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

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

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

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Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

Israel’s Scholasticide and the Irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian Students didn’t Go Back to School this Fall because Israel Killed them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Valencia Floods: Our warming Climate is making once-rare Weather more Common, and more Destructive

Valencia Floods: Our warming Climate is making once-rare Weather more Common, and more Destructive

By Antonio Ruiz de Elvira Serra, Universidad de Alcalá | – (The Conversation) – In the last few days, a seasonal weather system known in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Protesting U of Minnesota Barring Students from Campus for Protesting Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Rebecca M. Cunningham President, University of Minnesota upres@umn.edu . . . Dear President Cunningham […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly.

Trump would be an “Extinction-Level Event” for the Planet, Turbocharging Climate Change. Vote Accordingly.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UC Berkeley scholars warn that “with plans to expand the production of fossil fuels, curtail environmental regulations, dismantle key climate […]

Juan Cole

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Heartfelt Thanks to our Generous Readers

Heartfelt Thanks to our Generous Readers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Much gratitude to all of you who donated to our successful fundraiser this year, in which we sought some extra […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli Attacks on Lebanese Medics Apparent War Crimes: Israel’s Allies should Suspend Arms Sales

Israeli Attacks on Lebanese Medics Apparent War Crimes: Israel’s Allies should Suspend Arms Sales

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked medical workers and healthcare facilities in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Relations with the UN have hit a new Low with ban on UN Relief and Works Agency

Israel’s Relations with the UN have hit a new Low with ban on UN Relief and Works Agency

By Lisa Strömbom, Lund University | – (The Conversation) – Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, […]

The Conversation

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How did the Mideast become a Nuclear Flashpoint?

How did the Mideast become a Nuclear Flashpoint?

Eau Claire, WI (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The state of world politics since the end of the Cold War has been marked by […]

Ali Abootalebi

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Wars and Occupation Today are not about Self Defense

Israel’s Wars and Occupation Today are not about Self Defense

By Stephen R. Shalom | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – “Israel has the right to defend itself,” President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala […]

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