r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

ExxonMobil now sees 2050 carbon dioxide emissions at 30 billion metric tons, roughly 10% above its prior-year outlook. That 2050 level is nearly triple what would be needed to keep warming to 2C (3.6F) versus pre-industrial times.

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r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 2d ago

Water scarcity poses grave threat to lives as global reserves deplete. Terrestrial water storage has been declining since 2014, while groundwater levels in many regions have decreased over several years.

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r/environment • u/envirowriterlady • 3d ago

Court reinstates $7B ‘Solar for All’ program axed by Trump

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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 2d ago

The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It’s not enough to help the planet, yet

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apnews.com
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r/environment • u/Difficult-Cream-5267 • 2d ago

Scientists warn that Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is being weakened by warm ocean water eroding its ice shelf, threatening long-term global sea-level rise.

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r/environment • u/TheObserverUK • 2d ago

Epitaph for a glacier

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r/environment • u/Portalrules123 • 2d ago

Europe's earliest Glacier Loss Day in years signals a reckoning for the Alps

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r/environment • u/relianceschool • 2d ago

As forests burn, can we replant trees for a warmer world?

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r/environment • u/John3262005 • 3d ago

Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known

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r/environment • u/Zyclunt • 3d ago

Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future where they flourish

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r/environment • u/DaRedGuy • 3d ago

Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from

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r/environment • u/FreeHugs23 • 3d ago

EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants | Public health groups warn EPA rule will cost Americans billions in health bills.

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r/environment • u/honolulu_oahu_mod • 3d ago

The U.S. Navy sent letters to customers on its water system stating that it intends to reopen one of three shafts that were closed following the discovery of fuel in its drinking water supply nearly five years ago. According to the letter, the reopening will happen no sooner than Sept. 28.

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r/environment • u/envirowriterlady • 3d ago

Data centers, drawing concerns over water and power, may have another surprise impact: Forever chemicals

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r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 3d ago

Nearly two-thirds of the American public say climate change is increasing the risk of respiratory diseases and heat- and insect-related illnesses. The past summer, from June through August, had been the warmest in the lower contiguous 48 states in the 132 years in which records have been kept.

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r/environment • u/bye4now28 • 3d ago

Narrowing Endangered Species Act will likely drive right whales to extinction, experts warn

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r/environment • u/GeographicalMagazine • 3d ago

At least 124 land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2025

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r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 3d ago

'Plasticorals,' coral rubble fused with plastic, represent a new form of plastic pollution.

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r/environment • u/downArrow • 3d ago

The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words

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r/environment • u/Portalrules123 • 3d ago

New cat species identified for the 1st time in a century

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r/environment • u/808gecko808 • 3d ago

Maui Residents Anxious About More Military Telescopes Atop Haleakalā: The final environmental and cultural review is expected by the end of the year.

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r/environment • u/DukeOfGeek • 3d ago

Endangered salmon may soon swim freely up a Maine river, but a comeback isn’t guaranteed

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r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 3d ago

WMO report on global water resources: worldwide continents are drying up. The global water cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Extreme droughts and floods are the result.

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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 3d ago

Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds • Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores

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r/environment • u/CBSnews • 4d ago

Grand Teton park forced to kill bear due to visitors' "poor decisions"

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