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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 415
Trump Allies Near 'Total Victory' in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation 1 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 668
World's First 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Powers Grid In China 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 514
The Climate Science reference they don't want Judges to read 3 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 829
Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity and climate resilience under press 4 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 896
Another El Nino Already? What Can We Learn from It? -- James Hansen, et al. 6 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 1088
CFC replacements behind hundreds of thousands of tonnes of global 'forever chemical' pollution 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 462
"More Everything Forever" Author On Magical Futurism Bullshit Churned Out By Musk, Thiel, Altman, et. al. 18 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 55 3198
German energy policy moves from expensive stuff that doesn't work well to stuff that doesn't exist. 9 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 1457
After A Decade Of Lawsuits, Corteva Will Stop Making Enlist Duo, Herbicide Mix Of Glyphosate And Agent Orange 4 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 936
More Than 200 Flood Alerts Issued Across England And Wales; 39 Days And Nights Of Rain In The UK Since 1/1/26 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 650
TX - 500+ Oil Tanks Sit In The Guadalupe River Floodplain; In 1998 Flood, The River Exceeded 7 Miles In Width 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 725
Guardian Invokes Betteridge's Law Of Headlines: "Economic Growth Is Still Heating The Planet. Is There Any Way Out?" 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 507
DOGE and the deluge: The hits on our cherished public recreation lands just keep coming 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 598
As Of 2/7/2026, Lake Powell Now Below 25% Of Capacity; Trash Screens Visible Above Penstocks On Dam Face 10 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 19 1706
Determining the Source of Water from the Combustion of Dangerous Fossil Fuels by Oxygen Isotopes. 0 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 587
Potential For El Nino Year; Could Push Global Temps To Records In 2027 (23, 24, 25 Current Hottest Years) 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 581
NOAA ESRL - January 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 428.62 ppm; January 2025 426.65 ppm; January 2024 422.80 ppm 6 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 819
NOAA - Western US Snowpack Lowest In Decades, Esp. In CO River Headwaters Area; 2/1/26 Total Cover Lowest On Record 4 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 783
At The Threshold Of 1.5C, Paris Is Dead; A Picture Of Rapid Climate Destabilization Is Becoming Increasingly Clear 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 715
In Greenland, 200 Companies Have Mining Licenses; 2 Mines Exist. Good Luck W. Your Big Plan, President Fuckstick 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 703
Federal Judge Strikes Down TX Law Intended To Target Critics Of Fossil Fuels 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 598
In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 15 810
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 499
Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 701
Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 794
One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 574
Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 708
EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 749
Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 536

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 633
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2026 Feb 2026 11 907
Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 814
Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 518
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 598
Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 636
1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 528
Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 380
At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 596
"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 565
As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 466
On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 486
Nuclear refurbishment done and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister 0 OnlinePoker Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 364
Feral camels terrorizing Australian desert towns in search of water 0 jmbar2 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 12 805
OFFS - Meet The Energy Department's Cute New Mascot: It's Coalie, Urging Us To "Mine, Baby, Mine!" 7 hatrack Jan 2026 Feb 2026 6 1066
NRDC: Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange 0 OKIsItJustMe Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 582
Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed 3 hatrack Jan 2026 Feb 2026 11 711
EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage 4 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 773
The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 4 highplainsdem Jan 2026 Feb 2026 12 763
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 436
Melbourne Harbor And Beaches Awash In Venomous Lion's Mane Jellyfish 1 hatrack Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 710
31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... 1 NNadir Feb 2026 Feb 2026 13 834
The Imminent Copper Tailings Crisis in China 1 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 847
Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing 0 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 708
'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health 1 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 592
After Pathetic FEMA Performances In Multiple States, Natural Disaster Survivors Want Noem Fired 2 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 954
Performative Colorado River Talks Pending; Expectations Low, Since Littlest President Having Tantwums At AZ, CO 1 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 571
Potential Interactions Between Birds And Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Spatially Informed Species Vulnerabilities 4 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 789
EPA Eliminating 13 Top Executive Positions; 2331 Employees - 13.5% Of Workforce - Gone Since January 2025 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 480
Scientific Mapping Project Shows East Coast Ghost Forests - Killed By Rising Seas - Are Far Larger Than Thought 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 542

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Don't worry. Be happy. Server Farms Will Learn for Themselves How to Be All Renewabley and "Green." 0 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 709
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 612
Airports Across Asia Screening For Nipah Virus After Two Cases Confirmed In W. Bengal; 40-70% Fatality Rate, No Vaccine 2 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 701
America Leads Global, Massive Expansion Of Gas Power Plants Because Of (All Together Now!) AI. USA!! USA!! USA!! 1 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 559
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress 0 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 558
Awwww!!!! Shitstain Backs Away From Pushing EPA To Gut Endangerment Finding - It Would Likely Lose In Court 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 532
Wastewater Geysers, Land Cracks & Subsidence Prompt West TX Landowner To Sue 8 Oil Companies For Damages 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 564
Conoco Phillips Rig On Its Way To Drill Falls Over, Catches On Fire - The Rig "Left The Road" 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 551
Well, Good Luck: OK State Senator Trying To Rein In Pollution Of Groundwater From Fracking Operations 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 454
Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them. 1 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 567
Environmental Activists Sued To Get UK National Security Assessment; Even Then, It Was Redacted 1 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 517
Guardian - What It's Like In Victoria These Days, When The Temperature Finally Dips Below 104F At 8:30 PM 1 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 620
Shitstain's EPA: 66 Environmental Rollbacks In One Year: "I Am For Whatever President Trump Is Advocating For" 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 681
Jacking Up Prices, Censoring Bookstores - But Worst Part Of Assault On NPS Devastating Loss Of Institutional Knowledge 2 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 17 761
This Storm Is Exactly What You'd Expect In A Warming World; BTW, How Will FEMA Respond (Assuming It Can)? 1 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 846
After Millei Cuts Firefighting Funds 81%, Argentina Faces Tough Go Fighting Huge Fires In Monoculure Pine Forests 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 568
All-Time Record Highs Across S. Australia, Victoria Approaching 50C (122F); Overnight Low In Adelaide Was 95F 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 512
I'm through one of my son's recent publications almost in tears. 7 NNadir Jan 2026 Jan 2026 53 2242
The Ocean Already 30% More Acidic Than In Preindustrial Era; Key Planetary Limit For Acidification Was Breached In 2020 0 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 493
New Mexico Sues 3 Texas Oil Execs For Offloading Cleanup For 100s Of Abandoned Wells While Pocketing Profits 3 hatrack Jan 2026 Jan 2026 15 735
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