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How NOAA funding cuts could make it harder to predict and prepare for severe weather - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 5 688
James Hansen - End of an Era 1 OKIsItJustMe May 2025 May 2025 7 716
Scientists at Freiberg University in Germany have pioneered a new low carbon technology for smelting tin 0 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 5 650
NASA's Goddard Institute For Space Studies Closing; Scientists Will Work From Home, At Least For Now 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 775
OK Republicans Make Uninformed Face Noises About NOAA/NWS Cuts, After Record 152 Tornadoes In State In 2024 3 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 2523
NOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts above-normal number of storms 4 OnlinePoker May 2025 May 2025 4 805
JP Morgan Chase Supports Bold "Carbon Capture" Move to Sequester 9.25e -7% Of Annual CO2 Emissions W. Canadian Company 4 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 770
Study: Rapid Methane Increase Poss. From Natural Sources, Particularly Remote Arctic Soils Now Melting As Warming Grows 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 542
International Atomic Energy Agency starts its "SMR School" with workshop in Kenya 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 1 513
UK Health Agency Confirms West Nile Virus In Mosquitoes For 1st Time; Dengue, Zika & More Awaiting Additional Warming 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 4 641
"Unprecedented" Heatwave - Seas Off Cornwall, Devon, W. Ireland 7F Above Springtime Average Temperatures 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 4 641
Unlikely That House Republicans With Biden Energy Projects In Their Districts . . .Oh, Wait, They DID Vote To Kill Them 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 581
China was striking climate deals as Trump toured oil kingdoms 1 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 3 750
Senator Schiff Gives Midnight Speech Filibustering Republican Effort to Destroy Climate Rules - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 4 581
Looking to keep wildlife out of the 'emergency room,' states expand managers' role 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 3 573
In Addition To Failed Pilot "Carbon Capture" Plant, ClimeWorks Laying Off 22% Of Its Staff 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 4 544
Oops. A Mesquite Species Was Introduced To Kenya To Stop Erosion And Became A Full-On Environmental Catastrophe 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 7 962
10 Dust Storms In El Paso So Far This Year - The Most Since Peak Dust Bowl Years Of 1934 And 1936 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 876
NSW Flooding Worst In More Than A Century; 2,500 Emergency Workers Can't Keep Up With Water Rescue Calls 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 743
An Area Of The Planet's Forests Equal In Size To Italy Was Destroyed In 2024; Fire Leading Cause In Tropical Forests 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 4 517
In Violation Of Montreal Protocol, 14,000 Tons Of HFC23 Released In 2023 - Equal To GHG From 48 Million Cars 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 529
"Enough is Enough:" Whitehouse Opens Hearing on Administrator Zeldin's Destruction of the EPA - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 8 881
Senator Schiff Speaks Out on Senate Floor as GOP Goes Nuclear - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 10 730
What stage of climate collapse are we in when refreezing the Arctic Sea Ice is the only option left? 2 Tonk May 2025 May 2025 9 863
Interior Secy - We'll Have "Plenty Of Time" To Deal W. Climate After Winning AI Arms Race W. China 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 698
Nuclear Moratoriums Are Crumbling Around the World. 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 6 635
First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 539
Hello, Arkansas (And Tennessee And Kentucky And Mississippi)! Welcome To The New Tornado Alley!! 5 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 9 1035
Thames Water, Anglian Water Facing 53 Separate Criminal Cases Over Illegal Sewage Dumping 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 1 464
Yeah, No Shit: Oil Majors Donated To Museums, Art Galleries, Girl Scouts To Polish What Remains Of Their Image 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 1 567

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Even W. Warming Limited To1.5C - And We're Already There - 10s Of Millions Will Be Displaced By Rising Seas 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 515
Powering the Future: Solar and Hydrogen Innovations in China 【DAB Talkbox】 0 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 0 751
New FEMA Director Announces That States Will Lead Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Starting In Two Weeks 5 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 1133
Inflation Reduction Act: Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 6 618
In Texas, Oil Companies Are So Confident About The Safety Of Reusing Fracking Water That They Want Legal Immunity 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 13 747
Thanks to Trump, there may not be a new generation of Climate Researchers; NOAA grinds to a halt. 0 Tonk May 2025 May 2025 6 661
'Adapt or die': Farmers in western Kansas consider alternative crops to save water 2 NickB79 May 2025 May 2025 12 939
It's Mid-May, And Two Fires (Among 80-Odd) Burned 30,000 Acres In Freaking Minnesota Over The Weekend 3 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 725
'Toxic' waters behind the surge of shark attacks in Adelaide, SA 0 teach1st May 2025 May 2025 5 528
Trump's Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires 1 cbabe May 2025 May 2025 3 706
20 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Satellite Data Show Ongoing Spills Of 300,000 Gallons From Just 20 Offshore Rigs 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 15 731
Officials declare 'urgent' threat as invasive species never before seen in North America is discovered: 'A serious 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 12 959
What the dismissal of hundreds of scientists means for a flagship climate report - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 3 544
Farmers sued to get their climate data back, and won. What can we learn? - Velshi - MSNBC 2 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 4 734
On Australia's Remote, Beautiful Lord Howe Island, Seabird Chicks Ingest So Much Plastic They Crunch When Touched 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 614
Alberta Trying To Keep Hydrogen "Revolution" Alive, Wants To Mix Up To 5% Hydrogen In Household Natural Gas 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 695
Attn: West Virginia: Who Brought Black Lung Health Workers Back To Work? It Was A Judge's Order, Not Your Orange God 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 7 572
European "Green" Investment Funds Own +/- $33 Billion In Stock In Oil & Gas Majors And Supermajors 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 491
China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential 1 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 0 643
Making Bikers Safe from Neutrons: Gadolinium Impregnated Leather. 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 2 610
Recovery of Lanthanide (Rare Earth) Elements and Fluorine From Molten Salt Electronic Slag. 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 2 628
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters 0 OnlinePoker May 2025 May 2025 12 685
WARNING! Trump Gutting Weather Science Will Kill Americans & Wipe Communities Off the Map! - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 6 557
"Direct Air Carbon Capture" Facility Face-Plants; Captured 1/5 Of Company Claims, Can't Offset Its Own Energy Use 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 688
Leading Spanish Winemaker Looking For New, Cooler Location At Higher Altitude: "I Don't Know How Long We Can Stay Here" 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 7 636
The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years 1 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 16 830
Driest UK Spring In 100 Years, In Belgium, More Than 130 Years; 3 Weeks w/o Rain In Famously Rainy Manchester 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 7 520
Cut-Off Lows, Atmospheric River And Warming All Helped Drive 5-10" Rainfalls Across Southeastern US This Week 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 497
Scientists Say Earth Has Made Enough Hydrogen to Power Humanity. Here's How to Find It. 4 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 6 1044
Company returns entire Tesla vehicle fleet because of Elon Musk 16 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 86 4371

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Belgium reverses phase-out policy as Denmark reconsiders nuclear 1 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 684
South And Central Texas Hotter Than Death Valley This Week, Highs From 100F To 111F, Straining Electrical Grid 8 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 1237
CEO Of Sewage-Spewing Thames Water Whines For Taxpayer-Backed Bonuses: "Senior Managers Are Our Most Precious Resource" 4 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 808
8 Of Top 10 Podcasts Spreading Disinformation And Outright Climate Lies - "Perceived Authenticity", Y'know! 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 616
Chubb Group Drops Insurance Coverage From Hotly Debated LNG Plant In SW Louisiana 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 570
And Another Obligatory "Will Light Green GQP Members Of Congress Stop The Destruction Of Environmental Laws?" Article 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 426
Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 1 855
The New Map of Critical Minerals. - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 0 TexasTowelie May 2025 May 2025 3 516
Sen. Whitehouse Leads Opposition to Donahue Environmental Protection Agency Confirmation - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 4 611
Trump administration to audit billions in energy grants awarded under Biden 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 514
Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution 2 marmar May 2025 May 2025 5 556
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 1 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 2 693
The Cybertruck Was Supposed To Survive The Apocalypse; Can It Survive A Trip To The Grocery Store? 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 642
Energy Sec. Whines, Lies Through His Teeth To Congress, Denies Delaying Funding After Months Of Doing Just That 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 706
Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift 2 hunter May 2025 May 2025 4 673
After Months Of Toxic Algae Bloom Off S. Australia's Coast, 200 Species Killed, Including Sharks, Rays, Octopus 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 7 500
EPA rolls back Biden-era rules against 'forever chemicals' in drinking water - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 3 434
River Flows And Reservoir Lows Across UK May Test Or Break All-Time Record Lows As Summer Heat/Drought Start Early 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 489
After LA Fires Caused +/- 1/4 TRILLION In Damages, CA Assembly Somehow Just Can't Push "Polluters Pay" Bills For Big Oil 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 1 431
James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha - Large Cloud Feedback Confirms High Climate Sensitivity 2 OKIsItJustMe May 2025 May 2025 7 738
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