global Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Mar 5 Mar 5 3 364

'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 4 Mar 4 7 442

Pesticide Company to Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson's Disease 1 douglas9 Mar 4 Mar 4 2 565

Global Warming Shreds Colorado River Compact As Glen Canyon Dam Nears End Of Hydropower Generation, Possible Deadpool 6 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 4 13 904

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 10 509

Port Isabel Independent School District Rejects $160 Million Tax Break For Giant Gulf Coast LNG Project 0 hatrack Mar 4 Mar 4 8 411

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 9 427

Four indicted in Sweetwater wind turbine blade dumping probe; cleanup not yet started 5 NNadir Mar 3 Mar 4 3 870

Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power 3 douglas9 Mar 2 Mar 3 7 1008

Generational Toxicity and Incomplete Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Leachate in an Aquatic Microinvertebrate 1 NNadir Mar 2 Mar 3 1 655

Leaked Databases Show Efforts At NPS To Erase History & Reality - Slavery, First Nations, LGBTQ, Climate, Civil War 1 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 13 417

The culture war is coming for your electricity 1 douglas9 Mar 3 Mar 3 21 689

UK Slashes Funding For Climate Aid And Nature Protection Across Developing World 1 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 3 402

Cities Across SW France & Basque Regions In Spain Set All-Time February Temps Up To 13C Over Averages 0 hatrack Mar 3 Mar 3 8 373

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 6 382

Utah Pushes For Residents To Pay More For Electricity, Because Anything Not Coal-Powered Is Woke And Gay 3 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 2 8 504

Thousands advised to stay inside in Mississippi 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 1 Mar 2 72 3032

3 Weeks After Citizens Sued Dow Over Years Of Plastic Pollution, Company Pushing TX To Legalize That Pollution 0 hatrack Mar 2 Mar 2 7 431

'Humans Riding Bikes Are More Energy-Efficient Than Any Other Animal On The Planet' 5 sop Mar 1 Mar 1 21 806

Big Tech Tries To Greenwash AI, Fails - 26% Of Climate Claims Cite Actual Research; 36% Cite No Evidence Whatsoever 1 hatrack Mar 1 Mar 1 10 549

In Survey Of 195 US Cities, Average Winters Nine Days Shorter Compared To 1970-1997 Baseline 1 hatrack Mar 1 Mar 1 3 380

98% Of 2,778 Serious UK Water Pollution Incidents Downgraded By Ministry, 83% w/o Site Visits 0 hatrack Mar 1 Mar 1 4 409

Dirty Water, Death And Decline - The Inside Story Of UK's Water Privitazation Scandal 0 hatrack Mar 1 Mar 1 7 414

NRDC - US Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Up 18% YOY In 2025; 24% Increase For 71 Plants That Requested Pollution Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 27 Mar 1 4 336

After Hurricane Helene, Cascade Of Health Effects From Mold Spreading Across NC 1 hatrack Feb 28 Feb 28 10 486

Shitstain Cutting System Requiring Emergency Plans For High-Risk Chemical Sites; Chemical Safety Board Also Targeted 1 hatrack Feb 28 Feb 28 4 505

2025 US Power Plant Inventory: Sulfur Dioxide Output Up 18%, NOx Emissions Up 7%, CO2 Emissions Up 4% 1 hatrack Feb 28 Feb 28 5 374

'I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmers 0 muriel_volestrangler Feb 28 Feb 28 7 426

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Study: Emissions Inventories For Colorado OIl & Gas Operations At Least 50% Too Low 0 hatrack Feb 28 Feb 28 2 322

Oceanic DDT Off Los Angeles County from 20th Century Chemical Waste Practices. 1 NNadir Feb 27 Feb 27 5 475

Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 27 Feb 27 7 414

Nearly All US Coal Power Plants Could Have Met Pollution Rules For Toxic Metals; Shitstain's EPA Cut Those Rules Anyway 2 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 5 507

Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 26 Feb 27 4 742

Colorado River Compact In Tatters, Interior Shows That It Will Barely Intervene (If At All) In Fractious 7-State Talks 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 6 434

More Than A Year Later, No Trace Of $400 Million In USDA Grant To Improve Irrigation Efficiency For AZ Farmers 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 4 448

Study: Southern Right Whales Shift Reproduction; Lack Of Food Means 1 Calf Every 4 Years, Not 3 Years 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 1 334

Emperor Penguins Face Death From Hypothermia During Molt As Sea Ice Disintegrates 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 13 466

"Abysmal Snowpack" Conditions In Rocky Mountain States; Even Average Seasonal Totals Likely Out Of Reach 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 9 588

For Decades Oil Majors Preempted Local Climate Lawsuits W. Clean Air Act; Now w. End Of Endangerment Finding, They Can't 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 13 457

Survey Of 8,000 Tropical Plant Species Across Continents Shows Flowering Times Now Months Early & Late 0 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 6 377

One In Five Marine Products Tied To Fraud - On Species ID, "Fresh", Wild-Caught vs. Farmed, Produced Through Slave Labor 0 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 9 475

Shocked, Shocked: Epstein Class Of Ultrawealthy Among Top Purveyors Of Climate Denial, Ecofascism 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 10 626

"Staggering" Loss Of N. Hemisphere Marine BIomass: 7.2% Of Fish Populations Per 0.1C Warming Per Decade 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 11 492

Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 24 4 393

This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 5 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 24 17 3169

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: 'I'm not for sale' 3 douglas9 Feb 24 Feb 24 11 802

U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies 1 evemac Feb 24 Feb 24 5 378

Analysis by Reuters shows AI companies are exaggerating claims about reducing water usage 2 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 24 7 446

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