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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
China

Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Juan Cole

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

01/20/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

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Ted Cruz Pwned by own Facebook Poll on Obamacare (Young Turks)

Ted Cruz Pwned by own Facebook Poll on Obamacare (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks: “Facebook Poll Hilariously Backfires On Senator” Crooks & Liars writes: Ted Cruz, Don’t Ask The Question If You Don’t […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Supreme Court enshrines Plutocracy, but Dissent says Conservatives Substituted Opinion for Fact

Supreme Court enshrines Plutocracy, but Dissent says Conservatives Substituted Opinion for Fact

Central to the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decisions in the John Roberts era is that the government’s only legitimate interest in this area is preventing direct, quid pro quo corruption — a donor demanding that a specific law be passed, or…

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Alarming new study makes today’s climate change more comparable to Earth’s worst mass extinction

Alarming new study makes today’s climate change more comparable to Earth’s worst mass extinction

Posted on 2 April 2014 by howardlee The Permian Mass Extinction 251.9 million years ago, otherwise known as “The Great Dying,” was the closest this planet has come to extinguishing all complex life on Earth. Around 90% of all species died out in…

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Get ready for More Disappearing Airliners: Obama moots giving Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles

Get ready for More Disappearing Airliners: Obama moots giving Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Missiles

(By James McMichael [jamesmcmichael.dc@gmail.com]) President Obama is considering supplying Syrian rebels with Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Manpads). These antiaircraft missiles are small enough to be […]

Juan Cole

political Islam
The Paradox of Turkey's Victorious Erdogan:  Authoritarianism burnishes his 'democratic' credentials

The Paradox of Turkey’s Victorious Erdogan: Authoritarianism burnishes his ‘democratic’ credentials

(By Niall Finn) Sunday’s local elections was the first time the Turkish people have had a chance to vote since last summer’s Gezi Park movement rocked […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Ft. Hood & the True Cost of Iraq & Afghanistan Wars: Nearly 1 mn traumatized:  PTSD by the Numbers

Ft. Hood & the True Cost of Iraq & Afghanistan Wars: Nearly 1 mn traumatized: PTSD by the Numbers

(By Juan Cole) The Ft. Hood shooter who left 3 victims dead yesterday had been being assessed for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. He had served for […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobby
Jon Stewart/ Daily Show:  Adelson will accept “Outer Israel” as term for Occupied West Bank

Jon Stewart/ Daily Show: Adelson will accept “Outer Israel” as term for Occupied West Bank

The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee of The Daily Show send up […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
No US troops Killed in Combat last Month for first time since 2003

No US troops Killed in Combat last Month for first time since 2003

NewsyWorld: “No U.S. Troops Died In Afghanistan In March” For the first time since 2007, no US troops were killed in Afghanistan in March, and […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Can Egypt's Women ever find a Personal Space of their Own?

Can Egypt’s Women ever find a Personal Space of their Own?

(By Zainab Magdy) Last month a young woman was mob attacked on Cairo University campus. Socially and culturally constructed circles that control our lives seem […]

Juan Cole

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