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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

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) – He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Spain, the world’s 15th largest economy and the fourth-largest in Europe, recently ran for 9 hours entirely on wind, solar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Extremists' 'Flag March' Reveals the Occupation's Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Hossam Shaker     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The fragility of a position is sometimes exposed when there is an exaggeration of self-confidence […]

Middle East Monitor

nationalism
Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org ) – The results from the May 14 general elections in Turkey were a surprise for some, a disappointment for […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Climate Crisis
The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

By Matthew Patterson, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3℃ [104.5°F] […]

The Conversation

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Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yaniv Kubovich and Ben Samuels at Haaretz report that far-right extremist Bezalel Smotrich is preparing to send in another half-million […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s […]

The Conversation

Geothermal
What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

Clean Energy Wire / ARD ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Kenya signaled its interest in becoming the first African nation in an international ‘climate […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

China
Goodbye to the American Century:  China India and the Emerging New World Order

Goodbye to the American Century: China India and the Emerging New World Order

( Tomdispatch.com) – Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the “G-2” — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United […]

Michael T. Klare

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