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As Of 2/7/2026, Lake Powell Now Below 25% Of Capacity; Trash Screens Visible Above Penstocks On Dam Face 1 hatrack 1 hr ago 10 min ago 13 333
Determining the Source of Water from the Combustion of Dangerous Fossil Fuels by Oxygen Isotopes. 0 NNadir 2 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 1 194
Potential For El Nino Year; Could Push Global Temps To Records In 2027 (23, 24, 25 Current Hottest Years) 1 hatrack 14 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 7 209
Boring Old Local Citizen Action Stops (At Least For Now) Planned Datacenter In Suburban LA Community 0 hatrack 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 7 193
NOAA ESRL - January 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 428.62 ppm; January 2025 426.65 ppm; January 2024 422.80 ppm 6 hatrack Yesterday 19 hrs ago 4 235
NOAA - Western US Snowpack Lowest In Decades, Esp. In CO River Headwaters Area; 2/1/26 Total Cover Lowest On Record 4 hatrack Yesterday 19 hrs ago 9 309
"More Everything Forever" Author On Magical Futurism Bullshit Churned Out By Musk, Thiel, Altman, et. al. 17 hatrack Friday 23 hrs ago 54 1709
At The Threshold Of 1.5C, Paris Is Dead; A Picture Of Rapid Climate Destabilization Is Becoming Increasingly Clear 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 12 349
In Greenland, 200 Companies Have Mining Licenses; 2 Mines Exist. Good Luck W. Your Big Plan, President Fuckstick 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 5 361
Federal Judge Strikes Down TX Law Intended To Target Critics Of Fossil Fuels 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 15 282
In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir Friday Friday 14 279
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter Friday Friday 7 241
Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Friday Friday 8 270
Another El Nino Already? What Can We Learn from It? -- James Hansen, et al. 1 OKIsItJustMe Friday Friday 12 429
Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Friday Friday 9 281
One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Friday Friday 12 254
German energy policy moves from expensive stuff that doesn't work well to stuff that doesn't exist. 5 NNadir Wednesday Thursday 3 418
Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Thursday Thursday 9 391
You Don't Say!! Flawed Economic Models Mean Climate Collapse Could Also Collapse Global Economy 3 hatrack Thursday Thursday 12 352
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 4 flashman13 Tuesday Thursday 16 1389
EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 9 349
Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Thursday Thursday 6 270
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Wednesday Wednesday 5 296
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Tuesday Wednesday 11 582
Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Tuesday Wednesday 9 339
Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Wednesday Wednesday 5 248
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 6 334
Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 9 322

Environment & Energy Continued...

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1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 3 273
Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 2 197
At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 8 339
"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Tuesday Tuesday 4 316
As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Monday Monday 7 227
On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Monday Monday 7 245
Nuclear refurbishment done and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister 0 OnlinePoker Monday Monday 2 178
Feral camels terrorizing Australian desert towns in search of water 0 jmbar2 Monday Monday 12 577
OFFS - Meet The Energy Department's Cute New Mascot: It's Coalie, Urging Us To "Mine, Baby, Mine!" 7 hatrack Jan 30 Monday 6 575
NRDC: Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange 0 OKIsItJustMe Sunday Sunday 10 373
Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed 3 hatrack Jan 31 Sunday 11 398
EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage 4 douglas9 Sunday Sunday 4 385
The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 4 highplainsdem Jan 31 Sunday 12 441
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Sunday Sunday 3 249
Melbourne Harbor And Beaches Awash In Venomous Lion's Mane Jellyfish 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 8 471
31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... 1 NNadir Sunday Sunday 13 557
The Imminent Copper Tailings Crisis in China 1 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 5 567
Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing 0 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 2 475
'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health 1 douglas9 Jan 30 Jan 30 3 364
After Pathetic FEMA Performances In Multiple States, Natural Disaster Survivors Want Noem Fired 2 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 11 689
Performative Colorado River Talks Pending; Expectations Low, Since Littlest President Having Tantwums At AZ, CO 1 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 2 346
Potential Interactions Between Birds And Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Spatially Informed Species Vulnerabilities 4 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 30 3 427
EPA Eliminating 13 Top Executive Positions; 2331 Employees - 13.5% Of Workforce - Gone Since January 2025 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 4 314
Scientific Mapping Project Shows East Coast Ghost Forests - Killed By Rising Seas - Are Far Larger Than Thought 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 10 369
Don't worry. Be happy. Server Farms Will Learn for Themselves How to Be All Renewabley and "Green." 0 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 29 2 485
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 Jan 29 Jan 29 8 342
Airports Across Asia Screening For Nipah Virus After Two Cases Confirmed In W. Bengal; 40-70% Fatality Rate, No Vaccine 2 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 7 415
America Leads Global, Massive Expansion Of Gas Power Plants Because Of (All Together Now!) AI. USA!! USA!! USA!! 1 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 1 348
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress 0 douglas9 Jan 29 Jan 29 9 374
Awwww!!!! Shitstain Backs Away From Pushing EPA To Gut Endangerment Finding - It Would Likely Lose In Court 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 346

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Wastewater Geysers, Land Cracks & Subsidence Prompt West TX Landowner To Sue 8 Oil Companies For Damages 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 2 324
Conoco Phillips Rig On Its Way To Drill Falls Over, Catches On Fire - The Rig "Left The Road" 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 4 368
Well, Good Luck: OK State Senator Trying To Rein In Pollution Of Groundwater From Fracking Operations 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 267
Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them. 1 douglas9 Jan 28 Jan 29 11 333
Environmental Activists Sued To Get UK National Security Assessment; Even Then, It Was Redacted 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 3 321
Guardian - What It's Like In Victoria These Days, When The Temperature Finally Dips Below 104F At 8:30 PM 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 9 421
Shitstain's EPA: 66 Environmental Rollbacks In One Year: "I Am For Whatever President Trump Is Advocating For" 0 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 8 485
Jacking Up Prices, Censoring Bookstores - But Worst Part Of Assault On NPS Devastating Loss Of Institutional Knowledge 2 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 17 524
This Storm Is Exactly What You'd Expect In A Warming World; BTW, How Will FEMA Respond (Assuming It Can)? 1 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 10 618
After Millei Cuts Firefighting Funds 81%, Argentina Faces Tough Go Fighting Huge Fires In Monoculure Pine Forests 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 3 412
All-Time Record Highs Across S. Australia, Victoria Approaching 50C (122F); Overnight Low In Adelaide Was 95F 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 8 371
I'm through one of my son's recent publications almost in tears. 7 NNadir Jan 23 Jan 26 53 1757
The Ocean Already 30% More Acidic Than In Preindustrial Era; Key Planetary Limit For Acidification Was Breached In 2020 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 11 335
New Mexico Sues 3 Texas Oil Execs For Offloading Cleanup For 100s Of Abandoned Wells While Pocketing Profits 3 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 15 458
Since There's No Problem That Can't Be Solved W. Marketing, Prepare For Lots Of Shiny, Green Data Center Advertising 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 6 405
At Late-January Seasonal Maximum Extent, Arctic Sea Ice Still Well Below All-Time Prior Record Lows 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 5 299
Pakistan Turned To China To Address Power Shortages, Now Faces Severe Pollution And Crippling Debt For Coal Plants 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 2 310
Poof!! ExxonMobil Creates Whole New Accounting System For GHGs, And Climate Collapse Is YOUR Fault, NOT Theirs!! 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 8 493
"Snow Drought" Means Significant Drawdown Likely From Flaming Gorge Dam This Spring In Effort To Prop Up Powell & Mead 3 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 7 522
Australia's Winter 2025-25 Heatwave Worst Since 2019-20's Black Summer, Made 5X More Likely By Global Warming 0 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 6 278
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