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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Representative, it is Shameful that you Voted to Sanction the Justices of the Int’l Criminal Court for Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

Representative, it is Shameful that you Voted to Sanction the Justices of the Int’l Criminal Court for Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

Letter to Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) Dear Representative Jared Golden: Your decision to vote in favor of sanctioning the International Criminal Court of Justice, (ICC) […]

Hugh J. Curran

Israel/ Palestine
The Fall of Israeli Impunity: The World is Starting to hold Tel Aviv Accountable for the Gaza Genocide

The Fall of Israeli Impunity: The World is Starting to hold Tel Aviv Accountable for the Gaza Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli […]

Ramzy Baroud

religion
How the US Religious Right is making Religion Unpopular

How the US Religious Right is making Religion Unpopular

By Galen Watts, University of Waterloo (The Conversation) – In 1961, less than one per cent of Canadians identified as having no religion. In 2021, […]

The Conversation

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Crime of the Century: CBS’ 60 Minutes Exposes the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Interviews the Whistleblowers

Crime of the Century: CBS’ 60 Minutes Exposes the Biden Administration’s Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Interviews the Whistleblowers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The amazingly brave Cecilia Vega at CBS’ 60 Minutes did a groundbreaking segment on Sunday in which she interviewed US […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
What challenges do Syrian Refugees face as they return Home?

What challenges do Syrian Refugees face as they return Home?

Written byRami Alhames Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos, Greece. Image by Georgios Giannopoulos via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. ( Globalvoices.org ) – […]

Global Voices

Israel/ Palestine
When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Copilot is a Bipartisan Uncle Sam

When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Copilot is a Bipartisan Uncle Sam

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In recent weeks, political soothsayers have speculated about a wide variety of odious new policies the incoming Trump administration and its […]

Stan Cox

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New Solar Installations double to 24.5 Gigawatts in 2024 in India — World’s 5th Largest Economy

New Solar Installations double to 24.5 Gigawatts in 2024 in India — World’s 5th Largest Economy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – India installed 24.5 new gigawatts of solar power in 2024, along with 3.4 gigawatts of new wind. That represented a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Gaza War has cost Tel Aviv $67 Bn., Diverting NatGas Revenues from Health and Education to Military

Israel’s Gaza War has cost Tel Aviv $67 Bn., Diverting NatGas Revenues from Health and Education to Military

( Middle East Monitor ) – The financial impact of Israel’s ongoing conflict with Gaza had reached an estimated 67.57 billion USD by the end […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
2024’s extreme Ocean Heat breaks Records again, leaving 2 Mysteries to solve

2024’s extreme Ocean Heat breaks Records again, leaving 2 Mysteries to solve

By Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology (The Conversation) – The oceans are heating up as the planet warms. This past year, 2024, was the […]

The Conversation

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