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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast
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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast

Juan Cole

five miles off Dongying is where China Energy CHN Energy has located its $1.2 billion offshore solar panel array, the largest in the world

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

How to turn Extreme Weather Tragedies into Climate Victories

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Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

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Iraq:  Radical Shiite Militia fights Sunni Extremists as US Carrier reaches Gulf

Iraq: Radical Shiite Militia fights Sunni Extremists as US Carrier reaches Gulf

By Juan Cole Saturday was a day of militia pushback against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS]. In a sign of growing polarization […]

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Foreign nationals struggle to send money home

Foreign nationals struggle to send money home

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 14 June 2014: Money transfer companies are reportedly operating reduced hours, leaving many foreign nationals working in Libya struggling to […]

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When will they ever Learn? America on Brink of another Military Engagement

When will they ever Learn? America on Brink of another Military Engagement

By William R. Polk America appears once again to be on the brink of a war. This time the war is likely to be in […]

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The Biggest effect of Carbon Emissions:  Rapid Ocean Warming

The Biggest effect of Carbon Emissions: Rapid Ocean Warming

Posted on 12 June 2014 by John Abraham One benefit of working in the climate science arena is that I have the privilege to interact with some of the world’s most talented individuals. I have learned their stories while we have shared hypotheses about…

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Bush
"If you take down the central gov't...you could... see... pieces of Iraq fly off"- Dick Cheney 1994

“If you take down the central gov’t…you could… see… pieces of Iraq fly off”- Dick Cheney 1994

Dick Cheney on why the US shouldn’t invade Iraq (1994): “Because if we had gone to Baghdad we would have been all alone. There wouldn’t […]

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Enter the Ayatollah:  Sistani calls on Iraqis to enlist in Fight against "Terrorists"

Enter the Ayatollah: Sistani calls on Iraqis to enlist in Fight against “Terrorists”

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spiritual leader of most Iraqi Shiites, intervened forcefully in Iraqi politics on Thursday and Friday, giving his support to the national […]

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Dear America: You're in the Army Now

Dear America: You’re in the Army Now

By William J. Astore I spent four college years in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and then served 20 years in the U.S. Air […]

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Elon Musk on Tesla Electric Car: “All Our Patents Are Belong To You”

Elon Musk on Tesla Electric Car: “All Our Patents Are Belong To You”

In a blog post entitled “All Our Patents Are Belong To You”, Elon Musk has once again done something revolutionary; opened Tesla’s patents for use by any other automaker. This guy is the real deal. When’s the last time a billionaire CEO quoted…

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The Second Iran-Iraq War and the American Switch

The Second Iran-Iraq War and the American Switch

Iran has decided to intervene directly in Iraq and has already sent fighters to the front, according to the Wall Street Journal, based on Iranian […]

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