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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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After Trump lets hundreds of ISIL Leave Raqqa, Turkey Enraged

After Trump lets hundreds of ISIL Leave Raqqa, Turkey Enraged

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Tuesday, Turkey lambasted the US and its largely Kurdish allies in Syria, the YPG, for […]

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The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

The Civil War inside Buddhism caused Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims

Paul Fuller | (The Conversation) | – – There is a desperate humanitarian crisis underway in Myanmar, centring around the Rohingya Muslims. There is what […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
50% of World's Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

50% of World’s Wealth Is Controlled by Wealthy 1%

TeleSur | – – Nearly 35 billion lower income people reside in developing nations and have less than US$10,000 in income. 50 percent of the […]

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Donald Trump
Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

Just a reminder that Trump has the Nuclear Codes

By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been updated and adapted from William D. Hartung’s “Nuclear Politics” in Sleepwalking […]

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Climate Change
Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

Protests as Trump promotes Coal at Climate Summit in Berlin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump White House actually did a pro-coal exhibit at the Bonn climate summit in Germany, […]

Juan Cole

Hizbullah
Lebanon's Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

Lebanon’s Big Crisis, and What Saudi Arabia could Lose

By Billie Jeanne Brownlee and Maziyar Ghiabi | (The Conversation) | – – The Twitter account of Lebanon’s prime minister, Sa’ad Hariri has been inactive […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey

TeleSur | – – According to reports by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reviewing a meeting between Michael Flynn […]

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Climate Change
Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

Despite Trump, Americans are taking Vigorous Climate Action

By Kristin Igusky and Kevin Kennedy, World Resources Institute | (Inter Press Service) | – – WASHINGTON DC, Nov 13 2017 (IPS) – Even after […]

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Corruption
Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Two former intelligence officials on Sunday more or less said openly that Trump is compromised by […]

Juan Cole

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