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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Climate Crisis
Even Oil-Rich UAE admits its Green Energy saved it nearly $200 billion, as it builds World's Largest Solar Farm

Even Oil-Rich UAE admits its Green Energy saved it nearly $200 billion, as it builds World’s Largest Solar Farm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates, the world’s eighth largest oil producer, has admitted that the steps […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why Gaza's next Crisis might be Worse than Anything We have ever seen

Why Gaza’s next Crisis might be Worse than Anything We have ever seen

( Middle East Monitor ) – “The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover

Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover

By Tazreena Sajjad, American University School of International Service | – Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing […]

The Conversation

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 […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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

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