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

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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Sessions on Harris's Questions re: Russia: "It makes me Nervous"

Sessions on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”

TeleSur | – – Sessions’ testimony did not provide any damaging new information on alleged Trump campaign ties with Russia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on […]

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Climate Change
Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green

Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green

By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The […]

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Donald Trump
Making America a Pariah again?

Making America a Pariah again?

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In its own inside-out, upside-down way, it’s almost wondrous to behold. As befits our president’s wildest dreams, […]

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Corruption
Top 6 signs Trump Really doesn't like being Investigated

Top 6 signs Trump Really doesn’t like being Investigated

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. Preet Bharara, former US attorney for Manhattan, says that after the election Trump called him […]

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Climate Change
Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)

Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)

The Economist | (Video report) | – – “Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris climate agreement. But if nothing is done to […]

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Donald Trump
Sen Schumer parodies Trump's Fawning Cabinet Meeting

Sen Schumer parodies Trump’s Fawning Cabinet Meeting

Newsy | (Video Report) | – – “President Trump’s Cabinet members seemed to be competing for best compliment. One senator mocked the spectacle.,” Newsy: “Senator […]

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Arab Americans
Is Trump's Travel Ban Succeeding despite Court  Blocks?

Is Trump’s Travel Ban Succeeding despite Court Blocks?

TeleSur | – – The rate of refugee resettlement has also seen a sharp decline. Despite federal courts halting Trump’s restrictive and discriminatory travel ban […]

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Iran
Iranian Women push back against Cleric who likened Loosely Veiled Women To Prostitutes

Iranian Women push back against Cleric who likened Loosely Veiled Women To Prostitutes

By Golnaz Esfandiari. | ( RFE/RL) | – – Judging women by the degree to which they respect the compulsory hijab is nothing new in […]

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Barack Obama
Obama's last Victory: Syrian Democratic Forces hold Parts of ISIL Capital

Obama’s last Victory: Syrian Democratic Forces hold Parts of ISIL Capital

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is […]

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