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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

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Rehab for Empire Addiction:  Uncle Sam on the Couch

Rehab for Empire Addiction: Uncle Sam on the Couch

By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) [What follows is a transcript of a therapy session between the American Empire and a psychiatrist whose name we at TomDispatch have agreed not to […]

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Energy
20 Richest Countries Subsidize Oil & Gas Exploration as much as Whole World Subsidizes Green Energy

20 Richest Countries Subsidize Oil & Gas Exploration as much as Whole World Subsidizes Green Energy

Analysis by Shelagh Whitley (IPS) LONDON, Nov 11 2014 (IPS) – Just a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave its starkest […]

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Israel
Israel Econ. Minister's West Bank annexation plan a wake up call for the West

Israel Econ. Minister’s West Bank annexation plan a wake up call for the West

By John V. Whitbeck (Ma’an News Agency) Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister of the Economy and leader of the Jewish Home Party, a major component of […]

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Climate Change
Mr. 2%: Tony Blair’s Secret Oil Contract with Saudis Revealed

Mr. 2%: Tony Blair’s Secret Oil Contract with Saudis Revealed

TheLipTV: “Tony Blair’s secret contract with a Saudi oil company has been revealed as details have emerged that the ex-Prime Minister received £41,000 a month […]

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Climate Change
A Day Late & a Dollar Short:  Obama & China agree on Languid Climate Goals

A Day Late & a Dollar Short: Obama & China agree on Languid Climate Goals

By Juan Cole The good news is that US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have reached an agreement on limiting carbon emissions […]

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Bill of Rights
Congress has a Bill Ready to Curb NSA Snooping; if You care, Tell them to Pass it!

Congress has a Bill Ready to Curb NSA Snooping; if You care, Tell them to Pass it!

By Mark Jaycox (EFF) Congress continues its path towards becoming the least productive Congress in modern history while on its second vacation in as many […]

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Climate Change
Sea Rise not Distant:  Americans on Coast could see 200 Floods a Year before Mortgage paid Off

Sea Rise not Distant: Americans on Coast could see 200 Floods a Year before Mortgage paid Off

Union of Concerned Scientists: “As sea level rises higher over the next 15 to 30 years, tidal flooding is expected to occur more often, cause […]

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Israel
Has the Third Palestinian Uprising Begun?

Has the Third Palestinian Uprising Begun?

AJ+ “Events in Jerusalem are continuing to escalate between Israelis and Palestinians. Stabbings, hit and runs, stone-throwing and more.”

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Iraq
Women Targeted by Militarism in Strong States and Extremism in weak ones

Women Targeted by Militarism in Strong States and Extremism in weak ones

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 2014 (IPS) – Ongoing military conflicts in the strife-torn Middle East – specifically in Iraq, Syria, Libya and […]

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