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Poll: Should Deniers Be Allowed To Post In E&E? (Poll) [View all] 119 hatrack Jun 2014 Nov 2024 21 150077
The E/E pocket reference guide [View all] 83 Dead_Parrot Feb 2012 Mar 2024 44 125706
Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US 0 OKIsItJustMe 17 min ago 17 min ago 1 84
X-post: UN backs world court climate opinion; U.S. among few to oppose 1 OKIsItJustMe 18 hrs ago 31 min ago 1 221
International Energy Agency video: How the Energy Landscape Changed Last Year 0 OKIsItJustMe 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 0 137
The feds are coming for diesel truck owners. They're starting with your phone 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago 1 hr ago 7 502
Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits 6 OKIsItJustMe 5 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 3 243
Trump will ease refrigerant rule in effort to address surging grocery costs 7 OKIsItJustMe 5 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 7 429
Indian city records 48.2C temperature as sizzling heatwave empties roads 2 OKIsItJustMe 4 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 3 278
Scientists map which genes are active in a developing seed to build hardier crops 0 OKIsItJustMe 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 4 192
England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn 0 OKIsItJustMe 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 4 209
NC Beachfront Property Owners Get $50 Million In State Money To Dump More Sand, "Save" Their Stupid Fucking Homes 8 hatrack 8 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 8 400
Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972 5 OKIsItJustMe 16 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 5 323
Massive northeast Montana dust storm raises fears of another Dust Bowl era 1 mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 5 288
The Simple Truth: Climate Change is Real - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 3 195
IEA: Global EV Outlook 2026 - Emerging battery chemistry and designs 2 OKIsItJustMe 17 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 2 250
Electricity Generation from Solar Could Exceed Coal in ERCOT for the First Time in 2026 10 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 18 hrs ago 5 478
Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis 8 OKIsItJustMe 20 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 4 477
Young Americans demand court halt Trump's biggest rollbacks of pollution protections 2 OKIsItJustMe 20 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 7 253
A gray wolf entered Sequoia National Park for the first time in a century 4 Beringia Yesterday 21 hrs ago 17 443
China is cutting emissions even faster than promised and may already have peaked, study shows 0 OKIsItJustMe 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 3 343
Extreme weather events threaten river ecosystems 0 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 4 242
Carbon markets underestimate the risks U.S. forests face from climate change 0 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 1 222
White hydrogen discovered in billion-year-old Canadian Shield rock points to potential new energy source 0 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 2 366
IEA: Net Zero Emissions by 2050 - Acting now to limit overshoot 6 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 1 353
The UK Is Built For A Climate That No Longer Exists; Heatwaves At/Above 40C Will Span The Country By 2050 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 6 375
BC Ex-Premier Drops Truth Bomb: "We've Spent Billions To Convince Ourselves Carbon Capture Works. It Doesn't Work". 2 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 10 442
After Trump Killed Rebates, EPA Now Cites Falling EV Sales As Reason To "Reconsider" (i.e. Kill) Tier 4 Air Standards 2 hatrack Tuesday Yesterday 7 368
South Africa's CHARGE launches off-grid EV stations on Johannesburg-Durban corridor 3 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Yesterday 4 302
Appeals Court Rules That Suit Against Alabama Power Over 600 Acres Of Coal Waste, Groundwater Poisoning To Proceed 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 7 291

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Research led by a Royal Holloway academic finds the 50 questions that could protect a vital ecosystem found across...globe 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 4 232
South Africa's $5.8bn green hydrogen-ammonia project advancing 1 Caribbeans Tuesday Tuesday 3 280
Why Fears Are Growing Over the Fate of a Key Atlantic Current (AMOC) 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 14 460
'Foolish' CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn 1 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 2 242
Warming Accelerates Ecological State Shift Along Maine Coast 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 8 280
Extreme Weather Events Accelerating Tidal Wetland Loss 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 4 214
Hope can inspire climate creativity for action according to new study 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 4 232
Climate report says world won't get as hot as feared but will pass warming limit 0 OKIsItJustMe Tuesday Tuesday 7 343
"Lies", "Unbelievable", "Alternative Reality" All Available In 35-page TVA Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 8 353
Sinton, TX Fighting Corpus Christi Groundwater Plan, Potentially Because It Wants A Data Center Of Its Own 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 5 315
For N. American Beekeepers, Swarming Season Started Nearly 3 Weeks Earlier Than In 2025 (After Record Dieoff) 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 5 297
Australia's Federal Biodiversity Funding Falling To 0.04% Of Budget; "Nature Markets" Flop, W. 1 Project Listed 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 2 216
Sea level rise is swallowing US Mid-Atlantic farmland faster than expected, study finds 2 nitpicked Tuesday Tuesday 28 669
Coal Makes a Comeback, Fueled by War in the Middle East 4 question everything Tuesday Tuesday 4 414
EPA to rescind bans on 4 forever chemicals in drinking water. 3 applegrove Monday Monday 15 420
Go Pakistan: 1 applegrove Monday Monday 19 405
Monash University Develops New Membrane To Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cell Efficiency At High Temperatures In EVs 2 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 2 276
xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit 1 OKIsItJustMe May 12 Monday 4 354
Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts 2 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 4 262
China's solar exports jump 60% on the year in April 1 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 4 274
Access to NOAA's world-renowned Mauna Loa Observatory restored - Science activities to resume and site renovations plann 1 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 8 337
Comedian takes on ai data centers 0 cbabe Monday Monday 4 442
Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find 6 OKIsItJustMe Saturday Monday 3 690
CFS begins preparing a home for our 100 million degree fusion plasma 6 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 12 736
Extreme, Deadly Heat In Much Of South Asia Ranging From 111-115F; "It's No Longer Exceptional" 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 9 433
Single-Use Vapes Banned In UK Last Year But 6 Million Pods/Week Still Thrown Out; Fire & Toxin Hazards Abound 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 8 370
Oxygen: 0 applegrove Sunday Sunday 19 317
Metrobus cancellations after hydrogen bus fire in Crawley 9 NNadir May 9 Sunday 2 988
Texas - Chevron Will Save $227 Million In 10 Years w. Tax Break; Related Data Center Will Host "Over 25 Full-Time Jobs" 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 8 420
2026 World Flop, er, Cup Likely To Set New Mark For Greenwashing Along W. GHG Output 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 6 441

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 Sunday 2 278
Harrison Ford: 5 applegrove Friday Sunday 25 594
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows Climate Town 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 5 325
NOAA - Super El Nino Now Most Likely Outcome For October-February 27 Period; Could Surpass Record From 150 Years Ago 2 hatrack Saturday Sunday 17 561
Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO 3 OKIsItJustMe Saturday Saturday 11 540
Global Ocean Conference Arouses Predictable Rhetorical Questions As To Humanity "Awakening" To Environmental Collapse 2 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 3 630
2/3 Of Americans Will Experience A Week Of Extreme Heat & Humidity Starting Friday June 20th 3 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 804
Shocked, Shocked!! Corporate Climate And Sustainability Pledges & Policies Melting Away Like Snow In The Sahara 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 5 750
Alabama Mining Regulator Expecting Feds To Take Over Mine Regulations As Federal Funding Dries Up 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 3 610
10s Of Millions Face Deadly Conditions In Rare June Heatwave; Indices In The Low Hundreds In Multiple Cities 3 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 983
US EPA proposes delaying enforcement of Biden vehicle pollution rule 1 OKIsItJustMe Thursday Saturday 5 234
Wyoming's wolves hit lowest population since 2005 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Saturday 7 367
Watchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts 1 OKIsItJustMe Friday Saturday 8 342
As the Colorado River dries up, how Western states are confronting the water crisis - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Saturday Saturday 8 459
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Rhiannon12866 Saturday Saturday 0 185
Croaky McWhalehead "Going To Do Everything In My Power" To Stop Imaginary Chemtrails Threat 5 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 11 1116
One Of Few AI Outcomes We Can Be Reasonably Sure Of: A Projected Doubling Of Air Pollution In Texas 2 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 6 679
Yes, This Should Work Well - EPA Ready To Hand Texas Power To Authorize "Carbon Capture" Projects 6 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 5 960
Shitstain Yanks US Out Of Plan For Salmon Recovery In PNW Because It's "Radical Environmentalism" Hurrdurr Hurrdurr 1 hatrack Jun 2025 Saturday 9 730
Michigan fights Trump administration in court over order keeping coal plant online 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 9 508
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