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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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Scorching the Earth:  When Big Oil and Gas Flare, the Methane traps 80x as Much Heat as C02

Scorching the Earth: When Big Oil and Gas Flare, the Methane traps 80x as Much Heat as C02

By Nicole Sadek, Zoha Tunio and Sarah Hunt | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism< When companies flare, they do more than burn natural gas. They […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Climate-related damage to German forests ‘unprecedented’: German Aerospace Center

Climate-related damage to German forests ‘unprecedented’: German Aerospace Center

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have for the first time determined how […]

Clean Energy Wire

Bush
How Bush's Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

How Bush’s Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush issued a statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It went like this: DALLAS, TEXAS – “Russia’s […]

Juan Cole

History
Russia in Ukraine: Basing Land Claims on Ethnicity/History rather than Int'l Law always leads to Bloody Conflict

Russia in Ukraine: Basing Land Claims on Ethnicity/History rather than Int’l Law always leads to Bloody Conflict

From: The Conversation: The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what is left […]

Ronald Suny

Israel/ Palestine
It's Settled That Israel Is Committing the Crime of Apartheid—Now What Should We Do About It?

It’s Settled That Israel Is Committing the Crime of Apartheid—Now What Should We Do About It?

( Commondreams.org ) – When Amnesty International released its report “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity” earlier the month, […]

Phyllis Bennis

China
China is Rising as a Superpower by vastly Expanding Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels

China is Rising as a Superpower by vastly Expanding Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Consider us at the edge of the sort of epochal change not seen for centuries, even millennia. By the middle of […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Batteries
By Blocking Green Energy, Manchin and Republicans are Siding with Russia and Endangering US National Security

By Blocking Green Energy, Manchin and Republicans are Siding with Russia and Endangering US National Security

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vladimir Putin just made you poorer. Your retirement funds invested in the stock market just tanked. The cost of getting […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate data reveals a hottest, driest Southwest in 1,200 Years, with more extremes possible

Climate data reveals a hottest, driest Southwest in 1,200 Years, with more extremes possible

By Alexia Stanbridge | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The megadrought that’s gripped Arizona and the Southwest since 2000 is the driest […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Israel/ Palestine
Europe Needs to Ban trade with Israeli Squatter Settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories

Europe Needs to Ban trade with Israeli Squatter Settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories

Human Rights Watch – (Brussels, February 21, 2022) – The European Commission should prohibit EU trade with settlements in occupied territories globally, Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

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