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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 9 654
If You Care About the Future, Watch This - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 Apr 20 Apr 20 8 534
This was a great white shark hotspot. Then they mysteriously vanished 1 marmar Apr 20 Apr 20 6 729
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 5 515
"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 4 492
New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power 11 Caribbeans Apr 18 Apr 20 4 1320
Germany's May Electricity Prices Surge to Four Times that of France. 5 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 20 8 961
TX Oil Companies Avoiding Action On 11,000+ Stripper/Orphan Wells Producing Little Oil, Much Pollution 1 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 8 531
Extensive faults beneath Nevada nuclear lab raise unanswered earthquake risks 1 Caribbeans Apr 19 Apr 19 5 573
We're SAVED!!! Jet fuel from cellulose. 9 NNadir Apr 19 Apr 19 11 1696
Climate Liars (Heartland, Steven Milloy) Hate MAHA And RFK Jr. Even More Than They Hate Liberals And Regulations 0 hatrack Apr 19 Apr 19 4 501
Fusion power may never be cost-competitive with renewables, study warns 0 thought crime Apr 19 Apr 19 6 528
Iran war energy shocks drive nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa - Associated Press 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2026 Apr 19 7 586
Countries with the most coal plants in the world. 1 NNadir Apr 18 Apr 19 4 674
Real world numbers from the grand renewable energy experiment are not promising. 5 hunter Apr 18 Apr 19 6 944
"Wi-fi" but for energy? COOL! 10 buzzycrumbhunger Apr 18 Apr 19 13 1265
Even Long-Term Gas Shock Won't Do Much For EV Sales, Given High-End Model Glut, No Federal Incentives 8 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 18 8 1121
Why birds and foxes could act as early warning systems of antibiotic resistance across ecosystems 1 littlemissmartypants Apr 18 Apr 18 5 437
Morocco: 0 applegrove Apr 18 Apr 18 14 462
As the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl approaches, I will no longer be calling it "Chernobyl" in my writings. 0 NNadir Apr 18 Apr 18 7 636
Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind "boom?" 2 NNadir Apr 2026 Apr 18 6 1054
Wildlife crossings save animal lives: 4 applegrove Apr 2026 Apr 2026 12 688
China fast-tracks hydrogen strategy to 'scale-up' phase in high-stakes energy transition 5 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 1 965
March heat wave in western North America placed in historical perspective: 0 applegrove Apr 2026 Apr 2026 9 504
So Many Climate Delay Narratives, So Vanishingly Little Time . . . . 2 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 660
Trump Order Strips Protection From Boundary Waters Wilderness So Mining Can Begin, Because Fuck Earth 18 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 52 3020
As Arctic Soils Thaw, Releases Of Iron And Other Metals Wiping Out Life In Entire Rivers And Streams 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 13 586
Speaking of Lake Powell . . . 5 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 13 700
CenterPoint urged federal government not to reissue emergency order on Warrick County coal plant, letter shows 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 365
Recent Advances in Cladding Material Extraction from Fuels in Nuclear Fuel Cycles 0 NNadir Apr 2026 Apr 2026 2 710

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Jet Fuel Crisis - Joe Blogs 3 TexasTowelie Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 568
San Diego Now Has So Much Water That It's Selling It 9 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 874
Kenya Sentences Chinese Man To 1-Year Prison Term For Smuggling . . . Ants? 6 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 1 650
8 April Update: CO River Mainstem Flows Projected At 38% Of Normal For 2026; Yampa River 36%; San Juan River 26% 2 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 557
4/14/26 Drought Monitor - 57.8% Of Lower 48 In Level 2-4 Drought Conditions 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 383
Study: "Almost Certain" Collapse Of Atlantic Conveyer By 2100, And This Model Excludes Greenland Ice Loss 11 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 44 2274
USBR May Release Up To 1 Million Acre-Feet To Prop Up Powell, Lion's Share From Flaming Gorge 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 512
Iowa Law Shields CAFOs, Ethanol Plants From Lawsuits Over GHG Emissions - Lawsuits That Do Not Exist 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 1 494
Maine Bill Blocks Construction Of Data Centers Of More Than 20 MW Capacity Until October 2027 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 409
Great Britain households to be urged to use MORE power this summer as renewables soar 1 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 635
Biologists are racing to save America's freshwater mussels 0 littlemissmartypants Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 413
War in Iran could accelerate global energy transition - FRANCE 24 6 TexasTowelie Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 1003
James Hansen et al -- Super-Duper El Nino 1 OKIsItJustMe Apr 2026 Apr 2026 14 727
New Weekly CO2 Concentration Record Set at the Mauna Loa Observatory, 431.87 ppm 2 NNadir Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 771
Elon Musk's xAI Sued by NAACP Over Memphis Data Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 528
IMF And IEA Now Projecting Global Recession From Shitstain's War Of Choice, Hormuz Blockade 2 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 577
33 Out Of 58 Butterfly Species Native To The UK In Decline; Along W. Habitat Loss, Warming Taking Its Toll 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 465
FEMA Employees "Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop" As DHS Sec. Kickass T. Horsefucker Takes The Reins 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 665
ExxonMobil And Subsidiaries Face Lawsuit For $200 Million Fraud Scheme In NM To Dump "Orphan Wells" 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 7 635
World's largest offshore wind farm is getting plugged in 1 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 673
'A Lot Of Americans Aren't Sold On This Whole Car-Centric Life Thing After All' 7 sop Apr 2026 Apr 2026 11 1177
Don't mention the climate: Trump creates 'beyond absurd' situation at global finance talks 1 muriel_volestrangler Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 651
Improved efficiency of selective photoionization of palladium isotopes via autoionizing Rydberg states. 6 NNadir Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 1089
China's Electrostate Is Poised to Win From War in the Middle East 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 683
When Complete, Lake Charles LNG Terminal Will Produce More GHGs Than Any Terminal In The Country 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 731
TX Giving $3.2 Billion In Sales Tax Exemptions In Next 2 Years To Datacenters - And That's Likely A "Vast Underestimate" 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 524
Datacenter Opposition Growing In Georgia; Land Impacts, Water Pollution, Electricity Costs Primary Resident Worries 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 503
TX Railroad Commission Member Facing Hard-Right Challenger. Why? He Pushed To (Slightly) Update Oil Waste Rules 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 2 478
As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines 19 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 1925
Battery recycler with plant east of Atlanta files for bankruptcy 1 Dulcinea Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 636

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 840
Brazil ethanol sector ready to fill demand from higher blends, going from E30 to E32 this year 0 ffr Apr 2026 Apr 2026 2 436
Will more Americans embrace renewable energy after the latest oil price surge? - PBS NewsHour 3 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 828
Hydrogen Cooking Stove Turns Water Into Clean Fuel 3 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 10 943
World Energy Investment 2015-2025, by Energy Type, read it, and if you don't weep, you should. 1 NNadir Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 811
CDC Estimates That 1/5 Appalachian Coal Miners Have Black Lung, So Trump Admin Delaying Dust Rule For 4th Time 2 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 6 631
Who Wants Coal Waste In Their Drywall? Who Wants To Cut Coal Toxin Testing? EPA Is Coming Through For YOU!! 3 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 653
Defence Forces arrive at Whitegate oil refinery in Cork as garda pepper spray protesters 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 550
Surprise!!! Nations Pinched By Trump's Excellent Adventure In Iran Not Interested In Buying American Energy Exports 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 7 664
EPA Eliminates Office Of Research & Development, Now Busy Transferring Scientists, Apparently At Random 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 7 522
Seattle-based company accused of fishing violations in Alaska's Bering Sea 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 523
EPA Head Of Methane Regulations Worked For Oil Majors Lobbying Against Methane Regulations In His Last Job 3 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 672
World's first megawatt-class hydrogen turboprop engine completes maiden flight test 2 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 858
Radioactive Water Discharged into Hudson River for Decades 8 Caribbeans Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 1072
☀️ March Heat: US Endured Hottest March on Record as Experts Warned of 'Nonsurvivable' Heatwaves 0 appalachiablue Apr 2026 Apr 2026 11 729
Building El Nino 0 OnlinePoker Apr 2026 Apr 2026 4 491
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world 3 Judi Lynn Apr 2026 Apr 2026 13 721
Fossil fuels as a "weapon of war": Investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz and Chris Hayes - "Why Is This Happening?" 4 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 838
Mass Drownings Of Penguin Chicks/Hypothermia Behind "Endangered" Update; 4/5 Bellinghausen Sea Colonies Gone 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 16 528
IUCN Declares Emperor Penguins Endangered: Antarctic Fur Seals Also Added To List As Numbers Plunge 50% 0 hatrack Apr 2026 Apr 2026 3 391
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