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Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts
Climate Crisis

Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

09/29/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

09/29/2025 By Tomdispatch

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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

Archaeology
How Israel’s Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage

How Israel’s Indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Endangers its Precious Hellenistic and Roman Archeological Heritage

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Gaza Strip doesn’t stay on the world’s mind the way some besieged cities in Ukraine do right now, […]

Juan Cole

Bangladesh
Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?

Will the Climate Crisis Cause the Next Great Global Conflict?

Oslo (Special to Informed Comment) – In November 1970 the Great Bhola Cyclone smashed into the southern coast of what is now Bangladesh, killing 500,000 […]

Jason Miklian

Displaced and Refugees
We must turn solidarity with Ukraine into the new normal for all refugees

We must turn solidarity with Ukraine into the new normal for all refugees

By Nicolas Haeringer | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Since Russia started its war on Ukraine, we’ve seen a tremendous outpouring of solidarity with […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
The Taliban is holding girls’ education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

The Taliban is holding girls’ education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

By Sippi Azarbaijani Moghaddam, University of St Andrews | – Afghan children and teenagers have not had much to look forward to since the Taliban […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Stanford U. Electricity now 100% Green, with Savings of $ .5 Billion; Why aren't more Universities in Forefront of Climate Battle?

Stanford U. Electricity now 100% Green, with Savings of $ .5 Billion; Why aren’t more Universities in Forefront of Climate Battle?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chelci Adami of the Stanford Report writes that Stanford University has transitioned to 100% renewable electricity. The Stanford Solar Generating […]

Juan Cole

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