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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries
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California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries

Juan Cole

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

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From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

From Sykes-Picot to Silicon Valley: Why Middle East Fault Lines now run through American Tech

12/19/2025 By Jasim Al-Azzawi

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

“We cannot Negotiate with the Melting Point of Ice:” World’s Ice Sheets shed 640 bn. Tons in 12 Months

12/19/2025 By The Conversation

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How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

DW | — “We are joined by Martin Cames who heads the Energy and Climate Division at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. He […]

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Egypt
The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

By Juan Cole, interviewed by Bassam Haddad | — Bassam Haddad, a prominent Syria specialist at George Mason University, interviewed me this fall for the […]

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Israel
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four Israelis earlier in the day. Abbas’ […]

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Iran
 Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

By Robert E. Hunter WASHINGTON, Nov 18 2014 (IPS) – Nov. 24 is the deadline for six world powers and Iran to reach a final […]

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Climate Change
Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

By Michael T. Klare (Tomdispatch.com) Pop the champagne corks in Washington!  It’s party time for Big Energy.  In the wake of the midterm elections, Republican […]

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Humor
American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

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Christianity
Pope Francis's Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

Pope Francis’s Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

By Ali Murat Yel The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Turkey on 3-day official visit from November 28 to 30. However, the […]

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3rd Possibility:  Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

3rd Possibility: Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

By Juan Cole | — Observers of the evolution of the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians have long argued that there are only two […]

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Iraq
Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Fearing IS, Palestinian families leave Mosul for Iraqi Kurdistan | — RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — About 120 Palestinian families have emigrated from Mosul in northern Iraq […]

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