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Nearly 6,000 Residents Evacuated In Multiple Regions Of Spain As "Explosive" Fires Expand In 110F Heatwave 2 hatrack Aug 12 Aug 12 4 467
UK Ministers Approve Contingency Plans For Potential Collapse Of Thames Water 0 hatrack Aug 12 Aug 12 4 470
As Peak Of Hurricane Season Approaches, FEMA Diverts 100 Staffers To Help ICE Recruit Masked Clown Squad Members 0 hatrack Aug 12 Aug 12 4 307
China expands hydrogen bike-share network 1 Caribbeans Aug 11 Aug 12 3 334
India begins construction of first green hydrogen-powered ships 1 Caribbeans Aug 11 Aug 11 3 320
Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of 'new reality' 0 Eugene Aug 11 Aug 11 5 268
Top climate tech exec: The AC gap between Europe and America is becoming an economic liability 4 NickB79 Aug 11 Aug 11 10 634
Tropical Storm Erin forms just west of Cabo Verde Islands 3 OnlinePoker Aug 11 Aug 11 5 408
With those in power wedded to fossil fuels, the world needs a stronger pro-science mass movement to drive climate action 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 11 Aug 11 4 316
Annual Loss Of Coral Cover Across Great Barrier Reef Worst In 40 Years; 25% Mortality In North, 40% At One Tree Island 5 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 11 7 472
Swarm of jellyfish shuts nuclear power plant in France 6 cbabe Aug 11 Aug 11 5 475
In Western Australia, Up To 90% Of Corals Bleached Or Dead Across 900-Mile Stretch Of Reefs 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 9 250
Special "Corporate Court" Could Force UK Taxpayers To Pay Singapore Investors' Losses In Failed Lake District Coal Mine 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 3 283
Well, Good Luck With That: WV Families Suing Fracking Company Over VOCs Their Kids Are Inhaling 1 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 8 392
"An Environment Of Impunity Where Businesses No Longer Need To Even Pay Lip Service To Progress" 1 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 5 433
Another European Heatwave Bringing Temps At Or Beyond 110F To Spain And Portugal 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 6 339
Perito Moreno Glacier Had Largely Held Steady; Science Now Shows Rapid Loss Of Ice Since 2019 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 7 322
Fire Closes Tourist Trails At Mt. Vesuvius While French Crews Continue Battling Huge Fire Near Pyrenees 0 hatrack Aug 10 Aug 10 1 321
Momentum sagging at UN plastic pollution treaty talks 0 Dulcinea Aug 10 Aug 10 2 294
2026 GOP Budget Would Close NOAA Hurricane Research Center, Along w. More Than A Dozen Research/Forecast Sites Across US 3 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 8 399
UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs 3 usonian Aug 9 Aug 9 13 532
Study - Atmospheric Rivers May Be Declining In Western States, Gathering Strength Farther East 1 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 9 456
Why The Fine Print Is Fine: BlackRock's "Sustainability" Goals Don't Mean A Thing; FF Investment Marches Right Along 2 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 5 436
Who's Helping JBS And Other Mega Beef Producers Greenwash Meat? The Nature Conservancy And WWF, Among Others 0 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 10 519
GOP 2026 Budget Bills Will Gut Environmental Agencies: 23% Of EPA Funding Eliminated, 6% Each For National Parks, FWS 1 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 3 383
OpenAI Chat GPT Will Save The World, But Altman And Company Won't Release Energy Use Of Updated Versions 1 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 5 387
Zeldin's EPA And Its Farcical GHG Policy Will Likely Face A Supreme Court Decision, Though Not For Years 0 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 4 364
So Cute!! 80% Of Registered Voters, And 58% Of Conservatives, Oppose Elimination Of Climate Research 0 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 19 534
Nearly 7,000 Angelenos Evacuated As Canyon Fire Grows; Another 14,000 Warned To Be Ready To Leave 0 hatrack Aug 9 Aug 9 9 423
Across China: Hydrogen energy fuels China's green shift - Xinhua 0 Caribbeans Aug 8 Aug 8 0 312

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Fortescue cancels $550 million hydrogen hub project in Buckeye 4 NickB79 Aug 2025 Aug 8 3 460
Climate Journalist on EPA's Actions Under Trump and Their Impact - Amanpour and Company PBS 0 Rhiannon12866 Aug 8 Aug 8 3 297
ConEdison Seeking 11% Rate Hike As It Cuts Off A Record Number Of Customers - 88,000 For Jan-June 2025 0 hatrack Aug 8 Aug 8 2 392
In disaster-prone Vanuatu, photos show sea animals returning to battered reefs. Can recovery happen? 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 8 Aug 8 3 323
Interior secretary announces end to Lava Ridge wind project in Idaho 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 8 Aug 8 2 356
The World's Largest Deforestation Project 3 muriel_volestrangler Aug 8 Aug 8 13 470
National Academies Of Sciences Will Self-Fund Review Of Current Climate Science In Response To EPA Dumping GHG Finding 0 hatrack Aug 8 Aug 8 8 310
Per Rupert Murdoch And A Disgraced Academic, Australia's Reefs Are Healthier Than Ever - Really, They're Doing GREAT!!! 0 hatrack Aug 8 Aug 8 4 285
Englands's Swimming Sites 5X More LIkely To Be Polluted Than Rivers And Beaches In EU Nations 0 hatrack Aug 8 Aug 8 2 273
Scientists decry Trump energy chief's plan to 'update' climate reports: 'Exactly what Stalin did' 3 mdbl Aug 8 Aug 8 7 436
EU Nations Face New World Of Fires; Natural Forests The Best Defense, Monocultures Fatally Vulnerable 0 hatrack Aug 8 Aug 8 4 270
15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 8 8 617
Blue whales have gone silent. Why that has scientists worried about Earth's biggest animals ... and the ocean 12 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 7 Aug 8 47 1538
Blue whales, many other species threatened by krill fishery. Despite sustainability promise, Costco sells krill oil. 0 LT Barclay Aug 8 Aug 8 4 1410
Wildflowers as revolution: 35 applegrove Aug 7 Aug 7 55 2276
This Massive Hydrogen Vehicle Just Conquered the Saudi Alps. Yes, That's a Thing 1 Caribbeans Aug 7 Aug 7 3 1556
Fire In Southern France Burned Area Bigger Than Paris In Less Than 24 Hours; 2nd Biggest Fire In French History 0 hatrack Aug 7 Aug 7 7 361
Oil & Plastics Lobbyists Outnumber These Groups At UN Conference: Scientists, Tribal Members, All Eu Delegates 0 hatrack Aug 7 Aug 7 10 293
As Florida Citrus Collapse Continues, OJ A Symbol Of Today's Challenges - Obesity, Global Warming And Inflation 0 hatrack Aug 7 Aug 7 6 437
Well, Well, Well: DuPont Archives Show The Company Knew Plastics Recycling Wasn't Viable 50 Fucking Years Ago 4 hatrack Aug 6 Aug 7 27 1038
Meltwater explodes out of the Greenland Ice Sheet changing assumptions on what is happening under the ice. 13 Tonk Aug 6 Aug 7 51 2371
Czech zoo welcomes 4 rare Barbary lion cubs whose population is extinct in the wild 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 6 Aug 6 10 1501
Oops! Zeldin's EPA Dumped Key GHG Endangerment Finding, And It May End Up In A Flood Of Lawsuits, State Actions 1 hatrack Aug 6 Aug 6 13 449
Drax Wanted To Shred Sierra N. Forests For Wood Chips, Then Ship Them To Yorkshire, Because They're "Sustainable" 1 hatrack Aug 6 Aug 6 10 506
Is the Northeast overdue for a hurricane? Here's what it would take 0 OnlinePoker Aug 6 Aug 6 3 345
James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha: Seeing the Forest for the Trees 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 6 Aug 6 5 299
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich Explain How the GOP Budget Bill Will Raise Your Energy Prices - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Aug 6 Aug 6 1 325
Bodily contamination concern? Plastics are 'everywhere': Author - MSNBC Reports 0 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 302
Hurray. BP Makes Biggest Oil Find In 25 Years Off Coast Of Brazil. Huzzah. Yoicks. Yippee. Hallelujah. 4 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 494
New York State Unlikely To Hit Either 2030 Or 2040 Climate And Energy Goals 2 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 382

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Air Quality Alerts Stemming From Canadian Wildfires Cover 14 States, Approximately 81 Million Americans 1 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 344
Study: After Shenango PA Coke Plant Closed, Pediatric Asthma ER Visits Fell 20% Immediately 40% Long-Term 0 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 337
Grand Canyon North Rim Fire Hits 123,000 Acres; Forest Service Scrambling To Fill Firefighting Positions 0 hatrack Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 311
Chevron, Valero in talks to reactivate supply agreement on Venezuelan oil to US, sources say 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 278
Gifford Fire in California grows to more than 72K acres as firefighters battle blaze 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 303
Black storm warning paralyses Hong Kong as torrential rain triggers floods and landslides (The rain was not black) 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 296
Grassley places holds on 3 Trump Treasury nominees (wants wind and solar tax credits continued) 4 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 518
Iran orders a day of business and office closures to relieve electric grid in heat wave 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 280
They've been able to reconstruct Cretaceous air composition from fossilized dinosaur teeth, including CO2 levels 0 NickB79 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 385
Plastic pollution responsible for at least $1.5 trillion a year in health costs, study finds - CBS News 3 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 456
EPA to reverse landmark scientific finding on climate change - CNN State of the Union 1 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 325
Shein fined E1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims about products 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 251
China: Rockcheck Inks Deal to Deploy 1,000 Hydrogen Trucks in Inner Mongolia by 2026 0 Caribbeans Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 283
Rail services in parts of England are cut as tracks disturbed by lack of moisture 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 288
West Virginia lawmakers eliminated local authority to regulate data centers and similar projects 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 279
AI Breakthrough at NJIT Unlocks 'New' Materials to Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 378
The Largest Energy Project in the World: Chinese Dams Threaten Tibet's Yarlung-Tsangpo River 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 294
Canada wildfires prompt air quality warnings for Upper Midwest, Northeast 11 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 560
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 Aug 2025 21 618
2025 Global Temperature - James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha - 15 April 2025 3 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2025 Aug 2025 4 744
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