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Turning salt water into electricity in Japan: 4 applegrove Apr 27 Apr 28 7 658
Nearly 20% Of Americans Drink Water W. High Levels Of Nitrates; Possible Link To Cancer, Birth Defects Through Ag Runoff 5 hatrack Apr 28 Apr 28 7 793
Rooftop solar photovoltaic systems account for 20% of Puerto Rico's capacity mix 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 28 Apr 28 6 650
Deep-ocean heat has been marching closer to Antarctica, study reveals 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 28 Apr 28 2 412
Greta Thunberg at the Folkets Klimamarch March 24, 2026 0 Beringia Apr 28 Apr 28 9 474
At Least 6 Cities & Towns In Corpus Christi Area Are Declaring Water Emergencies; CC, State Of TX Not Engaging 2 hatrack Apr 28 Apr 28 8 873
Trenton, NJ Has A Superfund Site That's An Entire Neighborhood; Its Lead Tester Is Leaving When He Finishes Grad School 1 hatrack Apr 28 Apr 28 5 511
Threat of California's native tree loss is greater than current estimates 6 OKIsItJustMe Apr 27 Apr 28 11 693
How Trump Ended Independent Science at the EPA 1 applegrove Apr 27 Apr 28 4 480
Shell to acquire Canada's ARC Resources for $16.4 billion, including debt, to expand ​its portfolio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 27 1 357
How the Iran war set Beijing up for global clean energy dominance 2 ihaveaquestion Apr 25 Apr 27 6 547
Jared Yates Sexton on the worldwide energy crisis caused by Trump's wars on Iran (and The Pope) - FIVE MINUTE NEWS 3 Rhiannon12866 Apr 26 Apr 27 4 663
Global evaluation of a new biochar model for supporting climate-smart agriculture 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 27 Apr 27 4 445
Deforestation policies are failing to protect against a potentially bigger threat to the Brazilian Amazon 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 27 Apr 27 4 416
Solar Arrays Are A Health Threat, Because Electromagnetic Fields, Or Toxic Runoff Or . . Something 15 hatrack Apr 27 Apr 27 11 1811
Australian Study Finds That 70% Of Protected Coral Habitats Worldwide Threatened By Human Wastewater 1 hatrack Apr 26 Apr 27 6 495
Netflix Expands Hydrogen Use to Replace Diesel Generators on Film and TV Sets 5 Caribbeans Apr 26 Apr 27 6 768
Chornobyl and the Whack-A-Mole Theory Considerations of Molecular and Cell Biology in Radiobiology. 3 NNadir Apr 26 Apr 27 2 1266
Multiple giant 'doomsday fish' wash ashore on Mexican beach 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 26 Apr 26 17 1125
China, India place strategic bets on clean energy out of favour in the West 5 Caribbeans Apr 25 Apr 26 4 744
French PR Executive Behind Fake Anti-Heat Pump Social Media Accounts; Bonus - The Ads Are Also Anti-Semitic 1 hatrack Apr 26 Apr 26 7 526
Shocked, Shocked! UK Government Underestimated Data Center Climate Impact By Factor Of More Than 100 0 hatrack Apr 25 Apr 25 3 428
UK Finding Out That Punitive Fines, Prison Terms For Climate Protesters Only Make Them More Determined 0 hatrack Apr 25 Apr 25 5 411
Architect Transforms Fish Farm Into a Forest With Hidden Casitas 0 Uncle Joe Apr 25 Apr 25 17 832
3 House GQP (Who Have Received $550,000 In Oil/Gas/Coal Money) Attacking National Academies Of Sciences 3 hatrack Apr 25 Apr 25 9 657
Incoming El Nino Could Be Enough To Permanently Push Earth Past 1.5C Annual Average Temp Increase 0 hatrack Apr 25 Apr 25 11 591
IEA: Electricity supply 6 OKIsItJustMe Apr 22 Apr 24 3 1068
Fracking Wastewater Bubbles Up Through Parking Lot Of Baptist Church In The Heart Of Texas' Permian Basin 5 hatrack Apr 24 Apr 24 12 1089
IEA: Global Energy Review 2026 - CO2 emissions 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 24 Apr 24 3 582
IEA: Rapid clean energy deployment displaces fossil fuels and lowers emissions 7 OKIsItJustMe Apr 22 Apr 24 4 925

Environment & Energy Continued...

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America's First Commercial Nuclear-Power Projects in a Decade Just Broke Ground 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 5 563
It's Greenwashing! It's AI Hype! Wait - You're Both Right! It's Google's "Carbon-Intelligent Computing Platform" 1 hatrack Apr 24 Apr 24 4 422
Our Newest Ocean Hotspot - Reaching From Micronesia To California, w. Temps 6 to 8 Degrees C Above Normal 0 hatrack Apr 24 Apr 24 8 547
Is This the Worst Global Energy Crisis EVER? - Thom Hartmann 0 Rhiannon12866 Apr 24 Apr 24 2 397
'Important threshold crossed' as renewables meet world's energy demands and fossil power drops 4 Caribbeans Apr 22 Apr 23 6 746
There are 12 Democratic Candidates for Bonnie Watson Coleman's Congressional Seat in New Jersey. 0 NNadir Apr 23 Apr 23 3 449
Rain Bombs Full Documentary NOVA PBS 3 Uncle Joe Apr 23 Apr 23 14 839
Barack Obama: "The young people in our Obama Foundation Leaders program give me hope." 0 red dog 1 Apr 23 Apr 23 7 485
Geoengineering could protect Amazon rainforest from climate change 1 OKIsItJustMe Apr 23 Apr 23 4 429
At Michigan climate conference, Jay Inslee says states still hold power on clean energy 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 23 Apr 23 4 384
The Orange Pedophile in the White House Finally Takes a Positive Action on the Collapse of the Planetary Atmosphere. 4 NNadir Apr 23 Apr 23 11 1202
Why do some people act on climate change while others stay silent? 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 23 Apr 23 2 385
98% of all recent environmental ... world's largest meat and dairy companies can be categorized as "greenwashing" ... 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 23 Apr 23 8 557
Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin - this is the future in a warming world 2 marmar Apr 23 Apr 23 7 613
IEA - Global Energy Review 2026 - Technology: Nuclear 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 23 Apr 23 3 455
IEA - Global Energy Review 2026 - Technology: Solar PV and wind 0 OKIsItJustMe Apr 23 Apr 23 4 477
BOOM: Republican Bill YANKED From Floor in SURPRISE Move - Meidas Touch 1 Rhiannon12866 Apr 23 Apr 23 5 674
The Scheme #37 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Apr 23 Apr 23 5 461
PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl's painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger 4 OKIsItJustMe Apr 22 Apr 22 1 562
Wind Powered Cargo Ships 23 thought crime Apr 21 Apr 22 6 2077
Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla lithium refinery discharges wastewater in South Texas 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 10 902
New growth in logged forests inspires photographer's hope - PBS NewsHour 0 Rhiannon12866 Apr 22 Apr 22 4 400
In the battle vs. invasive Burmese pythons, Florida turns to possums 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 21 Apr 21 6 698
Some Aspects of the Fuel for the Energy Device with the Lowest Carbon Intensity Known. 0 NNadir Apr 21 Apr 21 0 499
IEA Electricity Price Comparison 2026 Year to Date France and Germany with carbon intensity reports. 4 NNadir Apr 20 Apr 21 1 758
Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Apr 21 Apr 21 16 580
Leaked SCOTUS Memos From 2016 Show Alito & Roberts Never Once Considered Costs Of NOT Regulating GHGs, Toxins 3 hatrack Apr 21 Apr 21 11 759
China Puts Fully-Electric, Intelligent Containership in Service 4 littlemissmartypants Apr 20 Apr 21 4 514
Worlds first permanent nuclear waste site 1 thought crime Apr 19 Apr 21 7 611
Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions In September; Everyone Busy Drilling More Wells 0 hatrack Apr 21 Apr 21 11 852

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Rio Grande On Track For Record Low Flows; Elephant Butte Reservoir May Fall To 2% Of Capacity By August 0 hatrack Apr 21 Apr 21 10 456
Super Typhoon Sinlaku Sat Over Marianas & Guam For Days w. 185 mph Winds, 2 Months Before Typhoon Season Starts 2 hatrack Apr 20 Apr 21 9 649
If You Care About the Future, Watch This - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Apr 20 Apr 20 8 532
This was a great white shark hotspot. Then they mysteriously vanished 1 marmar Apr 20 Apr 20 6 725
Interior Emergency Plan - Cut Glen Canyon Releases To Legal Minimum, Drain Up To 1/3 of Flaming Gorge Reservoir 1 hatrack Apr 20 Apr 20 5 505
"Plastic Processing" Plant In Ohio Regularly Belches Smoke, Flames & Fumes; Company Wants To Build A Second Plant In AZ 0 hatrack Apr 20 Apr 20 4 490
New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power 11 Caribbeans Apr 18 Apr 20 4 1293
Germany's May Electricity Prices Surge to Four Times that of France. 5 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 20 8 945
TX Oil Companies Avoiding Action On 11,000+ Stripper/Orphan Wells Producing Little Oil, Much Pollution 1 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 8 529
Extensive faults beneath Nevada nuclear lab raise unanswered earthquake risks 1 Caribbeans Apr 19 Apr 19 5 564
We're SAVED!!! Jet fuel from cellulose. 9 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 19 11 1683
Climate Liars (Heartland, Steven Milloy) Hate MAHA And RFK Jr. Even More Than They Hate Liberals And Regulations 0 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 4 498
Fusion power may never be cost-competitive with renewables, study warns 0 thought crime Apr 19 Apr 19 6 526
Iran war energy shocks drive nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa - Associated Press 2 TexasTowelie Apr 17 Apr 19 7 581
Countries with the most coal plants in the world. 1 NNadir Apr 18 Apr 19 4 669
Real world numbers from the grand renewable energy experiment are not promising. 5 hunter Apr 18 Apr 19 6 935
"Wi-fi" but for energy? COOL! 10 buzzycrumbhunger Apr 18 Apr 19 13 1247
Even Long-Term Gas Shock Won't Do Much For EV Sales, Given High-End Model Glut, No Federal Incentives 8 hatrack Apr 17 Apr 18 8 1101
Why birds and foxes could act as early warning systems of antibiotic resistance across ecosystems 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 18 Apr 18 5 435
Morocco: 0 applegrove Apr 18 Apr 18 14 461
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