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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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Billionaires Can buy our Presidential Election at $100/ vote and Still Make Money!

Billionaires Can buy our Presidential Election at $100/ vote and Still Make Money!

( Otherwords.org ) – America’s wealthiest billionaires buy a national election at $100 a vote — and still make money. Gracie Mansion, the official residence […]

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Iraq
The Iraqi Street Revolution of 2019 is still Challenging the American-Installed Order

The Iraqi Street Revolution of 2019 is still Challenging the American-Installed Order

Mustafa Habib | – (Niqash.org) – Neither of the two opposing groups seem to want to give any quarter and despite impactful events and legislative […]

Mustafa Habib

Germany
Green Democracy: This small German town took back the power – and went fully renewable

Green Democracy: This small German town took back the power – and went fully renewable

By Bertie Russell | – The case for ambitious and transformative environmental policy is being made with increasing fervour and a series of “Green New […]

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Green Steel Arrives for 1st Time in Mo.- How to get Low-Carbon Electric Cars and Buildings

Green Steel Arrives for 1st Time in Mo.- How to get Low-Carbon Electric Cars and Buildings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nucor is building the first wind-powered electric micro-mill for steel production in Sedalia, Mo., writes Jeffrey Tomich at E&E News. […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Saudi Arabia’s Strategy to ‘Sportswash’ Abuses

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy to ‘Sportswash’ Abuses

By Minky Worden | Director of Global Initiatives | – (

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Your Global Carbon Dioxide Output will hit Record ~37 bn. Tons and it is Very Bad News

Your Global Carbon Dioxide Output will hit Record ~37 bn. Tons and it is Very Bad News

By Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen Peters, Pierre Friedlingstein, Robbie Andrew< , Rob Jackson and Vanessa Haverd | - Global emissions for 2019 are […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Fails again to Bring our Troops Home from Mideast:  Mulling Escalation of 14,000 v. Iran

Trump Fails again to Bring our Troops Home from Mideast: Mulling Escalation of 14,000 v. Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s Pentagon is allegedly mulling sending 14,000 US troops to the Middle East to counter Iran. Although the Pentagon pushed […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Is Iran an Expansionist Power or Just in Defensive Mode?

Is Iran an Expansionist Power or Just in Defensive Mode?

By Edward Hunt | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Iranian military is focused on deterring external threats not launching an attack on its […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Islamophobia
Israel-Based Group is Behind Bigoted Facebook Smear Campaign Aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar

Israel-Based Group is Behind Bigoted Facebook Smear Campaign Aimed at Rep. Ilhan Omar

By Eoin Higgins, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “The goal of these anti-Muslim hate campaigns is clear—they put Muslim lives here and around the […]

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