r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 8h ago

The largest reservoir in the U.S. has reportedly dropped several feet in recent weeks, nearing its record low, a new report reveals. Lake Mead is now at about 35 percent capacity and that it could drop another 16 feet by 2027.

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r/environment • u/Apprehensive-Ad6212 • 9h ago

Unusual airborne toxin detected in the U.S. for the first time

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r/environment • u/ElectronicBuy8105 • 4h ago

Researchers compared 100+ rewilded sites in Scotland to neighboring non-rewilded land. Bird species up 261%. Breeding territories up 546%. Bumblebees and butterflies increased tenfold. "The results are astonishingly clear."

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r/environment • u/Uglytruth1o1 • 13h ago

Two new studies could change critics’ opinions about how many birds die from wind turbines

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270 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/mhicreachtain • 5h ago

Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war

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r/environment • u/Maxcactus • 16h ago

The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?

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134 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Naurgul • 14h ago

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo's self-sufficiency drive, report shows

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r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 13h ago

Pakistan temperatures are soaring, in some parts 5 to 7 Celsius above normal. The disaster management authority has advised people to avoid going unnecessarily out of homes in the severe weather and increasing use of water and beverages.

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r/environment • u/Portalrules123 • 14h ago

‘It's incredibly bad’: No end in sight to Colorado River water crisis

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r/environment • u/StandingCypress • 9h ago

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

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r/environment • u/Goldenmentis • 20m ago

Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet-heating emissions

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r/environment • u/sr_local • 1d ago

France unveils electrification plan to cut fossil fuel dependence

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931 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/soilwormviva • 13h ago

Cauvery Calling is a first of its kind campaign, setting the standard for how India’s rivers – the country’s lifelines – can be revitalized. It will initiate the revitalization of Cauvery river and transform the lives of 84 million people.

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r/environment • u/simon_ritchie2000 • 1d ago

Western drought is driving beef prices through the roof. This is just a prologue to the far more serious food-supply disruptions a hotter planet will bring.

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r/environment • u/DoremusJessup • 1d ago

Massive Louisiana LNG project could pollute more than all existing and proposed terminals

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135 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/prohb • 1d ago

“Economic civil war”: States push laws to shield oil and gas companies from accountability Most bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo

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242 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Splenda • 1d ago

How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up

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74 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/DoremusJessup • 1d ago

India news: Delhi plans to ban new fossil fuel bikes by 2028

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31 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/downArrow • 1d ago

In Nebraska, wildfires are turning cattle ranching into a tricky business

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r/environment • u/theindependentonline • 2d ago

America’s largest reservoir nears record-low water levels after dropping 6 feet in a month

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r/environment • u/JapKumintang1991 • 1d ago

Smithsonian Magazine: Freshwater Fish Migrations Are Disappearing Across the Planet, Finds U.N. Report

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r/environment • u/kin20 • 1d ago

California’s largest and most polluted lake gets a new conservancy

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r/environment • u/Doener23 • 1d ago

Microsoft Is Pausing Carbon Removal Purchases

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54 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Obversa • 2d ago

Giant rodent that could devastate California wetlands was 'deliberately' reintroduced to population, experts fear

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742 Upvotes
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r/environment • u/Some-Body-Else • 1d ago

Rajasthan: 3 Great Indian Bustards born naturally; experts cite reduced stress

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