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 […]
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Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Tunis) – Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving to […]
Good Climate News: New EPA Rule would make Fossil Fuel Plants cut Emissions 90% by 2040
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced on Thursday the most ambitious limits on how much […]
The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ Struggle to get Recognition for their Catastrophe
By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th […]
Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment
Dr Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri International humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, states clearly that no person […]
Who will Inherit the Earth? The Rise of AI and the Human Future (?)
( Tomdispatch.com ) – After almost 79 years on this beleaguered planet, let me say one thing: this can’t end well. Really, it can’t. And […]
Long Beach Plans a 400-Acre Facility for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Largest in World
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – City News Service reports that Long Beach is planning a 400-acre facility to manufacture and install offshore floating wind turbines […]
Turkey’s Opposition Chief is Leading in the Polls, but Sunday’s Election is a Cliffhanger
By Balki Begumhan Bayhan, Coventry University | – (The Conversation) – Turkey’s general election on Sunday, May 14 will see voters cast their ballots for […]
Our Climate Crisis: The Ultra-Wealthy have a Private Jet Problem, Therefore so do We
Blogging Our Great Divide by Omar Ocampo ( Inequality.org ) – The past two years have been a bonanza for private aviation. […]
The Privatization of War, American-Style
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin’s war in […]