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17,000 Evacuated In Manitoba As Fires Sweep Across North; 134 Fires Nationwide, Half Out Of Control 1 hatrack May 29 May 29 6 396
We Bought A Zoo - And A Meth Lab And Some Coke, And 44 Guns; Oh, And We Starved The Animals 1 hatrack May 29 May 29 11 591
In 20 Miles From Its Headwaters To The City Of York, The Foss River Picks Up More Than 1,000 Chemicals, Most Artificial 2 hatrack May 29 May 29 5 334
20% Of Planet's Oceans Have Darkened In Past 20 Years, Light No Longer Penetrates As Deeply Into Key Zones For Life 0 hatrack May 29 May 29 7 322
With Work Visa System Collapsing; No One Asking A Key Question - Who Will Work Farms And Harvest Crops? 2 hatrack May 28 May 29 10 408
OMG!!! WTF!! NO WAY!! Actual Headline: "Global Temperatures Could Break Heat Record In Next 5 Years" 4 hatrack May 28 May 28 11 443
1 Sooty Shearwater Chick, By Its Death At 80 Days, Had 778 Pieces Of Plastic Lodged In Its Body (Record So Far) 4 hatrack May 28 May 28 11 379
Thames Water Fined $165 Million For Repeated, Flagrant Sewage Spills - Record UK Fine For Pollution 0 hatrack May 28 May 28 2 216
Massive Saharan dust clouds to approach Florida, Gulf 1 OnlinePoker May 28 May 28 8 517
Trump has unleashed a woefully unprepared NWS and FEMA on us just days before the start of hurricane season. 5 Tonk May 28 May 28 1 489
World faces new danger of 'economic denial' in climate fight, Cop30 head says 0 Eugene May 28 May 28 4 284
Trump's Deregulation Turns Dangerous Storms DEADLY - Thom Hartmann 0 Rhiannon12866 May 28 May 28 3 351
New green hydrogen fuel to power Beijing buses 1 Caribbeans May 27 May 27 1 296
The growing environmental impact of AI data centers' energy demands - PBS NewsHour 3 Rhiannon12866 May 25 May 26 15 621
To change perceptions of sharks, swimmer Lewis Pugh takes the plunge at Martha's Vineyard - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 26 May 26 4 288
China Plays The Green Hydrogen Card While Others Fold - CleanTechnica 1 Caribbeans May 25 May 25 1 354
IEEE Spectrum: Bertrand Piccard's Big Hydrogen Adventure : He'll fly around the world in a hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft 0 Caribbeans May 25 May 25 0 346
Asshole humiliated on the world stage by Greenland once again. 1 Tonk May 25 May 25 19 871
Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts 0 k_buddy762 May 25 May 25 7 302
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 littlemissmartypants May 24 May 24 0 224
Bored with manicured lawns, some homeowners adopt No Mow May all year long 12 littlemissmartypants May 22 May 24 24 1130
Hawaii's Coral Reefs In Better Shape (Relatively) Than Most Others, But Bleaching Moving Rapidly There As Well 0 hatrack May 24 May 24 3 239
Southern California Edison to pay $82 million settlement in lawsuit stemming from huge 2020 wildfire 0 Eugene May 24 May 24 1 271
MD Governor Wes Moore (D) Vetoes Whole Series Of Environmental And Climate Bills, Because Budgets 0 hatrack May 24 May 24 5 493
Impact of So Called "Renewable Energy" on Biodiversity (Not That We Really Care). 0 NNadir May 24 May 24 4 348
How NOAA funding cuts could make it harder to predict and prepare for severe weather - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 May 23 May 23 5 410
James Hansen - End of an Era 1 OKIsItJustMe May 23 May 23 7 432
Scientists at Freiberg University in Germany have pioneered a new low carbon technology for smelting tin 0 Caribbeans May 23 May 23 5 333
NASA's Goddard Institute For Space Studies Closing; Scientists Will Work From Home, At Least For Now 2 hatrack May 23 May 23 6 414
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 2040

Environment & Energy Continued...

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NOAA's 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast predicts above-normal number of storms 4 OnlinePoker May 23 May 23 4 406
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 5 353
Study: Rapid Methane Increase Poss. From Natural Sources, Particularly Remote Arctic Soils Now Melting As Warming Grows 0 hatrack May 23 May 23 3 320
International Atomic Energy Agency starts its "SMR School" with workshop in Kenya 0 NNadir May 23 May 23 1 284
UK Health Agency Confirms West Nile Virus In Mosquitoes For 1st Time; Dengue, Zika & More Awaiting Additional Warming 2 hatrack May 23 May 23 4 305
"Unprecedented" Heatwave - Seas Off Cornwall, Devon, W. Ireland 7F Above Springtime Average Temperatures 0 hatrack May 23 May 23 4 361
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 2 336
China was striking climate deals as Trump toured oil kingdoms 1 Caribbeans May 22 May 22 3 355
Senator Schiff Gives Midnight Speech Filibustering Republican Effort to Destroy Climate Rules - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 22 May 22 4 331
Looking to keep wildlife out of the 'emergency room,' states expand managers' role 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 22 May 22 3 303
In Addition To Failed Pilot "Carbon Capture" Plant, ClimeWorks Laying Off 22% Of Its Staff 0 hatrack May 22 May 22 4 321
Oops. A Mesquite Species Was Introduced To Kenya To Stop Erosion And Became A Full-On Environmental Catastrophe 1 hatrack May 22 May 22 7 437
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 6 408
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 6 506
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 4 291
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 2 282
"Enough is Enough:" Whitehouse Opens Hearing on Administrator Zeldin's Destruction of the EPA - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 May 21 May 21 8 409
Senator Schiff Speaks Out on Senate Floor as GOP Goes Nuclear - Senator Adam Schiff 0 Rhiannon12866 May 21 May 21 10 491
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 9 432
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 5 359
Nuclear Moratoriums Are Crumbling Around the World. 0 NNadir May 21 May 21 6 361
First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor 1 Eugene May 21 May 21 4 262
Hello, Arkansas (And Tennessee And Kentucky And Mississippi)! Welcome To The New Tornado Alley!! 5 hatrack May 21 May 21 9 533
Thames Water, Anglian Water Facing 53 Separate Criminal Cases Over Illegal Sewage Dumping 0 hatrack May 21 May 21 1 246
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 1 337
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 6 265
Powering the Future: Solar and Hydrogen Innovations in China 【DAB Talkbox】 0 Caribbeans May 20 May 20 0 439
New FEMA Director Announces That States Will Lead Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Starting In Two Weeks 5 hatrack May 20 May 20 3 652
Inflation Reduction Act: Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States 0 Eugene May 20 May 20 6 384
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 13 484

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Thanks to Trump, there may not be a new generation of Climate Researchers; NOAA grinds to a halt. 0 Tonk May 20 May 20 6 417
'Adapt or die': Farmers in western Kansas consider alternative crops to save water 2 NickB79 May 19 May 20 12 460
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 5 398
'Toxic' waters behind the surge of shark attacks in Adelaide, SA 0 teach1st May 19 May 19 5 311
Trump's Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires 1 cbabe May 19 May 19 3 389
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 15 459
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 12 699
What the dismissal of hundreds of scientists means for a flagship climate report - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 May 19 May 19 3 318
Farmers sued to get their climate data back, and won. What can we learn? - Velshi - MSNBC 2 Rhiannon12866 May 18 May 19 4 378
On Australia's Remote, Beautiful Lord Howe Island, Seabird Chicks Ingest So Much Plastic They Crunch When Touched 2 hatrack May 18 May 18 6 336
Alberta Trying To Keep Hydrogen "Revolution" Alive, Wants To Mix Up To 5% Hydrogen In Household Natural Gas 2 hatrack May 18 May 18 2 410
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 7 353
European "Green" Investment Funds Own +/- $33 Billion In Stock In Oil & Gas Majors And Supermajors 0 hatrack May 18 May 18 2 240
China gears up for hydrogen's immense potential 1 Caribbeans May 17 May 17 0 302
Making Bikers Safe from Neutrons: Gadolinium Impregnated Leather. 0 NNadir May 17 May 17 2 370
Recovery of Lanthanide (Rare Earth) Elements and Fluorine From Molten Salt Electronic Slag. 0 NNadir May 17 May 17 2 332
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters 0 OnlinePoker May 17 May 17 12 472
WARNING! Trump Gutting Weather Science Will Kill Americans & Wipe Communities Off the Map! - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 May 17 May 17 6 308
"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 6 400
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 7 367
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