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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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How Did We Get Here?  The Strategic Blunder of the 1990s That Set the Stage for Today's Ukrainian Crisis

How Did We Get Here? The Strategic Blunder of the 1990s That Set the Stage for Today’s Ukrainian Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com) – Understandably enough, commentaries on the crisis between Russia and the West tend to dwell on Ukraine. After all, more than 100,000 Russian […]

Rajan Menon

Climate Crisis
Even Red-State Louisiana Eyes 5 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Generation, replacing declining Oil Industry

Even Red-State Louisiana Eyes 5 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Generation, replacing declining Oil Industry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Windpower Monthly reports that the state of Louisiana’s Climate Commission Task Force assembled by Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards is […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Challenging Israel’s Climate Apartheid in Palestine

Challenging Israel’s Climate Apartheid in Palestine

By Muna Dajani | – ( Al-Shabakah ) – Through its participation in the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and other international forums, the […]

Al-Shabaka

Dissent
'State Of Explosion': Leaked IRGC Document Warns Of Rising Discontent In Iran

‘State Of Explosion’: Leaked IRGC Document Warns Of Rising Discontent In Iran

( RFE/RL ) – A “highly confidential” state document leaked to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda warns that discontent is rising in Iran, with society in a […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
A quarter of the world depends on Glacier Melt for their Water; it will be Gone Sooner than Expected

A quarter of the world depends on Glacier Melt for their Water; it will be Gone Sooner than Expected

By Mathieu Morlighem | – Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much […]

The Conversation

Corporate Surveillance
Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down?

Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO company and backed by the Israeli state has been used extensively against […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Race, Religion and Whoopi Goldberg: Her Mistake on Judaism Pales before that of Trump

Race, Religion and Whoopi Goldberg: Her Mistake on Judaism Pales before that of Trump

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – It’s time to stop flogging Whoopi Goldberg, and re-examine the semantics of Judaism as a race or religion. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
Solarpunk: Visions of a just, nature-positive world

Solarpunk: Visions of a just, nature-positive world

By Joe Coroneo-Seaman | – ( China Dialogue ) – “It is 2050. In most places in the world, the air is moist and fresh, […]

China Dialogue

Nonviolence
The Antiwar Movement That Wasn’t Enough: The Wars We Couldn’t End

The Antiwar Movement That Wasn’t Enough: The Wars We Couldn’t End

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – When I urge my writing students to juice up their stories, I tell them about “disruptive […]

Tomdispatch

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