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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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Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

11/22/2025 By The Conversation

Who is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

Who is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

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Iranian State Arrests Popular Actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Academy-Award-Winning Film, for Protesting Executions

Iranian State Arrests Popular Actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Academy-Award-Winning Film, for Protesting Executions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian authorities arrested renowned actress Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, on Saturday for an Instagram post in which she denounced the execution […]

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G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

G7 Industrialized Democracies Establish Climate Club with Focus on Industry Decarbonization

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The G7 group of influential economies have set up an international climate club to […]

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A Year of Global Displacement

A Year of Global Displacement

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – This year had the unwelcome distinction of being the first to see over […]

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Climate Crisis
Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

Where the Climate Target of 1.5°C (2.7°F) Came from, and Why we must not Lose Sight of its Importance

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds | – The US economist William Nordhaus claimed as early as the 1970s, when scientific understanding of climate change […]

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2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

2022 was Deadliest Year for Palestinians under Occupation on Record, with 153 Killed by Israeli Forces, Squatters: UN

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Officer of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has issued a press release detailing the views of its […]

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Authoritarianism
Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

Iran: dissent by public figures has amplified the protest across the country – and the world

By Roja Fazaeli, Trinity College Dublin | – Iran’s Islamic Republic continues to violently suppress ongoing pro-democracy protests, which broke out in September in response […]

The Conversation

Houthi
Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

Facing Houthi Victory in Yemen, US Changes Tactics

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – After years of backing a disastrous, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, the United States […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
America's Night Raids in Afghanistan:  An Ongoing Nightmare

America’s Night Raids in Afghanistan: An Ongoing Nightmare

By Lynzy Billing. Video by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons | – Prologue March 2019 • Rodat District, Nangarhar Province This story contains graphic descriptions and images […]

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Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Net Zero by 2045: “California is leading most significant economic transformation since Industrial Revolution”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – California’s Air Resources Board has announced a wide-ranging set of plans aimed at taking the state to net carbon zero […]

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