Informed Comment - Part 951

Young Muslims fashion a Green Ramadan: Faith, Fasting and Environmentalism

By William Barylo | – Muslims worldwide are about to enter the second half of Ramadan, a month widely known to the public as one […]

The Conversation

Green Transportation

Zero Carbon Electric Air Taxi 5-Seater Completes Maiden Flight in Germany

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – (Clean Energy Wire) – The new five-seater electric air taxi by aviation company Lilium from Munich has completed its first […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine

3 Million Israeli-Occupied Palestinians Caught in Maze of Military Checkpoints & Squatter Attacks

By Rebecca Stead | – During the 1967 Six Day War, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied by Israel. Fifty-two years later this […]

Middle East Monitor

China

China to Iran’s Rescue? Trump might successfully anger Beijing or Tehran, but not Both

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a news conference on Saturday that China opposes US unilateral sanctions on Iran […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad

Leaked Document Revives Controversy over Syria Chemical Attacks

(Al-Bab.com – A leaked document which contradicts key findings of an official investigation into chemical weapons in Syria has surfaced on the internet. Described as […]

Brian Whitaker

Featured

Could Trump’s Tensions with Iran, Venezuela Cause Gasoline Prices to Spike?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tensions between the Trump administration and two of the world’s significant oil producers, Iran and Venezuela, in addition to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change