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Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts 0 k_buddy762 May 25 May 25 7 311
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 littlemissmartypants May 24 May 24 0 232
Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long 12 littlemissmartypants May 22 May 24 24 1170
Hawaii's Coral Reefs In Better Shape (Relatively) Than Most Others, But Bleaching Moving Rapidly There As Well 0 hatrack May 24 May 24 3 249
Southern California Edison to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire 0 Eugene May 24 May 24 1 284
MD Governor Wes Moore (D) Vetoes Whole Series Of Environmental And Climate Bills, Because Budgets 0 hatrack May 24 May 24 5 504
Impact of So Called "Renewable Energy" on Biodiversity (Not That We Really Care). 0 NNadir May 24 May 24 4 362
How NOAA funding cuts could make it harder to predict and prepare for severe weather - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 May 23 May 23 5 422
James Hansen - End of an Era 1 OKIsItJustMe May 23 May 23 7 458
Scientists at Freiberg University in Germany have pioneered a new low carbon technology for smelting tin 0 Caribbeans May 23 May 23 5 345
NASA's Goddard Institute For Space Studies Closing; Scientists Will Work From Home, At Least For Now 2 hatrack May 23 May 23 6 434
OK Republicans Make Uninformed Face Noises About NOAA/NWS Cuts, After Record 152 Tornadoes In State In 2024 3 hatrack May 22 May 23 8 2074
NOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts above-normal number of storms 4 OnlinePoker May 23 May 23 4 432
JP Morgan Chase Supports Bold "Carbon Capture" Move to Sequester 9.25e -7% Of Annual CO2 Emissions W. Canadian Company 4 hatrack May 23 May 23 5 378
Study: Rapid Methane Increase Poss. From Natural Sources, Particularly Remote Arctic Soils Now Melting As Warming Grows 0 hatrack May 23 May 23 3 329
International Atomic Energy Agency starts its "SMR School" with workshop in Kenya 0 NNadir May 23 May 23 1 290
UK Health Agency Confirms West Nile Virus In Mosquitoes For 1st Time; Dengue, Zika & More Awaiting Additional Warming 2 hatrack May 23 May 23 4 331
"Unprecedented" Heatwave - Seas Off Cornwall, Devon, W. Ireland 7F Above Springtime Average Temperatures 0 hatrack May 23 May 23 4 373
Unlikely That House Republicans With Biden Energy Projects In Their Districts . . .Oh, Wait, They DID Vote To Kill Them 0 hatrack May 23 May 23 2 345
China was striking climate deals as Trump toured oil kingdoms 1 Caribbeans May 22 May 22 3 372
Senator Schiff Gives Midnight Speech Filibustering Republican Effort to Destroy Climate Rules - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 22 May 22 4 337
Looking to keep wildlife out of the 'emergency room,' states expand managers' role 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 22 May 22 3 311
In Addition To Failed Pilot "Carbon Capture" Plant, ClimeWorks Laying Off 22% Of Its Staff 0 hatrack May 22 May 22 4 325
Oops. A Mesquite Species Was Introduced To Kenya To Stop Erosion And Became A Full-On Environmental Catastrophe 1 hatrack May 22 May 22 7 455
10 Dust Storms In El Paso So Far This Year - The Most Since Peak Dust Bowl Years Of 1934 And 1936 2 hatrack May 22 May 22 6 428
NSW Flooding Worst In More Than A Century; 2,500 Emergency Workers Can't Keep Up With Water Rescue Calls 0 hatrack May 22 May 22 6 513
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 22 May 22 4 297
In Violation Of Montreal Protocol, 14,000 Tons Of HFC23 Released In 2023 - Equal To GHG From 48 Million Cars 0 hatrack May 22 May 22 2 288
"Enough is Enough:" Whitehouse Opens Hearing on Administrator Zeldin's Destruction of the EPA - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 May 21 May 21 8 421
Senator Schiff Speaks Out on Senate Floor as GOP Goes Nuclear - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 21 May 21 10 497

Environment & Energy Continued...

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What stage of climate collapse are we in when refreezing the Arctic Sea Ice is the only option left? 2 Tonk May 21 May 21 9 458
Interior Secy - We'll Have "Plenty Of Time" To Deal W. Climate After Winning AI Arms Race W. China 2 hatrack May 21 May 21 5 372
Nuclear Moratoriums Are Crumbling Around the World. 0 NNadir May 21 May 21 6 366
First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor 1 Eugene May 21 May 21 4 269
Hello, Arkansas (And Tennessee And Kentucky And Mississippi)! Welcome To The New Tornado Alley!! 5 hatrack May 21 May 21 9 549
Thames Water, Anglian Water Facing 53 Separate Criminal Cases Over Illegal Sewage Dumping 0 hatrack May 21 May 21 1 253
Yeah, No Shit: Oil Majors Donated To Museums, Art Galleries, Girl Scouts To Polish What Remains Of Their Image 0 hatrack May 21 May 21 1 344
Even W. Warming Limited To1.5C - And We're Already There - 10s Of Millions Will Be Displaced By Rising Seas 0 hatrack May 21 May 21 6 273
Powering the Future: Solar and Hydrogen Innovations in China 【DAB Talkbox】 0 Caribbeans May 20 May 20 0 448
New FEMA Director Announces That States Will Lead Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Starting In Two Weeks 5 hatrack May 20 May 20 3 686
Inflation Reduction Act: Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States 0 Eugene May 20 May 20 6 393
In Texas, Oil Companies Are So Confident About The Safety Of Reusing Fracking Water That They Want Legal Immunity 1 hatrack May 20 May 20 13 493
Thanks to Trump, there may not be a new generation of Climate Researchers; NOAA grinds to a halt. 0 Tonk May 20 May 20 6 429
'Adapt or die': Farmers in western Kansas consider alternative crops to save water 2 NickB79 May 19 May 20 12 476
It's Mid-May, And Two Fires (Among 80-Odd) Burned 30,000 Acres In Freaking Minnesota Over The Weekend 3 hatrack May 18 May 19 5 419
'Toxic' waters behind the surge of shark attacks in Adelaide, SA 0 teach1st May 19 May 19 5 319
Trump's Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires 1 cbabe May 19 May 19 3 399
20 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Satellite Data Show Ongoing Spills Of 300,000 Gallons From Just 20 Offshore Rigs 1 hatrack May 19 May 19 15 474
Officials declare 'urgent' threat as invasive species never before seen in North America is discovered: 'A serious 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 May 19 12 711
What the dismissal of hundreds of scientists means for a flagship climate report - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 19 May 19 3 325
Farmers sued to get their climate data back, and won. What can we learn? - Velshi - MSNBC 2 Rhiannon12866 May 18 May 19 4 388
On Australia's Remote, Beautiful Lord Howe Island, Seabird Chicks Ingest So Much Plastic They Crunch When Touched 2 hatrack May 18 May 18 6 345
Alberta Trying To Keep Hydrogen "Revolution" Alive, Wants To Mix Up To 5% Hydrogen In Household Natural Gas 2 hatrack May 18 May 18 2 428
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 18 May 18 7 360
European "Green" Investment Funds Own +/- $33 Billion In Stock In Oil & Gas Majors And Supermajors 0 hatrack May 18 May 18 2 250
China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential 1 Caribbeans May 17 May 17 0 313
Making Bikers Safe from Neutrons: Gadolinium Impregnated Leather. 0 NNadir May 17 May 17 2 378
Recovery of Lanthanide (Rare Earth) Elements and Fluorine From Molten Salt Electronic Slag. 0 NNadir May 17 May 17 2 350
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters 0 OnlinePoker May 17 May 17 12 485
WARNING! Trump Gutting Weather Science Will Kill Americans & Wipe Communities Off the Map! - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 May 17 May 17 6 320

Environment & Energy Continued...

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"Direct Air Carbon Capture" Facility Face-Plants; Captured 1/5 Of Company Claims, Can't Offset Its Own Energy Use 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 6 414
Leading Spanish Winemaker Looking For New, Cooler Location At Higher Altitude: "I Don't Know How Long We Can Stay Here" 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 7 387
The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years 1 nitpicked May 17 May 17 16 595
Driest UK Spring In 100 Years, In Belgium, More Than 130 Years; 3 Weeks w/o Rain In Famously Rainy Manchester 0 hatrack May 17 May 17 7 318
Cut-Off Lows, Atmospheric River And Warming All Helped Drive 5-10" Rainfalls Across Southeastern US This Week 0 hatrack May 17 May 17 8 301
Scientists Say Earth Has Made Enough Hydrogen to Power Humanity. Here's How to Find It. 4 Caribbeans May 16 May 16 6 558
Company returns entire Tesla vehicle fleet because of Elon Musk 16 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 86 3397
Belgium reverses phase-out policy as Denmark reconsiders nuclear 1 NNadir May 16 May 16 5 360
South And Central Texas Hotter Than Death Valley This Week, Highs From 100F To 111F, Straining Electrical Grid 8 hatrack May 16 May 16 8 633
CEO Of Sewage-Spewing Thames Water Whines For Taxpayer-Backed Bonuses: "Senior Managers Are Our Most Precious Resource" 4 hatrack May 16 May 16 8 455
8 Of Top 10 Podcasts Spreading Disinformation And Outright Climate Lies - "Perceived Authenticity", Y'know! 1 hatrack May 16 May 16 5 395
Chubb Group Drops Insurance Coverage From Hotly Debated LNG Plant In SW Louisiana 1 hatrack May 16 May 16 3 354
And Another Obligatory "Will Light Green GQP Members Of Congress Stop The Destruction Of Environmental Laws?" Article 0 hatrack May 16 May 16 2 228
Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays 0 douglas9 May 16 May 16 1 651
The New Map of Critical Minerals. - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 0 TexasTowelie May 16 May 16 3 297
Sen. Whitehouse Leads Opposition to Donahue Environmental Protection Agency Confirmation - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 May 16 May 16 4 332
Trump administration to audit billions in energy grants awarded under Biden 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 3 277
Woolly mice and "dire wolves" are a distraction from attacks on endangered species, experts caution 2 marmar May 15 May 15 5 268
Scientists hail new 'industrially viable technology' that can squeeze hydrogen from seawater 1 Caribbeans May 15 May 15 2 358
The Cybertruck Was Supposed To Survive The Apocalypse; Can It Survive A Trip To The Grocery Store? 1 hatrack May 14 May 15 6 414
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