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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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Inequality
Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens

Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens

By Chuck Collins | – As part of the sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its European partners are […]

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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

Climate Crisis
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

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