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"Plastic Processing" Plant In Ohio Regularly Belches Smoke, Flames & Fumes; Company Wants To Build A Second Plant In AZ 0 hatrack Apr 20 Apr 20 4 455
New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power 11 Caribbeans Apr 18 Apr 20 4 1165
Germany's May Electricity Prices Surge to Four Times that of France. 5 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 20 8 854
TX Oil Companies Avoiding Action On 11,000+ Stripper/Orphan Wells Producing Little Oil, Much Pollution 1 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 8 482
Extensive faults beneath Nevada nuclear lab raise unanswered earthquake risks 1 Caribbeans Apr 19 Apr 19 5 498
We're SAVED!!! Jet fuel from cellulose. 9 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 19 11 1543
Climate Liars (Heartland, Steven Milloy) Hate MAHA And RFK Jr. Even More Than They Hate Liberals And Regulations 0 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 4 463
Fusion power may never be cost-competitive with renewables, study warns 0 thought crime Apr 19 Apr 19 6 467
Iran war energy shocks drive nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa - Associated Press 2 TexasTowelie Apr 17 Apr 19 7 543
Countries with the most coal plants in the world. 1 NNadir Apr 18 Apr 19 4 612
Real world numbers from the grand renewable energy experiment are not promising. 5 hunter Apr 18 Apr 19 6 859
"Wi-fi" but for energy? COOL! 10 buzzycrumbhunger Apr 18 Apr 19 13 1093
Even Long-Term Gas Shock Won't Do Much For EV Sales, Given High-End Model Glut, No Federal Incentives 8 hatrack Apr 17 Apr 18 8 1015
Why birds and foxes could act as early warning systems of antibiotic resistance across ecosystems 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 18 Apr 18 5 388
Morocco: 0 applegrove Apr 18 Apr 18 14 411
As the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl approaches, I will no longer be calling it "Chernobyl" in my writings. 0 NNadir Apr 18 Apr 18 7 583
Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind "boom?" 2 NNadir Apr 17 Apr 18 6 953
Wildlife crossings save animal lives: 4 applegrove Apr 17 Apr 17 12 597
China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to 'scale-up' phase in high-stakes energy transition 5 Caribbeans Apr 17 Apr 17 1 864
March heat wave in western North America placed in historical perspective: 0 applegrove Apr 17 Apr 17 9 454
So Many Climate Delay Narratives, So Vanishingly Little Time . . . . 2 hatrack Apr 17 Apr 17 6 615
Trump Order Strips Protection From Boundary Waters Wilderness So Mining Can Begin, Because Fuck Earth 18 hatrack Apr 17 Apr 17 52 2772
As Arctic Soils Thaw, Releases Of Iron And Other Metals Wiping Out Life In Entire Rivers And Streams 0 hatrack Apr 17 Apr 17 13 539
Speaking of Lake Powell . . . 5 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 17 13 615
CenterPoint urged federal government not to reissue emergency order on Warrick County coal plant, letter shows 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 3 330
Recent Advances in Cladding Material Extraction from Fuels in Nuclear Fuel Cycles 0 NNadir Apr 16 Apr 16 2 645
Jet Fuel Crisis - Joe Blogs 3 TexasTowelie Apr 16 Apr 16 3 499
San Diego Now Has So Much Water That It's Selling It 9 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 3 743
Kenya Sentences Chinese Man To 1-Year Prison Term For Smuggling . . . Ants? 6 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 1 551
8 April Update: CO River Mainstem Flows Projected At 38% Of Normal For 2026; Yampa River 36%; San Juan River 26% 2 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 6 493

Environment & Energy Continued...

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4/14/26 Drought Monitor - 57.8% Of Lower 48 In Level 2-4 Drought Conditions 0 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 4 334
Study: "Almost Certain" Collapse Of Atlantic Conveyer By 2100, And This Model Excludes Greenland Ice Loss 11 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 44 2117
USBR May Release Up To 1 Million Acre-Feet To Prop Up Powell, Lion's Share From Flaming Gorge 0 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 6 467
Iowa Law Shields CAFOs, Ethanol Plants From Lawsuits Over GHG Emissions - Lawsuits That Do Not Exist 0 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 1 447
Maine Bill Blocks Construction Of Data Centers Of More Than 20 MW Capacity Until October 2027 0 hatrack Apr 16 Apr 16 4 367
Great Britain households to be urged to use MORE power this summer as renewables soar 1 Caribbeans Apr 16 Apr 16 5 583
Biologists are racing to save America's freshwater mussels 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 15 10 366
War in Iran could accelerate global energy transition - FRANCE 24 6 TexasTowelie Apr 14 Apr 15 8 889
James Hansen et al -- Super-Duper El Nino 1 OKIsItJustMe Apr 15 Apr 15 14 667
New Weekly CO2 Concentration Record Set at the Mauna Loa Observatory, 431.87 ppm 2 NNadir Apr 12 Apr 15 6 691
Elon Musk's xAI Sued by NAACP Over Memphis Data Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 10 489
IMF And IEA Now Projecting Global Recession From Shitstain's War Of Choice, Hormuz Blockade 2 hatrack Apr 15 Apr 15 4 526
33 Out Of 58 Butterfly Species Native To The UK In Decline; Along W. Habitat Loss, Warming Taking Its Toll 0 hatrack Apr 15 Apr 15 3 428
FEMA Employees "Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop" As DHS Sec. Kickass T. Horsefucker Takes The Reins 0 hatrack Apr 15 Apr 15 8 615
ExxonMobil And Subsidiaries Face Lawsuit For $200 Million Fraud Scheme In NM To Dump "Orphan Wells" 0 hatrack Apr 15 Apr 15 7 567
World's largest offshore wind farm is getting plugged in 1 Caribbeans Apr 14 Apr 15 6 617
'A Lot Of Americans Aren't Sold On This Whole Car-Centric Life Thing After All' 7 sop Apr 11 Apr 13 11 1038
Don't mention the climate: Trump creates 'beyond absurd' situation at global finance talks 1 muriel_volestrangler Apr 13 Apr 13 8 601
Improved efficiency of selective photoionization of palladium isotopes via autoionizing Rydberg states. 6 NNadir Apr 12 Apr 13 5 956
China's Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 13 Apr 13 3 621
When Complete, Lake Charles LNG Terminal Will Produce More GHGs Than Any Terminal In The Country 0 hatrack Apr 13 Apr 13 8 673
TX Giving $3.2 Billion In Sales Tax Exemptions In Next 2 Years To Datacenters - And That's Likely A "Vast Underestimate" 0 hatrack Apr 13 Apr 13 4 476
Datacenter Opposition Growing In Georgia; Land Impacts, Water Pollution, Electricity Costs Primary Resident Worries 0 hatrack Apr 13 Apr 13 6 451
TX Railroad Commission Member Facing Hard-Right Challenger. Why? He Pushed To (Slightly) Update Oil Waste Rules 0 hatrack Apr 13 Apr 13 2 434
As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines 19 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 12 Apr 12 10 1670
Battery recycler with plant east of Atlanta files for bankruptcy 1 Dulcinea Apr 12 Apr 12 4 579
Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 12 Apr 12 4 783
Brazil ethanol sector ready to fill demand from higher blends, going from E30 to E32 this year 0 ffr Apr 12 Apr 12 2 385
Will more Americans embrace renewable energy after the latest oil price surge? - PBS NewsHour 3 Rhiannon12866 Apr 11 Apr 11 10 740
Hydrogen Cooking Stove Turns Water Into Clean Fuel 3 Caribbeans Apr 10 Apr 11 10 854

Environment & Energy Continued...

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World Energy Investment 2015-2025, by Energy Type, read it, and if you don't weep, you should. 1 NNadir Apr 11 Apr 11 5 726
CDC Estimates That 1/5 Appalachian Coal Miners Have Black Lung, So Trump Admin Delaying Dust Rule For 4th Time 2 hatrack Apr 11 Apr 11 6 555
Who Wants Coal Waste In Their Drywall? Who Wants To Cut Coal Toxin Testing? EPA Is Coming Through For YOU!! 3 hatrack Apr 11 Apr 11 8 572
Defence Forces arrive at Whitegate oil refinery in Cork as garda pepper spray protesters 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 11 3 510
Surprise!!! Nations Pinched By Trump's Excellent Adventure In Iran Not Interested In Buying American Energy Exports 0 hatrack Apr 11 Apr 11 7 607
EPA Eliminates Office Of Research & Development, Now Busy Transferring Scientists, Apparently At Random 0 hatrack Apr 11 Apr 11 7 458
Seattle-based company accused of fishing violations in Alaska's Bering Sea 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 10 Apr 10 3 468
EPA Head Of Methane Regulations Worked For Oil Majors Lobbying Against Methane Regulations In His Last Job 3 hatrack Apr 1 Apr 10 8 621
World's first megawatt-class hydrogen turboprop engine completes maiden flight test 2 Caribbeans Apr 6 Apr 10 4 792
Radioactive Water Discharged into Hudson River for Decades 8 Caribbeans Apr 10 Apr 10 8 963
☀️ March Heat: US Endured Hottest March on Record as Experts Warned of 'Nonsurvivable' Heatwaves 0 appalachiablue Apr 10 Apr 10 11 682
Building El Nino 0 OnlinePoker Apr 9 Apr 9 4 423
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world 3 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 13 649
Fossil fuels as a "weapon of war": Investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz and Chris Hayes - "Why Is This Happening?" 4 Rhiannon12866 Apr 7 Apr 9 5 750
Mass Drownings Of Penguin Chicks/Hypothermia Behind "Endangered" Update; 4/5 Bellinghausen Sea Colonies Gone 0 hatrack Apr 9 Apr 9 16 474
IUCN Declares Emperor Penguins Endangered: Antarctic Fur Seals Also Added To List As Numbers Plunge 50% 0 hatrack Apr 9 Apr 9 3 338
EPA Head Praises Climate Deniers In Person In DC Speech: "A Moment To Celebrate. It Is A Day To Celebrate Vindication" 3 hatrack Apr 9 Apr 9 7 600
Washington declares statewide drought, marks fourth year of drought in some agricultural areas 0 cbabe Apr 9 Apr 9 2 390
Nebraska - One Fire In March 2026 Broke Annual Record For Area Burned; Ranching Making Grasslands More Vulnerable 0 hatrack Apr 9 Apr 9 2 456
4/7/26 Drought Monitor: Slight Increase In Level 2-4 Drought Across Lower 48, But YTD Nearly Double 2025 (36% vs. 19%) 1 hatrack Apr 9 Apr 9 7 373
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