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  • Iran War Trump Said Would Be Quick Has Now Lasted 6 Months With ‘No End In Sight’

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    Article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

    President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a dignified transfer for US service members killed during operations in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 22, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

    Trump has “lost the Iran War in every way possible in less than six months,” said one critic.

    The illegal war with Iran that President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks entered its sixth month on Friday, and there is little sign of it wrapping up in the near future.

    A Friday report in The Washington Post marking the six-month anniversary of the illegal war noted that Trump’s ability to decisively win the conflict declined markedly “after Iranian leaders discovered that they could withstand intense bombardment and slowly degrade the world’s most powerful military with a cheap combination of mines and drones.”

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    The biggest weapon in Iran’s arsenal has been its ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for petroleum. Since the strait’s closure, oil and gas prices have soared, costing US consumers an estimated $71.5 billion more to fill up their cars than they otherwise would have paid.

    Trump this week has tried to claim that the strait has actually been reopened, but the Post found that the president’s proclamations do not match reality.

    “More than 100 ships traversed the Strait of Hormuz on average every day before the war,” the Post wrote. “Just five went through on one day this week, according to Kpler, a commodities and shipping tracker.”

    A Friday report in The Associated Press focused on the White House’s announcements this week of new measures to put economic pressure on Iran, which are a sign that the administration no longer thinks it can use military force to force Tehran’s hand.

    “The turn to using sanctions as the cudgel of choice,” wrote the AP, “comes as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine US military readiness in other parts of the globe.”

    The AP also flagged a shift in rhetoric from Trump, who once promised the war would end quickly but now says he’s “not in a hurry” to end the campaign.

    Harrison Mann, a former US Defense Intelligence Agency officer, wrote in an analysis published by Zeteo on Thursday that Trump has “lost the Iran War in every way possible in less than six months,” which he said would mark “the arrogant, violent end of American dominance in the Middle East.”

    In fact, Mann argued that Trump lost the Iran War three different ways: The first in his failed attempt to force regime change in Tehran, the second in an aborted campaign to incite an Iranian Kurdish uprising, and finally in his desperate efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

    All of these failures have combined to put Iran in a decisively stronger position than it was in before the war began, Mann wrote.

    “After another four months of Trump threats, half-hearted bombing runs, and not one but two US blockades of Iran, Tehran’s military exercises formal authority over at least a third of the ships transiting the strait,” he wrote. “Plus, it now regularly shoots at ‘unauthorized’ ships with impunity.”

    US Rep. Don Breyer (D-Va.) summed up the failure of Trump’s war in a Friday social media post.

    “When Trump began his illegal, unpopular war with Iran, he said it would last a week,” Breyer wrote. “SIX MONTHS later: The administration has lied about our casualties and the deaths of civilians, the stated objectives haven’t been met, Iran has a new economic weapon in the Strait of Hormuz, the region is less stable, our prices are higher, our allies are angry, our adversaries are emboldened, and there’s no end in sight.”

    Article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

    Climate science denier Donald Trump confirms that he knows nothing about democracy and that more liquid gold is being secured according to his policy of global privateering.
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    Donald Trump calls for help from NATO allies in securing the Strait of Hormuz despite saying on 7 March 2026 that they don't need people to join wars after they've already won. He's challenged with the claim that he lies as much as the IDF.
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  • World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August

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    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/24/worlds-oceans-hit-hottest-temperature-on-record-in-august

    Hotter oceans will exacerbate extreme weather, scientists warned. Photograph: Denys Bilytskyi/Alamy

    Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data finds

    The world’s oceans were hotter than ever previously recorded on Saturday, according to the latest data.

    The average surface temperature was 21.1C, with the rising marine heat a stark indicator of the climate crisis. More than 90% of the heat trapped by carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning enters the oceans.

    Hotter oceans exacerbate the sea level rise and extreme storms that threaten billions of people, as well as driving marine heatwaves that decimate sea life and undermine coastal livelihoods, scientists warned.

    The northern hemisphere summer has already been hit by record-breaking heatwaves, drought and wildfires in Europe and North America, and intense rain and typhoons in Asia.

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    See the original article at https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/24/worlds-oceans-hit-hottest-temperature-on-record-in-august

    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
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    Orcas comment on killer apes destroying the planet by continuing to burn fossil fuels.

  • Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

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    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxonmobil

    Aerial view of the construction site for the proposed datacentre at Wapseys Wood in Buckinghamshire. Photograph: sdcm40campus

    [Guardian] Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

    The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.

    Experts have said this demonstrates the “serious threat” datacentres pose to the UK’s legally binding climate goals.

    Analysis by the non-profit group Foxglove reveals that when fully operational, the Wapseys Wood datacentre in Buckinghamshire and the Quest Park datacentre in Bedfordshire will use 1.3GW of power and will produce more than 4.5m tonnes of carbon emissions.

    ExxonMobil emitted 3.9m tonnes in 2023, according to the global energy thinktank Ember.

    AI datacentres use a massive amount of electricity to power servers and cooling equipment, and to run facility systems. There are currently 315 datacentres in the queue to connect to the UK’s electricity grid, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost double the peak winter energy demand for the entire UK.

    Because of the long wait to connect to the grid, the Wapseys Wood and Quest Park datacentres are seeking to build their own on-site gas-fired power stations.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxonmobil

    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
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  • Morning Star Editorial: The United States is destroying international co-operation when the world needs it most

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    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/united-states-destroying-international-co-operation-when-world-needs-it-most

     US President Donald Trump gestures while boarding Air Force One at Morristown Airport, August 16, 2026

    YURI GAGARIN, the first man in space, famously said that looking at the world from the cosmos you realise it is “too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation.”

    He spoke at the height of the cold war of a world under the shadow of nuclear war. That threat is still with us and growing.

    But Met Office warnings that we face the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon on record, and that 2027 may well be the hottest year on record in consequence, underline the urgency of international co-operation on the other great menace of our age, the climate emergency.

    El Nino — a weakening or reversing of the usual direction of trade winds over the Pacific, which slows the upswell of colder, deeper water to replace warm surface waters in the ocean that covers half the planet, with knock-on effects on worldwide weather — is a periodic event and scientists are not sure climate change has affected it.

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    It should be obvious by now beyond the traditional anti-imperialist left that, as far as Britain’s foreign policy goes, we are on the wrong side: tied to a superpower bent on a globally destructive course.

    However ministers might distance themselves from this or that aspect of Trumpism, the overarching narrative of our politics — the need to militarise for great-power conflict — serves the interests of the US-led bloc and its determination to maintain worldwide dominance. That dominance is being used to corral ever more countries toward social and ecological catastrophe.

    It is time we jumped ship.

    https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/united-states-destroying-int/ernational-co-operation-when-world-needs-it-most

    dizzy: I have been thinking along these same lines – that not only the UK but also European countries need to make a break with Trump and the United States. Why would anyone have warm relations with their own executioner?

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  • ‘An Abuse of the USGS, the Environment, and Our Intellects’: Trump Admin Uses Public Lands Report to Push Coal

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    Article by Jessica Corbett republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

    Mill Creek Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Louisville, Kentucky, is seen on February 14, 2026 in Elizabeth, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

    One critic of the president recently said that he’s “forcing higher power bills” on Americans while “fattening the wallets of his cronies—all with billions of our tax dollars.”

    President Donald Trump’s administration has dedicated over $1 billion to boosting the coal industry, and on Thursday announced a report about reserves beneath federally managed public lands, with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum claiming that the polluting fossil fuel “is more important than ever to the production of electricity.”

    The US Geological Survey (USGS) publication, titled Coal Beneath Federal Lands in the United States—Mines, Reserves, and Resources, says that “in 2024, the 34 coal mines on Federal lands produced more than 261 million short tons of coal.” A short ton, the standard unit of measurement for coal in the United States, is equal to 2,000 lbs.

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    “These 34 coal mines control more than 4.2 billion short tons of reported coal reserves. Most of the coal mines (31) and more than 98% of the reported coal reserves are on federal lands west of the Mississippi River,” according to the report. “Of all the states, Wyoming has the most coal mines on federal lands (14) and produces the most coal from federal lands.”

    “The USGS estimates that more than 355 billion short tons of available coal resources remain beneath federal lands in the conterminous United States,” the document details. “Alaska contains substantial quantities of coal resources. The USGS estimates that Alaska has at least 140 billion short tons of identified available coal resources but may ultimately have as much as 5.5 trillion short tons of coal resources.”

    A US Department of the Interior statement announcing the report highlights that if the reserves accounted for in the document were produced, “that would be enough coal to supply all the nation’s needs for at least 600 years at the current rate of consumption.”

    Scientists have long argued that the international community must stop burning coal—plus oil and gas—to prevent a worst-case scenario future as the planet’s inhabitants already face a fossil fuel-driven climate emergency and its related extreme weather.

    However, climate crisis-denying Trump—who returned to the White House backed by Big Oil’s campaign cash—and his Cabinet have spent his second term pushing polluting sources of energy, particularly as his illegal war on Iran drives up global prices, with oil surpassing $100 per barrel on Thursday.

    Staying on message, Burgum declared in Interior’s Thursday statement that “American Energy Dominance is more important than ever, and so is beautiful clean coal’s role in the production of electricity needed to fuel our future prosperity.”

    “Thanks to the USGS’s rigorous and independent assessment, we’re better equipped to manage America’s vast public lands responsibly while supporting energy security and economic opportunity,” he continued.

    Sharing the statement on the social media platform Bluesky Thursday, science journalist Emily Willingham said, “What an abuse of the USGS, the environment, and our intellects.”

    An ore deposit geologist named Elizabeth also ripped the statement on Bluesky, writing: “There is a lot messed up with this press release, but the thing that bothers me the most is how poorly it is written. What an embarrassment!”

    The USGS report came just two days after the Energy and Labor departments signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) creating a framework to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence, automation, and other emerging technologies in the mining sector.

    Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling said, “It is our commitment to you that this MOU will further President Trump’s promise to restore coal as a key driver of America’s energy supply chain and American coal will again be the envy of the world for generations to come.”

    While attacking clean energy initiatives, including offshore wind projects, the administration “has bolstered coal, the dirtiest and most expensive fossil fuel,” The Guardian reported earlier this month.

    According to the newspaper:

    In September, the Department of Energy announced it would spend $625 million to “expand and extend the life of” coal-fired power plants, allocating $350 million to “modernize” coal plants, $175 million to fund coal projects powering rural communities, and $50 million to upgrade wastewater management systems to extend coal plants’ lifespans.

    Last month, the agency also set aside up to $500 million from the Defense Production Act to “expand and reinvigorate” the capacity of 13 coal plants, and to help build a coal export terminal in Oakland, California. A week later, the department announced an additional $3.6 million to “refurbish or retrofit” nine existing coal plants.

    Former Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a climate advocate and Trump critic, told the paper that the president is “forcing higher power bills” on Americans “by blocking clean energy, then he’s fattening the wallets of his cronies—all with billions of our tax dollars.”

    “We pay more,” he said, “Republicans rubber-stamp it, and Trump’s donors walk off with the bag.”

    Explainer by dizzy: Coal is regarded as an unnecessary, particularly highly-polluting fossil-fuel

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    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Donald Trump urges you to be a Climate Science denier like him. He says that he makes millions and millions for destroying the planet, Burn, Baby, Burn and Flood, Baby, Flood.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
    Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.