Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In March 1896, William Hechler, the Anglican chaplain at the British Embassy in Vienna, came across a book […]
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Could Australian Green Steel help Save the World from the Climate Emergency?
By John Pye, Australian National University; Alireza Rahbari, Australian National University; Emma Aisbett, Australian National University; Frank Jotzo, Australian National University; and Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, RMIT […]
Will Europe Rush even faster to Electric Vehicles to escape dependence on Putin’s Oil?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sean Goulding Carroll at Euractiv.com asks if Europe can defund the Russian war machine by turning to electric vehicles. It […]
Southwest Megadrought: Climate-Driven Drop in Lake Powell could Leave Residents with no Water or Electricity
By Autriya Maneshni (Cronkite News ) PHOENIX – Water levels on Lake Powell, the second largest reservoir in the U.S., have dropped below 3,525 feet […]
Plutocrats Fiddling as the World Burns with Global Heating and Nuclear Tensions
He’s our very own emperor from hell, an updated version of Nero who, in legend, burned down Rome on a whim, though ours prefers drowning […]
Crimea’s Peaceful Muslim Tatars Dared come out against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
( The Conversation ) – As Vladimir Putin’s forces wage a brutal war against Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars living in Russian-occupied Crimea and on the […]
US would be on firmer Ground declaring Putin a War Criminal if George W. Bush had been Tried
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – NPR reports that on Wednesday, President Biden called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the first time. The […]
Will the Ukraine War be the Nail in the Coffin for the Putin-Loving Alt-Right?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Most of the leaders of the alt-right are scrambling to distance themselves from Vladimir Putin. It might be too […]
Kyiv has faced adversity before – and a stronger Ukrainian identity grew in response
By Matthew Pauly, Michigan State University | – This is not the first time residents of Kyiv have fought to defend the city from an […]
The New Cold War and the “Arsenal of Democracy”
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In certain quarters in this country, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has generated enthusiasm for a new cold war. At the […]
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