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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

12/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi-financed Belgian mosques teach hatred of Jews, gays: report

Saudi-financed Belgian mosques teach hatred of Jews, gays: report

Saudi-financed mosques in Belgium promote anti-semitic stereotypes and call for the persecution of homosexuals, according to a leaked report

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Corruption
Russian Firm That Paid Michael Cohen also hired Trump Lawyer Kasowitz

Russian Firm That Paid Michael Cohen also hired Trump Lawyer Kasowitz

The investment firm that the two Trump attorneys worked for, Columbus Nova, calls it a “coincidence.”

Justin Elliott

Iran
Why there isn't likely to be a conventional War between Israel and Iran

Why there isn’t likely to be a conventional War between Israel and Iran

Despite the saber rattling, a large-scale ground war appears unlikely

Juan Cole

Iran
The Coming American Assault on Iran

The Coming American Assault on Iran

The meaning of Trump’s alleged “isolationism” is finally becoming clear

Tarek R. Dika

Climate Change
Trump kills NASA program to Track Greenhouse Gases that cause Global Heating

Trump kills NASA program to Track Greenhouse Gases that cause Global Heating

The Trump administration just killed a major NASA program that monitored greenhouse gases

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Saudi Arabia
Arms and Manipulation: How the Saudis and UAE took Trump for a Ride

Arms and Manipulation: How the Saudis and UAE took Trump for a Ride

The embrace of reckless and undemocratic regimes by President Trump has far-reaching implications for American foreign policy

Tomdispatch

Iran
Trump, having Violated Iran Treaty, Insists Tehran Continue to Submit to Inspections

Trump, having Violated Iran Treaty, Insists Tehran Continue to Submit to Inspections

Days after the US president walked away from the nuclear deal, senior administration officials said monitoring should continue regardless

Andrew Beatty

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Costa Rica's new President Promises 100% Green Energy, aims to be 1st such Nation

Costa Rica’s new President Promises 100% Green Energy, aims to be 1st such Nation

He said that he wants his government to have a plan for moving toward a completely renewables-based society within six months

Juan Cole

China
The Dragon and the Lion: How China will Win Big from Trump's Scrapping of Iran Deal

The Dragon and the Lion: How China will Win Big from Trump’s Scrapping of Iran Deal

Pushing Iran into China’s waiting arms was unlikely to have been a major US policy goal in the Middle East

Neil Thompson

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