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Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long 12 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 24 2073
Hawaii's Coral Reefs In Better Shape (Relatively) Than Most Others, But Bleaching Moving Rapidly There As Well 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 479
Southern California Edison to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 1 499
MD Governor Wes Moore (D) Vetoes Whole Series Of Environmental And Climate Bills, Because Budgets 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 709
Impact of So Called "Renewable Energy" on Biodiversity (Not That We Really Care). 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 4 667
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 5 651
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 7 963
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 8 882
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 5 699

Environment & Energy Continued...

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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 1 465
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
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 1134
Inflation Reduction Act: Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 6 619
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 13 749
Thanks to Trump, there may not be a new generation of Climate Researchers; NOAA grinds to a halt. 0 Tonk May 2025 May 2025 6 662
'Adapt or die': Farmers in western Kansas consider alternative crops to save water 2 NickB79 May 2025 May 2025 12 941
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 5 727
'Toxic' waters behind the surge of shark attacks in Adelaide, SA 0 teach1st May 2025 May 2025 5 529
Trump's Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires 1 cbabe May 2025 May 2025 3 707
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 15 733
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 12 960
What the dismissal of hundreds of scientists means for a flagship climate report - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 3 545
Farmers sued to get their climate data back, and won. What can we learn? - Velshi - MSNBC 2 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 4 735
On Australia's Remote, Beautiful Lord Howe Island, Seabird Chicks Ingest So Much Plastic They Crunch When Touched 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 615
Alberta Trying To Keep Hydrogen "Revolution" Alive, Wants To Mix Up To 5% Hydrogen In Household Natural Gas 2 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 696
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 7 575
European "Green" Investment Funds Own +/- $33 Billion In Stock In Oil & Gas Majors And Supermajors 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 492
China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential 1 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 0 644
Making Bikers Safe from Neutrons: Gadolinium Impregnated Leather. 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 2 611
Recovery of Lanthanide (Rare Earth) Elements and Fluorine From Molten Salt Electronic Slag. 0 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 2 629
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters 0 OnlinePoker May 2025 May 2025 12 686
WARNING! Trump Gutting Weather Science Will Kill Americans & Wipe Communities Off the Map! - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 6 558
"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 6 689
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 7 637

Environment & Energy Continued...

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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 16 831
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 7 521
Cut-Off Lows, Atmospheric River And Warming All Helped Drive 5-10" Rainfalls Across Southeastern US This Week 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 498
Scientists Say Earth Has Made Enough Hydrogen to Power Humanity. Here's How to Find It. 4 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 6 1045
Company returns entire Tesla vehicle fleet because of Elon Musk 16 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 86 4374
Belgium reverses phase-out policy as Denmark reconsiders nuclear 1 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 5 685
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 1238
CEO Of Sewage-Spewing Thames Water Whines For Taxpayer-Backed Bonuses: "Senior Managers Are Our Most Precious Resource" 4 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 810
8 Of Top 10 Podcasts Spreading Disinformation And Outright Climate Lies - "Perceived Authenticity", Y'know! 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 5 617
Chubb Group Drops Insurance Coverage From Hotly Debated LNG Plant In SW Louisiana 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 3 571
And Another Obligatory "Will Light Green GQP Members Of Congress Stop The Destruction Of Environmental Laws?" Article 0 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 2 427
Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays 0 douglas9 May 2025 May 2025 1 857
The New Map of Critical Minerals. - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 0 TexasTowelie May 2025 May 2025 3 517
Sen. Whitehouse Leads Opposition to Donahue Environmental Protection Agency Confirmation - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 May 2025 May 2025 4 612
Trump administration to audit billions in energy grants awarded under Biden 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 517
Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution 2 marmar May 2025 May 2025 5 558
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 1 Caribbeans May 2025 May 2025 2 694
The Cybertruck Was Supposed To Survive The Apocalypse; Can It Survive A Trip To The Grocery Store? 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 6 643
Energy Sec. Whines, Lies Through His Teeth To Congress, Denies Delaying Funding After Months Of Doing Just That 1 hatrack May 2025 May 2025 8 707
Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift 2 hunter May 2025 May 2025 4 675
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