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2026 World Flop, er, Cup Likely To Set New Mark For Greenwashing Along W. GHG Output 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 6 383
Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday Yesterday 2 259
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How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows Climate Town 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Yesterday 5 275
NOAA - Super El Nino Now Most Likely Outcome For October-February 27 Period; Could Surpass Record From 150 Years Ago 2 hatrack Saturday Yesterday 17 506
Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO 3 OKIsItJustMe Saturday Saturday 11 471
Global Ocean Conference Arouses Predictable Rhetorical Questions As To Humanity "Awakening" To Environmental Collapse 2 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 3 611
2/3 Of Americans Will Experience A Week Of Extreme Heat & Humidity Starting Friday June 20th 3 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 788
Shocked, Shocked!! Corporate Climate And Sustainability Pledges & Policies Melting Away Like Snow In The Sahara 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 5 734
Alabama Mining Regulator Expecting Feds To Take Over Mine Regulations As Federal Funding Dries Up 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 3 593
10s Of Millions Face Deadly Conditions In Rare June Heatwave; Indices In The Low Hundreds In Multiple Cities 3 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 955
US EPA proposes delaying enforcement of Biden vehicle pollution rule 1 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Saturday 5 215
Wyoming's wolves hit lowest population since 2005 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Saturday 7 328
Watchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts 1 OKIsItJustMe Friday Saturday 8 298
As the Colorado River dries up, how Western states are confronting the water crisis - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Saturday Saturday 8 420
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Croaky McWhalehead "Going To Do Everything In My Power" To Stop Imaginary Chemtrails Threat 5 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 1091
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Yes, This Should Work Well - EPA Ready To Hand Texas Power To Authorize "Carbon Capture" Projects 6 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 5 923
Shitstain Yanks US Out Of Plan For Salmon Recovery In PNW Because It's "Radical Environmentalism" Hurrdurr Hurrdurr 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 9 716
Michigan fights Trump administration in court over order keeping coal plant online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 9 464

Environment & Energy Continued...

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US government planning dramatic Colorado River water cuts due to drought, overuse 1 OKIsItJustMe Friday Saturday 4 271
Satellite launch pollution rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere 3 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Friday 9 418
Scientists Identify Hidden Accelerant in Antarctic Ice Loss 1 OKIsItJustMe Friday Friday 11 557
Heatwaves in high 40 degrees Celsius are 'new normal' for India and Pakistan, scientists warn 0 OKIsItJustMe Friday Friday 5 408
Coal pollution is cutting solar power output, study finds 0 OKIsItJustMe Friday Friday 8 352
No, No, It's Not Global Warming Driving Explosion In Tick Numbers - IT'S A CONSPIRACY WITH BILL GATES!!!! 3 hatrack Friday Friday 16 554
Chronic Wasting Disease detected on National Elk Refuge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 8 371
4,813 Fires So Far This Year In GA; Elsewhere In The Southeast, Drought And Hurricane Debris Helping Drive The Burning 0 hatrack Friday Friday 5 370
Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 278
Structural Changes in Supported Rhodium in Catalytic Reactions. 0 NNadir Friday Friday 1 252
Oh, The Humanity - BP Faces Shareholder Revolt Over Plan To Dump Climate Reporting, Lack Of Plan For Everything Else 1 hatrack Apr 24 Friday 6 358
So Cute!!! TX GQP Rep "Concerned" Re NOAA Plan For Massive Budget Cuts, Closing Mauna Loa Observatory 2 hatrack Apr 29 Friday 8 518
With 300 Data Centers Operating Or Planned In California, Some Residents Wondering Where The Water Will Come From 3 hatrack Apr 30 Friday 12 526
After Decades Of Growing Nitrate Pollution, GQP In Iowa Introduces "Too Little, Too Late" Funding For Water Treatment 3 hatrack May 2 Friday 8 520
40,000 People Live In Gibraltar, A City w/o Any Sewage Treatment; Decade After Decade, Shit & Plastic Flow Into The Sea 2 hatrack May 6 Friday 11 580
"Filthy", "Mind-Blowing", "Legally Problematic" - Federal Judge's Take On Proposed Bayer Roundup Settlement 4 hatrack May 9 Friday 13 564
Detailed breakdown on Tesla's new battery design 9 Finishline42 Wednesday Thursday 3 717
El Nino Prediction - 82% chance in May-July 2026 - 96% chance in December 2026-February 2027 0 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Thursday 9 431
New research reveals rapid methane release mechanism at the front of retreating ice sheets (during last glacial cycle) 0 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Thursday 4 379
Alberta Premier: Building An Oil Pipeline To The Pacific "Consistent With The Teachings Of Jesus" 6 hatrack Thursday Thursday 5 482
In Chile, A Retired Kindergarten Teacher Guards The Only Continental Colony Of King Penguins On Earth 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 15 451
Best Cryptic Headline Of The Week - Choughs Reappear At Tintagel After Decades Of Absence 3 hatrack Thursday Thursday 12 490
Buildling A Wall Of Money - Oil Majors Will Likely Use Exploding Profits To Lock In Trump-Era Policies 1 hatrack May 10 Thursday 5 405
April 2026 4th-Warmest Global April On Record; Earth's Oceans Saw 2nd-Warmest Temps Recorded For The Same Month 1 hatrack Thursday Thursday 3 274
Hydrogen-fueled drone submarine with 17 sensors could scan Hormuz for naval mines 0 Caribbeans Thursday Thursday 0 333
Multiple Large-Scale "Carbon Capture" Projects Slated For Illinois; Increasingly, Residents Aren't Buying The Story 4 hatrack May 9 Thursday 7 606
US Drinking Water Systems Under Growing Strain From Coast To Coast - Drought, Floods, Debris Flows 1 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 9 465
El Nino Teeing Up A Major Fire Year; Drought Already Hit SE Asia; Globally, Alaska-Sized Area Has Already Burned 1 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 4 434
Vibrio Bacteria Pushing North To Seas Once Too Cold To Support It, Like Gulf Of Maine; +/- 100 Fatalities/Year In US 2 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 4 307
Sustainability Blahblah Clean Fuels Blah - European Airline Emissions Higher Than Pre-COVID; Ryanair Up 50% Since 2019 2 hatrack May 10 Thursday 4 392

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Sen. Whitehouse: "We Must Not let Creeping Political Influence Compromise the NRC" 0 Rhiannon12866 Thursday Thursday 4 306
Oceans Are Warming? Senate Republicans Disagree. - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Thursday 6 388
Data Centers Already Using 6% Of Electricity Available In The US And The UK; Pushback Begins At 5% 5 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 8 445
Pardon me if this was posted earlier: Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought 4 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 7 478
Electricity could produce cement with almost no carbon footprint 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 9 400
Study Finds Wetter Storms Mean Drier Conditions Over Time 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 3 270
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood 2 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 6 449
Time to Wake Up #307: The Mischief Continues - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 5 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Wednesday 26 932
Newly recognized pollutant widely present in atmosphere 1 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 10 550
Governor Sherrill, NJ, Working to Keep Her Nuclear Promise. 1 NNadir Wednesday Wednesday 4 322
Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan 0 thought crime Wednesday Wednesday 12 386
LIDAR Flights Reveal Western Snowpack Crisis; California's Snowpack Was At 18% Of Avg 4/1, Declining Since Then 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 5 418
A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 2 263
UC Irvine team identifies where renewable hydrogen delivers the greatest social benefit 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 1 271
xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 4 310
How underwater speakers are helping revive coral reefs devastated by climate change - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 Tuesday Tuesday 10 494
This 600-Mile Liquid Hydrogen eVTOL Just Got A 20-Aircraft Order 1 Caribbeans Monday Tuesday 9 456
Lobbying battle intensifies as E15 ethanol bill nears US vote 1 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 0 331
'I couldn't breathe': the sinister spread of France's killer seaweed 1 cbabe Tuesday Tuesday 10 531
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