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Some measure of the scale of plastic production. 0 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 836
London's infamous 'Wet Wipe Island' finally cleared of 5 million wipes 6 jmbar2 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1870
China, world's largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 652
The dismantling of the Forest Service 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 1755
Max Planck Institute Study - Cutting Down The Amazon Rainforest Will Produce Extreme Rain, Wind And Heat 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 660
Brazil's State Oil Company Enlists Gen-Z Influencers In Greenwashing Campaign, Including (Really?) Algae Biofuels 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 930
Oh Goody! There's A New Use For AI Slop - Cranking Out Climate Lies And Anti-Science (At Minimal Cost!) 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1543
ECL takes Net Zero, Project of the Year and Startup awards for its hydrogen-powered data centres 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1325
WATCH: Trump calls climate change 'the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world' - PBS NewsHour 4 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1760
Potsdam Institute - We Have Now Transgressed 7 Of 9 Planetary Boundaries As Ocean Acidity Hits Critical Level 4 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 41 3117
Feds quietly delay cleanup of forever chemicals at military bases in Oregon, Washington 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 651
Trump admin is like a "cartoon throwing thumbtacks in the road" impeding renewable energy process - Chris Hayes 0 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2611
Trump's order to halt offshore wind project overturned, Orsted to restart work soon 0 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2515
Alaska Air backs $150 million investment in Gates-led green energy fund 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 722
Experts Stunned After Noticing Killer Whales Preying on Great White Sharks In Rare Footage 2 marmar Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2586
The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) -- Corey Doctorow with hat tips to Bill McKibben 1 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2262
Trinidad & Tobago's Oil Output "In Freefall"; Deepwater Exploration Pending, But Dutch Disease May Be Terminal 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 708
1992 UN Framework: Trump's allies still waiting for him to land his hardest climate blow 0 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2004
Berkshire Hathaway Praises Utah Law Letting Utilities Limit Payouts From Fires Their Defective Equipment Causes 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2155
Five- To Tenfold Increases In Fungal Valley Fever In California And Arizona In The Past 25 Years 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 415
Low-emissions hydrogen projects are set to grow strongly despite wave of cancellations and persistent challenges: IEA 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 858
Talk Of "Regenerative Agriculture" Fills The Air At Climate Week, But w/o Definitions, It's Looking Like Greenwashing 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1658
"Billboards For Disinformation" - Zuck Hires Well-Known Climate Liar As "Bias Advisor" For AI 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 767
The Fracking Miracle: Since 2020, Avg PA Electricity Bills Have Soared 31%, Multiple Utilities Have Doubled Rates 3 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 3132
Portrait of a Village Lost to the Sea 1 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 2819
EPA Orders Water Scientists To Stop Publishing Findings; Agency Confirmed In July It Will Cut Research Arm 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2991
Photos show activists targeting billionaires in a street protest on the eve of New York Climate Week 1 Dulcinea Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2947
Why the planet is drying out much faster than before, according to a new study - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 3220
Tool Monkeys - Fuck Yeah!! Top Oil/Gas/Coal Nations Will Produce Even More In 2030 - 2X Paris Agreement Targets 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 894
In an extraordinary event moist southwest monsoon winds in India have crossed the natural barrier of the Himalayas. 3 Tonk Sep 2025 Sep 2025 15 1797

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South Africa's largest wind farm approved. Carissa wind farm will have 154 turbines to generate up to 1000 MW 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1097
5 Reasons Why Expanding Nuclear is a Terrible Idea 6 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1490
China's solar-powered system produces 300 mL hydrogen per hour from air moisture 0 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 978
The Effect of Microplastics Shed from Wind Turbine Blades on the Metabolic Profile of Mussels. 0 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 931
A 2017 Soothsaying Perspective on the Accumulation of Wind Turbine Blade Waste. 4 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1839
New Study Estimates Wildfire Smoke Will Soon Kill 71,000 Americans Each Year 0 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 641
Mollo women of West Timor use their looms to both spiritually and literally block mining companies 2 littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 1626
Key oceans treaty crosses threshold to come into force 1 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 670
New York's First Wind Turbines Blown Up. 2 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1169
California Won't Replace Expiring $7,500 Federal EV Tax Credit 0 MichMan Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 938
1/3 Of World's River Basins Experienced Normal Conditions In 2024: "This Is Existential For Some Regions" 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2207
As Battle Continues Between Upper & Lower Basin States Re. Colorado, USBR Nominee (From AZ) Withdraws Under Pressure 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2857
From NOAA And Extreme Weather Tracking To Car Crash Fatalities, Cuts To Data Collection Span Federal Agencies 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 725
OFFS - "Centrist Democrats" Seeking Bipartisan Agreement On Energy Permitting, Energy Project Funding 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 888
California electric-vehicle drivers will lose carpool lane privileges 1 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 689
Aaaaand Another North Carolina Outer Banks Home Falls Into The Sea; 12 Properties In Five Years Gone 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 13 2549
"A Giant Stinking Pile Of Shit" - Provincial Gov Pitches Abandoned Well Cleanup Plan - Rural Albertans Not Having It 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 674
Viking Libra Debuts as First Hydrogen-Fuelled Cruise Ship in Mediterranean 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 976
Nearly All Atlantic Corals On The Verge Of Stopping Growth As Warming Continues; After That, They'll Die 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2312
Integrated green hydrogen plant opens in Namibia 0 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 899
Youth, scientists, argue for court to halt Trump executive orders 'unleashing' fossil fuel industry 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 727
Perfluorinated Toxic Fuel Cell Byproduct Detected in North Carolina Seawater. 2 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1108
Worst Drought In 36 Years Levels Syria's Wheat Crop, w. Yields Cut Nearly In Half; 90% Of Population Living In Poverty 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 891
Tesla recalls Powerwall 2 over battery fire risk 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2795
The long-term effects of nuclear waste in St. Louis 0 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1737
Gila Monsters Face Multiple Threats From Warming, Notably Water During Shifting Monsoon Seasons, Prey Availability 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 535
Report: Though It's Still Uncommon, We Should Consider Chagas Disease Endemic w/i The United States 1 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 573
Shitstain's Golf Site In Aberdeenshire Breached Sewage Limits 14 Times Since 2019 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 514
China Plans to Do the Opposite of Germany. 1 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 649
Wyoming Diesel 'Delete' Case Delayed, Accused Hopes It's A Sign EPA Is Backing Off 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 741

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Tropical Storm Gabrielle forms, ending the Atlantic's strange drought. It could become a hurricane 3 OnlinePoker Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1016
Who Will Clean Up An Estimated $1.6 Billion In Abandoned Oil Wells & Tanks In NM? It Won't Be The Oil Companies 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2670
David Wallace Wells On How Global Climate Politics Foundered - Thanks To Greed, Greenwashing, Indifference And Rage 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2899
Economic fallout mounts as Trump halts near-finished wind power project - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1425
Green hydrogen buses to power India's public transport. India has made bold commitments to decarbonise transport 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1256
So Cute!! "Dr." Cassidy, Facing 2 Dead, 350+ Confirmed Pertussis Cases In LA, Urges Kennedy To Publicly Support Vaccine 7 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 2423
Feds greenlight killing more sea lions to protect endangered salmon as controversy fades 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 557
PNW Forest Climate Alliance will host webinar on national forest management 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 548
How an engineering student turned red Solo cups into stylish sweaters: 'A lot of trial and error' 0 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 1934
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Once Despised In Thai Culture, Water Monitors Now The Rising Stars Of Lumpini Park In Bangkok 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2231
17 Confirmed Dead As Bali Gets 14" Of Rain In 24 Hours; Half Of India Facing Flooding, Wettest Sep Day In NSW History 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1282
River & Lake Pollution Inside UK National Parks Twice As Bad As Pollution In Waters Beyond Their Boundaries 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 703
Study Helps Explain Natural Methane Explosions In Siberia: They're Driven By Global Warming And Limited By Geology 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1099
2,000,000 kW to Produce 300,000 Tonnes per Year: Europe's Largest Green Hydrogen Plant Will Be in Spain 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1739
Germany launches world's first full fleet of Hydrogen powered trains. These trains will replace diesel engines 0 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1720
Google Data Center In Essex Would Produce 568,000 Tons Of CO2/Year - Like 500 Heathrow/Malaga Flights Per Week 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 704
Former RNC Chair Likely GOP Nominee For NC Senate Race In 26, Because Everybody Just LOVES Oil Lobbyist Candidates 2 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 716
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Forest Destruction Along Southern Edge Of Amazon Basin Making The Region's Dry Season Substantially Drier -- And Quickly 0 hatrack Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 557
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