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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

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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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Burning Oil Strengthens Hurricanes like Laura, which sow Environmental Catastrophe when they Strike Petroleum Facilities like Lousiana's

Burning Oil Strengthens Hurricanes like Laura, which sow Environmental Catastrophe when they Strike Petroleum Facilities like Lousiana’s

By John Pardue | – Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a […]

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Authoritarianism
Trump’s Postmaster General Should Be Returned to Sender before Democracy Dies

Trump’s Postmaster General Should Be Returned to Sender before Democracy Dies

By James E. Varner| – ( Otherwords.org) – President Trump’s postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, recently testified before Congress about major slowdowns in mail delivery under […]

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Iraqi Shiite Militias 1, Trump 0:  US Forced to Reduce its Presence by 1/3

Iraqi Shiite Militias 1, Trump 0: US Forced to Reduce its Presence by 1/3

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqis aren’t sure what to make of the report on Friday in the Wall Street Journal that the US military […]

Juan Cole

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A Parable for Trump's America: The Mulla's Snake and the Village of Nescience

A Parable for Trump’s America: The Mulla’s Snake and the Village of Nescience

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment) – In pre-revolution Iran during the mid-1950s, an elementary school textbook had a parable about an illiterate mullah. He ran […]

Bahman Fozouni

Israel/ Palestine
‘Dying to fish’: How Israeli piracy destroyed Gaza’s once thriving fishing Industry, a Key Source of Protein

‘Dying to fish’: How Israeli piracy destroyed Gaza’s once thriving fishing Industry, a Key Source of Protein

( Middle East Monitor) – On August 16, the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone. A few days later, a group […]

Ramzy Baroud

China
When is China-Bashing Racist?

When is China-Bashing Racist?

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – On the left, there is widespread agreement that Trump’s immigration policies are informed by white supremacist doctrines. His […]

Martin Powers

Donald Trump
How Trump brought us 11.1% Unemployment, lost Manufacturing Jobs, worsened Trade Deficits and Kowtowed to China

How Trump brought us 11.1% Unemployment, lost Manufacturing Jobs, worsened Trade Deficits and Kowtowed to China

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump supporters often acknowledge that Trump’s personal style puts them off, but that they like his economic program. They agree […]

Juan Cole

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Trump's Foreign Policy of 'America First' often leaves the US on the Sidelines

Trump’s Foreign Policy of ‘America First’ often leaves the US on the Sidelines

By Klaus W. Larres | – At the Republican National Convention, supporters of President Trump’s reelection bid have celebrated his attempts to build a Mexico […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
COVID death Tolls are Horrific, but those of Global Heating are much Worse

COVID death Tolls are Horrific, but those of Global Heating are much Worse

By Soumya Sarkar | – ( TheThirdPole.net) – Unless the world curbs greenhouse gas emissions significantly, extreme heat could become a major global killer by […]

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