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Archives: Energy
Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to "transition." Their theory…
Pope to Trump: Climate Change is Real and we have to act in Solidarity
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis gave Donald J. Trump a going away present after their meeting on Wednesday. It was a copy of his Encyclical on…
The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Terrorism is properly defined as non-state actors using violence against civilians to achieve a political purpose. Some argue that this definition lets states…
Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump preferred the Neofascist Marine Le Pen as president of France, who wanted to pull out of NATO and the European Union.…
Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed
TeleSur | - - Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, the Dakota Access Pipeline has already suffered…
China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way
By Oscar Reyes | (Otherwords.org) | - - States that invest in renewables are reaping the rewards. Those that stick to coal are faltering. When you’re in a hole, it’s usually best…
China’s covering a Football field with Solar Panels Every Hour in Quest to End Coal
By Janet Xuanli Liao | (The Conversation) | - - China’s remarkable growth over the past three decades has elevated it to global superpower status. But its economic miracle has also attracted…Who are the Children suing Trump over Climate Future?
By John Light | ( BillMoyers.com) | - - Congress and the White House aren't going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges? “We are not going to wait until…
Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic
By Jane Palmer | Mosaic, the science of life | - - A mysterious kidney disease is striking down labourers across the world and climate change is making it worse. Jane Palmer…
Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources? Since it is the…
India’s Electric-Car Plans could Leave Trump & US in Dust
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - India's announcement that it wants to have its automobile fleet go completely electric by 2030 is a bigger deal than it seems on…
Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future
By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of…
Iran Committed to Nuclear Deal, Opens Bonanza to European Investors
EurActiv | euroefe.es | translated by Sam Morgan | - - The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency (AEOI) said on Saturday (29 April) that his country will honour its commitments…
As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An estimated 200,000 climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, braving record temperatures in the 90s, well above the average temperature for…
On Day of Climate March, Remember advance of Solar globally
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US public may have to march today for our government to recognize the dangers of climate change. But in the rest of…
Trump has it Backwards: It is Dirty Coal that’s Killing Green Jobs
By Basav Sen | (Otherwords.org) | - - Wind and solar could create many, many more jobs than coal — especially if the government stops propping it up. When Donald Trump announced…
Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The People's Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration's pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just…
Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?
By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | - - If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. - Thich Nhat Hanh War and Warming: Can We…