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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
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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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Top attempts by Dictators to Shut down Twitter in Mideast (including Turkey’s PM Erdogan)

Top attempts by Dictators to Shut down Twitter in Mideast (including Turkey’s PM Erdogan)

(By Juan Cole) Trying to close down social media such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has been a desperate ploy of dictatorial regimes throughout the […]

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Israel
US Special Interest Groups in the Middle East Peace Process

US Special Interest Groups in the Middle East Peace Process

(by Mahmoud M.A. Abdou) In this post, Mahmoud Abdou presents a summary of his book The Middle East Peace Process and U.S. Special Interest Groups. […]

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Google's Larry Page: We can't Have NSA Spying and a Functioning Democracy

Google’s Larry Page: We can’t Have NSA Spying and a Functioning Democracy

Google’s Page says US online spying threatens democracy (via AFP) Google co-founder Larry Page on Wednesday condemned US government snooping on the Internet as a […]

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Climate Change
Climate Change: ‘Abrupt,’ ‘Unpredictable,’ ‘Irreversible’ and ‘Highly Damaging’

Climate Change: ‘Abrupt,’ ‘Unpredictable,’ ‘Irreversible’ and ‘Highly Damaging’

In a rare move, the world’s largest scientific society released a report nudging the public to wake up to the scientifically sound and increasingly frightening reality of climate change. “As scientists, it is not our role to tell people what they…

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Domestic Surveillance
Col. Manners on the Protocols of CIA Torture and his Love for the NSA's Aunt Zelda

Col. Manners on the Protocols of CIA Torture and his Love for the NSA’s Aunt Zelda

(By Tom Engelhardt for Tomdispatch) [Editor’s note]: Our old friend Colonel Manners (ret.) made his first appearance at TomDispatch last October.  Today, he’s back for the third time.  […]

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On Iranian New Year, Russia hints it May Swing Support to Tehran over Crimea Sanctions

On Iranian New Year, Russia hints it May Swing Support to Tehran over Crimea Sanctions

(By Juan Cole) Iran may have gotten a New Year’s gift via the Crimea crisis, as Russia threatens to play the Iran card over proposed […]

Juan Cole

The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney

The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney

The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney [clooney@colgate.edu] reporting from Turkey For Syria Comment, March 18, 2014 […]

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Climate Change and the Rise of Genghis Khan

Climate Change and the Rise of Genghis Khan

Mild weather may have propelled rise of Genghis Khan (via AFP) A pleasantly warm and wet spell in central Mongolia eight centuries ago may have […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Look who’s Complaining about BP being allowed back into the Gulf  (Editorial Cartoon)

Look who’s Complaining about BP being allowed back into the Gulf (Editorial Cartoon)

(By Paul Jamiol) From Jamiol’s World

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