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Erosion, federally endangered sturgeon spark debate over Connecticut River dams 0 NNadir Sep 3 Sep 3 0 262
Norway's Electricity Crisis is About to Hit Britain. 4 NNadir Sep 3 Sep 3 5 562
A Few Weeks Left For Biggest Iceberg On Record; Down To 623 Sq Miles, A23A Melting Rapidly 2 hatrack Sep 3 Sep 3 9 469
Namibia's first green hydrogen village will supply region with zero carbon fertiliser 1 Caribbeans Sep 2 Sep 3 5 287
Climate experts say Energy Department's greenhouse gases report is wrong - CBS News 1 Rhiannon12866 Sep 3 Sep 3 16 394
Hydrogen high tech at the BMW Group: start of series production in 2028 is getting closer. 0 Caribbeans Sep 2 Sep 2 0 271
Energy secretary's crusade against wind and solar gets even dumber 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2 Sep 2 5 494
Cruise industry group sues to challenge Hawaii's tourism tax designed to deal with climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2 Sep 2 1 274
Met Office - Summer 2025 Was UK's Hottest Summer On Record; All Top 5 Hottest Summers Have Been Since 2020 0 hatrack Sep 2 Sep 2 5 251
How Strange! Money To Publicize 2-Year Study Of Iowa's Water Pollution Problem Disappears From State Budget 0 hatrack Sep 2 Sep 2 5 328
China Dongfang Installs World's Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine 26MW 0 Caribbeans Sep 2 Sep 2 3 409
CaetanoBus delivered first hydrogen buses to Finland (for a pilot) 0 Caribbeans Sep 1 Sep 1 2 235
Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 31 Aug 31 7 314
'It happened so fast': the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona 2 hunter Aug 31 Aug 31 24 856
India's growing lion population should be cause for celebration, but it's also a deadly problem 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 31 Aug 31 4 336
Seasonal Waves Could Reach Some of Easter Island's Massive Moai Statues by 2080, New Study Suggests 0 Judi Lynn Aug 30 Aug 30 5 259
Apple's 240 Megawatt/hour battery storage project in Parkland California is on fire. 0 hunter Aug 30 Aug 30 9 559
The Media is Ignoring A Black Community Under Siege 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 30 Aug 30 6 431
Texas suit alleging anti-coal "cartel" of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG 0 DBoon Aug 30 Aug 30 5 289
20 Years After Katrina, New Levees Sinking, Oceans Rising And Corps/FEMA Funding Already Being Eliminated 2 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 6 313
After Shoveling Billions To Drax For "Sustainable" Generation, Billions For "Carbon Capture" Also Under Scrutiny 0 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 1 265
Largest UK Lake - Loch Neagh In Northern Ireland - On Track For Worst Year Ever For Toxic Algae Blooms 0 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 1 255
American Scientists Continue To Contribute To Next IPCC Assessment, Though Numbers Down 80% From Last Cycle 0 hatrack Aug 30 Aug 30 4 290
India Eyes 10 Per Cent Of Global Green Hydrogen Market As Competition with China Intensifies 1 Caribbeans Aug 29 Aug 29 1 314
It is apparently possible to make wind turbines useful, somewhat to my surprise. 4 NNadir Aug 29 Aug 29 6 585
Trump Halts Wind Farm Near Completion -- Rhode Island Fights Back - Rhode Island PBS 6 Rhiannon12866 Aug 29 Aug 29 5 357
Florida's once-pristine springs threatened by pollution, development and climate change 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 29 Aug 29 3 348
Thawing permafrost raised carbon dioxide levels after the last ice age 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 29 Aug 29 4 258
Study: Modeling Runs Show 70% Chance Of Collapse Of Atlantic Conveyer Current If GHG Levels Continue To Rise 5 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 11 396
Every Day, Beach Cleaners Near Adelaide Remove 100s Of Pounds Of 1,000s Of Fish, Sea Creatures Killed By Algae Bloom 0 hatrack Aug 29 Aug 29 10 339

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Spainish Town using Vine Canopies to Reduce Heat Re: 3,0000 yr old Persian Technique 9 electric_blue68 Aug 28 Aug 29 23 792
India Tackles Hydrogen's Water Crisis with Low-Cost Seawater Electrolyser From the Indian Institute of Technology Madras 1 Caribbeans Aug 28 Aug 28 3 299
Rising temperatures intensify "supercell thunderstorms" in Europe 1 OKIsItJustMe Aug 28 Aug 28 4 296
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report 3 OKIsItJustMe Aug 28 Aug 28 4 311
Trump administration advances plan to reverse federal rule that limits logging in national forests 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 28 Aug 28 9 312
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds 0 muriel_volestrangler Aug 28 Aug 28 14 466
Chapter 10. The Venus Syndrome & Runaway Climate - James Hansen 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 28 Aug 28 4 247
Study: Humans Inhale Up To 68,000 Plastic Fragments Daily: Inhalation "May Be More Significant Than We Realize" 1 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 7 316
Lobbyists Unveil Big Tobacco Playbook To Pressure MPs Against Regulating Toxic PFAS Tied To Disease, Hormone Disruption 0 hatrack Aug 28 Aug 28 5 280
'Peak Water Security' Crisis, Texas A&M Researcher Warns 2 OKIsItJustMe Aug 28 Aug 28 10 466
China races to build world's largest solar farm to meet emissions targets 1 Caribbeans Aug 28 Aug 28 1 353
Pasadena Council Approves $32 Million Hydrogen Bus Contract, Accelerating Zero-Emission Fleet Conversion 1 Caribbeans Aug 27 Aug 28 1 274
EVs reduce climate pollution, but by how much? New U-M research has the answer 4 OKIsItJustMe Aug 27 Aug 27 3 477
Burgum: people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 27 Aug 27 3 550
Mysterious Structures at 3,000 Meters Beneath the Pacific May Emit Over 5 Billion in Hydrogen Each Year--No Drilling Req 4 Caribbeans Aug 26 Aug 27 10 1836
Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined 7 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 27 6 408
Record Post-COVID Visitor #s At Yosemite; Meanwhile, Trump's NPS Barely Hit Half Of Seasonal Hiring Target By July 0 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 4 376
Wow! We're saved! The British have introduced recyclable wind turbine blades!!! I learned about it right here at DU. 9 NNadir Aug 27 Aug 27 5 588
Google/Alphabet President Gushes Over "Fantastic" DOE Plans To Power AI With 'Incredibly Clean" Coal 4 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 3 388
The blue dragon: The spectacular sea slug behind beach closures in Spain 5 cbabe Aug 27 Aug 27 8 612
20 Years After Katrina, FEMA On The Chopping Block, Agency Run By Guy Who Said He Didn't Know About Hurricane "Season" 1 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 8 323
GA County Commissioners Vote Unanimously To Delay Vote On AI "Hypercenter" After Large-Scale Resident Pushback 0 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 7 299
Study - Local Heat Spikes Driven By Deforestation Have Killed +/- 500,000 People Over 20 Years 0 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 5 242
Summer 2025 Will "Almost Certainly" Be The Warmest Summer In UK Weather Records Dating Back To 1884 0 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 3 252
Multiple Fires In CA, OR, MT Have (So Far) Failed To Cause Major Damage, But Season Just Getting Going 0 hatrack Aug 27 Aug 27 2 237
U.S. underprepared for natural disasters after Trump changes, current and ex-FEMA employees say - CBS News 1 Rhiannon12866 Aug 27 Aug 27 3 238
HD Hyundai Executive Vice Chairman Chung Kisun Meets TerraPower, including Chairman Bill Gates, to Discuss Nuclear ... 1 OKIsItJustMe Aug 26 Aug 26 2 342
RWE's Sofia is the UK's first offshore wind farm to use recyclable rotor blades 0 OKIsItJustMe Aug 26 Aug 26 2 338
The Biological Consequences of Benny Sovacool's Call for Deep Sea Mining to Go "Green." 0 NNadir Aug 26 Aug 26 2 793
This updated NASA CERES Satellite data shows why we expect much more regional warming in the pipeline. 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 25 Aug 25 5 1071

Environment & Energy Continued...

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NASA Earth Science Faces Loss Of More Than Half Its Budget; Data It Provides Spans The Sciences 1 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 5 394
'This technology is possible today': Nuclear waste could be future power source and increase access to a rare fuel 3 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 25 5 879
New TN Hospital Flooded During Helene; Now, Thanks To Big Shitty Bill, There's A Good Chance That It Will Never Reopen 5 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 10 1553
At CITES Conference At Year-End, US Will Make History By Proposing Zero Upgrades In Status For Trafficked Wildlife 1 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 2 306
Funding Cut For Only US Icebreaker Available For Antarctic Research; Successor Ship Postponed Indefinitely 2 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 3 329
EU Study - European Crop Losses Projected To Increase By 2/3 By 2050, To $29 Billion Annually 0 hatrack Aug 25 Aug 25 2 277
Research Details Devastating Toll of Colonization on Pacific Northwest Wildlife 2 Judi Lynn Aug 25 Aug 25 8 955
Will there be a La Nina this fall? Here's what forecasters predict and what it means for the weather 0 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 6 911
As glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions - PBS NewsHour 5 Rhiannon12866 Aug 23 Aug 24 8 396
Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead to "catastrophic consequences" for years, study finds - CBS News 3 Rhiannon12866 Aug 23 Aug 24 7 420
Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction 1 applegrove Aug 20 Aug 24 6 447
Goodbye to polluting trucks--Walmart unveils the first green hydrogen vehicle approved in Latin America 0 Caribbeans Aug 24 Aug 24 2 267
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 24 Aug 24 7 559
America's 2.2 Billion Dollar "Greatest Energy Disaster (?)" to Be "Left to Rot" After a Decade of Operations. 2 NNadir Aug 23 Aug 24 6 616
Shitstain Wants To Offload MI National Parks Onto The State - w/o Budget, Staff Or Training To Make It Possible 6 hatrack Aug 20 Aug 24 12 660
The Plan to Turn the Caribbean's Glut of Sargassum Into Biofuel 1 Judi Lynn Aug 24 Aug 24 7 431
Antarctic submarine canyons may negatively impact ocean circulation, iceshelf thinning and the climate. 1 Tonk Aug 24 Aug 24 7 445
Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory 7 douglas9 Aug 23 Aug 24 9 514
Sacramento Food Trucks Embrace Clean Energy with Hydrogen Fuel Cells at Tahoe Park Event 1 Caribbeans Aug 23 Aug 23 3 203
Trump halts work on New England offshore wind project that's nearly complete 4 Eugene Aug 23 Aug 23 10 467
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