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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

12/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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COP30: 5 Reasons the UN Climate Conference wasn’t the Promised “People’s Summit”

COP30: 5 Reasons the UN Climate Conference wasn’t the Promised “People’s Summit”

When the final deal was agreed, key references to a fossil fuel phase-out were missing.

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned

The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned

The bad guys included Saudi Arabia and the entire Arab bloc, along with China, India, and other nations still in thrall to Big Carbon

Juan Cole

Apartheid
West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

The operation emptied the camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams of virtually all its residents

Human Rights Watch

Genocide
Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

War crimes and crimes against humanity are among the gravest offences recognised in international law.

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
India Plans 2.45 Gig Solar Park + 5 GWh Battery in Rajasthan, so why drag its Feet at COP30?

India Plans 2.45 Gig Solar Park + 5 GWh Battery in Rajasthan, so why drag its Feet at COP30?

even the right wing Hindu nationalist government of India has ambitious plans to transition to green energy

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

Environment and health: a connection that remains unseen in the Climate Change Conferences

From an environmental health perspective, we need to discuss the role of these forests in order to formulate health promotion policies

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Who is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

Who is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

The ISF will be tasked with securing the borders in a way that confines Palestinians, demilitarizing Gaza

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

Global Battle Royale at COP30 between Fossil Fuel Producers and Green Energy Advocates

A bloc is attempting to deep-six the pledge made at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels.”

Juan Cole

Canada
Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Protesting Canada’s Detention of Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk over Palestine Rights Advocacy

Outrage at the unjustified harassment that Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur was subjected to by agents of the Canada Border Services

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