Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences
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Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the American South
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EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close
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Google will send the waste heat from its data center in Hamina, Finland, to that community's district heating system
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New GPS-based method can measure daily ice loss in Greenland
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Rice has a methane problem that a startup is promising to fix
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Europe's gas supply once again hinges on one company – Equinor now plays an outsized role in the ups and downs of the continent's gas prices
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Canada’s fire season erupts, sending harmful smoke into United States
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What is a keystone species, and why are they so important?
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Cryptocurrency mining as a novel virtual energy storage system in islanded and grid-connected microgrids
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Landmark UK study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
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New rules to overhaul US electric grids could boost wind and solar power
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At least 147 dead in monumental flood in Brazil. 127 missing.
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Carbon dioxide pipelines and underground injection can cut greenhouse gas, but community opposition is fierce
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A skeptic’s take on beaming power to Earth from space - Why we shouldn’t try to stick solar plants where the sun always shines
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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
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Powering homes with PVT energy, Stirling engines, battery storage
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A big new facility built to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere opened up in Iceland. It's a stepping stone to bigger plans in the US.
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PG&E rates: new fee would change monthly Californian electricity charges
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GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database documenting 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape restoration
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Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes
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‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence
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Big farms are under pressure to address the problem of dying salmon in Norway's vast fish-farm industry
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What your next water heater will look like
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New Environmental Protection Agency regulation requires coal plants in the US to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039
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America’s wind power production drops for the first time in twenty-five years
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Humans might need to re-engineer the climate
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Commercial operation marks completion of Vogtle expansion
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First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism
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A golden age of renewables is beginning, and California is leading the way
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Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem.
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Solar power is changing life deep in the Amazon
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
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Earth Day 2024 megathread
It's Earth day again, and we haven't had a post about it yet in ~enviro. Let's use this space to collect and discuss news articles or other postings that are relevant today.
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Grizzly bears will be returning to the Cascade mountain range
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Farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice in Vietnam
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Somalia bans fishing trawlers from its waters
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Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient
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Startups want to geoengineer a cooler planet. With few rules, experts see big risks.
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Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal PFAS limits
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Guangdong’s expected massive river flooding threatens millions after it ‘rained like a waterfall’
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief
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Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people
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Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up – decade-old idea for Snæfellsjökull has snowballed into a full-blown campaign
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
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US Bureau of Land Management increases priority of conservation efforts vs other uses of public land
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Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, says Swedish foreign minister
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More than 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as Ruang volcano erupts
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The great Serengeti land grab
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Hogzilla or Jaws? Wild pigs kill more people than sharks, research reveals.
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