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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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With Russia in Ukraine, Climate Emergency is at Heart of German Security Strategy

With Russia in Ukraine, Climate Emergency is at Heart of German Security Strategy

( Clean Energy Wire ) – The climate crisis and its effects on people’s lives around the world will be at the heart of the […]

Julian Wettengel

Australia
Could Australian Green Steel help Save the World from the Climate Emergency?

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 […]

The Conversation

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Will Europe Rush even faster to Electric Vehicles to escape dependence on Putin's Oil?

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 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Southwest Megadrought: Climate-Driven Drop in Lake Powell could Leave Residents with no Water or Electricity

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 […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Plutocrats Fiddling as the World Burns with Global Heating and Nuclear Tensions

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 […]

Tom Engelhardt

Islam
Crimea's Peaceful Muslim Tatars Dared come out against Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

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 […]

Brian Glyn Williams

Displaced and Refugees
US would be on firmer Ground declaring Putin a War Criminal if George W. Bush had been Tried

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 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Will the Ukraine War be the Nail in the Coffin for the Putin-Loving Alt-Right?

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 […]

John Feffer

History
Kyiv has faced adversity before – and a stronger Ukrainian identity grew in response

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 […]

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