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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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The Pundits suddenly saying Trump could win in Nov.?  No.  Just, No

The Pundits suddenly saying Trump could win in Nov.? No. Just, No

David Faris | (Informed Comment) | Over the last few weeks, pundits have written a series of “Trump can actually win” think pieces. Especially in […]

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Energy
Could Chile be the Saudi Arabia of Wave Power?

Could Chile be the Saudi Arabia of Wave Power?

By Orlando Milesi and Marianela Jarroud | (Inter Press Service) | – – SANTIAGO, May 4 2016 (IPS) – Chile, a country with 6,435 km […]

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Climate Change
Will Climate Change make the Mideast Uninhabitable & trigger mass exodus?

Will Climate Change make the Mideast Uninhabitable & trigger mass exodus?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Researchers at Germany’s Max Planck Institute and their scientific partners have found that even with just […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey's Erdogan ousts PM in Search of Imperial Presidency

Turkey’s Erdogan ousts PM in Search of Imperial Presidency

TeleSur President Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to tighten his grip on power has caused an increasingly open rift with his prime minister, possibly leading to his […]

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Bashar al-Assad
A Tale of Two Cities:  Muslim Rebels strike back at Hospital in Gov't held West

A Tale of Two Cities: Muslim Rebels strike back at Hospital in Gov’t held West

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)| – – Muslim fundamentalist rebels, including al-Qaeda, took revenge Tuesday on West Aleppo for the heavy government bombardment of […]

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Republican Party
Muslim-Americans offer to Patrol Ted Cruz's Neighborhood after his Defeat

Muslim-Americans offer to Patrol Ted Cruz’s Neighborhood after his Defeat

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – PS: Informed Comment regrets the joke in the title above, or […]

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Employment
Saudi Arabia's Vision: Cut Subsidies to Workers, Middle Class, put Women to Work

Saudi Arabia’s Vision: Cut Subsidies to Workers, Middle Class, put Women to Work

Courtney Freer | (The Conversation) | – – Saudi Arabia has released details of its Vision 2030 – an immensely ambitious plan which Deputy Crown […]

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African-Americans
Larry Wilmore horrifies White Washington by bringing Up Race at WH Dinner

Larry Wilmore horrifies White Washington by bringing Up Race at WH Dinner

Larry Wilmore | (White House Correspondents Dinner Video) | – – C-Span: “Larry Wilmore COMPLETE REMARKS at 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (C-SPAN)”

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Democracy
With more Women than Clerics, will Iran's new Parliament improve Women's Rights?

With more Women than Clerics, will Iran’s new Parliament improve Women’s Rights?

Leila Alikarami | (Open Democracy) | – – The problem was the Guardian Council, a body which has veto authority over any legislature, which in […]

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