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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

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In  2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

In 2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yale Environment 360 points to recent energy reports as suggesting that China will hit peak gasoline next year. That is, […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel's Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Israel’s Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ […]

Ramzy Baroud

Bangladesh
Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World's Largest Resettlement Program

Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World’s Largest Resettlement Program

By Atmaja Gohain Baruah, King’s College London | – Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Middle East Studies Association | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter raising concerns about Israel’s accession to the US Visa Waiver Program Mr. Alejandro […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We'd Ever Need?

Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We’d Ever Need?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Space Agency isn’t as well known in the U.S. as NASA or even Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

  Tais Gadea Lara   ( The Third Pole ) – A smile on her face, Celeste Saulo lapped up a rapturous ovation from the […]

The Third Pole

Displaced and Refugees
Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in West Darfur

Laetitia Bader Director, Horn of Africa   ( Human Rights Watch ) – Nusra and Khadija share the bond of being cousins and of living […]

Human Rights Watch

Corporations
The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

The Profiteers of Armageddon: Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released […]

William D. Hartung

Climate Crisis
WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Association said this weekend as July comes to a close that it will have been the hottest […]

Juan Cole

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