Lots of Blame in a World That Needs Solutions | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Browser View](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) | 8/17/19 [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [] [] Your Week in Review [] [Global Temps Continue to Soar Upward as NOAA Confirms July 2019 Was Hottest Month Since Records Began in 1880](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Julia Conley, staff writer With climate scientists observing hotter and hotter temperatures, a top U.S. weather agency reported on Thursday that July 2019 was the hottest month the planet has ever experienced since the government began recording global temperatures. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Perfect Illustration of Israel's Racist Apartheid Policies': Netanyahu Denounced for Barring Muslim Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), pictured at the Capitol on March 13, 2019, were barred from visiting Israel on Thursday by the Netanyahu government.](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government." --------------------------------------------------------------- [#TrumpRecession Trends as President Blamed for Rising Fears of Another Economic Meltdown](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Trump came along and deregulated everything, weakening the post-Great Recession laws meant to curb Wall Street abuses and authorizing a massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fracking Boom in US and Canada Largely to Blame for 'Massive' Rise of Global Methane Levels: Study](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Julia Conley, staff writer New research by a scientist at Cornell University suggested that fracking in the U.S. and Canada over the past decade is largely to blame for the rise in methane in the Earth's atmosphere—and that reducing emissions of the planet-warming gas would quickly help to slow the climate crisis. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Well Wishes for Greta Thunberg as Teen Leader Sets Sail for US to Combat 'Climate and Ecological Crisis'](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [Greta Thunberg](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Swedish teen climate activist Great Thunberg set sail aboard a zero-emissions boat Wednesday, beginning a two-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean for a United Nations summit in New York City. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why Bernie Sanders Is Absolutely Correct About the Washington Post—and Corporate Media Overall](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to journalists after speaking at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair August 11, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) by Norman Solomon The fact that cable news pundits, anchors, and reporters rushed to vehemently defend corporate media against Sanders' comments is illustrative of the dynamic. It makes you wonder where career self-interest ends and sincere delusion begins. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Humanity's Destruction of Oceans Nearly Doubled Over a Decade, Scientists Warn, and Could Double Again Without Urgent Action](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [Hawaii's Kanapou Bay ](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Humanity's impact on global oceans nearly doubled in a just over a decade and could double again soon without urgent and sweeping international action, warns a study published Monday in the journal Scientific Reports . --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Is Crazy': Scientists Alarmed as Lightning Near North Pole Seen as Latest Sign of Climate Breakdown](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Julia Conley, staff writer Meteorologists and climate scientists were startled Monday after the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed that an extremely rare occurrence of lightning had been observed at the North Pole. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Right-Wing American Love Affair With One of the Most Disturbing Serial Killers](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Thom Hartmann A monster who boasted of how he had hacked up a 12-year-old girl—had Ayn Rand's ear, as well as her heart. What happened next was the modern Republican Party. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Disgusting and Disturbing': Trump Guts Endangered Species Act in Gift to Big Business](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) 1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd by Jake Johnson, staff writer "This administration seems set on damaging fragile ecosystems by prioritizing industry interests over science." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3Aako1EtSLd) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. An independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. 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