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Drought forces Kenya's cattle herders to consider fish and camels 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 5 Sep 5 3 417
Brutal Heat Wave Will Extend Streak of 100 Days of 100 Degrees F (Sci Am) 2 usonian Sep 5 Sep 5 8 479
CA, NV, AZ Enduring Another Heatwave W. Temps Up To 118F; NWS Issues Heat Warning For San Francisco(!) 1 hatrack Sep 5 Sep 5 6 374
Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of the plastic pollution crisis 2 sl8 Sep 5 Sep 5 9 6624
'Transformational': how a California city launched America's first hydrogen-powered passenger train 1 Caribbeans Sep 4 Sep 5 8 551
Surprise!! Carbon Credit Plan Flopped In Mozambique; "Improved" Cookstoves Were Cheap Junk, No Follow-Up Or Support 1 hatrack Sep 4 Sep 5 9 473
What Extremely Expensive Infrastrucure Is Highly Vulnerable To Extreme Heat And Cold? Bridges. 2 hatrack Sep 5 Sep 5 7 366
Australian Officials Confirm Early, High Fire Risk In Parts Of Three States Plus Northern Territory 0 hatrack Sep 5 Sep 5 3 268
Hottest Summer On Record For Japan; Hottest August On Record For Multiple Regions In China 1 hatrack Sep 5 Sep 5 4 267
MS Officials Block Solar Advocates From Speaking At "Roundtable" - Except For The TX Oil Think-Tank Guy, Of Course 0 hatrack Sep 5 Sep 5 8 392
Phoenix, AZ: 100th Straight Day of 100 Degree Temp, 110 Tmrw, Hottest Phoenix Summer Since 1896 19 appalachiablue Sep 4 Sep 4 7 763
Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days 2 sl8 Sep 4 Sep 4 11 503
In 2022, Montgomery County MD Public Schools committed to 326 Battery Electric Buses. How's it going? 8 Caribbeans Sep 4 Sep 4 1 387
California city's $550m deal with Chevron could be a national model for environmentalists 0 usonian Sep 4 Sep 4 1 301
How Exxon chases billions in US subsidies for a 'climate solution' that helps it drill more oil 1 sl8 Sep 3 Sep 3 12 379
Reuters: Global solar generation overtakes wind for longest ever stretch 0 OKIsItJustMe Sep 3 Sep 3 7 298
Reuters: Global data center industry to emit 2.5 billion tons of CO2 through 2030, Morgan Stanley says 1 OKIsItJustMe Sep 3 Sep 3 3 285
Reuters: Clash between isolated indigenous group and loggers leaves two dead in Peru's Amazon 0 OKIsItJustMe Sep 3 Sep 3 2 291
Please, No Diamonds for the Wilderness Act's 60th Anniversary 0 douglas9 Sep 3 Sep 3 12 314
Renewables Generated 40% of Global Electricity for First Time Ever in 2023 0 Think. Again. Sep 3 Sep 3 11 398
Reuters: The climate threats on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific itinerary 12 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2 Sep 3 5 693
Reuters: Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish at risk 2 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2 Sep 2 7 457
Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the 'noisiest bay in the world' 2 sl8 Sep 1 Sep 2 6 441
Environment Feds will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2 Sep 2 3 297
PSA: Jaguar owners told to park outside; nearly 3,000 vehicles at risk of fire 3 Caribbeans Sep 1 Sep 2 2 646
After 1.4 Million Gallon Toxic Tar Sands Tailings Spill, Canada Fines Imperial Oil +/- 1 Day Of Their CEO's Pay 6 hatrack Sep 1 Sep 1 10 566
FEMA Flood Risk Index Based On Property Values, Not Geography. Sorry, Eastern Kentucky . . . . 4 hatrack Sep 1 Sep 1 14 586
Canada - "Despite Carbon Capture's Terrible Track Record, Governments Keep Subsidizing The Technology" 1 hatrack Sep 1 Sep 1 3 374
Five Years After Hurricane Dorian, Displaced Citizens Of The Bahamas Shift From One Shantytown To The Next 0 hatrack Sep 1 Sep 1 3 357
Fracking. 13 HarryM Aug 30 Sep 1 8 633

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Something's Poisoning America's Farms. Scientists Fear 'Forever' Chemicals. 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 31 Sep 1 29 833
From the archives: Jimmy Carter installs solar panels on White House roof 11 OKIsItJustMe Aug 31 Aug 31 12 643
Business Courts - New Part Of TX Judiciary - Stacked With Lawyers Who Represented BP, Exxon, Chevron, US Chamber 3 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 2 368
Scientists make optimistic discovery while studying mangroves and salt marshes: 'This contribution has previously been o 10 Judi Lynn Aug 31 Aug 31 62 1749
Amazon Brags About Data Center Water Efficiency, Says Nothing Of Water Demands Of Plants That Power Them 2 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 4 725
Georgia Power Purchase Keeps Mississippi Coal Plant Online Past Planned Closure - Data Centers Again 0 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 1 301
Interior Department Protects 28 Million Acres In Alaska, Reversing Last-Minute Attempted Trump Land Grab 2 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 7 333
GHGs From Australian Coal Plants Rose Slightly In 1st Half Of 2024 As Wind/Hydro Fell Off, Power Demand Grew 0 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 2 415
Australia Records Hottest Winter Day On Record; Alice Springs Daily High Tops Average Maximum Summer Temp 0 hatrack Aug 31 Aug 31 4 287
How did Recology's hydrogen fuel cell truck pilot go? 11 Caribbeans Aug 30 Aug 30 4 862
Feds giving West Coast states $100 million to create zero-emission truck fueling network 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 30 Aug 30 6 402
Colorado's first reintroduced wolf pack to be relocated after livestock depredations 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 30 Aug 30 8 381
For +/- 200,000 California Residents, Allstate Premiums Are About To Rise By An Average Of 34% 4 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 4 761
SINKING SEAWEED: An ambitious strategy aims to cool the planet by dumping farmed seaweed on the sea floor. 4 sl8 Aug 30 Aug 30 7 575
Mayor Of Santorini Appeals For End To Tourism Construction; "We Don't Need Any More Hotels Or Rented Rooms" 5 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 10 564
Canada's 2023 Wildfire GHG Emissions Would Have Ranked As World's 4th-Largest Economy, Between India And Germany 1 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 2 270
Exxon Loves Subsidies For Putative Climate Techno-Fixes So Much That It Sponsored An Event At The DNC In Chicago 1 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 3 421
Hottest August Temperature In Sydney Since 1995 (Reminder - It's Late Winter Down There) 1 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 3 372
After Multiple Winters W. Nearly No Rain, Farmers In Northern Greece Irrigating Crops With Tanker Trucks 1 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 4 377
On Slicks and Satellites: An Open Source Guide to Marine Oil Spill Detection (bellingcat) 0 sl8 Aug 30 Aug 30 4 284
$12 Billion In US Public Funding For "Carbon Capture", Fossil Hydrogen, Other Unproven/Flailing Climate "Solutions" 5 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 3 526
'Heartbreaking': Family loses 6 cats in house fire after Tesla ignites in garage 2 Caribbeans Aug 29 Aug 29 6 543
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery Health Degrades At Full Charge, Study Finds 0 Caribbeans Aug 29 Aug 29 4 433
BYD calls out the US and Europe for being 'afraid' of Chinese EVs 3 Caribbeans Jun 2024 Aug 29 2 14384
Biden EPA Rejects Plastics Industry's Fuzzy Math That Misleads Customers About Recycled Content 4 sl8 Aug 29 Aug 29 10 504
Plan finalized to kill thousands of barred owls around Northwest 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 29 Aug 29 2 484
Cybertruck Catches Fire After Running Into Fire Hydrant And Getting Wet. It Needed A Lot More Water To Be Put Out. 11 Caribbeans Aug 28 Aug 29 4 933
Not 1 GQP Vote For The IRA; Now, 18 Caucus Members Want Johnson To Protect Some Climate/Energy Provisions From Rollback 1 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 1 673
Why extreme heat is making campaign rallies more dangerous 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 1 373
AMS State Of The Climate Report: 2023 Crushed Records Across The Boards - Ocean Heat, Loss Of Cloud Cover, Drought 1 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 2 268

Environment & Energy Continued...

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"It Spans Kilometers" - Greek Port Of Volos, Nearby Pagesitic Gulf Carpeted W. 100s Of 1,000s Of Dead Fish 0 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 4 497
Norway's Atlantic Salmon Runs Collapse To Record Lows; 33 Rivers Closed To Fishing 0 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 6 392
As Many As 10,000 Glaciers May Have Vanished Worldwide In Recent Decades; Scientists Working To Nail Down Numbers 0 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 1 252
Apparent Signal Of Increased Methane Output From Rapidly Warming Natural Sources (Permafrost, Wetlands) 0 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 3 297
Gov. DeWhiteboots Backs Away From State Park Golf Course Plan: "I Never Saw That" 4 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 10 489
US Army gives thrilling inside look at groundbreaking new rescue truck: 'Your vehicle is your power generator' 3 Caribbeans Aug 28 Aug 28 9 802
Owners of Montana coal plant beg U.S. Supreme Court to halt Biden pollution rules 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 28 Aug 28 5 406
Invasive Cats in the Antarctic Turbo Evolving 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 28 Aug 28 10 771
The Switch: Using heat storage as an alternative to lithium batteries REUTERS 4 ihaveaquestion Aug 28 Aug 28 12 685
US clean energy jobs growth rate double that of overall jobs, report says 2 sl8 Aug 28 Aug 28 7 273
Solar PV flooring for residential, commercial use 3 Caribbeans Aug 27 Aug 28 2 504
WP Editorial - The Next Big Climate Target - Ending Carbon Offset Scams 0 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 5 416
Major Science Report Pegs "Very Poor" Outlook For GBR Ecosystem - Oz Gov Released It w/o Fanfare On A Friday Afternoon 1 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 6 514
US Monocultures Adding To Heat/Humidity - One Acre Of Corn - 3-4,000 Gallons Of Water Vapor During Hot Weather 1 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 8 395
Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century 1 sl8 Aug 28 Aug 28 17 498
UK Environment Minister Under Pressure To Dump Subsidies For "Green" Wood Pellet Imports For Power Generation 0 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 4 250
Electric vehicles catch fire at Rivian's Normal, Illinois plant 9 Caribbeans Aug 25 Aug 27 6 946
This Scientist Has a Risky Plan to Cool Earth - solar geoengineering. There's Growing Interest. 14 Bundbuster Aug 2024 Aug 27 8 1163
New Jersey homeowner's electricity-savings DIY project sets house on fire 3 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 27 2 572
Coors, Koch, Scaife, Uihlein, Bradley, Seid - The Six Billionaire Families Underwriting Project 2025 1 hatrack Aug 24 Aug 27 20 618
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