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State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt
Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

08/17/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

08/17/2025 By The Conversation

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Fossil Fuels
Oklahoma's Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Oklahoma’s Ominous Earthquakes: the Price of Fracking (Video)

Hydraulic Fracturing implicated in severe seismic activity and plus it releases heat-trapping gas methane

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

Why do the Super-Rich hate the Poor & Workers so Much?

As Trump deliberately crashes Obamacare and deprives millions of health insurance

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Europe
France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

Can depending on consumer-generated panels do the trick?

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Free Syrian Army
Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

Syrian Army Seizes De Facto ISIL Capital

ISIL or ISIS facing final days as holder of territories as Damascus reclaims al Mayadeen

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Donald Trump
Elbaradei:  Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

Elbaradei: Trump Propaganda on Iran Nuclear Deal like Run-up to Iraq War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration (actually UN Ambassador and far right Evangelical Nikki Haley) has decertified Iran from […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Painting of the Day:  “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Painting of the Day: “The Lovers” (Iran, 1630)

Safavid Miniature by Riza-yi Abbasi of Isfahan

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
More civilian Airstrike Deaths under Trump than in 8 years of Obama

More civilian Airstrike Deaths under Trump than in 8 years of Obama

More civilian deaths under first 7 months of Trump than in entire Obama Administration

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Iraq
Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border

Alarmed Kurdistan forces Mobilized at Kirkuk as Iraqi troops said to Mass on Border

Kurds say Shiite militias heading for Kirkuk

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Donald Trump
Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal

Foreign Minister warns that Europe will take the Russian and Chinese side on the Iran issue against the USA

Juan Cole

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