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When Is "Recyclable" Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means. 3 sl8 Aug 15 Aug 15 10 421
After All Their Greenwash And Bullshit, World's Biggest Banks Not Even Close To Stepping Away From FF Investment 0 hatrack Aug 15 Aug 15 5 368
November 2023 Explosion And Three-Day Fire At NM "Carbon Capture" Site Didn't Stop Millions In Tax Credits 1 hatrack Aug 15 Aug 15 2 343
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court's Chevron ruling 2 Eugene Aug 12 Aug 15 9 585
The Gift That Is Project 2025 Keeps On Giving - An Extra +/- 3 Billion Tons Of CO2 Output By 2030 1 hatrack Aug 14 Aug 15 1 390
Project 2025's Climate Cuts Would Cost Americans Billions Of Dollars Per Year 0 applegrove Aug 14 Aug 14 2 345
This oil veteran takes on 'zombie' wells in Texas REUTERS 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 14 Aug 14 5 370
"Extreme Anger" In The Cards If UK Labor Gov. Doesn't Drastically Overhaul Environmental Agency, Water Activists Warn 1 hatrack Aug 14 Aug 14 3 392
The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why 9 sl8 Aug 14 Aug 14 14 773
Hidden report reveals how workers got sick while cleaning up Ohio derailment site 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 14 Aug 14 6 319
Earth Needs a Prosecutor. Kamala Harris Is on the Case. 2 peppertree Aug 14 Aug 14 6 343
15 All-Time National Heat Records Set In 2024 So Far: "Beyond Anything Thought Possible Before" 1 hatrack Aug 14 Aug 14 9 400
Wildfires in 2023 caused massive CO2 emissions, compounding climate change 1 sl8 Aug 14 Aug 14 6 318
Giant old saguaros can be resilient. It's baby saguaros researchers are worried about 0 sl8 Aug 14 Aug 14 8 359
Canada's Record-Setting 2023 Fires Produced As Much CO2 As 10 "Normal" Fire Seasons 0 hatrack Aug 13 Aug 13 2 275
Urban Bird Populations Seem To Be Vectors For Resistant Bacteria Strains That Infect Humans 0 hatrack Aug 13 Aug 13 4 356
Trump and Musk Team Up for Absolute Stupidest Climate Discussion in World History 2 Bundbuster Aug 13 Aug 13 8 444
Aftermath Of 2021's $2 Billion Marshall Fire In Boulder A Rare Exception To The Usual Recovery Story 0 hatrack Aug 13 Aug 13 10 376
Only Russia Surpasses Australia In Terms Of The Damage Its Fossil Fuel Exports Do To The Climate 0 hatrack Aug 13 Aug 13 4 336
Heat aggravated by carbon pollution killed 50,000 in Europe last year - study 1 Eugene Aug 12 Aug 13 7 286
Biden- Harris Administration Announces Nearly $85 Million to Accelerate Domestic Heat Pump Manufacturing 3 applegrove Aug 12 Aug 13 6 552
In Colombia, hungry beetle larvae combat trash buildup 0 Judi Lynn Aug 13 Aug 13 1 284
Two-Front Fire With Flames Up To 80' High Moving Northeast Of Athens; Evacuations Accelerating 1 hatrack Aug 12 Aug 12 6 356
Second-hand electric cars become cheaper than petrol and diesel for first time 6 Judi Lynn Aug 11 Aug 12 3 712
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court's Chevron ruling 6 cbabe Aug 12 Aug 12 5 493
Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 11 Aug 11 7 446
Dem VP Pick Walz is 'Climate Champion,' Unlike Musk-Backed GOP EV Haters 2 Think. Again. Aug 11 Aug 11 6 316
Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms 13 Judi Lynn Aug 11 Aug 11 53 2203
Horrific Pantanal Fires Made 4-5X More Likely, 40% Hotter By Global Warming 1 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 8 402
July 2024 Was The Hottest Month On Record For California; New Record Highs In Redding, Palm Springs, Death Valley 1 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 4 318

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"We're Kind Of Teetering" - California Insurance Markets Continue To Destabilize In The Age Of Megafires 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 6 772
Does Japan's megaquake alert mean the 'big one' is coming? 1 Judi Lynn Aug 11 Aug 11 6 461
NOAA (Barely) Revises Hurricane Forecast - Upper-End Limit Now 24 Named Storms, Not 25 0 hatrack Aug 11 Aug 11 2 388
Sheer Chaos As Paint-On Perovskite Solar Cells Take Over 1 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 1103
Will We Have to Pump the Great Lakes to California to Feed the Nation? 16 Bundbuster Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 1017
All-Time Record American O&G Output Punctures Trump's Whining About Lack Of Energy "Dominance", But . . . 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 423
Charleston's Hospitals And Medical Offices Squarely In Bullseye Of Continual, Growing Flooding 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 422
Floods, Not Winds: Plodding, Drenching Debby Another Example Of A New Generation Of Tropical Storms 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 360
China, South Korea are top destinations for US LNG in July as Europe's market share drops 1 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 354
Lithium battery ignites fire at Upstate manufacturing plant 0 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 487
Excess memes and 'reply all' emails are bad for climate, researcher warns 2 cbabe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 370
"Sustinable" Biomass Plant Produces 4X CO2 Of UK's Last Coal Plant, More Than Next 4 Most Polluting Plants Combined 5 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 433
Biological Diversity, Federal and State Agencies Must Let Mexican Gray Wolves Live Free 0 Beringia Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 244
Federal Court Cites "Nature And Severity Of The Flaws" In FERC Approval Of 2 TX LNG Plants - Blocks Construction 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 323
EPA Investigates At Least Two Producers Of "Renewable" Biofuel Made Of Virgin Palm Oil, Other Feedstocks 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 344
Plans for Europe's largest lithium mine spark protests in Serbia - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 346
The Guardian: 'Massive disinformation campaign' is slowing global transition to green energy 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 496
The University of Alaska Fairbanks: Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape 6 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 466
ETH Zurich: Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 300
EPA issues emergency ban of weedkiller Dacthal, citing risks to unborn children 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 367
The University of Vermont: From Bad to Worse for Greenland--and Humanity 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 5885
Experiment shows repetition boosts belief in climate-skeptical claims, even among climate science endorsers 3 Jim__ Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 387
Costs for electricity during extreme weather rising; Dominion says nothing to worry about -- yet 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 388
One Year Almost To The Day Since Last One, Bigger Glacial Outburst Flood Hits Juneau Alaska 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 428
95F In Inuvik, Yukon Territory, 130 Miles North Of The Arctic Circle; 4th Heatwave Of The Summer 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 364
Over a billion birds die from striking U.S. buildings each year -- maybe many more 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 320
Dramatic Video Shows Lithium-Ion Battery Catch Fire As Dog Chews On It - Forbes 6 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 664
Tim Walz Is One of the Nation's Most Forceful Climate Advocates 2 Bundbuster Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 543
Reuters: Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef, scientists say 3 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 345
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 douglas9 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 241

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The Guardian: Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress (all Republicans) 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 304
The Guardian: Democrats' VP pick Tim Walz welcomed as climate champion by green advocates 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 388
AP: Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated 5 OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 340
SF Tech-Bros Want To Build "Eco-City" For 400,000 Residents In Solana County; They Have Water Rights To Support 40,000 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 507
3 Million Households Used 2023 Tax Credits For Solar, Heat Pumps, Efficiency; $8 Billion - 2X Federal Estimates 2 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 366
Mercedes EQE's Catastrophic Fire In Underground Garage: What We Know 6 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 717
In Charleston SC, Where Slow-Moving Storms Meet Rising Seas, Family Marks Fifth Flood In One Year 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 427
UK Wasp Populations Also In Apparent Rapid Decline, But Systematic Monitoring Lacking 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 323
Three UK Private Water Companies Face $214 Million In Fines For Years Of Massive Sewage Releases 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 285
July 2024 Atmospheric CO2 content 425.25 ppm; July 2023 421.83 ppm ; July 2022 418.85 ppm 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 221
SunPower files for bankruptcy, to sell some $45 mln assets via stalking horse bid 2 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 484
EcoFlow's Power Hat is a floppy, phone-charging solar panel for your noggin 1 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 510
Study - Artificial Lighting May Extend Photosynthesis, Making Tree Leaves Inedible To Insects 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 524
Cutting-edge technology helps researchers track hurricanes - NBC News 2 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 324
Federal government awards $150 million to reduce emissions in Virginia 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 266
Heat Driving Algae Growth In The Adriatic; Fishing Grinding To A Halt, Shellfish Suffocating 2 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 344
Alberta/BC Fires Dropping Soot On Canadian Rockies Glaciers, Accelerating Melt Rates 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 327
Indigenous Land Defender Named Amnesty's First 'Prisoner of Conscience' in Canada 0 cbabe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 302
Finally, Some Good News!! BP Announces $7 Billion In Dividends, Buybacks After Expanding Oil Projects!! 2 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 598
Death Valley Records Hottest July Ever; Previous Record For The Month Was Set In 2018 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 378
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