Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 94 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Environment & Energy
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Environment & Energy

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
A 'deadly' move: The EPA repeals landmark climate finding - Velshi - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 15 Feb 15 7 365
You Don't Say!! Flawed Economic Models Mean Climate Collapse Could Also Collapse Global Economy 5 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 14 14 634
Beyond Insane - Someone Finally Did The Arithmetic On The Absurdity Of Powering Direct Air Capture Of Carbon Dioxide 3 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 12 775
134 Staffers Eliminated At National Renewable Energy Lab In Golden, CO 4 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 14 11 456
Sure As Shit Not Happening Here: Chinese Academy Of Sciences Develops High-Resolution 2016-2020 CO2 Dataset 0 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 9 411
"The Seasons Have Become Confused" - Individual Stories From The UK's Winter Of Endless Rain 0 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 6 460
XAI Using Dozens Of Unpermitted Gas Turbines To Power MS Datacenter; EPA Regulations . . Oh Who The Fuck Am I Kidding? 0 hatrack Feb 14 Feb 14 8 417
Help, please, from the scientists here. About the problem of nuclear waste 11 Easterncedar Feb 12 Feb 14 7 977
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says 5 douglas9 Feb 11 Feb 13 2 564
The Wittelest Pwesident Orders DOD To Buy Electricity From Coal-Burning Power Plants - And He Gets A Pwize!!!! 7 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 13 11 642
Federal Environmental Law Enforcement Essentially Stopped; 1 Clean Air Action Last Year, 4 Clean Water Actions By EPA 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 7 282
Shistain Dropped Phony 2025 Climate "Study" From Five Hacks In Eliminating Endangerment Finding 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 9 330
Interior Secy Promises Cheaper Cars, "Inconceivable" New Magic Technologies, Lies About Climate Science (Just For Lulz) 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 7 325
World Laughs At Trump As He Accepts Coal Award Whilst Rescinding EPA's 2009 Climate Endangerment Law - FIVE MINUTE NEWS 3 Rhiannon12866 Feb 13 Feb 13 4 762
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding 2 Dulcinea Feb 13 Feb 13 12 412
Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Monarchs Under Endangered Species Act 3 douglas9 Feb 13 Feb 13 8 428
A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind 1 douglas9 Feb 13 Feb 13 9 528
Tony Blair's Thinktank (Funded By UAE, Saudis And Larry Ellison) Faceplants With Its "Analysis" Of Climate And Energy 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 6 547
Despite Remediation 15 Years Ago, Dozens Of City Parks And Playgrounds In New Orleans Contaminated With Lead 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 6 352
ExIm Bank Updates $4.7 Billion US Loan For TotalEnergies - A French Company - To Build LNG Terminal In Mozambique 0 hatrack Feb 13 Feb 13 4 381
OPG signs deal with Port Hope, Ont., to build new large nuclear reactor 3 OnlinePoker Feb 12 Feb 12 2 360
First Turtles of the Cold-Stun Season Arrive at The Florida Aquarium (Florida Aquarium) 0 eppur_se_muova Feb 12 Feb 12 3 348
Back Room Climate Lies 2 roscoeroscoe Feb 12 Feb 12 6 428
Shitstain Ends Fenceline Monitoring Of Toxins At Coke Ovens (Benzene, PAH, Cyanide Etc.), Citing "National Security" 0 hatrack Feb 12 Feb 12 8 442
Along W. 23 Deaths & 1,000+ Homes Destroyed, Patagonia's Fires Raged Through Remnant Ancient Forests 2 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 12 11 644
Glaciers in Retreat: Uncovering Tourism's Contradictions 4 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 11 9 563
Making hydrogen fuel cells 'less precious' 11 OKIsItJustMe Feb 9 Feb 11 3 1121
"This engine is grinding to a halt" - Nature slowing down as climate change gains pace 2 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 11 16 571
NSIDC Director: "I Have Not Seen A Winter Like This Before"; Worst Western Snow Drought In Decades 1 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 11 5 487
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There's an Elementary School There. (Texas) 2 douglas9 Feb 11 Feb 11 16 692

Environment & Energy Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
NASA Dataset: Rate Of Global Warming In Past 30 Years Fastest Since 1880; 2015-25 Warmest 11 Years On Record 0 hatrack Feb 11 Feb 11 7 327
UW researchers use satellite data to quantify methane loss in the stratosphere 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 5 361
Half of the world's coral reefs suffered major bleaching during the 2014-2017 global heatwave 2 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 7 491
100 Flood Warnings In UK; Wettest January In N. Ireland In 149 Years - Warming Driving Storms And Rainfall Intensity 2 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 6 370
Paul, Weiss Withdraws From At Least 4 ExxonMobil Climate Liability Cases Filed By Local Governments 1 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 4 432
Analysis: After A Year Of Trump's Energy "Policy", It's Stupidity, Higher Costs And Pollution All The Way Down 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 8 475
Herculean Efforts To Protect Great Barrier Reef Do Everything Except Address The Reason For Its Accelerating Decline 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 3 346
Illinois Taxpayers Face $1 Billion Bill To Clean Up The Mess From 1,000s Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 4 356
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 hatrack Feb 10 Feb 10 5 315
Trump Allies Near 'Total Victory' in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation 1 douglas9 Feb 10 Feb 10 7 462
World's First 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powers Grid In China 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 10 Feb 10 5 387
The Climate Science reference they don't want Judges to read 3 muriel_volestrangler Feb 9 Feb 9 7 593
Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity and climate resilience under press 4 OKIsItJustMe Feb 9 Feb 9 7 619
Another El Nino Already? What Can We Learn from It? -- James Hansen, et al. 6 OKIsItJustMe Feb 6 Feb 9 12 756
CFC replacements behind hundreds of thousands of tonnes of global 'forever chemical' pollution 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 9 Feb 9 2 334
"More Everything Forever" Author On Magical Futurism Bullshit Churned Out By Musk, Thiel, Altman, et. al. 18 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 9 55 2314
German energy policy moves from expensive stuff that doesn't work well to stuff that doesn't exist. 9 NNadir Feb 4 Feb 9 3 1056
After A Decade Of Lawsuits, Corteva Will Stop Making Enlist Duo, Herbicide Mix Of Glyphosate And Agent Orange 4 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 9 602
More Than 200 Flood Alerts Issued Across England And Wales; 39 Days And Nights Of Rain In The UK Since 1/1/26 0 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 6 532
TX - 500+ Oil Tanks Sit In The Guadalupe River Floodplain; In 1998 Flood, The River Exceeded 7 Miles In Width 1 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 8 570
Guardian Invokes Betteridge's Law Of Headlines: "Economic Growth Is Still Heating The Planet. Is There Any Way Out?" 0 hatrack Feb 9 Feb 9 6 379
DOGE and the deluge: The hits on our cherished public recreation lands just keep coming 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 9 Feb 9 8 441
As Of 2/7/2026, Lake Powell Now Below 25% Of Capacity; Trash Screens Visible Above Penstocks On Dam Face 10 hatrack Feb 8 Feb 8 19 1194
Determining the Source of Water from the Combustion of Dangerous Fossil Fuels by Oxygen Isotopes. 0 NNadir Feb 8 Feb 8 3 450
Potential For El Nino Year; Could Push Global Temps To Records In 2027 (23, 24, 25 Current Hottest Years) 1 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 7 389
NOAA ESRL - January 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 428.62 ppm; January 2025 426.65 ppm; January 2024 422.80 ppm 6 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 4 461
NOAA - Western US Snowpack Lowest In Decades, Esp. In CO River Headwaters Area; 2/1/26 Total Cover Lowest On Record 4 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 10 545
At The Threshold Of 1.5C, Paris Is Dead; A Picture Of Rapid Climate Destabilization Is Becoming Increasingly Clear 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 12 565
In Greenland, 200 Companies Have Mining Licenses; 2 Mines Exist. Good Luck W. Your Big Plan, President Fuckstick 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 5 583
Federal Judge Strikes Down TX Law Intended To Target Critics Of Fossil Fuels 0 hatrack Feb 7 Feb 7 15 452

Environment & Energy Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir Feb 6 Feb 6 14 555
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter Feb 6 Feb 6 7 370
Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 8 454
Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 9 598
One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Feb 6 Feb 6 12 438
Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Feb 5 Feb 5 9 522
EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 9 548
Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Feb 5 Feb 5 6 382
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Feb 4 Feb 5 5 464
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Feb 3 Feb 4 11 724
Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 4 9 664
Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Feb 4 Feb 4 5 358
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 4 Feb 4 6 462
Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 9 479
1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Feb 4 Feb 4 3 376
Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 2 289
At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Feb 3 Feb 3 8 488
"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 3 Feb 3 4 426
As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 322
On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Feb 2 Feb 2 7 369
Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Environment & Energy
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2026 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.