San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years […]
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Global Heating Paradox: Europe’s Heat Waves are Driving Air Conditioning Sales– Which Cause more Global Heating
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – The second summer in a row with record temperatures has fuelled worries about the global climate crisis in Germany and […]
G20: The Real Crisis Confronting Global Leaders is Trump-China Trade War
By Bill Durodie | – On June 28 and 29, the G20 summit will convene for the 14th time in Osaka, Japan. This gathering of […]
How Israeli “Rules of Engagement” Allow Soldiers to Shoot Children in the Back
By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – The Haifa-based Palestinian human rights group Adalah has done a lot of important work over the years. Its […]
Politicians are Choosing Corporate Polluters & Planet Wreckers over Our Welfare: Can we Make them Stop?
By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson | – (Otherwords) – From the White House to Ohio, too many politicians care more about protecting toxic industries than their constituents. […]
Scotland’s Green Energy makes Enough Electricity 1st Quarter to power 88% of Households
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the first three months of 2019, Scotland produced 17 percent more electricity from renewables than in the same quarter […]
Trump & Kushner aren’t Offering Palestinians $50 bn.: They’re Bribing the Neighbors to Bury Them
By Hossam Shaker | – Donald Trump’s administration has recently shown great interest in Palestinians and their welfare. Even Jared Kushner, the US President’s son-in-law, […]
After Trump’s Breach, Iran said it Would Withdraw from Some of the Nuclear Deal: It Hasn’t
(Informed Comment) – In early May, on the anniversary of US withdrawal from the JCPOA, Iran announced that in view of US violations of the […]
Saudi Arabia erases Science, Blocks Progress at Bonn Climate Summit, Pushing Dirty Oil
If this Makes you Angry, buy an Electric Car
Watching another of America’s Forgotten Wars from Libyan Rooftops
( Tomdispatch.com ) – TRIPOLI, Libya — Sometimes war sounds like the harsh crack of gunfire and sometimes like the whisper of the wind. This […]