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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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UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren't Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren’t Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

By Catherine Early | – ( China Dialogue ) – New net-zero pledges are welcome but need to be met with rapid action in national […]

China Dialogue

Bill of Rights
The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

By Lydia DePillis | – ( ProPublica ) – It was the hectic week before Thanksgiving, and Amrith Kaur — the legal director of an […]

ProPublica

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How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

By Andrew Latham | – Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The Apartheid Pandemic:  As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have-- Will wait Months

The Apartheid Pandemic: As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have– Will wait Months

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some ten percent of Israelis have already been given the coronavirus shot, showing what an efficient government can do for […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the enduring images of 2020, the year of the pandemic, has […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley and Jianfeng Feng | – There’s no doubt that 2020 was difficult for everyone and tragic for many. But […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) have developed a […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Thanks to our Generous and Wonderful Readers

Thanks to our Generous and Wonderful Readers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We’re pretty sure that when all is said and done, we made our fundraising goal again this year. We can’t […]

Juan Cole

Books
New Year Bliss in Persian Poetry:  the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

New Year Bliss in Persian Poetry: the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – After the dark year of 2020, I thought it might be nice to talk about poetry and rebirth today. The […]

Juan Cole

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