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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israel has a 'hands-off' approach with illegal Israeli squatters, but not with the Palestinians

Israel has a ‘hands-off’ approach with illegal Israeli squatters, but not with the Palestinians

By Osama Othman | – Settler violence against Palestinians has escalated during Israel’s “hands-off” approach in the occupied West Bank, according to Haaretz. The Israeli […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Coral reefs are dying as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

Coral reefs are dying as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

By Sam Purkis | – The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance
Haugen:  Facebook has become the Terminator

Haugen: Facebook has become the Terminator

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Frances Haugen’s whistleblower testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

By Charles Lester | – An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Despite Israel Lobbies' Power in Congress, for a New Generation Sympathy with Oppressed Palestinians is becoming New Normal

Despite Israel Lobbies’ Power in Congress, for a New Generation Sympathy with Oppressed Palestinians is becoming New Normal

( Middle East Monitor ) – There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, one that is inspired by the way […]

Ramzy Baroud

Asia
Will this Year's Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Seek Climate Justice for Global South, too?

Will this Year’s Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Seek Climate Justice for Global South, too?

By Omair Ahmad | – ( Third Pole ) – Unless the connection between economic security and a green transition is made clear by the […]

The Third Pole

Climate Crisis
Britain, once victim of Coal-driven "Great Smog," vows 100% Green Electricity by 2035

Britain, once victim of Coal-driven “Great Smog,” vows 100% Green Electricity by 2035

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a goal of getting all electricity from renewables by 2035. The announcement […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Arguing with Sen. Joe Manchin

Arguing with Sen. Joe Manchin

As I write this piece the so called moderate Democrats are locked in combat with the party’s progressives, but what issues besides numbers to be […]

John Buell

Anti-Vaccination
Cherry-Picking the Bible to oppose Vaccines is an old Technique for Evangelical Agendas

Cherry-Picking the Bible to oppose Vaccines is an old Technique for Evangelical Agendas

By John Fea | – A devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus […]

The Conversation

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