"More than 150 years ago, scientists discovered what they termed a 'greenhouse effect'."

"Governments knew what was coming... In 1938 a British scientist published the first observational study".

By the late 1950s, the science about global warming was so well established that Frank Capra made a documentary to educate the public.

"Thatcher warned in 1989 of a climate crisis. She did nothing. Nor will her successors".

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-08-14/thatcher-climate-crisis-nothing/

#USPol #EUPol #ClimateCatastrophe #news #BigOil .2

"More than 150 years ago, scientists discovered what they termed a 'greenhouse effect'."

"Governments knew what was coming... In 1938 a British scientist published the first observational study".

By the late 1950s, the science about global warming was so well established that Frank Capra made a documentary to educate the public.

"Thatcher warned in 1989 of a climate crisis. She did nothing. Nor will her successors".

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-08-14/thatcher-climate-crisis-nothing/

#USPol #EUPol #ClimateCatastrophe #news #BigOil .2

Climate crisis wipes out EU's economic growth.

Brutal summer set to cost EU economy €180 billion this year — equivalent to 1 % of GDP, which is all the growth expected in 2026.

“Every year adaptation without mitigation is a year borrowed against a hotter baseline.”

#GreenDeal #EnergyTransition #EUpol

https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-scorching-summer-could-erase-blocs-2026-growth

Interview: "Israel aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically”.

Fmr pres of Ireland, Mary Robinson, says weapons decommissioning "does not happen before a withdrawal of troops or before x, y, z happens."

"That happens as part of a process. It took... 12 years for the full decommisioning of the IRA".

16 min in:
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/8/9/israel-is-trying-to-make-palestine-disappear-the-elders

#USPol #EUPol #WestBank #gaza #palestine #news #IsraeliCrimes #HamasDecommissioning .

Israeli general says Gaza should remain ‘destroyed for generations’

Ret Maj Gen Giora Eiland said that "rebuilding Gaza would run against Israeli interests. Israel has no interest in Gaza being rebuilt, it is better for us that it be destroyed for generations to come."

~Giora Eiland

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-general-says-gaza-should-remain-destroyed-generations

#USPol #EUPol #News #Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #israeliCrimes .

Israeli general says Gaza should remain ‘destroyed for generations’

Ret Maj Gen Giora Eiland said that "rebuilding Gaza would run against Israeli interests. Israel has no interest in Gaza being rebuilt, it is better for us that it be destroyed for generations to come."

~Giora Eiland

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-general-says-gaza-should-remain-destroyed-generations

#USPol #EUPol #News #Gaza #GazaGenocide #palestine #israeliCrimes .

Interview: "Israel aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically”.

Fmr pres of Ireland, Mary Robinson, says weapons decommissioning "does not happen before a withdrawal of troops or before x, y, z happens."

"That happens as part of a process. It took... 12 years for the full decommisioning of the IRA".

16 min in:
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/8/9/israel-is-trying-to-make-palestine-disappear-the-elders

#USPol #EUPol #WestBank #gaza #palestine #news #IsraeliCrimes #HamasDecommissioning .