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Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find 6 OKIsItJustMe May 16 Monday 3 756
CFS begins preparing a home for our 100 million degree fusion plasma 6 OKIsItJustMe Monday Monday 12 789
Extreme, Deadly Heat In Much Of South Asia Ranging From 111-115F; "It's No Longer Exceptional" 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 9 469
Single-Use Vapes Banned In UK Last Year But 6 Million Pods/Week Still Thrown Out; Fire & Toxin Hazards Abound 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 8 418
Oxygen: 0 applegrove May 17 May 17 19 343
Metrobus cancellations after hydrogen bus fire in Crawley 9 NNadir May 9 May 17 2 1062
Texas - Chevron Will Save $227 Million In 10 Years w. Tax Break; Related Data Center Will Host "Over 25 Full-Time Jobs" 0 hatrack May 17 May 17 8 459
2026 World Flop, er, Cup Likely To Set New Mark For Greenwashing Along W. GHG Output 1 hatrack May 17 May 17 6 471
Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 17 2 294
Harrison Ford: 5 applegrove May 15 May 17 25 655
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows Climate Town 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 17 5 359
NOAA - Super El Nino Now Most Likely Outcome For October-February 27 Period; Could Surpass Record From 150 Years Ago 2 hatrack May 16 May 17 17 617
Declare climate crisis a global public health emergency, experts tell WHO 3 OKIsItJustMe May 16 May 16 11 582
Global Ocean Conference Arouses Predictable Rhetorical Questions As To Humanity "Awakening" To Environmental Collapse 2 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 3 642
2/3 Of Americans Will Experience A Week Of Extreme Heat & Humidity Starting Friday June 20th 3 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 11 821
Shocked, Shocked!! Corporate Climate And Sustainability Pledges & Policies Melting Away Like Snow In The Sahara 1 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 5 770
Alabama Mining Regulator Expecting Feds To Take Over Mine Regulations As Federal Funding Dries Up 1 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 3 627
10s Of Millions Face Deadly Conditions In Rare June Heatwave; Indices In The Low Hundreds In Multiple Cities 3 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 11 1009
US EPA proposes delaying enforcement of Biden vehicle pollution rule 1 OKIsItJustMe May 14 May 16 5 256
Wyoming's wolves hit lowest population since 2005 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 15 May 16 7 388
Watchdog groups urge Senate to investigate Samuel Alito over oil stock conflicts 1 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 16 8 361
As the Colorado River dries up, how Western states are confronting the water crisis - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 May 16 May 16 8 479
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Rhiannon12866 May 16 May 16 0 198
Croaky McWhalehead "Going To Do Everything In My Power" To Stop Imaginary Chemtrails Threat 5 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 11 1138
One Of Few AI Outcomes We Can Be Reasonably Sure Of: A Projected Doubling Of Air Pollution In Texas 2 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 6 695
Yes, This Should Work Well - EPA Ready To Hand Texas Power To Authorize "Carbon Capture" Projects 6 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 5 984
Shitstain Yanks US Out Of Plan For Salmon Recovery In PNW Because It's "Radical Environmentalism" Hurrdurr Hurrdurr 1 hatrack Jun 2025 May 16 9 738
Michigan fights Trump administration in court over order keeping coal plant online 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 9 535
US government planning dramatic Colorado River water cuts due to drought, overuse 1 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 16 4 321
Satellite launch pollution rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere 3 OKIsItJustMe May 14 May 15 9 487

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Scientists Identify Hidden Accelerant in Antarctic Ice Loss 1 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 15 11 688
Heatwaves in high 40 degrees Celsius are 'new normal' for India and Pakistan, scientists warn 0 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 15 5 486
Coal pollution is cutting solar power output, study finds 0 OKIsItJustMe May 15 May 15 8 388
No, No, It's Not Global Warming Driving Explosion In Tick Numbers - IT'S A CONSPIRACY WITH BILL GATES!!!! 3 hatrack May 15 May 15 16 678
Chronic Wasting Disease detected on National Elk Refuge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 15 May 15 8 431
4,813 Fires So Far This Year In GA; Elsewhere In The Southeast, Drought And Hurricane Debris Helping Drive The Burning 0 hatrack May 15 May 15 5 409
Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 15 May 15 3 319
Structural Changes in Supported Rhodium in Catalytic Reactions. 0 NNadir May 15 May 15 1 320
Oh, The Humanity - BP Faces Shareholder Revolt Over Plan To Dump Climate Reporting, Lack Of Plan For Everything Else 1 hatrack Apr 24 May 15 6 389
So Cute!!! TX GQP Rep "Concerned" Re NOAA Plan For Massive Budget Cuts, Closing Mauna Loa Observatory 2 hatrack Apr 29 May 15 8 545
With 300 Data Centers Operating Or Planned In California, Some Residents Wondering Where The Water Will Come From 3 hatrack Apr 30 May 15 12 568
After Decades Of Growing Nitrate Pollution, GQP In Iowa Introduces "Too Little, Too Late" Funding For Water Treatment 3 hatrack May 2 May 15 8 567
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 May 15 11 626
"Filthy", "Mind-Blowing", "Legally Problematic" - Federal Judge's Take On Proposed Bayer Roundup Settlement 4 hatrack May 9 May 15 13 629
Detailed breakdown on Tesla's new battery design 9 Finishline42 May 13 May 14 3 871
El Nino Prediction - 82% chance in May-July 2026 - 96% chance in December 2026-February 2027 0 OKIsItJustMe May 14 May 14 9 485
New research reveals rapid methane release mechanism at the front of retreating ice sheets (during last glacial cycle) 0 OKIsItJustMe May 14 May 14 4 476
Alberta Premier: Building An Oil Pipeline To The Pacific "Consistent With The Teachings Of Jesus" 6 hatrack May 14 May 14 5 593
In Chile, A Retired Kindergarten Teacher Guards The Only Continental Colony Of King Penguins On Earth 2 hatrack May 14 May 14 15 539
Best Cryptic Headline Of The Week - Choughs Reappear At Tintagel After Decades Of Absence 3 hatrack May 14 May 14 12 564
Buildling A Wall Of Money - Oil Majors Will Likely Use Exploding Profits To Lock In Trump-Era Policies 1 hatrack May 10 May 14 5 435
April 2026 4th-Warmest Global April On Record; Earth's Oceans Saw 2nd-Warmest Temps Recorded For The Same Month 1 hatrack May 14 May 14 3 319
Hydrogen-fueled drone submarine with 17 sensors could scan Hormuz for naval mines 0 Caribbeans May 14 May 14 0 395
Multiple Large-Scale "Carbon Capture" Projects Slated For Illinois; Increasingly, Residents Aren't Buying The Story 4 hatrack May 9 May 14 7 674
US Drinking Water Systems Under Growing Strain From Coast To Coast - Drought, Floods, Debris Flows 1 hatrack May 13 May 14 9 506
El Nino Teeing Up A Major Fire Year; Drought Already Hit SE Asia; Globally, Alaska-Sized Area Has Already Burned 1 hatrack May 13 May 14 4 476
Vibrio Bacteria Pushing North To Seas Once Too Cold To Support It, Like Gulf Of Maine; +/- 100 Fatalities/Year In US 2 hatrack May 13 May 14 4 345
Sustainability Blahblah Clean Fuels Blah - European Airline Emissions Higher Than Pre-COVID; Ryanair Up 50% Since 2019 2 hatrack May 10 May 14 4 431
Sen. Whitehouse: "We Must Not let Creeping Political Influence Compromise the NRC" 0 Rhiannon12866 May 14 May 14 4 351
Oceans Are Warming? Senate Republicans Disagree. - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 3 Rhiannon12866 May 13 May 14 5 463

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Data Centers Already Using 6% Of Electricity Available In The US And The UK; Pushback Begins At 5% 5 hatrack May 13 May 14 8 522
Pardon me if this was posted earlier: Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought 4 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 7 585
Electricity could produce cement with almost no carbon footprint 0 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 9 463
Study Finds Wetter Storms Mean Drier Conditions Over Time 0 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 3 299
When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida's historic flood 2 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 6 508
Time to Wake Up #307: The Mischief Continues - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 5 Rhiannon12866 May 13 May 13 26 1041
Newly recognized pollutant widely present in atmosphere 1 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 10 590
Governor Sherrill, NJ, Working to Keep Her Nuclear Promise. 1 NNadir May 13 May 13 4 375
Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan 0 thought crime May 13 May 13 12 420
LIDAR Flights Reveal Western Snowpack Crisis; California's Snowpack Was At 18% Of Avg 4/1, Declining Since Then 0 hatrack May 13 May 13 5 441
A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere--and Warms Earth Below 0 OKIsItJustMe May 13 May 13 2 280
UC Irvine team identifies where renewable hydrogen delivers the greatest social benefit 0 OKIsItJustMe May 12 May 12 1 296
How underwater speakers are helping revive coral reefs devastated by climate change - PBS NewsHour 2 Rhiannon12866 May 12 May 12 10 560
This 600-Mile Liquid Hydrogen eVTOL Just Got A 20-Aircraft Order 1 Caribbeans May 11 May 12 9 493
Lobbying battle intensifies as E15 ethanol bill nears US vote 1 Eugene May 12 May 12 0 371
'I couldn't breathe': the sinister spread of France's killer seaweed 1 cbabe May 12 May 12 10 576
A Uranium Adsorbing Alginate Polyacylonitrile Membrane With Superior Regeneration Performance. 9 NNadir May 10 May 12 3 1113
As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 11 8 407
Oil Crisis? How about we Reduce Demand? Here's How 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 May 11 4 494
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