Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – India installed 24.5 new gigawatts of solar power in 2024, along with 3.4 gigawatts of new wind. That represented a […]
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The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
By Victor Galaz, Stockholm University | – When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And […]
Germany on Track to 3 new Gigawatts of Onshore Wind this Year as Expansion Accelerates
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The speed of Germany’s onshore wind power expansion is accelerating, but it is still […]
The Existential Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood
Review of Abdelrahman Ayyash, Amr ElAfifi, and Noha Ezzat, Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013-22 (Washington, DC: The Century Foundation, 2023). […]
416,000 Years Ago, All Greenland’s Ice Melted and Raised Sea Levels 5-20 Feet: A Warning from the Past
By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, and Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University | – About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby […]
The Orwellian US Congressional Ministry of Truth just denied Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians
Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks ( Middle East Monitor ) – The two major political parties in the US have waded into the debate about whether […]
Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life […]
Hey Jason Aldean: All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Afro-textured hair has been a frequent object of racist denigration. In April 2007 radio shock jock Don Imus got himself […]
Middle East and North Africa: End Curbs on Women’s Mobility (HRW)
Many Middle East and North Africa countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country or traveling abroad without the permission of a […]
Here’s What we Know about the Charges against those Who Falsely Claimed to be Michigan Presidential Electors in 2020
By: Kyle Davidson – J ( Michigan Advance ) – After Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Tuesday against 16 Michigan residents tied […]