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Wow! We're saved! The British have introduced recyclable wind turbine blades!!! I learned about it right here at DU. 9 NNadir Aug 27 Aug 27 5 730
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U.S. underprepared for natural disasters after Trump changes, current and ex-FEMA employees say - CBS News 1 Rhiannon12866 Aug 27 Aug 27 3 316
HD Hyundai Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun Meets TerraPower, including Chairman Bill Gates, to Discuss Nuclear ... 1 OKIsItJustMe Aug 26 Aug 26 2 411
RWE's Sofia is the UK's first offshore wind farm to use recyclable rotor blades 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 26 Aug 26 2 421
The Biological Consequences of Benny Sovacool's Call for Deep Sea Mining to Go "Green." 0 NNadir Aug 26 Aug 26 2 951
This updated NASA CERES Satellite data shows why we expect much more regional warming in the pipeline. 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 25 Aug 25 5 1135
NASA Earth Science Faces Loss Of More Than Half Its Budget; Data It Provides Spans The Sciences 1 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 5 472
'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel 3 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 25 5 965
New TN Hospital Flooded During Helene; Now, Thanks To Big Shitty Bill, There's A Good Chance That It Will Never Reopen 5 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 10 1691
At CITES Conference At Year-End, US Will Make History By Proposing Zero Upgrades In Status For Trafficked Wildlife 1 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 2 386
Funding Cut For Only US Icebreaker Available For Antarctic Research; Successor Ship Postponed Indefinitely 2 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 3 404
EU Study - European Crop Losses Projected To Increase By 2/3 By 2050, To $29 Billion Annually 0 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 2 338
Research Details Devastating Toll of Colonization on Pacific Northwest Wildlife 2 Judi Lynn Aug 25 Aug 25 8 1017
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As glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions - PBS NewsHour 5 Rhiannon12866 Aug 23 Aug 24 8 496
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Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction 1 applegrove Aug 20 Aug 24 6 507
Goodbye to polluting trucks--Walmart unveils the first green hydrogen vehicle approved in Latin America 0 Caribbeans Aug 24 Aug 24 2 356
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 24 Aug 24 7 610
America's 2.2 Billion Dollar "Greatest Energy Disaster (?)" to Be "Left to Rot" After a Decade of Operations. 2 NNadir Aug 23 Aug 24 6 700
Shitstain Wants To Offload MI National Parks Onto The State - w/o Budget, Staff Or Training To Make It Possible 6 hatrack Aug 20 Aug 24 12 752
The Plan to Turn the Caribbean's Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel 1 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 7 512

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Antarctic submarine canyons may negatively impact ocean circulation, iceshelf thinning and the climate. 1 Tonk Aug 24 Aug 24 7 530
Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory 7 douglas9 Aug 23 Aug 24 9 641
Sacramento Food Trucks Embrace Clean Energy with Hydrogen Fuel Cells at Tahoe Park Event 1 Caribbeans Aug 23 Aug 23 3 277
Trump halts work on New England offshore wind project that's nearly complete 4 Eugene Aug 23 Aug 23 10 580
2024 Melting On Svalbard "In A Different League", Even When Compared W. Prior Records In 2020, 2022 3 hatrack Aug 23 Aug 23 7 420
Warming May Expand Range Of S. Asian Fruit Bats Carrying The Rare NIpah Virus, Which Is 75% Fatal In Humans 1 hatrack Aug 23 Aug 23 4 472
"A Whole Range Of Abrupt And Surprising Changes Happening Across Antarctica" - And They're Not Happening In Isolation 1 hatrack Aug 23 Aug 23 56 2134
Lysenko 2.0 - US Science Policy Rapidly Declining Under Weight Of Official Lies, Greed And Stupidity 1 hatrack Aug 23 Aug 23 20 457
Top Industry Analyst: Fires, Floods, Record Heat Herald "The Beginning Of The Age Of Non-Tourism" 2 hatrack Aug 23 Aug 23 4 478
Hydrogen's reawakening has market on verge of a breakthrough 1 Caribbeans Aug 22 Aug 23 3 447
A Lovely Scientific Paper Out of Ghana on the Use of Americium. 0 NNadir Aug 22 Aug 22 1 406
Unable to Afford Platinum for Its Fuel Cells, Alstom Switches Its Trains From Hydrogen Back to Diesel. 3 NNadir Aug 22 Aug 22 2 883
Temporary slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice, study finds 3 OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 Aug 22 2 388
Heat-stressed Australian forests are thinning fast, producing carbon emissions 3 OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 Aug 22 4 415
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 Aug 22 0 162
'They're not going to live normally': A devastating disease has surged in Calif. 19 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 22 27 1662
"Lake" Of Oil Sludge, Lead, PFAS Up To 16 Feet Thick Under CA Refinery Set To Close: Who Will Clean It Up? 6 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 7 676
Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 22 Aug 22 5 350
Shell Got $1.65 Billion Tax Break For PA Plastics Plant; 3 Years And Dozens Of Violations Later, Shell Wants To Sell It 2 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 4 487
Brazil Abandons Soy Moratorium, Opening Area The Size Of Portugal To New Deforestation 4 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 4 659
In Namibia, Even Desert-Adapted Species Hammered By Increasingly Extreme Droughts Driven By Global Warming 0 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 3 321
Worst Fire Season On Record For EU - At Least 1 Million Hectares Burned, Along W. Record Output Of CO2, Other Pollutants 0 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 4 279
Pickett Fire (Napa County near Calistoga) Hits 2,100 Acres w/i Hours Of Outbreak: Evacuations Ordered 0 hatrack Aug 22 Aug 22 2 350
Breaking the Rules to Build a Better Battery 7 OKIsItJustMe Aug 21 Aug 22 4 558
Ash dieback is triple whammy for net zero plans 1 OKIsItJustMe Aug 21 Aug 21 5 458
BC's Coastal Fires Have Entered a New Era 2 OKIsItJustMe Aug 21 Aug 21 6 624
Shitstain Ordered MI Coal Plant To Remain Open; Operating Costs $1 Million/Day - And Guess Who's Going To Pay? 5 hatrack Aug 21 Aug 21 10 836
"Green Hydrogen Is Finally in the Pipes" as Sinopec Begins Historic Blend Into China's Gas Grid 23 Caribbeans Aug 2025 Aug 21 1 1094
Florida's climate-focused tech sector faces uncertainty after federal cuts - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 Aug 21 Aug 21 2 454
Oz's Mountain Ash Trees - Up to 80M High - Lose +/- 9% Of Their Limited Numbers For Each 1C Temperature Increase 0 hatrack Aug 21 Aug 21 4 355

Environment & Energy Continued...

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U.S. developers report half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar 2 OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 Aug 21 4 442
Land Mines As Wildlife Protection: Korea's DMZ One Of The Most Biodiverse Places In Asia 1 hatrack Aug 21 Aug 21 3 365
Driven By Drought, UK Grain Harvest Begins 2 Weeks Early; Apples Boom But Potatoes, Brassicae In Big Trouble 0 hatrack Aug 21 Aug 21 5 387
Ozone will warm planet more than first thought, study finds 0 Jim__ Aug 20 Aug 20 7 547
How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon 20 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 17 Aug 20 3 1003
Abrupt Antarctic changes could have catastrophic consequences if emissions don't fall 2 OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 Aug 20 10 677
Well, Good Luck W. That: Brazil Issues "Urgent Call" For National Climate Plans - Exactly 28 Submitted So Far 1 hatrack Aug 20 Aug 20 7 581
Scientists Lay It Out - Over 100 Misleading Statements And Lies In DOE Climate "Study" Written By Hand-Picked Hacks 3 hatrack Aug 20 Aug 20 17 604
Confimed Chikungunya Cases Top 240,000 Worldwide; Painful, Debilitating Disease Detected In China For First Time 1 hatrack Aug 20 Aug 20 12 622
Why would Trump want algae blooms in the Great Lakes? 6 applegrove Aug 19 Aug 20 8 616
India's Bold Ambition: Pioneering Green Hydrogen on a Global Scale 0 Caribbeans Aug 19 Aug 19 0 329
"A Climate Of Unparalleled Malevolence" - The Permian Extinction And How Deeply The Rate Of CO2 Output Matters 3 hatrack Aug 19 Aug 19 10 540
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant At National Weather Servce Offices In Texas 10 hatrack Jul 2025 Aug 19 7 1160
North Pacific waters are acidifying more rapidly below the surface 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 19 Aug 19 11 372
Long-Term Biochar Use Found to Sustainably Boost Crop Yields and Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 19 Aug 19 3 1420
Central Valley groundwater pumping, land-sinking stressing Aqueduct. Is there a fix? 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 19 Aug 19 5 305
Soy Exports At 20-Year Low As Rain And Disease Plague Crops In Upper Midwest States 2 hatrack Aug 19 Aug 19 2 406
1,000s Of Abandoned Boats Of All Types Pollute US Estuaries, Rivers, Beaches, Typically Abandoned After Hurricanes 1 hatrack Aug 19 Aug 19 6 420
Ocracoke And Hatteras Evacuated: Erin Expected To Bring 20' Waves, Flooding And Erosion 0 hatrack Aug 19 Aug 19 9 465
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