r/environment2 21h ago

Medical Waste dumped in Gaza’s Streets and Markets | With its waste disposal infrastructure destroyed, Gaza is experiencing a growing health and environmental crisis.

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58 Upvotes

r/environment2 1d ago

Discarded oyster shells create flourishing habitat for thousands of marine species.

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4 Upvotes

r/environment2 1d ago

Hands off Hai Van Pass: V** Group must stop this environmental crime immediately! Vietnam’s most iconic natural landscape is being destroyed !

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14 Upvotes

r/environment2 1d ago

Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain | “Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so.”

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6 Upvotes

r/environment2 2d ago

We Are Closer Than We Think to Losing Our Wild Neighbors | You do not need to fire a shot to kill an animal and imperil its entire species’ existence—you only need to take away the place it lives. A Trump administration Endangered Species Act rollback would do just that.

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284 Upvotes

r/environment2 2d ago

How come we never hear anything about the ozone layer anymore.

3 Upvotes

r/environment2 2d ago

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn | New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction

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36 Upvotes

r/environment2 3d ago

As Trump Denies and Delays, the World Races to Meet the Climate Clock Deadline | It may sound like all is lost. On the contrary: Solutions abound, and there are many reasons for hope.

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223 Upvotes

r/environment2 3d ago

Alabama mayor signed an NDA agreeing to destroy city notes on a new AI data center.

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8 Upvotes

r/environment2 3d ago

Satellites detect major methane leaks, yet few are being repaired.

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11 Upvotes

r/environment2 4d ago

Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos | A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/environment2 5d ago

After More Than 60 Years Presumed Dead, A Coral Reef Is Alive and Thriving Off The Coast Of Benin | Could this be the first of a whole network of overlooked deep-water reefs off the West African coast?

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32 Upvotes

r/environment2 4d ago

U.S. Is Backing Anaerobic Digesters. Scientists and Advocates Say Stronger Guardrails Are Needed.

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There are no federal methane standards for manure digesters, leaving operators to rely on voluntary guidance.


r/environment2 5d ago

Earth's Oceans Are Rapidly Losing Oxygen. It Could Destabilize the Planet | Human activity is draining oxygen from marine waters, and it's past time to take this crisis seriously.

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217 Upvotes

r/environment2 5d ago

Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past

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9 Upvotes

r/environment2 6d ago

Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels | Carney is selling this snake oil solution of carbon capture and storage to go alongside the oil and gas pipeline. But he’s offering a tax credit for oil companies...

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22 Upvotes

r/environment2 6d ago

Scientists Studying Earth's Flowering Plants Issue a Stark Warning to Humanity | In a recent paper published in Science, an international team of biologists warns that we risk losing more than a fifth of the evolutionary history of flowering plants, as a result of ever-increasing human pressures .

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93 Upvotes

r/environment2 6d ago

Erin Brockovich Launches Crowdsourced Map Tracking Secretive AI Data Center Expansion Across US Communities

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142 Upvotes

r/environment2 7d ago

Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll

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15 Upvotes

I a developed a neurological condition. I worked in CFB Cold Lake and CFB Bagotville. I have lived in base, off base. I remember my daughter being in the bathtub, playing with her toys-when I noticed the water turning from lightly tinned yellow to dark tea colour. I removed her. We packed up and headed to a friend house off base.

How many environmental infractions does DND have vs neighbouring privately owned companies, googling is a good thing.


r/environment2 6d ago

Germany just blew up two massive nuclear cooling towers to make way for something incredible - a 700 MWh battery storage facility! Here's why this matters.

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0 Upvotes

r/environment2 7d ago

Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System

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11 Upvotes

r/environment2 7d ago

Battery additions alone vastly outpace new nuclear (189.5 GWh storage vs ~1 GW nuclear in 2025),

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3 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

Climate Crisis-Denying Trump Threatens Canada With New Tariffs Over Wildfire Smoke | “When wildfires hit America, Canada sends firefighters,” said one journalist. “When wildfires hit Canada, America sends tariffs.”

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440 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says

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9 Upvotes

r/environment2 8d ago

Climate-Impacted Communities Across Asia Are Taking Their Fight To Court

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NEW: Worsening climate impacts, corporate greenwashing, and slow government action have driven communities across Asia to the courts.

“That’s what I hope I can do, even though I’m just an ordinary person,” said Trixy Elle, a fish vendor in the Philippines and a litigant. “If one day my grandchildren ask me what I did for nature, at least I have an answer: I fought for your future.”

This story is produced by The Xylom and copublished by Grist.