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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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For First Time, Wind provided more Power than Fossil Gas for Britain, enough to Power 300 mn. Teslas

For First Time, Wind provided more Power than Fossil Gas for Britain, enough to Power 300 mn. Teslas

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study commissioned by the UK private electric utility Drax and carried out by professors at Imperial College London […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023

New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023

Clean Energy Wire / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Authoritarianism
President Erdogan has Wrecked Turkey's Economy - So What Next?

President Erdogan has Wrecked Turkey’s Economy – So What Next?

By Gulcin Ozkan, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – Turkey’s 2023 election is one of the most significant in its hundred-year history. After […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country's Largest Opposition Party

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 […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Good Climate News: New EPA Rule would make Fossil Fuel Plants cut Emissions 90% by 2040

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 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ Struggle to get Recognition for their Catastrophe

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 […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment

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 […]

Middle East Monitor

Artificial Intelligence
Who will Inherit the Earth?  The Rise of AI and the Human Future (?)

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 […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
Long Beach Plans a 400-Acre Facility for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Largest in World

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 […]

Juan Cole

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