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Julia Butterfly Hill: The Woman Who Lived in a Tree for 738 Days 1 red dog 1 Oct 16 Oct 16 10 470
Amazon doubles down on nuclear energy with deal for small reactors 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 4 595
Phoenix In Climate Crosshairs, So What Better Time To To Push For A $1 Billion Stadium? It's HOT, You Know!! 2 hatrack Oct 16 Oct 16 4 472
For 9th Straight Year, AL Power Plant Claims Crown As America's Carbon Dioxide Champion - No Shutdown Plans In Sight 2 hatrack Oct 16 Oct 16 6 455
This Is The UK"s Climate Plan? $25 Billion For "Carbon Capture", W. Goodies Built In For The Oil & Gas Sector? 2 hatrack Oct 16 Oct 16 6 457
Miles Of Palomino Beach, Popular Colombian Resort, Retreating By Average Of 45-50 Meters Every Year 1 hatrack Oct 16 Oct 16 7 467
Planet's Land Carbon Sinks Failed In 2023 - Almost No Net Uptake Of Atmospheric CO2 By Forests, Grasslands, Soils 1 hatrack Oct 16 Oct 16 11 467
UK Faces Second-Worst Harvest on Record Amid Climate Change 0 Think. Again. Oct 16 Oct 16 8 522
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 7 422
Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI 1 douglas9 Oct 15 Oct 15 3 515
WWF Report Finds Wildlife Has Declined 73% in Half a Century 0 Think. Again. Oct 15 Oct 15 11 510
Toyota's portable hydrogen cartridges look like giant AA batteries - and could spell the end of lengthy EV charging 3 Caribbeans Oct 14 Oct 15 9 840
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park as officials say it's a sign poaching is under control 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 14 Oct 14 4 344
PUBLIC TRUST, the movie... 8 2naSalit Oct 11 Oct 14 10 517
Winter forecast for the US in the 2024-25 season 0 OnlinePoker Oct 14 Oct 14 9 749
Collapse of 'carbon sink' hastening climate change 7 UpInArms Jul 2024 Oct 14 9 11048
Electric/hybrid cars for low mileage drivers 27 iemanja Oct 6 Oct 13 7 1667
A utility promised to stop burning coal. Then Google and Meta came to town. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 13 Oct 13 7 640
Plans for "Green" Hydrogen Transition in China: An Amusing Paper Involving Doubly Wasteful Energy Storage. 2 NNadir Oct 13 Oct 13 3 855
Saudi Arabia Aims For Global Hydrogen Leadership 2 Caribbeans Oct 13 Oct 13 2 712
China set to lead global electrolyser installations in 2024 1 Caribbeans Oct 13 Oct 13 0 517
Airbnb founder and a Brazilian Model Found a Philanthropic Effort to Scale Nuclear Energy. 0 NNadir Oct 12 Oct 12 4 1152
The Second Largest Increase in CO2 Concentrations for Any September Has Been Recorded at Mauna Loa. 0 NNadir Oct 11 Oct 11 6 583
Glitter has lost its shine - but scientists may have found a safer substitute 2 cbabe Oct 11 Oct 11 9 739
A West Virginia community is counting on a 'miracle' to keep their power plant open. But questions remain. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 11 8 551
Monstrous Hurricane Milton captured in 4K video by new Sen cameras on ISS 1 Judi Lynn Oct 10 Oct 10 10 652
The New Republic: Whatever Happened to "Net-Zero"? 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 10 Oct 10 5 478
The New Republic: Emails Reveal BP Gave $550,000 to Group Fighting Climate Lawsuits 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 10 Oct 10 1 372
Study: Globally, Average Declines Of Wildlife Populations In Past 50 Years A "Catastrophic" 73% 1 hatrack Oct 10 Oct 10 10 411
Oxford University: Scientists show accelerating carbon dioxide release from rocks in Arctic Canada with global warming 3 OKIsItJustMe Oct 10 Oct 10 3 418

Environment & Energy Continued...

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US awards contracts to process HALEU fuel for high-tech reactors 0 NNadir Oct 9 Oct 9 4 429
Oz Mining Billionaire Slams Net Zero: "Real Zero" Now His Preferred Climate Buzzword/PR Plan/Greenwash 0 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 1 519
Accelerating Pace Of Natural Disasters (Floods & Hurricanes East, Heat/Fires West) Keep Stretching US Emergency Services 0 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 2 362
UN Special Rep Criticizes UK's Water System: Opaque Governance, Greed, Indifference Rule 0 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 3 308
A sobering graph 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 9 Oct 9 20 938
National Snow and Ice Data Center: 2024 Antarctic sea ice maximum extent finishes at second lowest 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 9 Oct 9 5 345
Environmental activists are targeting vulnerable Republican incumbents in competitive districts 1 BootinUp Oct 9 Oct 9 7 491
IEA: Massive global growth of renewables to 2030 is set to match entire power capacity of major economies today, ... 1 OKIsItJustMe Oct 9 Oct 9 6 395
Is Climate Change America's Lost Opportunity--and Can We Get It Back? 4 BootinUp Oct 9 Oct 9 6 572
Here's just one small example of how the fossil fuel industry... 3 Think. Again. Oct 9 Oct 9 12 620
TX Succeeds In Gutting Its Air Quality Monitoring Team; Quick, Shallow Investigations Now The Rule 1 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 8 701
Salmon Numbers In England And Wales Lowest On Record - Fewer Than 6,000 Fish 0 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 9 513
UK "Sustainability" Plan Now Includes Importing Wood Pellets From Afghanistan, The Maldives & North Korea 0 hatrack Oct 9 Oct 9 5 511
Rep. Greg Casar, others call for ban on herbicide (paraquat) linked to Parkinson's, cancer - KXAN 1 TexasTowelie Oct 8 Oct 9 8 387
Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries 0 Judi Lynn Oct 8 Oct 8 11 446
WMO report highlights growing shortfalls and stress in global water resources 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 7 Oct 7 2 250
'Just horrific': John Morales becomes emotional over Milton's explosive growth 3 OKIsItJustMe Oct 7 Oct 7 14 554
UT Farmer Watches Great Salt Lake Recede, Unleashing Toxic Dust, But He's Voting For Trump, Because Family Values 5 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 9 889
Constant Noise Pushes Granbury TX Residents To File Lawsuit Against Bitcoin Mine 4 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 14 661
Shocked, Shocked: TX Fracking Geyser Blowing Toxic Wastewater 100' Into The Air 3 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 11 694
Lockstep Anti-Environmental GQP Congressional Candidates Slapping On Greenwash As Election Nears 0 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 6 428
WMO - More Than 50% Of Planet's River Basins "Abnormal" In 2023; Most Of Them In Drought 1 hatrack Oct 7 Oct 7 3 350
Effect of Hurricane Helene on the Solar Industry? 10 NNadir Oct 4 Oct 7 6 696
Economic and environmental costs of liquifying hydrogen. 1 NNadir Oct 6 Oct 6 4 701
China Unveils 'Groundbreaking' Hydrogen High Speed Train - Newsweek 5 Caribbeans Oct 5 Oct 5 6 1191
Global automakers boost collaboration as China dominates hydrogen vehicle market 3 Caribbeans Oct 5 Oct 5 3 713
Shitstain Wanted To Block Assistance To CA After Horrific 2018 Fires Because The State Votes Democratic 2 hatrack Oct 5 Oct 5 8 818
'Murca!!! A Worker At An Amazon Hub Surrounded By Fires; A Roofer In Florid's Summer Heat w/o Protection 10 hatrack Oct 5 Oct 5 17 931
Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to DME, Tradeoff Between Hydrogen and Water as Chemical Reductant. 2 NNadir Oct 5 Oct 5 3 915
World's largest green hydrogen project 'has major problems due to its Chinese electrolysers': BNEF 2 NNadir Oct 3 Oct 5 2 894

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Can Cultivated Meat Take Off Before the Inevitable Tech Backlash? 4 Judi Lynn Oct 3 Oct 5 4 545
How climate change is impacting fall foliage - CBS News 1 TexasTowelie Oct 4 Oct 4 12 763
TX-Sized Stupid: Sea Level In Galveston Up 8" Since 2010; New Condos Planned For Barrier Island Beyond Sea Wall 10 hatrack Sep 23 Oct 4 14 928
Klamath River dam removal is complete! 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 4 Oct 4 10 414
'The Earth is crying out for help': as fires decimate South America, smoke shrouds its skies 0 Judi Lynn Oct 4 Oct 4 8 302
Hydrogen station explodes in Norway, fuel cell car sales suspended 12 NNadir Oct 3 Oct 4 5 933
Get used to more absurdly hot Octobers 1 bronxiteforever Oct 4 Oct 4 11 575
Though Still Small, Plant Cover In Antarctic Peninsula Has Grown More Than 10X In Recent Decades 0 hatrack Oct 4 Oct 4 8 462
Bloomberg Philanthropies: President Joe Biden reflects on his climate legacy 0 peppertree Oct 3 Oct 3 3 315
Forbes: Company Announces An Attempt To Bring Hydrogen Power To Boats 2 Caribbeans Oct 3 Oct 3 3 500
Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 3 Oct 3 6 388
US issues $2 billion electric vehicle tax rebates since Jan 1, Treasury says 0 BootinUp Oct 3 Oct 3 3 317
Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open? 2 Judi Lynn Oct 3 Oct 3 14 8396
Study: Europe's Oyster Reefs Were Once The Size Of Northern Ireland; Today's Remnants Are A Few Meters Square 1 hatrack Oct 3 Oct 3 10 474
The Guardian: Wildfires are burning through humanity's carbon budget, study shows 0 OKIsItJustMe Oct 3 Oct 3 4 311
How Singapore got a grip on water scarcity 6 hunter Oct 2 Oct 3 4 465
87 Oil & Gas Companies Work In The North Sea. 7 Plan To Spend Anything On Renewable Energy By 2030 1 hatrack Oct 3 Oct 3 3 654
Oz Environment Minister Announces Coal Expansion; "Explains Away" 1.3 Billion Tons Of New CO2 Emissions 0 hatrack Oct 3 Oct 3 2 413
500,000 Acres Burn In Paraguay; Burn Zone In Bolivia Size Of Switzerland; Much Of Continent Shrouded In Smoke 0 hatrack Oct 3 Oct 3 6 423
Fuel cell bus in California destroyed after explosion during refuelling. 4 NNadir Oct 1 Oct 3 6 440
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