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Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 26 Feb 27 4 577
Colorado River Compact In Tatters, Interior Shows That It Will Barely Intervene (If At All) In Fractious 7-State Talks 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 6 404
More Than A Year Later, No Trace Of $400 Million In USDA Grant To Improve Irrigation Efficiency For AZ Farmers 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 4 420
Study: Southern Right Whales Shift Reproduction; Lack Of Food Means 1 Calf Every 4 Years, Not 3 Years 0 hatrack Feb 27 Feb 27 1 290
Emperor Penguins Face Death From Hypothermia During Molt As Sea Ice Disintegrates 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 13 415
"Abysmal Snowpack" Conditions In Rocky Mountain States; Even Average Seasonal Totals Likely Out Of Reach 2 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 9 519
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 13 395
Survey Of 8,000 Tropical Plant Species Across Continents Shows Flowering Times Now Months Early & Late 0 hatrack Feb 26 Feb 26 6 350
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 9 453
Shocked, Shocked: Epstein Class Of Ultrawealthy Among Top Purveyors Of Climate Denial, Ecofascism 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 10 552
"Staggering" Loss Of N. Hemisphere Marine BIomass: 7.2% Of Fish Populations Per 0.1C Warming Per Decade 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 11 429
Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 24 4 359
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 5 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 24 17 3054
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: 'I'm not for sale' 3 douglas9 Feb 24 Feb 24 11 743
U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies 1 evemac Feb 24 Feb 24 5 341
Analysis by Reuters shows AI companies are exaggerating claims about reducing water usage 2 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 24 7 382
Channel 4's 4Creative exposes 'The Sick Truth Behind Britain's Sewage Scandal' with bold new fountain installation 3 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 23 4 413
The Idiocy of Trump's Attacks on Wind, Solar and Renewables Exposed - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Feb 22 Feb 23 4 389
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 9 506
Global Warming Bringing "Synchronized Fire Weather" To Multiple Regions Across Earth, Simultaneously And Quickly 2 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 23 12 485
The nation's largest public utility is going back to coal -- with almost no input from the public 3 douglas9 Feb 23 Feb 23 12 637
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 23 Feb 23 13 363
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 6 395
Acid Wastewater, Algae Blooms, Fishery Closures, Sonic Booms - FL Pays The Price For Launching Penis Rockets, Satellites 6 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 8 616
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 6 473
Results Of Destroying The Endangerment Finding For Greenhouse Gases "Cannot Be Overstated" 0 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 12 396
RFK Jr. Supports Trump Push to Ramp Up Glyphosate Output, Angering MAHA Backers 3 douglas9 Feb 20 Feb 22 13 573
New Airborne Wind Turbine 0 thought crime Feb 21 Feb 21 10 488
Nature Review: The Dark Side of "Green" Technology. 2 NNadir Feb 11 Feb 21 5 620
NOAA - Near-Earth Space Could Host 60,000 Satellites By 2040; Particles From Reentries Add 1.5C To Upper Atmosphere Temp 2 hatrack Feb 21 Feb 21 8 437

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Ohio Anti-Renewable Bill Would Likely Exclude Coal Generation, Since It Requires Minimum Capacity Factor of 50% 2 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 21 3 441
Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices 2 douglas9 Feb 20 Feb 21 4 428
NYT: He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking. 4 DBoon Feb 20 Feb 21 10 668
Europe Today: Drowning In Winter, Withering In Summer And Clueless On Scale And Impact Of Impending Climate Collapse 1 hatrack Feb 21 Feb 21 16 561
Shitstain Rolls Back Mercury Limits For Coal Power Plants; 68 Plants Already Got Exemptions By Emailing Their Requests 2 hatrack Feb 21 Feb 21 12 512
Despite court order, a critical FEMA program remains frozen 0 douglas9 Feb 21 Feb 21 8 384
EPA rollbacks on pollution limits could drive up health care costs, advocates warn - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 21 Feb 21 3 267
The epigraph... 1 NNadir Feb 20 Feb 20 5 464
W/O Natural Predators, UK Deer Preventing Forest Regrowth; Gov Will Now Support Culls By Landowners 4 hatrack Feb 20 Feb 20 3 484
Krakow Was Poland's Smog Capital; After Bans On Coal And Wood In Home Heating, 6,000 Lives Saved In 10 Yrs 1 hatrack Feb 20 Feb 20 8 395
Even In A "Sunburnt Country", Australia Reeling From This Summer's Record Heat And Fire Season 0 hatrack Feb 20 Feb 20 8 377
TVA Had Been An Independent Agency For Decades; Now, They're Blowing Trump And Embracing More Coal 0 hatrack Feb 20 Feb 20 4 386
Is Germany (Quietly) Rejecting the Green Deal? - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 2 TexasTowelie Feb 9 Feb 20 2 491
Boring Old Local Citizen Action Stops (At Least For Now) Planned Datacenter In Suburban LA Community 3 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 20 8 495
No Snowpack, No Runoff Coming, And New Mexico Legislature Faceplants - Again - In Attempt To Limit GHG Emissions 1 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 19 6 439
MPs Call For End To $2 Million/Day Subsidy For Drax Power Plant; It's "Sustainable", You See, Because Wood Pellets . . . 2 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 19 6 384
Avg. Of Ideal Fire Weather Days - Hot, Dry And Windy - Has Tripled Globally In 45 Years; 12X Increase In S. America 0 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 19 7 255
EU Subsidies For Beef & Lamb Are 580X Greater Than Those For Legumes; For Pork, +/- 240X More 0 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 19 3 286
An Open Sourced Chemical Review on the Removal of Carbon Dioxide Via Seawater. 0 NNadir Feb 19 Feb 19 4 397
European Scientific Advisory Board Urges Member Nations To Prepare For 3C Of Warming By 2100 1 hatrack Feb 17 Feb 18 7 431
Glen Canyon Dam Confonts Potential Loss Of Generating Capacity, Damage To River Outlet Works As Drought Continues 1 hatrack Feb 18 Feb 18 9 579
TX Sues Dow For "Habitual Non-Compliance"; Spoiler - It's A Way For The Company To Avoid A Far Harsher Citizen Lawsuit 1 hatrack Feb 18 Feb 18 8 689
Fish biology inspires laundry microplastics clean up 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 18 10 423
Origins of 'gravity hole' over Antarctica finally unveiled 4 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 18 36 1177
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica's near-freezing deep 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 18 20 933
Top Five Coffee-Growing Countries Experienced An Average Of 57 Days Of Crop-Damaging Heat/Year From 2021 Through 2025 1 hatrack Feb 18 Feb 18 10 479
Thanks To Global Warming, "Excruciatingly Painful" Chikunyungya Can Now Be Transmitted By Mosquitoes In Most Of Europe 0 hatrack Feb 18 Feb 18 6 438
AI Greenwashing - Plenty Of Unsupported Claims, Along With Conflation Of Traditional With Massive Generative AI 0 hatrack Feb 18 Feb 18 2 402
Greenland sled dog champion fears for his culture as climate change melts the ice 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 17 Feb 17 3 299
Louisiana bets big on 'blue ammonia.' Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the co 1 douglas9 Feb 17 Feb 17 8 656

Environment & Energy Continued...

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US Agency Pulls Climate From Judges' Manual 0 douglas9 Feb 17 Feb 17 12 455
Another Reason To Dislike Invasive Kudzu: It's A Superb Ladder Fuel, Turning Ground Fires Into Crown Fires 1 hatrack Feb 17 Feb 17 9 524
Ontario Secures Agreement to Advance World's Largest Nuclear Generating Station 6 NNadir Feb 15 Feb 17 2 512
Plastics Mfg Pitched For Years As "Solution" To Appalachia Fracked Gas Glut ; Now, Factories Closing, Oil Majors Leaving 1 hatrack Feb 17 Feb 17 9 574
Air pollution increases physical disability progression in older adults 5 Judi Lynn Feb 16 Feb 17 11 483
Shocked, Shocked: Oil Industry And Government Alike Knew For Decades That Injecting Drilling Waste Would Be Disastrous 5 hatrack Feb 16 Feb 17 29 948
Trump Encourages World To Bully Pacific Island Nation Of Vanuatu For Sponsoring A UN Climate Resolution 2 hatrack Feb 16 Feb 16 7 421
World's rarest primate has bounced back from brink of extinction 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 16 Feb 16 10 499
Confinement Effects on Moisture-Swing Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere. 0 NNadir Feb 16 Feb 16 1 564
Web of undersea cables poised to become marine observatory 0 Judi Lynn Feb 16 Feb 16 5 397
Project 2025 and the EPA 2 UpInArms Feb 15 Feb 16 7 441
Trump Pushes ENTIRE WORLD Towards DISASTER with FATAL MOVE - Meidas Touch 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 16 Feb 16 6 446
States reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensus 5 nitpicked Feb 15 Feb 15 7 525
France slashes renewable energy targets, expands nuclear power with new law. 2 NNadir Feb 15 Feb 15 5 530
Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world's largest lithium-ion battery fire 0 NNadir Feb 15 Feb 15 6 686
A 'deadly' move: The EPA repeals landmark climate finding - Velshi - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 15 Feb 15 7 363
You Don't Say!! Flawed Economic Models Mean Climate Collapse Could Also Collapse Global Economy 5 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 14 14 633
Beyond Insane - Someone Finally Did The Arithmetic On The Absurdity Of Powering Direct Air Capture Of Carbon Dioxide 3 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 12 773
134 Staffers Eliminated At National Renewable Energy Lab In Golden, CO 4 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 14 11 455
Sure As Shit Not Happening Here: Chinese Academy Of Sciences Develops High-Resolution 2016-2020 CO2 Dataset 0 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 9 410
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