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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Petroleum
How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping

How Not to Cope with Vladimir Putin by Drilling and Pumping

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com)- While the Ukrainian people bear the lethal brunt of Russia’s invasion, shockwaves from that war threaten to worsen […]

Tomdispatch

Arab World
Climate Crisis: Middle East is Heating up Twice as Fast as Global Average

Climate Crisis: Middle East is Heating up Twice as Fast as Global Average

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Christoph Duenwald et al. at the International Monetary Fund have a new report out that finds that temperatures in the […]

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Microplastics can enter our bloodstream, scientists find

Microplastics can enter our bloodstream, scientists find

By Daniel T Cross” ( Sustainability Times) – Microplastics have permeated the environment from mountain tops to the seafloor and are posing a threat to […]

Sustainability Times

Climate Crisis
Recycling Solar Panels is the Future of Sustainability: One Company is ahead of the Game

Recycling Solar Panels is the Future of Sustainability: One Company is ahead of the Game

By Hope O’Brien | ( Cronkite News ) – YUMA – Tucked between warehouses near the airport, We Recycle Solar is repurposing, reusing and recycling […]

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Far Right
Yes, Putin and Russia are fascist – a political scientist shows how they meet the textbook definition

Yes, Putin and Russia are fascist – a political scientist shows how they meet the textbook definition

By Alexander Motyl, Rutgers University – Newark | – When Vladimir Putin unleashed an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Ukrainian media, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Combined, Green Sources generated 38% of global Electricity in 2021, for 1st Time Exceeding Coal

Combined, Green Sources generated 38% of global Electricity in 2021, for 1st Time Exceeding Coal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis shop, which prioritizes ending the use of coal to combat the climate emergency, has issued a […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
What does Russia’s history of urban warfare in Aleppo and Grozny mean for Ukraine?

What does Russia’s history of urban warfare in Aleppo and Grozny mean for Ukraine?

By Roman Shemakov | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, the conflict has increasingly focused on urban hubs. […]

Global Voices

racism
Ukraine war shows it’s time to do away with the racist ‘Clash of Civilizations’ theory

Ukraine war shows it’s time to do away with the racist ‘Clash of Civilizations’ theory

By Katherine Bullock, University of Toronto | – “The clash of civilizations,” wrote the late American political scientist Samuel Huntington in a famous 1993 article, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Costs of (Another) War:  When We Could Be Fighting Climate Change

The Costs of (Another) War: When We Could Be Fighting Climate Change

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common […]

Tomdispatch

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