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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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Netanyahu demands more billions from US after Iran Deal, insults US Envoy, Steals more Land

Netanyahu demands more billions from US after Iran Deal, insults US Envoy, Steals more Land

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the Davos World Economic Forum, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted that the deal between […]

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Chaldeans
UNESCO: "Deepest Concerns" for Mideast Christianity after Daesh/ISIL Razes oldest Iraqi Monastery

UNESCO: “Deepest Concerns” for Mideast Christianity after Daesh/ISIL Razes oldest Iraqi Monastery

UNESCO | (Media Services) | – – “I express my deepest concerns after the destruction of the Monastery of St Elijah. It was the oldest […]

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Iran
Who's Against the Successful Iran Deal?  War Profiteers and Chauvinist Rabble Rousers

Who’s Against the Successful Iran Deal? War Profiteers and Chauvinist Rabble Rousers

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The Middle East is hardly a cheery place these days. But there’s one silver […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL:  Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide

Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL: Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide

Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Backwards looking politics is a malaise affecting both the west and east. It breeds violence as global […]

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Climate Change
It's the CO2, Stupid!:  2015 'by far' Hottest Year on Record & New Torrid Normal

It’s the CO2, Stupid!: 2015 ‘by far’ Hottest Year on Record & New Torrid Normal

By Janette Lindesay and Mark Howden | (The Conversation) | – – It’s official: 2015 was the hottest year on record. The US-based National Oceanic […]

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No, Gov. Snyder, Flint's water wasn't poisoned by "Government": It was by your Appointee

No, Gov. Snyder, Flint’s water wasn’t poisoned by “Government”: It was by your Appointee

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps it is inevitable but it is a shame that some people are gaming out how […]

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British Parliament Debates ban on Donald Trump:  "He is a Wazzock!"

British Parliament Debates ban on Donald Trump: “He is a Wazzock!”

AJ+ | (Video Report) – – “Members of the UK Parliament debated whether or not to let Donald Trump into their country after a petition […]

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Arms Sales
US Response to Saudi Wars & Human Rights Violations?  $49 Bn. in new Arms Sales

US Response to Saudi Wars & Human Rights Violations? $49 Bn. in new Arms Sales

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The West continues its strong political and military support to one […]

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Climate Change
The Real Zombie Apocalypse:  Climate Change

The Real Zombie Apocalypse: Climate Change

Bill McKibben | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, […]

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