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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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Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Ghoul's Glossary:  From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]

Juan Cole

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John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

A shame that bankruptcy has left us without capital in hand, and that so many hearts have been        left bleeding by the blade […]

Juan Cole

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Dream Ticket (Poster)

Dream Ticket (Poster)

Juan Cole

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Syria:  You know you’re in Trouble When…

Syria: You know you’re in Trouble When…

Some observations for the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad: You know you’re in trouble when you can only rule over people if you massacre them: […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Obamas Scramble for Africa (Turse)

Obamas Scramble for Africa (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com Obama’s Scramble for Africa Secret Wars, Secret Bases, and the Pentagon’s “New Spice Route” in Africa By Nick Turse They […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (412) “Don’t waste a minute of your life”

Omar Khayyam (412) “Don’t waste a minute of your life”

Don’t give your body over to lamenting cruel destiny; Don’t dedicate your soul to grief at recollections of the dead. Don’t throw away your heart […]

Juan Cole

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Romney: Kayak & Shark  (Political Cartoon)

Romney: Kayak & Shark (Political Cartoon)

Juan Cole

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