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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Africa
Saudi Arabia Again Fails Human Rights 101 (UNHRC)

Saudi Arabia Again Fails Human Rights 101 (UNHRC)

The [United Nations’] Human Rights Council’s review of Saudi Arabia comes at a time of serious concern about the rights situation in the country. Authorities […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Coal, Gas & Oil are Huge Water Hogs; Solar is a Water Saver

Coal, Gas & Oil are Huge Water Hogs; Solar is a Water Saver

Solar Power Is A Huge Water Saver (World Water Day Infographic) (via Clean Technica) Every year on this day since 1993, the community of nations […]

Juan Cole

Culture
Pakistani Sufi Anthem:  Jhule Lal Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali

Pakistani Sufi Anthem: Jhule Lal Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali

Qawwali is the South Asian Muslim equivalent of African-American Gospel music. This particular song celebrates the thirteenth-century Sindhi mystic, Sayyid `Uthman Marwandi, known as Lal […]

Juan Cole

Featured
ABC:  Bush's Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

ABC: Bush’s Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

It just baffles me that failed Neocons like Dan Senor are still given a hearing inside the Beltway. ABC News actually interviewed Senor, the spokesman […]

Juan Cole

media
TYT: MSNBC's Chuck Todd Rips CNN for "Breaking News" Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

TYT: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Rips CNN for “Breaking News” Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says when she was a guest on another cable news channel, the producer told her, “remember: our viewers are […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

(From a Niqash Special Correspondent in Baghdad) A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general elections – allegedly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too:  UN

Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too: UN

(By Jacob Chamberlain) An unrelenting increase in energy production, including unconventional methods such as tar sands extraction and fracking, will severely damage the world's already […]

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India
India's Massive Youth Vote tilting to Right Wing Hindu Nationalist

India’s Massive Youth Vote tilting to Right Wing Hindu Nationalist

(By James Tapper) 100 million new voters are about to transform India (via GlobalPost) NEW DELHI, India — With only a few weeks until India […]

contributors

Climate Change
5 Signs Solar Power is Taking over the World

5 Signs Solar Power is Taking over the World

(By Juan Cole) Burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) is putting 32 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. Since […]

Juan Cole

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