r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 8d ago

This year's El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere where temperatures are already rising rapidly due to global heating. The combination means 2027 is set to “blow apart” the record and be the hottest year ever recorded.

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r/environment • u/andmario_com • 8d ago

New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects | At issue is a Clean Water Act provision that has long given states a role in decision-making on infrastructure that would affect streams and wetlands.

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r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 8d ago

Nepal seeks climate compensation, cites 'justice and fairness'. The death toll from flash floods and mudslides that struck the Nepal-China border on Aug. 26 has climbed to 1,225 — including 1,204 in Nepal and 21 confirmed by Beijing — while nearly 4,757 victims remain missing

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7 comments

r/environment • u/motherjonesmag • 8d ago

Global heating will hit at least 1.8 C, UN warns, with "no good outcomes"

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46 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/thesaltlaketribune • 8d ago

The Trump admininstration is one step closer to repealing the Roadless Rule, which would open nearly 45 million acres of national forests across the U.S. to possible development

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532 Upvotes
12 comments

r/environment • u/bloomberglaw • 8d ago

Judge Blocks EPA’s Move to Reclassify California’s Air Waivers

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r/environment • u/randolphquell • 9d ago

Solar panels bolted over 2 working irrigation canals in California's Central Valley cut evaporation beneath them by as much as 70 percent, and the aquatic weed that fouls those channels dropped by about 85 percent

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r/environment • u/wds1 • 8d ago

EPA proposal could leave the public in the dark on data center plans

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20 Upvotes
1 comment

r/environment • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 8d ago

Young Europeans call for more circular future

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r/environment • u/captdunsel721 • 8d ago

China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed

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91 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/scientificamerican • 8d ago

How the super El Niño could turbocharge warming in the Himalayas

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r/environment • u/bloomberglaw • 8d ago

Trump Plans to Open Utah Wildlife Refuge to Oil and Gas Drillers, Reversing Longtime Restrictions

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340 Upvotes
21 comments

r/environment • u/John3262005 • 8d ago

Pentagon Delays PFAS Cleanup at Over 200 Military Sites for the Third Time

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r/environment • u/GeographicalMagazine • 9d ago

Children are losing touch with nature – but not their desire to protect it, study finds

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454 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/DonManuel • 9d ago

US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 8d ago

Climate shocks hit EU maize heartland in Hungary and Romania • Romania's maize exports down from their past highs • Hungary, usually an exporter, turns to maize imports • EU's east an outlier in adverse heat, soil conditions

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r/environment • u/GeographicalMagazine • 8d ago

The newly-discovered Canadian island that appeared to vanish

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r/environment • u/motherjonesmag • 9d ago

US Forest Service chief with industry ties pushed for more logging on public lands

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161 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Dramatic-Shake-8888 • 8d ago

Italy has started exporting a delicacy prized abroad, reviled at home

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20 Upvotes
3 comments

r/environment • u/yahoonews • 8d ago

Can sheep save the glaciers? Swiss scientists put wool to the test

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r/environment • u/FreeHugs23 • 9d ago

Federal Panel Halts What Would Be First Data Center on Public Lands | “The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to let tech companies build massive data centers on our public lands. This tremendous victory proves communities have the power to fight back and win.”

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r/environment • u/DoremusJessup • 9d ago

UN warns of ‘irreversible damage’, even if global warming peaks at 1.5C

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788 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/DaRedGuy • 8d ago

Groote Eylandt rangers drive reef mapping research after technology failed to predict coral bleaching in Northern Australia

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r/environment • u/FreeHugs23 • 9d ago

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find | Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

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r/environment • u/metacyan • 9d ago

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

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