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Solar Power outstripped all others in Europe last Month for First Time
European Union

Solar Power outstripped all others in Europe last Month for First Time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the Trump Department of Energy and the Republican tax bill try to kneecap solar energy in the United States, […]

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

‘Come meet us in Dubai’: the new Offshoring of grand Corruption

07/12/2025 By The Conversation

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

Stop Israel’s Dystopian Concentration Camp in Gaza before it is Too Late

07/12/2025 By Medea Benjamin

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Iran
It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

By Nasim Ahmed | – World leaders have been trying desperately to salvage the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal between Iran […]

Middle East Monitor

Natural Gas
A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

By Bill Kovarik | – On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new […]

The Conversation

censorship
Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Update: French authorities have released the individual they apprehended on Tuesday. Read on for the significance of this attempted arrest of al-Otaibi. Ann Arbor (Informed […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Yes, America overthrew the Democratically Elected gov't of Iran in 1953 and Ray Takeyh is wrong on the History

Yes, America overthrew the Democratically Elected gov’t of Iran in 1953 and Ray Takeyh is wrong on the History

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) – It is likely that, if the elected government of Iran’s Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh had stayed in power, the […]

Fariba Amini

Inequality
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years: The Secret IRS Files on the .01%

These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years: The Secret IRS Files on the .01%

By Jeff Ernsthausen, Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger | – ( Propublica) – Here’s a tale of two Stephen Rosses. Real life Stephen Ross, who […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada

California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells, especially in the Sierra Nevada

By Roger Bales | – California is preparing for a third straight year of drought, and officials are tightening limits on water use to levels […]

The Conversation

China
For first time, China now gets a Trillion Watts of Electricity from Wind-Water-Hydro

For first time, China now gets a Trillion Watts of Electricity from Wind-Water-Hydro

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China reached a milestone this fall, of producing a terawatt of electricity from renewables — wind, water, hydro and a […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The End of Democracy’s Fourth Wave?  The New Authoritarians in the Mideast and Eastern Europe

The End of Democracy’s Fourth Wave? The New Authoritarians in the Mideast and Eastern Europe

By Amr Hamzawy | – (Middle East Monitor ) – Governments are described as authoritarian when they do not grant people the right to choose […]

Middle East Monitor

Congress
We're not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

We’re not at War: Why is Congress giving $778 Billion of our Money to the Pentagon?

( Code Pink) – Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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