By Jeffrey Fields | – Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long, repressive reign of the shah of Iran, whose security services brutalized Iranian citizens for decades. […]
Hot Blob: Worst Ocean Heatwave on Record just Killed 1 Million Seabirds in N. Pacific
By Tim Birkhead | – The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many other seabirds, its numbers have declined over the last few decades. Part of that decline is due […]
Trump tried to divide Iranian Public from Regime, but 86% of Iranians are Negative toward US
By Monti Datta | – After the Trump administration killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with a drone strike on Jan. 3, anti-American protests in Iran subsequently spiked, with thousands mourning Soleimani’s passing. As someone who studies the U.S. image and world opinion, I am aware that this event is rapidly evolving, so it’s difficult to […]
Australia, your country is burning – dangerous climate change is here with you now
By Michael E Mann | – After years studying the climate, my work has brought me to Sydney where I’m studying the linkages between climate change and extreme weather events. Prior to beginning my sabbatical stay in Sydney, I took the opportunity this holiday season to vacation in Australia with my family. We went to […]
All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law
By David Mednicoff | – Editor’s note: Iran’s missile attack on a U.S. base in Iraq in retaliation for the Trump administration’s killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has dramatically escalated global tensions. Dozens of questions have swirled around the events. Beyond the politics, international law and Middle Eastern scholar David Mednicoff from the University […]
Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam
By Deina Abdelkader | – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert military operations, was an important figure in the Iranian government. But that’s not the only reason his targeted killing by the United States has elicited explosive grief and outrage in […]
We Can Do it: In 10 Years, even Tory Britain Dumped Coal and went to 21% Wind
By Grant Wilson, Iain Staffell and Noah Godfrey | – In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But by the end of the decade*, these fossil fuels accounted for just 40%, with coal generation collapsing from the decade’s peak of 41% in 2012 to under 2% in 2019. […]
Trump’s Twitter threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites was a historic mistake
By David J. Wasserstein | – Be careful of the company you keep. In a threat delivered over Twitter on Jan. 4, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is prepared to “HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD” culturally important targets in Iran should the country retaliate for the American killing of its top general. […]
US-Iran War Drums Show the Perils in Trump’s Policy of going it Alone
By Klaus W. Larres | – President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran is in deep crisis. The president’s approach has the support neither of America’s allies nor of its strategic rivals, China and Russia. And his policy – made even more confrontational by the shooting of a high-ranking Iranian official – has boxed him into […]
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