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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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China
With US AWOL on Climate Leadership, are EU Members like Holland Turning to China?

With US AWOL on Climate Leadership, are EU Members like Holland Turning to China?

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( China Dialogue ) – Both countries have their work cut out to reach emissions-reduction goals, but China is already […]

China Dialogue

Climate Crisis
Whodunnit?:  Hundreds of Thousands of Birds fell out of the Sky in Southwest  and now we Know Why

Whodunnit?: Hundreds of Thousands of Birds fell out of the Sky in Southwest and now we Know Why

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1963 horror film, The Birds, our avian cousins abruptly and for no apparent reason turned hostile […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
The U.S. Needs COVID Relief and Renewable Energy, Not a Space Force

The U.S. Needs COVID Relief and Renewable Energy, Not a Space Force

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 21, he will be faced with some very expensive problems, from […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Elections
Israel enters a New Election between the Right and the Far Right

Israel enters a New Election between the Right and the Far Right

By Antoine Shalhat | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is heading towards a fourth general election in less than two years, coinciding […]

Middle East Monitor

European Union
Brexit deal done: what's in it and where next for the UK and EU?

Brexit deal done: what’s in it and where next for the UK and EU?

By Andrew Glencross | – To misquote Shakespeare, our Brexit negotiating revels now are ended. The tempestuous talks did not lead to a dramatic walkout, […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Peril in the Middle East, Peril at Home:  Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

Peril in the Middle East, Peril at Home: Our Top 10 Stories of 2020

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 2020 was a monster of a year, leaving three million Americans dead (a record), probably nearly half a million of […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men

How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men

By Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin | – ( ProPublica ) – The Rev. Dr. Kejuane Artez Bates was a big man with big responsibilities. […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Deficit Hawks:  Reducing environmental damage of greenhouse gases, pollutants saves billions

Deficit Hawks: Reducing environmental damage of greenhouse gases, pollutants saves billions

By Charlotte Nijhuis | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Reducing the environmental damages caused by greenhouse gases, nitrogen emissions, other pollutants and human […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant

Climate activists mount utility strike to urge the shutdown of New England coal plant

By Barbara Peterson | – (Waging Nonviolence) – Santa is not the only one giving out coal this year. Climate activists like Johnny Sanchez and […]

Waging Nonviolence

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