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Juan Cole

Australasia
S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

Juan Cole

If fossil fuels were competitive, Trump wouldn’t have to try so hard to stall permitting for new wind and solar projects

Featured
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Juan Cole

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

Iran
“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

Juan Cole

Like cascading waters, or a desert squall another day of my life has fled.

Omar Khayyam
“Gently, Brother!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

“Gently, Brother!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

Juan Cole

That clay, and the things made of clay , bear traces of past people who died and became clay is a common theme in classical Persian poetry

Featured
Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Bad Bunny at the Superbowl: Puerto Ricans are Americans, but the US is Guilty of Neglect

Juan Cole

Puerto Ricans are subject to taxation without representation, which is against everything the Constitution otherwise stands for

Dissent
Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Juan Cole

The revolution and its social and political freedoms offered them a space to question everything, including how they relate to Islamic teachings

Climate Crisis
Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Juan Cole

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Climate Crisis
Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Juan Cole

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

Climate Crisis
Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

It is another clear piece of proof that humanity can get to carbon neutral by 2050 if it wants to.

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