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NSIDC Director: "I Have Not Seen A Winter Like This Before"; Worst Western Snow Drought In Decades 1 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 11 5 416
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There's an Elementary School There. (Texas) 2 douglas9 Feb 11 Feb 11 16 582
NASA Dataset: Rate Of Global Warming In Past 30 Years Fastest Since 1880; 2015-25 Warmest 11 Years On Record 0 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 11 7 276
UW researchers use satellite data to quantify methane loss in the stratosphere 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 5 318
Half of the world's coral reefs suffered major bleaching during the 2014-2017 global heatwave 2 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 7 375
100 Flood Warnings In UK; Wettest January In N. Ireland In 149 Years - Warming Driving Storms And Rainfall Intensity 2 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 6 317
Paul, Weiss Withdraws From At Least 4 ExxonMobil Climate Liability Cases Filed By Local Governments 1 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 4 376
Analysis: After A Year Of Trump's Energy "Policy", It's Stupidity, Higher Costs And Pollution All The Way Down 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 8 367
Herculean Efforts To Protect Great Barrier Reef Do Everything Except Address The Reason For Its Accelerating Decline 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 3 293
Illinois Taxpayers Face $1 Billion Bill To Clean Up The Mess From 1,000s Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 4 291
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 5 270
Trump Allies Near 'Total Victory' in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation 1 douglas9 Feb 10 Feb 10 7 409
World's First 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powers Grid In China 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 5 321
The Climate Science reference they don't want Judges to read 3 muriel_volestrangler Feb 9 Feb 9 7 469
Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity and climate resilience under press 4 OKIsItJustMe Feb 9 Feb 9 7 514
Another El Nino Already? What Can We Learn from It? -- James Hansen, et al. 6 OKIsItJustMe Feb 6 Feb 9 12 679
CFC replacements behind hundreds of thousands of tonnes of global 'forever chemical' pollution 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 9 Feb 9 2 292
"More Everything Forever" Author On Magical Futurism Bullshit Churned Out By Musk, Thiel, Altman, et. al. 18 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 9 55 2118
German energy policy moves from expensive stuff that doesn't work well to stuff that doesn't exist. 9 NNadir Feb 4 Feb 9 3 869
After A Decade Of Lawsuits, Corteva Will Stop Making Enlist Duo, Herbicide Mix Of Glyphosate And Agent Orange 4 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 9 482
More Than 200 Flood Alerts Issued Across England And Wales; 39 Days And Nights Of Rain In The UK Since 1/1/26 0 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 6 494
TX - 500+ Oil Tanks Sit In The Guadalupe River Floodplain; In 1998 Flood, The River Exceeded 7 Miles In Width 1 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 8 525
Guardian Invokes Betteridge's Law Of Headlines: "Economic Growth Is Still Heating The Planet. Is There Any Way Out?" 0 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 6 340
DOGE and the deluge: The hits on our cherished public recreation lands just keep coming 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 9 Feb 9 8 397
As Of 2/7/2026, Lake Powell Now Below 25% Of Capacity; Trash Screens Visible Above Penstocks On Dam Face 10 hatrack Feb 8 Feb 8 19 1028
Determining the Source of Water from the Combustion of Dangerous Fossil Fuels by Oxygen Isotopes. 0 NNadir Feb 8 Feb 8 3 403
Potential For El Nino Year; Could Push Global Temps To Records In 2027 (23, 24, 25 Current Hottest Years) 1 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 7 329
NOAA ESRL - January 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 428.62 ppm; January 2025 426.65 ppm; January 2024 422.80 ppm 6 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 4 367
NOAA - Western US Snowpack Lowest In Decades, Esp. In CO River Headwaters Area; 2/1/26 Total Cover Lowest On Record 4 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 10 469
At The Threshold Of 1.5C, Paris Is Dead; A Picture Of Rapid Climate Destabilization Is Becoming Increasingly Clear 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 12 503

Environment & Energy Continued...

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In Greenland, 200 Companies Have Mining Licenses; 2 Mines Exist. Good Luck W. Your Big Plan, President Fuckstick 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 5 551
Federal Judge Strikes Down TX Law Intended To Target Critics Of Fossil Fuels 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 15 378
In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir Feb 6 Feb 6 14 464
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter Feb 6 Feb 6 7 326
Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 8 387
Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 9 528
One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 12 364
Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Feb 5 Feb 5 9 476
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 4 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 5 16 2537
EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 9 477
Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 6 343
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Feb 4 Feb 4 5 400
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Feb 3 Feb 4 11 668
Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 4 9 536
Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Feb 4 Feb 4 5 314
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 4 Feb 4 6 421
Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 9 434
1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 3 337
Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 2 244
At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 8 428
"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 3 Feb 3 4 377
As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 281
On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 328
Nuclear refurbishment done and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister 0 OnlinePoker Feb 2 Feb 2 2 231
Feral camels terrorizing Australian desert towns in search of water 0 jmbar2 Feb 2 Feb 2 12 635
OFFS - Meet The Energy Department's Cute New Mascot: It's Coalie, Urging Us To "Mine, Baby, Mine!" 7 hatrack Jan 30 Feb 2 6 674
NRDC: Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 1 Feb 1 10 429
Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed 3 hatrack Jan 31 Feb 1 11 485
EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage 4 douglas9 Feb 1 Feb 1 4 466
The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 4 highplainsdem Jan 31 Feb 1 12 495

Environment & Energy Continued...

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"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 1 Feb 1 3 289
Melbourne Harbor And Beaches Awash In Venomous Lion's Mane Jellyfish 1 hatrack Feb 1 Feb 1 8 540
31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... 1 NNadir Feb 1 Feb 1 13 617
The Imminent Copper Tailings Crisis in China 1 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 5 636
Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing 0 NNadir Jan 31 Jan 31 2 536
'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health 1 douglas9 Jan 30 Jan 30 3 413
After Pathetic FEMA Performances In Multiple States, Natural Disaster Survivors Want Noem Fired 2 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 11 744
Performative Colorado River Talks Pending; Expectations Low, Since Littlest President Having Tantwums At AZ, CO 1 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 2 427
Potential Interactions Between Birds And Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Spatially Informed Species Vulnerabilities 4 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 30 3 504
EPA Eliminating 13 Top Executive Positions; 2331 Employees - 13.5% Of Workforce - Gone Since January 2025 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 4 359
Scientific Mapping Project Shows East Coast Ghost Forests - Killed By Rising Seas - Are Far Larger Than Thought 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 10 403
Don't worry. Be happy. Server Farms Will Learn for Themselves How to Be All Renewabley and "Green." 0 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 29 2 536
"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 8 394
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 7 463
America Leads Global, Massive Expansion Of Gas Power Plants Because Of (All Together Now!) AI. USA!! USA!! USA!! 1 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 1 392
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress 0 douglas9 Jan 29 Jan 29 9 406
Awwww!!!! Shitstain Backs Away From Pushing EPA To Gut Endangerment Finding - It Would Likely Lose In Court 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 376
Wastewater Geysers, Land Cracks & Subsidence Prompt West TX Landowner To Sue 8 Oil Companies For Damages 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 2 396
Conoco Phillips Rig On Its Way To Drill Falls Over, Catches On Fire - The Rig "Left The Road" 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 4 410
Well, Good Luck: OK State Senator Trying To Rein In Pollution Of Groundwater From Fracking Operations 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 315
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