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NOAA - Super El Nino Now Most Likely Outcome For October-February 27 Period; Could Surpass Record From 150 Years Ago 0 hatrack 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 9 341
As the Colorado River dries up, how Western states are confronting the water crisis - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 7 312
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Croaky McWhalehead "Going To Do Everything In My Power" To Stop Imaginary Chemtrails Threat 5 hatrack Jun 2025 7 hrs ago 11 1059
One Of Few AI Outcomes We Can Be Reasonably Sure Of: A Projected Doubling Of Air Pollution In Texas 2 hatrack Jun 2025 7 hrs ago 6 646
Yes, This Should Work Well - EPA Ready To Hand Texas Power To Authorize "Carbon Capture" Projects 6 hatrack Jun 2025 7 hrs ago 5 886
Shitstain Yanks US Out Of Plan For Salmon Recovery In PNW Because It's "Radical Environmentalism" Hurrdurr Hurrdurr 1 hatrack Jun 2025 7 hrs ago 9 699
Michigan fights Trump administration in court over order keeping coal plant online 1 mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 7 300
US government planning dramatic Colorado River water cuts due to drought, overuse 1 OKIsItJustMe 14 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 4 247
Satellite launch pollution rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere 3 OKIsItJustMe Thursday 13 hrs ago 8 368
Harrison Ford: 4 applegrove 15 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 24 471
Scientists Identify Hidden Accelerant in Antarctic Ice Loss 1 OKIsItJustMe 22 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 11 487
Heatwaves in high 40 degrees Celsius are 'new normal' for India and Pakistan, scientists warn 0 OKIsItJustMe 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 5 341
Coal pollution is cutting solar power output, study finds 0 OKIsItJustMe 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 7 305
Watchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts 0 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 7 261
No, No, It's Not Global Warming Driving Explosion In Tick Numbers - IT'S A CONSPIRACY WITH BILL GATES!!!! 3 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 16 463
Chronic Wasting Disease detected on National Elk Refuge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 8 340
Wyoming's wolves hit lowest population since 2005 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 6 296
4,813 Fires So Far This Year In GA; Elsewhere In The Southeast, Drought And Hurricane Debris Helping Drive The Burning 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 5 294
Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 256
Structural Changes in Supported Rhodium in Catalytic Reactions. 0 NNadir Yesterday Yesterday 1 220
Oh, The Humanity - BP Faces Shareholder Revolt Over Plan To Dump Climate Reporting, Lack Of Plan For Everything Else 1 hatrack Apr 24 Yesterday 6 347
So Cute!!! TX GQP Rep "Concerned" Re NOAA Plan For Massive Budget Cuts, Closing Mauna Loa Observatory 2 hatrack Apr 29 Yesterday 8 506
With 300 Data Centers Operating Or Planned In California, Some Residents Wondering Where The Water Will Come From 3 hatrack Apr 30 Yesterday 12 498
After Decades Of Growing Nitrate Pollution, GQP In Iowa Introduces "Too Little, Too Late" Funding For Water Treatment 3 hatrack May 2 Yesterday 8 496
40,000 People Live In Gibraltar, A City w/o Any Sewage Treatment; Decade After Decade, Shit & Plastic Flow Into The Sea 2 hatrack May 6 Yesterday 11 549
"Filthy", "Mind-Blowing", "Legally Problematic" - Federal Judge's Take On Proposed Bayer Roundup Settlement 4 hatrack Saturday Yesterday 13 537
Detailed breakdown on Tesla's new battery design 9 Finishline42 Wednesday Thursday 3 636

Environment & Energy Continued...

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US EPA proposes delaying enforcement of Biden vehicle pollution rule 0 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Thursday 3 184
El Nino Prediction - 82% chance in May-July 2026 - 96% chance in December 2026-February 2027 0 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Thursday 9 409
New research reveals rapid methane release mechanism at the front of retreating ice sheets (during last glacial cycle) 0 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Thursday 4 336
Alberta Premier: Building An Oil Pipeline To The Pacific "Consistent With The Teachings Of Jesus" 6 hatrack Thursday Thursday 5 423
In Chile, A Retired Kindergarten Teacher Guards The Only Continental Colony Of King Penguins On Earth 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 15 402
Best Cryptic Headline Of The Week - Choughs Reappear At Tintagel After Decades Of Absence 3 hatrack Thursday Thursday 12 464
Buildling A Wall Of Money - Oil Majors Will Likely Use Exploding Profits To Lock In Trump-Era Policies 1 hatrack Sunday Thursday 5 391
April 2026 4th-Warmest Global April On Record; Earth's Oceans Saw 2nd-Warmest Temps Recorded For The Same Month 1 hatrack Thursday Thursday 3 248
Hydrogen-fueled drone submarine with 17 sensors could scan Hormuz for naval mines 0 Caribbeans Thursday Thursday 0 304
Multiple Large-Scale "Carbon Capture" Projects Slated For Illinois; Increasingly, Residents Aren't Buying The Story 4 hatrack Saturday Thursday 7 577
US Drinking Water Systems Under Growing Strain From Coast To Coast - Drought, Floods, Debris Flows 1 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 9 449
El Nino Teeing Up A Major Fire Year; Drought Already Hit SE Asia; Globally, Alaska-Sized Area Has Already Burned 1 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 4 419
Vibrio Bacteria Pushing North To Seas Once Too Cold To Support It, Like Gulf Of Maine; +/- 100 Fatalities/Year In US 2 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 4 289
Sustainability Blahblah Clean Fuels Blah - European Airline Emissions Higher Than Pre-COVID; Ryanair Up 50% Since 2019 2 hatrack Sunday Thursday 4 373
Sen. Whitehouse: "We Must Not let Creeping Political Influence Compromise the NRC" 0 Rhiannon12866 Thursday Thursday 4 287
Oceans Are Warming? Senate Republicans Disagree. - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Thursday 6 353
Data Centers Already Using 6% Of Electricity Available In The US And The UK; Pushback Begins At 5% 5 hatrack Wednesday Thursday 8 401
Pardon me if this was posted earlier: Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought 4 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 7 433
Electricity could produce cement with almost no carbon footprint 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 9 385
Study Finds Wetter Storms Mean Drier Conditions Over Time 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 3 260
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood 2 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 6 430
Time to Wake Up #307: The Mischief Continues - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 5 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Wednesday 26 885
Newly recognized pollutant widely present in atmosphere 1 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 10 520
Governor Sherrill, NJ, Working to Keep Her Nuclear Promise. 1 NNadir Wednesday Wednesday 4 302
Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan 0 thought crime Wednesday Wednesday 12 361
LIDAR Flights Reveal Western Snowpack Crisis; California's Snowpack Was At 18% Of Avg 4/1, Declining Since Then 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 5 405
A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below 0 OKIsItJustMe Wednesday Wednesday 2 252
UC Irvine team identifies where renewable hydrogen delivers the greatest social benefit 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 1 254
xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 4 302
How underwater speakers are helping revive coral reefs devastated by climate change - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 Tuesday Tuesday 10 465

Environment & Energy Continued...

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This 600-Mile Liquid Hydrogen eVTOL Just Got A 20-Aircraft Order 1 Caribbeans Monday Tuesday 9 438
Lobbying battle intensifies as E15 ethanol bill nears US vote 1 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 0 309
'I couldn't breathe': the sinister spread of France's killer seaweed 1 cbabe Tuesday Tuesday 10 503
A Uranium Adsorbing Alginate Polyacylonitrile Membrane With Superior Regeneration Performance. 9 NNadir Sunday Tuesday 3 850
As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday Monday 8 344
Oil Crisis? How about we Reduce Demand? Here's How 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday Monday 4 423
Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday Monday 1 238
It looks like the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory's Instrument is back up, with the second highest measurement ever seen. 0 NNadir Monday Monday 7 999
"Green Finance", "Carbon Offsets" Just More Ways To Greenwash, Create Market Plays While Doing Nothing For Climate 3 hatrack Monday Monday 4 390
No One Is Certain, But EPA Estimates That There are 3.7 Million Abandoned US Oil/Gas Wells, 58% Of Them Unsealed 4 hatrack Sunday Monday 18 740
Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise 2 OKIsItJustMe May 8 Sunday 3 383
"It Is Time To Close The Chapter On FEMA" - Trump Committee Plans To Deliberately Destroy Federal Emergency Response 7 hatrack Sunday Sunday 22 750
Odd But Interesting: GQP Senate Candidate In LA Staking His Campaign On Opposing "Carbon Capture" Projects 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 5 425
It turns out there is an analytical reason we will not get a weekly data point at Mauna Loa for the 2nd time in half... 3 NNadir Saturday Sunday 9 480
Um, delicious!!! Recovery of Highly Toxic Tellurium Used for Super Efficient Solar Cells. 1 NNadir May 8 Sunday 1 583
German Engineers Packed Hydrogen Into Hollow Tractor Wheels. Now the Machines Run All Day Without Heavy Batteries 4 Caribbeans Saturday Saturday 20 1122
Metrobus cancellations after hydrogen bus fire in Crawley 7 NNadir Saturday Saturday 2 705
Concentrated Solar Power finds a new Niche 3 thought crime May 8 Saturday 3 520
World's largest nuclear facility could be built in Ontario with new $300M deal 5 OnlinePoker May 7 Saturday 3 441
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