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Israel Is Beefing with Greta Thunberg on X

“Hamas doesn’t use sustainable materials for their rockets," the official account of the nation wrote.

Greta Thunberg.
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Israel is fighting with the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on X.

Earlier today, Thunberg used her weekly Fridays for the Future post to share that she was striking “in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza,” adding that “the world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice, and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.” Her post included a photo of herself holding up a sign reading "Stand with Gaza," along with others carrying signs saying "Free Palestine" and "Climate Justice Now!".

Her post followed the horrifying massacre and kidnappings of hundreds of Israelis by Hamas militants on October 7, and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of Gaza, where over a million civilians have been displaced and where thousands have been killed, according to the local health ministry. Both the Hamas attack and Israel’s bombing have received international condemnation and outcry.

However, the official X account for the nation state of Israel replied thusly:

Let this be a reminder that you can — and if you are a literal country, perhaps even should — just keep scrolling.

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JD Vance on Climate Change: ‘Let’s Just Say That’s True’

“For the sake of argument.”

JD Vance.
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We didn’t have to wait long for climate to come up during tonight’s vice presidential debate between VP hopefuls Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz — the night’s second question was about the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene and fueled by warmer air and waters due to climate pollution.

Vance started off his answer innocuously enough, extending his thoughts and prayers to those affected by the hurricane and then proceeding to some campaign boilerplate. “I think it’s important for us, first of all, to say Donald Trump and I support clean air and clean water,” Vance said up top, echoing Trump’s claim that he wants “absolutely immaculate clean water and … absolutely clean air,” from the presidential debate back in June. (It’s worth noting, of course, that his policy choices tell a different story.)

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More Hurricanes Are Already Forming in the Atlantic

The lull is over.

Hurricanes in the Atlantic.
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If Hurricane Helene were the only memorable storm to make landfall in the U.S. in 2024, this would still be remembered as an historically tragic season. Since its arrival as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday night in Florida’s Big Bend region, Helene has killed more than 100 people and caused more than $160 billion across six states. Recovery efforts are expected to last years, if not decades, in the hardest-hit regions of Western North Carolina, some 300 miles inland and 2,000 feet above the nearest coastline. “Helene is going to go down as one of the most impactful hurricanes in U.S. history,” AccuWeather’s senior director of forecasting operations, Dan DePodwin, told me when we spoke on Friday.

As of Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center is tracking five additional systems in the Atlantic basin. Two of those storms reached named status on Friday — Joyce and Isaac — though their paths appear to keep them safely in the middle of the Atlantic. A third storm, Kirk, reached tropical storm strength on Monday and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, but is likewise likely to turn north and stay out at sea.

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Tennessee Is Hurricane Country Now

Ocean-based storms are increasingly affecting areas hundreds of miles from the coasts.

Rushing water.
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After a hurricane makes landfall comes the eerie wait for bad news. For Hurricane Helene — now a tropical storm as it barrels toward Nashville — that news came swiftly on Friday morning: at least 4 million are without power after the storm’s Thursday night arrival near Florida’s Big Bend region; more than 20 are dead in three states; and damage estimates are already in the billions of dollars.

But that’s just the news from the coasts.

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