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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates
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Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Juan Cole

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

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Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

11/21/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

Trump using Jews to Ban Free Speech: The Ultimate in Antisemitism

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Planting more Trees could reduce Heat-Related Deaths in Cities by a Third

Planting more Trees could reduce Heat-Related Deaths in Cities by a Third

By Meelan Thondoo, University of Cambridge; Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Australian Catholic University; and Tamara Iungman, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) | – (The Conversation) – […]

The Conversation

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Top 6 Exciting Wind Power Developments in US, as investment in Offshore Wind Triples and Wind Generates 10% of US Electricity

Top 6 Exciting Wind Power Developments in US, as investment in Offshore Wind Triples and Wind Generates 10% of US Electricity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Renewable energy continues to burgeon rapidly in the United States. Here are some of the signs of a major transformation […]

Juan Cole

Banking
$1 trillion in the Shade – the annual Profits that Multinational Corporations shift to Tax Havens continues to Soar

$1 trillion in the Shade – the annual Profits that Multinational Corporations shift to Tax Havens continues to Soar

By Ludvig Wier, University of Copenhagen and Gabriel Zucman, University of California, Berkeley | – (The Conversation) – About a decade ago, the world’s biggest […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Chancellor Scholz on Ukraine:  Putin Tried to Blackmail Germany with Fossil Gas, but only Accelerated Energy Diversification

Chancellor Scholz on Ukraine: Putin Tried to Blackmail Germany with Fossil Gas, but only Accelerated Energy Diversification

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Russia’s attempt to blackmail Germany and the rest of Europe into giving up its […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

National Security State
Children of War:  The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds

Children of War: The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During a Veterans Day celebration in my small Maryland community, a teacher clicked through a slideshow of smiling men and women […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Jimmy Carter was Pilloried for Worrying about Israeli Apartheid, but he has Been Amply Vindicated by History

Jimmy Carter was Pilloried for Worrying about Israeli Apartheid, but he has Been Amply Vindicated by History

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – As President Jimmy Carter nears the end in hospice care, we are prompted to revisit his accomplishments and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Environment
How Dangerous are the Chemicals Released in the Palestine, OH, Derailment?

How Dangerous are the Chemicals Released in the Palestine, OH, Derailment?

Several cars that contained hazardous chemicals burned after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University (The Conversation) – […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
As another two Earthquakes hit Turkey, Anger continues to grow

As another two Earthquakes hit Turkey, Anger continues to grow

According to latest reports, six are dead and 294 injured Written byArzu Geybullayeva   Image by Meydan TV. Used with permission. ( Globalvoices.org) – #Bölgeyeçadıryollayın […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Human Rights
Open Letter to Sec'y Blinken: James Cavallaro Should not be Disqualified on Inter-American Human Rights for Criticizing Israeli Apartheid

Open Letter to Sec’y Blinken: James Cavallaro Should not be Disqualified on Inter-American Human Rights for Criticizing Israeli Apartheid

Open Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the withdrawal of Professor James Cavallaro’s nomination for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights […]

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