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This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:20:00 -0400

“In fact the commission has no record of ever fining or completing an enforcement case against Citation.”

UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groups

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:19:00 -0400

“Environmental groups, by contrast, didn’t get a single meeting with ministers or senior officials.”

Big Tech's thirst for water is sparking a global resistance

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:15:00 -0400

“In just one day, the data center would consume as much water as all 80,000 residents of Cerrillos use for drinking in a year.”

The River Can't Be Trusted

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:16:00 -0400

“They told us exactly where it was going to come and what it was going to do,” said Hall, the fire chief.

New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:18:00 -0400

“This does add to our greenhouse gas emissions in a massive way,”

The People of Utah vs. Kevin O'Leary

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:41:00 -0400

“We have to report on our neighbors if they’re watering at the wrong times or on the wrong days,”

Germany transforms former coal mines into Europe's largest lake landscape

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:58:00 -0400

“This is a process that will take two generations.”

'Explosion of melt rates': 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:40:00 -0400

“The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%.”

The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:51:00 -0400

“Wind, by comparison, is free.”

India's data center boom is leaving the people it displaces with nothing

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:30:00 -0400

“Developing countries should not become data waste centers, serving the elite of the world.”

Green Party wants to slam the brakes on UK datacenter construction until water and energy use are sorted

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:05:00 -0400

“A pause on building new datacenters would simply send investment and good jobs abroad, while leaving Britain dependent on overseas computing for the processing of sensitive health and defense data.”

Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead of Winter

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0400

“Peak anomalies reach +7 in the eastern parts.”

Swarms of tiny robots remove microplastics from soil and water

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:10:00 -0400

“In water, they removed about 94% of test polystyrene particles and 89% of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) in around an hour.”

The hidden cost of Myanmar's rare earth mines

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:50:30 -0400

“I think companies are consistently using Myanmar as a sacrifice zone.”

The Extraordinary Life and Quiet Death of the World's Largest Iceberg

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:40:00 -0400

“In March 2024, A23a’s progress across the ocean simply halted, and it began to twirl.”

Google's Exponential Path to Climate-Wrecking Digital Bloat

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:45:00 -0400

“The company’s total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025. This is very easily the biggest increase in their electricity consumption ever.”

New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:45:00 -0400

“HB 1217 prohibits local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals.”

Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:50:00 -0400

“How are we supposed to know if they’re getting close to the limitations of our freshwater aquifer if we don’t know how much water they’re using?”

Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:30:00 -0400

“Paris removed 70,000 parking spaces over a decade. Car traffic fell by 45 percent.”

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400

“Moneypoint, Ireland’s last operating coal plant, has shut down for good.”

Global warming has accelerated significantly

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0500

“After 2015, global temperature rose significantly faster than in any previous 10-year period since 1945.”

The Olympics Are Ditching PFAS Waxes—and the 'Ridiculous' Speed They Gave Skiers

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:55:29 -0500

“Scandinavian wax technicians had blood PFAS levels approximately 25 times higher than the general population.”

Phantom Pains

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:54:29 -0500

“Some of us wear a prosthesis. But all of us are amputated.”

California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:30:00 -0500

“Every part of California is free of drought conditions for the first time since 2001, per the US Drought Monitor.”

Year in Review: The Biggest Climate Headlines of 2025

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500

“The global average temperature anomaly for January to November 2025 stands at 0.60C above the 1991–2020 average, or 1.48C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial reference.”

Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500

“It’s a considerable difference, especially considering that summer is so short in the north.”

Twin Cyclones Kill Over 1,800 Across South and Southeast Asia

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

“Cyclone Senyar marked the first cyclonic storm to form in the Strait of Malacca in 135 years.”

COP30 Ends Without Agreement on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:00:00 -0500

“Science has been deleted from COP30 because it offends the polluters.”

Ministers Launch Global Initiative to Cut Farm Methane and Nitrous Oxide

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:00:00 -0500

“FIRST is the first coordinated South-South platform linking countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia to share practical, low-cost solutions.”

Lethal Dose of Plastics for Marine Animals Is Much Smaller Than Expected

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0500

“The lethal dose varies based on the species, the animal’s size, the type of plastic it’s consuming, and other factors, but overall it’s much smaller than you might think.”

UK and Brazil Launch $25 Million Program to Cut Methane and HFCs

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0500

“The UK and Brazil launched a ‘Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator’ to drive rapid cuts in methane, HFCs, and air pollutants across 30 developing countries by 2030.”

New Catalyst Converts CO2 to Fuel at Record Efficiency

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500

“When compared to noble metal catalysts such as platinum, the new catalyst demonstrated a 2.2-fold higher formation rate and a 1.8-fold higher yield.”

Antarctic Glacier Undergoes Fastest Retreat Ever Recorded

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500

“Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica was reported to have undergone the fastest retreat of any glacier on record.”

American E-Waste Causing 'Hidden Tsunami' in Southeast Asia

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0400

“This new, almost invisible tsunami of e-waste is taking place, padding already lucrative profit margins.”

Iceland Reports First-Ever Mosquitoes, Leaving Only Antarctica Mosquito-Free

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400

“This is the first record of mosquitoes occurring in the natural environment in Iceland.”

US Datacenters Turn to Coal as Climate Goals Go Up in Smoke

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400

“Coal generation increased nearly 20 percent year-to-date.”

Can Lab-Grown Coral Restore Reefs Damaged By Climate Change?

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400

“With 90-99% of remaining coral reefs projected to deteriorate by 2050, scientists are exploring lab-grown coral.”

Corals Won't Survive a Warmer Planet, New Study Finds

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0400

“If global temperatures keep rising, virtually all Atlantic Ocean corals will stop growing and could succumb to erosion by century’s end.”

Dozens of Scientists Find Errors in New Energy Department Climate Report

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400

“More than 85 scientists issued a joint rebuttal to a DOE report full of errors and cherry-picked data.”

Protect Arctic From Dangerous Climate Engineering, Scientists Warn

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400

“Over 40 polar scientists warn that geoengineering schemes for the Arctic are dangerous and impractical.”

Major Reversal in Ocean Circulation Detected in the Southern Ocean

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400

“Detection of a significant change in Southern Ocean circulation patterns with major implications for global climate systems.”

Two Years After Wildfire, Maui Homeowners Face Foreclosure

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:00:00 -0400

“That scared the crap out of me because I didn’t know if after 12 months I was going to have to pay that 12 months back in full…”

Temperature Records Broken as Extreme Heat Grips Europe

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:00:00 -0400

“Temperatures were 12C above the norm for the last few decades.”

Chemical Pollution a Threat Comparable To Climate Change

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:00:00 -0400

“Maybe people think that when you walk down the street breathing the air; you drink your water, you eat your food…the chemical safety of these things. But it really isn’t the case.”

NASA Satellites That Scientists and Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400

“The data are of exceptionally high quality.”

Researchers Map Where Solar Energy Delivers the Biggest Climate Payoff

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:30:00 -0400

“In California, a 15% increase in solar power at noon was associated with a reduction of 147.18 metric tons of CO2 in the first hour.”

The Future of Climate Change Is on Mauritius

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:00:00 -0400

“Mauritius lost between 2 and 56 percent of its living coral between 2001 and 2016.”

Global Freshwater Depletion

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:00:00 -0400

“Groundwater pumping accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.”

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:00:00 -0400

“Typically, the models forecast less than half of the change we’re seeing in the real world.”

Does planting trees really help cool the planet?

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0400

“The researchers acknowledge that the scenario modeled in the study is unlikely to be realized. It assumes trees could be restored to all areas where they once grew, which would require reclaiming developments such as housing as well as farmland and pastures.”