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New Report: Decline of Populations of Migratory Species of Animals Covered by UN Treaty Worsens from 44% to 49% in 2 Yrs 1 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday 4 hrs ago 5 208
Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently 6 douglas9 6 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 87 1741
February 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content 429.35 ppm; February 2025 427.09 ppm; February 2024 424.55 ppm 7 hatrack 7 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 5 201
Mark Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Deal With Alberta Premier Rapidly Turning Into An Environmental & Financial Shitshow 1 hatrack 7 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 9 319
Even Career Climate Hack Marc Morano Stunned By Silence In Response To Shitstain's Assault On Climate Policy 2 hatrack 7 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 9 296
A Rather Compelling Scientific Rumination on Wind Energy and Sustainability: Blade Waste. 0 NNadir 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 3 257
Study: Projected "Disturbance" Of European Forests - By Fire, Flooding, Drought, Disease - Set To Rise 30% By 2100 1 hatrack 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 2 189
Nuclear regulator grants licence for Nexgen to build uranium mine in northern Sask. 0 OnlinePoker 13 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 2 179
NRC Issues First Commercial Reactor Construction Approval in 10 Years For TerraPower in Wyoming 1 OKIsItJustMe 19 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 3 174
2040 climate target: Council (of the EU) gives final green light 1 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday 22 hrs ago 2 191
Sea levels are much higher than often assumed. How is that possible? 5 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 5 326
The Insurance Industry Was "Realistic" About Climate Risks; Now Multiple Industry Associations Denying There's A Problem 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 5 312
Australian Regulator Suspends Antibiotic For Farmed Salmon After It Shows Up In Wild Populations 10 KM Distant 2 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 4 222
Study: Global Sea Level Estimates Are About 1 Foot Too Low On Average; In SE Asia & Indo-Pacific Up to 3 Feet 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 11 280
Seabird "Wreck" Spans Coasts Of Northwestern Europe; +/- 40,000 Dead, Starved & Sick Birds Washing Ashore 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 16 366
Chevron's hometown paper is quiet on climate. Guess who owns it? 1 douglas9 Yesterday Yesterday 9 303
Belo Monte Megadam In Amazon Basin Generated Barely 1% Of Its Hydropower Capacity During 2024 Dry Season 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 3 185
Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity 2 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 5 237
We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires 1 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 2 215
Climate change pushes tropical insects to their heat limit 0 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 1 180
Global Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Yesterday Yesterday 3 222
'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 7 291
Pesticide Company to Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson's Disease 1 douglas9 Wednesday Wednesday 2 354
Global Warming Shreds Colorado River Compact As Glen Canyon Dam Nears End Of Hydropower Generation, Possible Deadpool 6 hatrack Monday Wednesday 13 556
After Being Sued, USDA Settles, Agrees To Provide Climate Risk Datasets For Farmers, Won't Guarantee For How Long 1 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 10 322
Port Isabel Independent School District Rejects $160 Million Tax Break For Giant Gulf Coast LNG Project 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 8 267
Warmest Winter In 135 Years Of Weather Records For Wyoming; Snowpack Below Avg At Altitude, At Record Lows Elsewhere 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 9 291

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Four indicted in Sweetwater wind turbine blade dumping probe; cleanup not yet started 5 NNadir Tuesday Wednesday 3 459
Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power 3 douglas9 Monday Tuesday 7 803
Generational Toxicity and Incomplete Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Leachate in an Aquatic Microinvertebrate 1 NNadir Monday Tuesday 1 415
Leaked Databases Show Efforts At NPS To Erase History & Reality - Slavery, First Nations, LGBTQ, Climate, Civil War 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 12 294
The culture war is coming for your electricity 1 douglas9 Tuesday Tuesday 20 535
UK Slashes Funding For Climate Aid And Nature Protection Across Developing World 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 2 250
Cities Across SW France & Basque Regions In Spain Set All-Time February Temps Up To 13C Over Averages 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 7 270
HFCs Have Warming Potential 100s To 1,000s More Than CO2; Appeal Underway To SCOTUS Re. Whether They Can Be Regulated 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 5 269
Utah Pushes For Residents To Pay More For Electricity, Because Anything Not Coal-Powered Is Woke And Gay 3 hatrack Monday Monday 7 342
Thousands advised to stay inside in Mississippi 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Monday 72 2732
3 Weeks After Citizens Sued Dow Over Years Of Plastic Pollution, Company Pushing TX To Legalize That Pollution 0 hatrack Monday Monday 6 326
'Humans Riding Bikes Are More Energy-Efficient Than Any Other Animal On The Planet' 5 sop Sunday Sunday 21 592
Big Tech Tries To Greenwash AI, Fails - 26% Of Climate Claims Cite Actual Research; 36% Cite No Evidence Whatsoever 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 10 380
In Survey Of 195 US Cities, Average Winters Nine Days Shorter Compared To 1970-1997 Baseline 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 3 268
98% Of 2,778 Serious UK Water Pollution Incidents Downgraded By Ministry, 83% w/o Site Visits 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 4 305
Dirty Water, Death And Decline - The Inside Story Of UK's Water Privitazation Scandal 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 7 314
NRDC - US Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Up 18% YOY In 2025; 24% Increase For 71 Plants That Requested Pollution Exemptions 2 hatrack Friday Sunday 4 210
After Hurricane Helene, Cascade Of Health Effects From Mold Spreading Across NC 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 10 371
Shitstain Cutting System Requiring Emergency Plans For High-Risk Chemical Sites; Chemical Safety Board Also Targeted 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 4 331
2025 US Power Plant Inventory: Sulfur Dioxide Output Up 18%, NOx Emissions Up 7%, CO2 Emissions Up 4% 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 5 259
'I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmers 0 muriel_volestrangler Saturday Saturday 7 331
Study: Emissions Inventories For Colorado OIl & Gas Operations At Least 50% Too Low 0 hatrack Saturday Saturday 2 235
Oceanic DDT Off Los Angeles County from 20th Century Chemical Waste Practices. 1 NNadir Friday Friday 5 307
Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday Friday 7 322
Nearly All US Coal Power Plants Could Have Met Pollution Rules For Toxic Metals; Shitstain's EPA Cut Those Rules Anyway 2 hatrack Friday Friday 5 361
Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 26 Friday 4 475
Colorado River Compact In Tatters, Interior Shows That It Will Barely Intervene (If At All) In Fractious 7-State Talks 0 hatrack Friday Friday 6 346
More Than A Year Later, No Trace Of $400 Million In USDA Grant To Improve Irrigation Efficiency For AZ Farmers 0 hatrack Friday Friday 4 377
Study: Southern Right Whales Shift Reproduction; Lack Of Food Means 1 Calf Every 4 Years, Not 3 Years 0 hatrack Friday Friday 1 239
Emperor Penguins Face Death From Hypothermia During Molt As Sea Ice Disintegrates 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 13 358

Environment & Energy Continued...

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"Abysmal Snowpack" Conditions In Rocky Mountain States; Even Average Seasonal Totals Likely Out Of Reach 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 9 452
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 13 345
Survey Of 8,000 Tropical Plant Species Across Continents Shows Flowering Times Now Months Early & Late 0 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 6 309
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 9 393
Shocked, Shocked: Epstein Class Of Ultrawealthy Among Top Purveyors Of Climate Denial, Ecofascism 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 10 452
"Staggering" Loss Of N. Hemisphere Marine BIomass: 7.2% Of Fish Populations Per 0.1C Warming Per Decade 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 11 362
Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 24 4 314
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 5 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 24 17 2984
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: 'I'm not for sale' 3 douglas9 Feb 24 Feb 24 11 701
U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies 1 evemac Feb 24 Feb 24 5 310
Analysis by Reuters shows AI companies are exaggerating claims about reducing water usage 2 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 24 7 338
Channel 4's 4Creative exposes 'The Sick Truth Behind Britain's Sewage Scandal' with bold new fountain installation 3 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 23 4 375
The Idiocy of Trump's Attacks on Wind, Solar and Renewables Exposed - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Feb 22 Feb 23 4 360
Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Depends On "Carbon Capture"; Notes Show His Gov Knows Little Of Its Unreality 2 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 23 9 468
Global Warming Bringing "Synchronized Fire Weather" To Multiple Regions Across Earth, Simultaneously And Quickly 2 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 23 12 447
The nation's largest public utility is going back to coal -- with almost no input from the public 3 douglas9 Feb 23 Feb 23 12 572
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 23 Feb 23 13 337
Parts Of 3 Australian States Bracing For A Year's Worth Of Rain In One Week From Lingering Monsoon Low 1 hatrack Feb 23 Feb 23 6 363
Acid Wastewater, Algae Blooms, Fishery Closures, Sonic Booms - FL Pays The Price For Launching Penis Rockets, Satellites 6 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 8 575
295,000+ Acres Burned In SW Kansas So Far; Windy Fire Weather Returning, Though Not As Severe As 1st Round 3 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 6 441
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