Daily News 08/11
Daily News 08/11
Daily News Archives Since June 2026
‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t over
Video: This New Super El Niño Forecast Changes Everything..
Video: El Niño Update: Monsoonal Thunderstorms, Heat & Air Quality Alerts
Video: Have we lost control of METHANE gas?Methane is 87 times more potent as a greenhouse than carbon dioxide over the 12 years or so that it typically hangs around in our atmosphere. The new 2024 Methane Budget from the Global Carbon Tracker tells us that it has been accelerating in recent years reaching record levels between 2017 and 2024. So, what’s going on, and what can we do about it?
Video: Michael Hudson: The Media Missed Trump’s REAL Plan – Here’s What He’s Actually Doing?
World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Smoke Walk With Me On August fifth, Lola and I went for our morning walk. It didn’t feel like morning. It was too hot for morning. It didn’t smell like morning. The winds had shifted overnight. Instead of blowing off the Pacific, they were now coming from the northeast. From central Washington. From Spokane, when Spokane was burning. We were looking at a sky scrimmed with smoke from the fires of Spokane, three hundred and fifty miles away. We were inhaling the ashes of the Lilac City, the smell of lilacs in the dooryards burned, Walt Whitman’s song of the “bleeding throat” come to call.
El niño could bring highest sea levels ever recorded to the California coastA strengthening El Niño could bring the highest sea levels ever recorded to the California coast this year, raising the risk of widespread and damaging flooding. It’s the latest effect forecast for what’s expected to be an historically strong event, one forecasters warn could also lash Southern California with powerful rain and broil both land and sea with punishing heat waves.
US Imperialism Claims it Can Invade Any Coutnry in the World in Its’ Qust for Oil: Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drillIsland’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities. As the US president renews his threats to claim the vast Arctic territory, materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland’s eastern coast. That has prompted Greenland’s government to issue a “strong warning” that no approval had been granted to land the kit. “All future logistical matters must be advised and approved by the mineral resources authority – before they are carried out,” the government said in a statement. Two days later, Trump made his latest menacing post on Truth Social, showing himself looming over a Greenlandic village.
‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding
‘It’s Not Radical to Believe You Should Have Healthcare’: El-Sayed Hits Back at Trump, GOP Attacks “Donald Trump’s vision is the one you’re living in right now,” said the Democratic US Senate nominee. “Can you afford your gas? Can you afford your groceries?”
‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding
No-Vacation Nation: Comparing the US to Other Wealthy NationsThe United States is the only rich, democratic country in the world that does not guarantee workers the right to paid vacation. As a result, 23 percent of the US civilian workforce — or about 33 million workers — lack any paid vacation, and the amount that employers provide voluntarily — an average of 10 days per year — falls well below even the legal minimum required in almost all comparable world economies.1