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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Alt-Right Trolls Try to Tank ‘Black Panther’ Score on Rotten Tomatoes

Alt-Right Trolls Try to Tank ‘Black Panther’ Score on Rotten Tomatoes

TeleSur | – – Facebook seems to have deleted the racist, sexist group’s page while the popular movie-ranking site announced its plan as hate speech. […]

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Environment
11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

11 billion pieces of plastic bring disease threat to coral reefs

By Joleah Lamb | (The Conversation) | – – There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific, […]

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Donald Trump
Spying on the Wrong People: The Hypocrisy of the Nunes Memo & FISA

Spying on the Wrong People: The Hypocrisy of the Nunes Memo & FISA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The frenzy over the Nunes memo, likely to be released later today by the Trump administration, […]

Juan Cole

Banking
The Great Trump Bubble

The Great Trump Bubble

Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – There’s been lots of fire and fury around Washington lately, including a brief government shutdown. In Donald […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
206 Global Companies profit from Israeli Squatting in Palestinian West Bank

206 Global Companies profit from Israeli Squatting in Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on Wednesday identifying […]

Juan Cole

Green Energy
Is a Transition to Renewable Energy on the Verge of Being Unstoppable?

Is a Transition to Renewable Energy on the Verge of Being Unstoppable?

By Steven O. Kimbrough | ( Knowledge@Wharton) | – – As the world inches towards using more renewable energy and less fossil fuel for generating […]

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Green Energy
Why the 1st Floating Wind Farm, off Scotland, Might Save the World (Video

Why the 1st Floating Wind Farm, off Scotland, Might Save the World (Video

Statoil | (Video Report) | – – “Some people thought we were crazy when we put a giant wind turbine on top of a floating […]

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Donald Trump
Cherry-Picking Intel, Nunes and the Iraq War Disaster

Cherry-Picking Intel, Nunes and the Iraq War Disaster

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Here is a caution against the Nunes memo that the Republican Party intends to release: it […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Chiefs Of Three Russian Intelligence Agencies Travel To Washington

Chiefs Of Three Russian Intelligence Agencies Travel To Washington

Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL) | – – WASHINGTON — The directors of Russia’s three main intelligence and espionage agencies all traveled to the U.S. […]

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