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July 2024 Atmospheric CO2 Content 425.55 ppm; July 2023 421.83 ppm; July 2022 418.85 ppm 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 333
19 Cases Of Valley Fever - Fungal Disease - Confirmed In CA Festival Crowd; 8 Hospitalizations 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 456
Gee, What Will Happen??!!!? TX Debating Possible Tightening Of Rules For Disposing Of O&G Drilling Waste 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 318
How a bat disease may have led to the death of more than 1,000 kids 0 applegrove Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 613
Breaking: SDG&E battery storage facility fire in Escondido prompts evacuations 1 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 743
The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 496
Toyota and BMW Strengthen Collaboration Towards the Advancement of a Hydrogen Society 3 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 606
Drought forces Kenya's cattle herders to consider fish and camels 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 541
Brutal Heat Wave Will Extend Streak of 100 Days of 100 Degrees F (Sci Am) 2 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 617
CA, NV, AZ Enduring Another Heatwave W. Temps Up To 118F; NWS Issues Heat Warning For San Francisco(!) 1 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 449
Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of the plastic pollution crisis 2 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 6720
'Transformational': how a California city launched America's first hydrogen-powered passenger train 1 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 743
Surprise!! Carbon Credit Plan Flopped In Mozambique; "Improved" Cookstoves Were Cheap Junk, No Follow-Up Or Support 1 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 561
What Extremely Expensive Infrastrucure Is Highly Vulnerable To Extreme Heat And Cold? Bridges. 2 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 471
Australian Officials Confirm Early, High Fire Risk In Parts Of Three States Plus Northern Territory 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 338
Hottest Summer On Record For Japan; Hottest August On Record For Multiple Regions In China 1 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 331
MS Officials Block Solar Advocates From Speaking At "Roundtable" - Except For The TX Oil Think-Tank Guy, Of Course 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 468
Phoenix, AZ: 100th Straight Day of 100 Degree Temp, 110 Tmrw, Hottest Phoenix Summer Since 1896 19 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1360
Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days 2 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 600
In 2022, Montgomery County MD Public Schools committed to 326 Battery Electric Buses. How's it going? 8 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 581
California city's $550m deal with Chevron could be a national model for environmentalists 0 usonian Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 368
How Exxon chases billions in US subsidies for a 'climate solution' that helps it drill more oil 1 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 461
Reuters: Global solar generation overtakes wind for longest ever stretch 0 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 367
Reuters: Global data center industry to emit 2.5 billion tons of CO2 through 2030, Morgan Stanley says 1 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 364
Reuters: Clash between isolated indigenous group and loggers leaves two dead in Peru's Amazon 0 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 368
Please, No Diamonds for the Wilderness Act's 60th Anniversary 0 douglas9 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 381
Renewables Generated 40% of Global Electricity for First Time Ever in 2023 0 Think. Again. Sep 2024 Sep 2024 11 544
Reuters: The climate threats on Pope Francis' Asia-Pacific itinerary 12 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 1022
Reuters: Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish at risk 2 OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 562
Penguins on the precipice: Survival in the 'noisiest bay in the world' 2 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 551

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Environment Feds will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 373
PSA: Jaguar owners told to park outside; nearly 3,000 vehicles at risk of fire 3 Caribbeans Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 843
After 1.4 Million Gallon Toxic Tar Sands Tailings Spill, Canada Fines Imperial Oil +/- 1 Day Of Their CEO's Pay 6 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 702
FEMA Flood Risk Index Based On Property Values, Not Geography. Sorry, Eastern Kentucky . . . . 4 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 14 702
Canada - "Despite Carbon Capture's Terrible Track Record, Governments Keep Subsidizing The Technology" 1 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 459
Five Years After Hurricane Dorian, Displaced Citizens Of The Bahamas Shift From One Shantytown To The Next 0 hatrack Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 473
Fracking. 13 HarryM Aug 2024 Sep 2024 8 938
Something's Poisoning America's Farms. Scientists Fear 'Forever' Chemicals. 4 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Sep 2024 29 944
Business Courts - New Part Of TX Judiciary - Stacked With Lawyers Who Represented BP, Exxon, Chevron, US Chamber 3 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 465
Scientists make optimistic discovery while studying mangroves and salt marshes: 'This contribution has previously been o 10 Judi Lynn Aug 2024 Aug 2024 62 1937
Amazon Brags About Data Center Water Efficiency, Says Nothing Of Water Demands Of Plants That Power Them 2 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 834
Georgia Power Purchase Keeps Mississippi Coal Plant Online Past Planned Closure - Data Centers Again 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 407
Interior Department Protects 28 Million Acres In Alaska, Reversing Last-Minute Attempted Trump Land Grab 2 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 434
GHGs From Australian Coal Plants Rose Slightly In 1st Half Of 2024 As Wind/Hydro Fell Off, Power Demand Grew 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 491
Australia Records Hottest Winter Day On Record; Alice Springs Daily High Tops Average Maximum Summer Temp 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 360
How did Recology's hydrogen fuel cell truck pilot go? 11 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1343
Feds giving West Coast states $100 million to create zero-emission truck fueling network 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 487
Colorado's first reintroduced wolf pack to be relocated after livestock depredations 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 462
For +/- 200,000 California Residents, Allstate Premiums Are About To Rise By An Average Of 34% 4 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 932
SINKING SEAWEED: An ambitious strategy aims to cool the planet by dumping farmed seaweed on the sea floor. 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 745
Mayor Of Santorini Appeals For End To Tourism Construction; "We Don't Need Any More Hotels Or Rented Rooms" 5 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 729
Canada's 2023 Wildfire GHG Emissions Would Have Ranked As World's 4th-Largest Economy, Between India And Germany 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 368
Exxon Loves Subsidies For Putative Climate Techno-Fixes So Much That It Sponsored An Event At The DNC In Chicago 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 531
Hottest August Temperature In Sydney Since 1995 (Reminder - It's Late Winter Down There) 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 503
After Multiple Winters W. Nearly No Rain, Farmers In Northern Greece Irrigating Crops With Tanker Trucks 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 466
On Slicks and Satellites: An Open Source Guide to Marine Oil Spill Detection (bellingcat) 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 367
$12 Billion In US Public Funding For "Carbon Capture", Fossil Hydrogen, Other Unproven/Flailing Climate "Solutions" 5 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 788
'Heartbreaking': Family loses 6 cats in house fire after Tesla ignites in garage 2 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 733
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery Health Degrades At Full Charge, Study Finds 0 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 611
BYD calls out the US and Europe for being 'afraid' of Chinese EVs 3 Caribbeans Jun 2024 Aug 2024 2 14521

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Biden EPA Rejects Plastics Industry's Fuzzy Math That Misleads Customers About Recycled Content 4 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 621
Plan finalized to kill thousands of barred owls around Northwest 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 599
Cybertruck Catches Fire After Running Into Fire Hydrant And Getting Wet. It Needed A Lot More Water To Be Put Out. 11 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1240
Not 1 GQP Vote For The IRA; Now, 18 Caucus Members Want Johnson To Protect Some Climate/Energy Provisions From Rollback 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 776
Why extreme heat is making campaign rallies more dangerous 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 461
AMS State Of The Climate Report: 2023 Crushed Records Across The Boards - Ocean Heat, Loss Of Cloud Cover, Drought 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 378
"It Spans Kilometers" - Greek Port Of Volos, Nearby Pagesitic Gulf Carpeted W. 100s Of 1,000s Of Dead Fish 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 636
Norway's Atlantic Salmon Runs Collapse To Record Lows; 33 Rivers Closed To Fishing 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 469
As Many As 10,000 Glaciers May Have Vanished Worldwide In Recent Decades; Scientists Working To Nail Down Numbers 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 327
Apparent Signal Of Increased Methane Output From Rapidly Warming Natural Sources (Permafrost, Wetlands) 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 384
Gov. DeWhiteboots Backs Away From State Park Golf Course Plan: "I Never Saw That" 4 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 607
US Army gives thrilling inside look at groundbreaking new rescue truck: 'Your vehicle is your power generator' 3 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 939
Owners of Montana coal plant beg U.S. Supreme Court to halt Biden pollution rules 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 517
Invasive Cats in the Antarctic Turbo Evolving 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 888
The Switch: Using heat storage as an alternative to lithium batteries REUTERS 4 ihaveaquestion Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 799
US clean energy jobs growth rate double that of overall jobs, report says 2 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 374
Solar PV flooring for residential, commercial use 3 Caribbeans Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 702
WP Editorial - The Next Big Climate Target - Ending Carbon Offset Scams 0 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 504
Major Science Report Pegs "Very Poor" Outlook For GBR Ecosystem - Oz Gov Released It w/o Fanfare On A Friday Afternoon 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 633
US Monocultures Adding To Heat/Humidity - One Acre Of Corn - 3-4,000 Gallons Of Water Vapor During Hot Weather 1 hatrack Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 517
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