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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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Agriculture
Next Stage in Fighting Climate Emergency is Sustainable Farming: The Good news, it will increase Farmers' Income

Next Stage in Fighting Climate Emergency is Sustainable Farming: The Good news, it will increase Farmers’ Income

By Lisa Schulte Moore | – Agriculture has not been a central part of U.S. climate policy in the past, even though climate change is […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Biden Plans for US to Jump into Electric Vehicles with Both Feet, in a Hurry

Biden Plans for US to Jump into Electric Vehicles with Both Feet, in a Hurry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The White House issued a fact sheet Thursday on how President Biden intends to move the US vehicle fleet to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
In Historic Ruling, German High Court slaps down Gov't Climate Plan, Orders Accelerated Action against CO2

In Historic Ruling, German High Court slaps down Gov’t Climate Plan, Orders Accelerated Action against CO2

By Sören Amelang Kerstine Appunn Charlotte Nijhuis and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Inequality
Just how Bold is Biden's Plan to Pay for Infrastructure by Making Rich Pay their Fair Share?

Just how Bold is Biden’s Plan to Pay for Infrastructure by Making Rich Pay their Fair Share?

( Inequality.org) – President Joe Biden has made no secret of his admiration for Franklin D. Roosevelt. He’s even given a painted portrait of FDR […]

Sam Pizzigati

Climate Crisis
Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth

Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth

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

The Conversation

Archaeology
Were Humanity’s Oldest Monumental Religious Sites Erected in NW Saudi Arabia?  1,000 ‘Rectangles’ Older than Stonehenge

Were Humanity’s Oldest Monumental Religious Sites Erected in NW Saudi Arabia? 1,000 ‘Rectangles’ Older than Stonehenge

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hugh Thomas and a team of Australian researchers have just published a groundbreaking article in the journal Antiquity describing their […]

Juan Cole

Investment
Don’t Let Wall Street Get Rich Speculating on our Water

Don’t Let Wall Street Get Rich Speculating on our Water

( Otherwords.org ) – Shameless speculators are trying to privatize and commoditize the water all humans need to live. By Jim Hightower | April 28, […]

Jim Hightower

Batteries
Delivery Trucks are beginning to go electric: And swappable Batteries Help

Delivery Trucks are beginning to go electric: And swappable Batteries Help

By Gail Broadbent and Graciela Metternicht | – Australia’s trucking industry is making moves to go electric. The latest development — a system for using […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi in Ramallah: Must disclose his Location, Charges

Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi in Ramallah: Must disclose his Location, Charges

( Committee to Protect Journalists) – Israeli authorities should immediately make public any charges against Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi and disclose where he is being […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

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