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Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics
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Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco continues to be a pioneer in renewable energy in Africa and the Arab world. The International Trade Administration notes […]

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

09/07/2025 By ProPublica

Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

09/07/2025 By The Conversation

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Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Here is an excerpt from my recent talk on minorities and the Arab Revolutions at Portland State: Here is the video

Juan Cole

Syria
Has the Obama administration Given into Russia on Syria?

Has the Obama administration Given into Russia on Syria?

The joint communique issued by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier this week regarding Syria has in retrospect raised […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are  trying to out Government Waste, Fraud (Van Buren)

Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are trying to out Government Waste, Fraud (Van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Hawking joins Academic Boycott of Israel

Hawking joins Academic Boycott of Israel

Physicist Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott the annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem this year has been confirmed by Cambridge University. The university initially attempted to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Russia Warns Israel:  Hands off Syria, as PFLP threatens Guerrilla Strike

Russia Warns Israel: Hands off Syria, as PFLP threatens Guerrilla Strike

The Iranian press is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has vehemently warned Israel against further airstrikes on Syria. Putin is said to be accelerating […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Another view of Baghdad: Timelapse Video

Another view of Baghdad: Timelapse Video

Baghdad timelapse

Juan Cole

Turkey
ReOrienting the Veil (Gökariksel)

ReOrienting the Veil (Gökariksel)

Banu Gökariksel writes for for ISLAMiCommentary Fatih neighborhood of Istanbul, 2009. photo by Banu Gökarıksel Banu Gökarıksel The veil is a piece of fabric that […]

Juan Cole

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A Million Newborns die the Day they are Born, every Year: Save the Children

A Million Newborns die the Day they are Born, every Year: Save the Children

Save the Children reports that a million newborns every year die the same day they are born. Most of these babies die of infections and […]

Juan Cole

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Fisk on Syria and Stenography “Journalism” (Democracy Now! Video)

Fisk on Syria and Stenography “Journalism” (Democracy Now! Video)

Veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk is interviewed by Amy Goodman on his experiences in Syria. In the course of the interview, he denounces the […]

Juan Cole

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