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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

05/16/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Biden's Green Energy Plans are just Market Wisdom: Norway's Investment Fund just Dumped $6 Bn. in Oil Stocks

Biden’s Green Energy Plans are just Market Wisdom: Norway’s Investment Fund just Dumped $6 Bn. in Oil Stocks

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some have questioned how realistic Biden’s plans are to move the US rapidly off fossil fuels. In fact, it is […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Israel faces legal – and practical – obligations for including Palestinians in vaccine success

Israel faces legal – and practical – obligations for including Palestinians in vaccine success

By Yara M. Asi | – As nations scramble to vaccinate populations against COVID-19, one country has been ahead of the rest: Israel. By late […]

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Houthi
Ending the crisis in Yemen is a priority for Biden administration

Ending the crisis in Yemen is a priority for Biden administration

( Al-Bab.com) – Secretary of State Blinken: “It’s vitally important that we do everything we can to get humanitarian assistance to the people of Yemen.” […]

Brian Whitaker

Immigration
Dreamers in Arizona Enthusiastically welcome Biden’s immigration plan, but older Immigrants say it doesn't go far enough

Dreamers in Arizona Enthusiastically welcome Biden’s immigration plan, but older Immigrants say it doesn’t go far enough

By Emma VandenEinde and Tyler Manion | – ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – On his first day in office, President Joe Biden sent […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Scientists:  Earth is substantially hotter than at any time during past 12,000 Years; entire Holocene was Cool

Scientists: Earth is substantially hotter than at any time during past 12,000 Years; entire Holocene was Cool

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Our human civilization, with agriculture is only about 10,000 years old. It started in the Middle East in the Neolithic. […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Conservatives worked for Decades to build an Imperial Presidency, and it Gave them Trump and now Biden

Conservatives worked for Decades to build an Imperial Presidency, and it Gave them Trump and now Biden

By Tom Engelhardt | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Joe Biden’s got a problem — and so do I. And so, in fact, do we. At […]

Juan Cole

Djibouti
City-State or Empire?  The United Arab Emirates Seeks dominance in the Horn of Africa

City-State or Empire? The United Arab Emirates Seeks dominance in the Horn of Africa

By Usman Butt | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the 2011 Arab Spring the United Arab Emirates has been taking an active role […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

by Logan Jaffe and Jack Gillum | – ( ProPublica ) – When the FBI arrested Edward “Jake” Lang on Jan. 16 for his alleged […]

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Israeli Scientists make Strides toward Recyclable Perovskite Solar Panels

Israeli Scientists make Strides toward Recyclable Perovskite Solar Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar panels have plummeted 80% in price during the past decade, but they are still relatively expensive and depend on […]

Juan Cole

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