Yet another urgent distraction from climate emergency: WWII.

Yet another urgent distraction from climate emergency: WWII.
"More than 80 US military aircraft have been damaged or destroyed in the war against Iran since it began in late February, resulting in billions of dollars in losses, a new congressional report has revealed."
"The Pentagon has told the US military to be ready to resume military operations against Iran, US officials were quoted by Axios as saying in a Thursday report, which said the order was made several days ago."
(The Times of Israel)
Oh look, two Latvian nationals resident in the UK have been arrested on suspicion of trespass offences at an RAF airbase in Cambridgeshire.
Oh look, Danish shipping group Maersk said on Thursday it was increasing its emergency fuel surcharge (EFS) on inland transportation in the UK and Ireland due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
"The United States and Russia have discussed the idea of finding a U.S. investor for the Nord Stream pipeline and working out sales of Russian gas to Europe, Reuters reported on Thursday."
"The EU's budget watchdog has warned that the EU’s overall debt level could reach €1 trillion by 2027 as the bloc continues to raise loans under the post-Covid recovery plan and secures long-term support for Ukraine in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion."
(RTE News)
Tropical weather targets both US coasts at same time for first time in more than 50 years nypost.com/2026/10/08/u... #FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #America
Florida Urges Evacuations as Hurricane Isaías Approaches: Three Airports to Shut Down Thursday www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/342... #FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #America
['On the run'.. News] Hurricane Isaias forces evacuations and production cuts in US Gulf splash247.com/hurricane-is... #FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #America
Oh look, the number of tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to the lowest in two months.
Oh look, nearly 6,000 monitored vertebrate species across more than 35,000 populations declined by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, the World Wide Fund for Nature said in its latest Living Planet Report published on Thursday.
Oh look, This year's El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and is nearly 100% certain to last until February 2027, the World Meteorological Organization said in its monthly climate bulletin on Thursday, with sea surface temperatures set to break records.
#EarthSystem #Penguins: "the speed of #collapse may be accelerating so rapidly that the distinctive #bird – which gets its name from a black line that runs below the beak from cheek to cheek – may need to be classified as an endangered species." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spirit of '68 says hold my bière 🍺
#collapse
Personal doomer update: My eyebrows are turning grey.