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NOAA ESRL - January 2026 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 428.62 ppm; January 2025 426.65 ppm; January 2024 422.80 ppm 6 hatrack 7 hrs ago 24 min ago 3 202
NOAA - Western US Snowpack Lowest In Decades, Esp. In CO River Headwaters Area; 2/1/26 Total Cover Lowest On Record 4 hatrack 4 hrs ago 25 min ago 8 252
"More Everything Forever" Author On Magical Futurism Bullshit Churned Out By Musk, Thiel, Altman, et. al. 17 hatrack Yesterday 4 hrs ago 54 1663
At The Threshold Of 1.5C, Paris Is Dead; A Picture Of Rapid Climate Destabilization Is Becoming Increasingly Clear 0 hatrack 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 10 310
In Greenland, 200 Companies Have Mining Licenses; 2 Mines Exist. Good Luck W. Your Big Plan, President Fuckstick 0 hatrack 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 4 269
Federal Judge Strikes Down TX Law Intended To Target Critics Of Fossil Fuels 0 hatrack 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 12 258
In Memoriam: The Scientific Legacy of Dr. Katherine T. Peter 2 NNadir 21 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 14 253
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 0 hunter 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 7 225
Warmer Water From Emptier Colorado River Reservoirs Has Multiple Negative Impacts On Power Generation, Water Treatment 3 hatrack Yesterday 21 hrs ago 8 247
Another El Nino Already? What Can We Learn from It? -- James Hansen, et al. 1 OKIsItJustMe Yesterday Yesterday 12 417
Shocked, Shocked! Bezos Destroys WP Climate Reporting Team - 14 Of 19 Reporters On That Beat Are Now Gone 1 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 9 270
One Year's Data From MethaneSat Showed Global CH4 Output From Oil & Gas Operations "Far Exceeds" Company Claims 0 hatrack Yesterday Yesterday 12 239
German energy policy moves from expensive stuff that doesn't work well to stuff that doesn't exist. 5 NNadir Wednesday Thursday 3 387
Electronic Waste Graveyard 2 douglas9 Thursday Thursday 9 378
You Don't Say!! Flawed Economic Models Mean Climate Collapse Could Also Collapse Global Economy 3 hatrack Thursday Thursday 12 336
This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. 4 flashman13 Tuesday Thursday 16 1159
EPA Destroying Environmental Protections Across The Board While Citing "National Security" For Clean Air Act Exemptions 2 hatrack Thursday Thursday 9 332
Six Weeks On, Massive Fires In Argentine Patagonia Have Destroyed 110,000+ Acres Of Forest 0 hatrack Thursday Thursday 6 254
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn 1 littlemissmartypants Wednesday Wednesday 5 286
What you don't know about Greenland's minerals - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Tuesday Wednesday 11 573
Across The Western US, Cities Reaching Aggressively For New Water - Pipelines, Groundwater, Desalination 2 hatrack Tuesday Wednesday 9 317
Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishments Completed Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget. 0 NNadir Wednesday Wednesday 5 239
Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday Wednesday 6 323
Colorado Basin Snowpack At 55%, 7-State Deadline 2 Days Away (2/14) And Zero Prospects For An Agreement In Sight 1 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 9 309
1/3 Of Lawyers At DOJ Environmental Division Gone Since 1/25; Gridlocked Cases And Failed Enforcement Remain 0 hatrack Wednesday Wednesday 3 263
Shitstain Now 0 And 5 In Attempts To Block Offshore Wind Projects; Federal Judge's Decision Clears Orsted To Proceed 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 2 192
At PNG Reef W. Natural CO2 Leak, Scientist Find Young Corals, Branching Corals & Soft Corals Die Off From Acidification 0 hatrack Tuesday Tuesday 8 327
"It is extremely dire": Sen. Whitehouse Warns of Ongoing Climate-Driven Homeowners' Insurance Crisis - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Tuesday Tuesday 4 309

Environment & Energy Continued...

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As Heat And Salinity Rise Steadily, Iraqis In Basra Now Forced To Grow Date Palm Seedlings In Laboratories 1 hatrack Monday Monday 7 219
On The Edge Of The Atacama, Chile's Subterrenean Seedbank Stores Vital Species Frozen In Aluminum Pouches 0 hatrack Monday Monday 7 236
Nuclear refurbishment done and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister 0 OnlinePoker Monday Monday 2 168
Feral camels terrorizing Australian desert towns in search of water 0 jmbar2 Monday Monday 12 569
OFFS - Meet The Energy Department's Cute New Mascot: It's Coalie, Urging Us To "Mine, Baby, Mine!" 7 hatrack Jan 30 Monday 6 566
NRDC: Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange 0 OKIsItJustMe Sunday Sunday 10 361
Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed 3 hatrack Saturday Sunday 11 387
EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage 4 douglas9 Sunday Sunday 4 379
The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing 4 highplainsdem Saturday Sunday 12 431
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 0 Rhiannon12866 Sunday Sunday 3 244
Melbourne Harbor And Beaches Awash In Venomous Lion's Mane Jellyfish 1 hatrack Sunday Sunday 8 463
31 out of 48 papers the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, an American Chemical Society... 1 NNadir Sunday Sunday 13 548
The Imminent Copper Tailings Crisis in China 1 NNadir Saturday Saturday 5 554
Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing 0 NNadir Saturday Saturday 2 469
'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health 1 douglas9 Jan 30 Jan 30 3 358
After Pathetic FEMA Performances In Multiple States, Natural Disaster Survivors Want Noem Fired 2 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 11 684
Performative Colorado River Talks Pending; Expectations Low, Since Littlest President Having Tantwums At AZ, CO 1 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 2 340
Potential Interactions Between Birds And Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Spatially Informed Species Vulnerabilities 4 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 30 3 422
EPA Eliminating 13 Top Executive Positions; 2331 Employees - 13.5% Of Workforce - Gone Since January 2025 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 4 310
Scientific Mapping Project Shows East Coast Ghost Forests - Killed By Rising Seas - Are Far Larger Than Thought 0 hatrack Jan 30 Jan 30 10 364
Don't worry. Be happy. Server Farms Will Learn for Themselves How to Be All Renewabley and "Green." 0 NNadir Jan 29 Jan 29 2 478
"It's Not Just a Cost. It's a Scheme." Sen. Whitehouse Blasts Trump's Anti-Clean Energy Crusade - Senator Whitehouse 2 Rhiannon12866 Jan 29 Jan 29 8 336
Airports Across Asia Screening For Nipah Virus After Two Cases Confirmed In W. Bengal; 40-70% Fatality Rate, No Vaccine 2 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 7 409
America Leads Global, Massive Expansion Of Gas Power Plants Because Of (All Together Now!) AI. USA!! USA!! USA!! 1 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 1 344
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress 0 douglas9 Jan 29 Jan 29 9 369
Awwww!!!! Shitstain Backs Away From Pushing EPA To Gut Endangerment Finding - It Would Likely Lose In Court 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 343
Wastewater Geysers, Land Cracks & Subsidence Prompt West TX Landowner To Sue 8 Oil Companies For Damages 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 2 315
Conoco Phillips Rig On Its Way To Drill Falls Over, Catches On Fire - The Rig "Left The Road" 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 4 359
Well, Good Luck: OK State Senator Trying To Rein In Pollution Of Groundwater From Fracking Operations 0 hatrack Jan 29 Jan 29 5 262
Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them. 1 douglas9 Jan 28 Jan 29 11 329

Environment & Energy Continued...

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Environmental Activists Sued To Get UK National Security Assessment; Even Then, It Was Redacted 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 3 316
Guardian - What It's Like In Victoria These Days, When The Temperature Finally Dips Below 104F At 8:30 PM 1 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 9 418
Shitstain's EPA: 66 Environmental Rollbacks In One Year: "I Am For Whatever President Trump Is Advocating For" 0 hatrack Jan 28 Jan 28 8 481
Jacking Up Prices, Censoring Bookstores - But Worst Part Of Assault On NPS Devastating Loss Of Institutional Knowledge 2 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 17 517
This Storm Is Exactly What You'd Expect In A Warming World; BTW, How Will FEMA Respond (Assuming It Can)? 1 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 10 614
After Millei Cuts Firefighting Funds 81%, Argentina Faces Tough Go Fighting Huge Fires In Monoculure Pine Forests 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 3 408
All-Time Record Highs Across S. Australia, Victoria Approaching 50C (122F); Overnight Low In Adelaide Was 95F 0 hatrack Jan 27 Jan 27 8 367
I'm through one of my son's recent publications almost in tears. 7 NNadir Jan 23 Jan 26 53 1750
The Ocean Already 30% More Acidic Than In Preindustrial Era; Key Planetary Limit For Acidification Was Breached In 2020 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 11 330
New Mexico Sues 3 Texas Oil Execs For Offloading Cleanup For 100s Of Abandoned Wells While Pocketing Profits 3 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 15 450
Since There's No Problem That Can't Be Solved W. Marketing, Prepare For Lots Of Shiny, Green Data Center Advertising 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 6 396
At Late-January Seasonal Maximum Extent, Arctic Sea Ice Still Well Below All-Time Prior Record Lows 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 5 295
Pakistan Turned To China To Address Power Shortages, Now Faces Severe Pollution And Crippling Debt For Coal Plants 0 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 2 306
Poof!! ExxonMobil Creates Whole New Accounting System For GHGs, And Climate Collapse Is YOUR Fault, NOT Theirs!! 1 hatrack Jan 26 Jan 26 8 481
"Snow Drought" Means Significant Drawdown Likely From Flaming Gorge Dam This Spring In Effort To Prop Up Powell & Mead 3 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 7 519
Australia's Winter 2025-25 Heatwave Worst Since 2019-20's Black Summer, Made 5X More Likely By Global Warming 0 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 6 274
To Breathe In Delhi Means Inhaling (On Average) The Equivalent Of Half A Pack Of Cigarettes Every Day 0 hatrack Jan 25 Jan 25 4 383
A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow 1 littlemissmartypants Jan 25 Jan 25 7 337
Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That's bad news. 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 25 Jan 25 21 896
"Most Of The Data Centers Do Not Consume Water" - Ladies & Gentlemen, The Governor Of Utah!! 9 hatrack Jan 24 Jan 24 9 686
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