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Poll: Should Deniers Be Allowed To Post In E&E? (Poll) [View all] 119 hatrack Jun 2014 Nov 2024 21 135029
The E/E pocket reference guide [View all] 83 Dead_Parrot Feb 2012 Mar 2024 44 116451
2040 climate target: Council (of the EU) gives final green light 0 OKIsItJustMe 35 min ago 35 min ago 1 69
New Report: Decline of Populations of Migratory Species of Animals Covered by UN Treaty Worsens from 44% to 49% in 2 Yrs 0 OKIsItJustMe 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 2 145
Sea levels are much higher than often assumed. How is that possible? 5 OKIsItJustMe 6 hrs ago 1 hr ago 5 284
The Insurance Industry Was "Realistic" About Climate Risks; Now Multiple Industry Associations Denying There's A Problem 1 hatrack 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 5 245
Australian Regulator Suspends Antibiotic For Farmed Salmon After It Shows Up In Wild Populations 10 KM Distant 2 hatrack 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 4 191
Study: Global Sea Level Estimates Are About 1 Foot Too Low On Average; In SE Asia & Indo-Pacific Up to 3 Feet 0 hatrack 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 10 227
Seabird "Wreck" Spans Coasts Of Northwestern Europe; +/- 40,000 Dead, Starved & Sick Birds Washing Ashore 0 hatrack 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 16 302
Chevron's hometown paper is quiet on climate. Guess who owns it? 1 douglas9 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 9 262
Belo Monte Megadam In Amazon Basin Generated Barely 1% Of Its Hydropower Capacity During 2024 Dry Season 1 hatrack 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 3 149
Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity 2 OKIsItJustMe 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 5 198
We may be underestimating the true carbon cost of northern wildfires 1 OKIsItJustMe 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 2 175
Climate change pushes tropical insects to their heat limit 0 OKIsItJustMe 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 1 145
Global Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie 11 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 3 192
'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 7 275
Pesticide Company to Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson's Disease 1 douglas9 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 2 336
Global Warming Shreds Colorado River Compact As Glen Canyon Dam Nears End Of Hydropower Generation, Possible Deadpool 6 hatrack Monday Yesterday 13 526
After Being Sued, USDA Settles, Agrees To Provide Climate Risk Datasets For Farmers, Won't Guarantee For How Long 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 10 295
Port Isabel Independent School District Rejects $160 Million Tax Break For Giant Gulf Coast LNG Project 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 8 242
Warmest Winter In 135 Years Of Weather Records For Wyoming; Snowpack Below Avg At Altitude, At Record Lows Elsewhere 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 9 278
Four indicted in Sweetwater wind turbine blade dumping probe; cleanup not yet started 5 NNadir Tuesday Yesterday 3 397
Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power 3 douglas9 Monday Tuesday 7 771
Generational Toxicity and Incomplete Recovery from Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Leachate in an Aquatic Microinvertebrate 1 NNadir Monday Tuesday 1 388
Leaked Databases Show Efforts At NPS To Erase History & Reality - Slavery, First Nations, LGBTQ, Climate, Civil War 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 12 272
The culture war is coming for your electricity 1 douglas9 Tuesday Tuesday 20 511
UK Slashes Funding For Climate Aid And Nature Protection Across Developing World 1 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 2 228
Cities Across SW France & Basque Regions In Spain Set All-Time February Temps Up To 13C Over Averages 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 7 249
HFCs Have Warming Potential 100s To 1,000s More Than CO2; Appeal Underway To SCOTUS Re. Whether They Can Be Regulated 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 5 248
Utah Pushes For Residents To Pay More For Electricity, Because Anything Not Coal-Powered Is Woke And Gay 3 hatrack Monday Monday 7 331

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Thousands advised to stay inside in Mississippi 8 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday Monday 72 2703
3 Weeks After Citizens Sued Dow Over Years Of Plastic Pollution, Company Pushing TX To Legalize That Pollution 0 hatrack Monday Monday 6 317
'Humans Riding Bikes Are More Energy-Efficient Than Any Other Animal On The Planet' 5 sop Sunday Sunday 20 574
Big Tech Tries To Greenwash AI, Fails - 26% Of Climate Claims Cite Actual Research; 36% Cite No Evidence Whatsoever 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 10 358
In Survey Of 195 US Cities, Average Winters Nine Days Shorter Compared To 1970-1997 Baseline 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 3 256
98% Of 2,778 Serious UK Water Pollution Incidents Downgraded By Ministry, 83% w/o Site Visits 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 4 280
Dirty Water, Death And Decline - The Inside Story Of UK's Water Privitazation Scandal 0 hatrack Sunday Sunday 7 301
NRDC - US Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Up 18% YOY In 2025; 24% Increase For 71 Plants That Requested Pollution Exemptions 2 hatrack Friday Sunday 4 198
After Hurricane Helene, Cascade Of Health Effects From Mold Spreading Across NC 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 10 359
Shitstain Cutting System Requiring Emergency Plans For High-Risk Chemical Sites; Chemical Safety Board Also Targeted 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 4 315
2025 US Power Plant Inventory: Sulfur Dioxide Output Up 18%, NOx Emissions Up 7%, CO2 Emissions Up 4% 1 hatrack Saturday Saturday 5 246
'I live in constant fear': surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey's farmers 0 muriel_volestrangler Saturday Saturday 7 321
Study: Emissions Inventories For Colorado OIl & Gas Operations At Least 50% Too Low 0 hatrack Saturday Saturday 2 224
Oceanic DDT Off Los Angeles County from 20th Century Chemical Waste Practices. 1 NNadir Friday Friday 5 295
Judge orders protective measures for Columbia River salmon after Trump canceled historic deal 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday Friday 7 312
Nearly All US Coal Power Plants Could Have Met Pollution Rules For Toxic Metals; Shitstain's EPA Cut Those Rules Anyway 2 hatrack Friday Friday 5 336
Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay an expected $345 million in oil pipeline protest case 5 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday Friday 4 462
Colorado River Compact In Tatters, Interior Shows That It Will Barely Intervene (If At All) In Fractious 7-State Talks 0 hatrack Friday Friday 6 333
More Than A Year Later, No Trace Of $400 Million In USDA Grant To Improve Irrigation Efficiency For AZ Farmers 0 hatrack Friday Friday 4 358
Study: Southern Right Whales Shift Reproduction; Lack Of Food Means 1 Calf Every 4 Years, Not 3 Years 0 hatrack Friday Friday 1 223
Emperor Penguins Face Death From Hypothermia During Molt As Sea Ice Disintegrates 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 13 347
"Abysmal Snowpack" Conditions In Rocky Mountain States; Even Average Seasonal Totals Likely Out Of Reach 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 9 439
For Decades Oil Majors Preempted Local Climate Lawsuits W. Clean Air Act; Now w. End Of Endangerment Finding, They Can't 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 13 336
Survey Of 8,000 Tropical Plant Species Across Continents Shows Flowering Times Now Months Early & Late 0 hatrack Thursday Thursday 6 295
One In Five Marine Products Tied To Fraud - On Species ID, "Fresh", Wild-Caught vs. Farmed, Produced Through Slave Labor 0 hatrack Thursday Thursday 9 380
Shocked, Shocked: Epstein Class Of Ultrawealthy Among Top Purveyors Of Climate Denial, Ecofascism 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 10 443
"Staggering" Loss Of N. Hemisphere Marine BIomass: 7.2% Of Fish Populations Per 0.1C Warming Per Decade 0 hatrack Feb 25 Feb 25 11 344
Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world's reefs 1 Judi Lynn Feb 18 Feb 24 4 305
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 5 flashman13 Feb 3 Feb 24 17 2959
US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: 'I'm not for sale' 3 douglas9 Feb 24 Feb 24 11 692

Environment & Energy Continued...

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U.S. Supreme Court will hear landmark Boulder climate case against oil companies 1 evemac Feb 24 Feb 24 5 301
Analysis by Reuters shows AI companies are exaggerating claims about reducing water usage 2 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 24 7 330
Channel 4's 4Creative exposes 'The Sick Truth Behind Britain's Sewage Scandal' with bold new fountain installation 3 highplainsdem Feb 23 Feb 23 4 368
The Idiocy of Trump's Attacks on Wind, Solar and Renewables Exposed - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Feb 22 Feb 23 4 351
Carney's Tar Sands Pipeline Plan Depends On "Carbon Capture"; Notes Show His Gov Knows Little Of Its Unreality 2 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 23 9 458
Global Warming Bringing "Synchronized Fire Weather" To Multiple Regions Across Earth, Simultaneously And Quickly 2 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 23 12 437
The nation's largest public utility is going back to coal -- with almost no input from the public 3 douglas9 Feb 23 Feb 23 12 562
Feds propose opening millions of acres of western Oregon forests to 1960s logging levels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 23 Feb 23 13 330
Parts Of 3 Australian States Bracing For A Year's Worth Of Rain In One Week From Lingering Monsoon Low 1 hatrack Feb 23 Feb 23 6 356
Acid Wastewater, Algae Blooms, Fishery Closures, Sonic Booms - FL Pays The Price For Launching Penis Rockets, Satellites 6 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 8 565
295,000+ Acres Burned In SW Kansas So Far; Windy Fire Weather Returning, Though Not As Severe As 1st Round 3 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 6 435
Results Of Destroying The Endangerment Finding For Greenhouse Gases "Cannot Be Overstated" 0 hatrack Feb 22 Feb 22 12 366
RFK Jr. Supports Trump Push to Ramp Up Glyphosate Output, Angering MAHA Backers 3 douglas9 Feb 20 Feb 22 13 519
New Airborne Wind Turbine 0 thought crime Feb 21 Feb 21 10 451
Nature Review: The Dark Side of "Green" Technology. 2 NNadir Feb 11 Feb 21 5 584
NOAA - Near-Earth Space Could Host 60,000 Satellites By 2040; Particles From Reentries Add 1.5C To Upper Atmosphere Temp 2 hatrack Feb 21 Feb 21 8 398
Ohio Anti-Renewable Bill Would Likely Exclude Coal Generation, Since It Requires Minimum Capacity Factor of 50% 2 hatrack Feb 19 Feb 21 3 393
Trump touts climate savings but new rule set to push up US prices 2 douglas9 Feb 20 Feb 21 4 395
NYT: He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking. 4 DBoon Feb 20 Feb 21 10 593
Europe Today: Drowning In Winter, Withering In Summer And Clueless On Scale And Impact Of Impending Climate Collapse 1 hatrack Feb 21 Feb 21 16 490
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