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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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Islam-hatred
Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

AJ+ | – – “In Sweden a group of bearded men (Bearded Villains) are saying that they were mistaken for ISIL fighters during a gathering […]

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Militarization
Endless Rounds of "Vietnamization" as America's Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

Endless Rounds of “Vietnamization” as America’s Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – First came Fallujah, then Mosul, and later Ramadi in Iraq.  Now, there is Kunduz, […]

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Dissent
Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | – – It had already been a deadly summer of political instability in Turkey. And now this. Another […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

James Balog | The National Geographic (Video Report) | – – “Join the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) team on an expedition to South Georgia Island […]

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Russia
Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL ) Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

By Samer B. Jaber | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – We, a group of professional and trade union figures, intellectuals, and political activists, appeal […]

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Syria:  Will US arming of Kurdish-led Northeast Rebels Provoke Turkey?

Syria: Will US arming of Kurdish-led Northeast Rebels Provoke Turkey?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The intrepid Anne Barnard and Karim Shoumali at the NYT have a piece on how Saudi-supplied […]

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Does Obama have a Syria Strategy?  Putin Does.

Does Obama have a Syria Strategy? Putin Does.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday President Obama made some remarks on Syria, but do […]

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Balkans
3 Memes:  Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

3 Memes: Twitter debates as Russian support for Syria intervention Doubles

By Anna Shamanska | ( RFE/RL) | – – Support among Russians for military intervention in Syria has more than doubled, to 31 percent in […]

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