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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

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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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Turkey's Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is 'Disrespectful'

Turkey’s Erdogan: Saudi demand he close Qatar base is ‘Disrespectful’

TeleSur | – – Erdogan told journalists after Eid al-Fitr prayers that “It (the list of demands from Qatar’s neighbors to lift the ban) is […]

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Trump's Folly:  Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi's Crown Prince Knows It

Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Crude oil prices are cratering, down 20% this year, in the biggest 6-month free fall in […]

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The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | – – Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are […]

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Civilians Fleeing as Battle for Mosul enters last days

Civilians Fleeing as Battle for Mosul enters last days

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi army has created pathways for civilians trapped in Mosul to escape and at least […]

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Drought
How Soon until we're Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?

How Soon until we’re Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?

By David Korten | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – Forget the GDP, it’s time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that […]

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Tense Eid for 1.2 mn Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

Tense Eid for 1.2 mn Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

By Billie Jeanne Brownlee | (The Conversation) | – – For Syrian refugees in Lebanon marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it has been […]

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Trump's attack on a Fair Internet Threatens Free Speech

Trump’s attack on a Fair Internet Threatens Free Speech

By Corynne McSherry | Electronic Frontier Foundation | – – Several US senators spoke out this week on the importance of net neutrality to innovation […]

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Green France:  Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump

Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically […]

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4 Nations twist Qatar's arm, to close down Aljazeera

4 Nations twist Qatar’s arm, to close down Aljazeera

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a bid completely to return the Middle East to the old system of strict government […]

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