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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Iran: Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril (HRW)

Iran: Thousands of Detained Protesters and Activists in Peril (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have escalated their assault against widespread dissent and protests through dubious national security charges against detained activists […]

Human Rights Watch

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Coca-Cola, the world’s largest plastic Polluter, is sponsoring COP27. Here’s why that’s a problem

Coca-Cola, the world’s largest plastic Polluter, is sponsoring COP27. Here’s why that’s a problem

By Sydney Allen | – In a massive feat of irony, Coca-Cola, the world’s largest plastic polluter, is sponsoring COP27, the world’s largest annual environmental […]

Global Voices

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COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

By Mathieu Blondeel, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick | – The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past […]

The Conversation

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Backlash in Iran against President Biden's vow to "Free" the Country

Backlash in Iran against President Biden’s vow to “Free” the Country

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At a campaign event in California late on Thursday, President Joe Biden said, “Don’t worry, we’re going to free Iran, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: hijab Protests reflect Society-wide Anger at Regime which trashes Rule of Law and Human Rights

Iran: hijab Protests reflect Society-wide Anger at Regime which trashes Rule of Law and Human Rights

By Saeed Bagheri, University of Reading | – The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police in September for not wearing […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
After another Israeli Election, must the Palestinians Prepare for a new Mass Expulsion?

After another Israeli Election, must the Palestinians Prepare for a new Mass Expulsion?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – With what looks like a resounding election victory, Benjamin Netanyahu seems certain to return as prime minister of Israel, […]

Middle East Monitor

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Germany Plans to drive 10 million km of Train Traffic in one Province Electrically with New Charging Technology

Germany Plans to drive 10 million km of Train Traffic in one Province Electrically with New Charging Technology

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun to electrify rail lines in the […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Top 5 Worst things that Far-Right Netanyahu Could do as Prime Minister to Israeli Democracy and Palestinian Society

Top 5 Worst things that Far-Right Netanyahu Could do as Prime Minister to Israeli Democracy and Palestinian Society

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Now that far, far right Israeli politician Binyamin Netanyahu has been elected, what are the major negative consequences Israel and […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The MAGA Golden Calf:  The Christian Right's dangerous Flirtation with Political Violence and Far-Right Extremism

The MAGA Golden Calf: The Christian Right’s dangerous Flirtation with Political Violence and Far-Right Extremism

By Matthijs Kronemeijer | – Toronto (Special to Informed Comment) – The November edition of First Things, a magazine of the Christian Right, features a […]

Matthijs Kronemeijer

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