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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
Climate Crisis

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

08/25/2025 By Global Voices

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

08/25/2025 By F. Douglas Stephenson

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Big Oil and Big Coal countries Block meaningful G20 Climate Pledge, in wake of World's Hottest Summer on Record

Big Oil and Big Coal countries Block meaningful G20 Climate Pledge, in wake of World’s Hottest Summer on Record

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shivam Patel at Reuters reports that the G20 summit in New Delhi made no specific, agreed-upon statement on climate and […]

Juan Cole

Death Penalty
Saudi Arabia executes more than 100 People this Year

Saudi Arabia executes more than 100 People this Year

( Middle East Monitor) – The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals […]

Middle East Monitor

China
A Perfect Storm: Does China’s EV Dominance Threaten European Auto Makers on their Home Turf?

A Perfect Storm: Does China’s EV Dominance Threaten European Auto Makers on their Home Turf?

By Sören Amelang | – On the way from China to Europe: BYD electric car. Image by BYD ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Europe’s […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Latino Futurism and Puerto Rico's Solar Insurrection: Panels, Batteries and going Off-Grid after Hurricane Maria

Latino Futurism and Puerto Rico’s Solar Insurrection: Panels, Batteries and going Off-Grid after Hurricane Maria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis thinks that the future of Puerto Rico is solar panels plus battery […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
From Egypt's Nile to Iraq's Tigris-Euphrates, only Water Diplomacy can Forestall Coming Climate Conflicts

From Egypt’s Nile to Iraq’s Tigris-Euphrates, only Water Diplomacy can Forestall Coming Climate Conflicts

By Prof. Dr. Aysegul Kibaroglu   ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the most pressing issues of the 21st century is the management […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Greece's Record Rainfall, Flooding, are part of a Mediterranean trend to more Dangerous Weather

Climate Crisis: Greece’s Record Rainfall, Flooding, are part of a Mediterranean trend to more Dangerous Weather

By Ioanna Stamataki, University of Greenwich | – Recent images of the devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel in Greece hit close to home […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Past three Months Hottest on Record, as UN SecGen Warns "Climate Breakdown has begun."

Past three Months Hottest on Record, as UN SecGen Warns “Climate Breakdown has begun.”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization reports the results of a study by the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
How Photography can Reveal, Overlook and Manipulate the Truth: The Fearless Work of Iranian Artist Hoda Afshar

How Photography can Reveal, Overlook and Manipulate the Truth: The Fearless Work of Iranian Artist Hoda Afshar

By Tom Williams, University of Wollongong | – (The Conversation) – Through her poetically constructed images, Hoda Afshar illuminates a world overshadowed by history and […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
How 9/11 Bred a “War on Terror” from Hell

How 9/11 Bred a “War on Terror” from Hell

By Norman Solomon | – [Today’s piece is adapted from the introduction to Norman Solomon’s book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll […]

Tomdispatch

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