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2025 Climate Good News: Sustainables met all new Demand, EVs 25% of New Car Sales, Global Heating Projections fell to 2.8º C.
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2025 Climate Good News: Sustainables met all new Demand, EVs 25% of New Car Sales, Global Heating Projections fell to 2.8º C.

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The most significant green energy good news stories we covered in 2025

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In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind

In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind

12/29/2025 By Yale Climate Connections

Syria’s incomplete security Transition has left gaps for Islamic State to Exploit

Syria’s incomplete security Transition has left gaps for Islamic State to Exploit

12/29/2025 By The Conversation

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The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

(By Juan Cole) On Monday, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced that Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (also the minister of defense) […]

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Africa
Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

(By Greg Grandin) The Two Faces of Empire Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin A captain ready to drive himself […]

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Asia
Is Iran Back?  Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

Is Iran Back? Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

(By Paul Rogers) Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton at the EU+3 and Iran talks, November 2013 Summary If Iran […]

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Climate Change
The Future of Cool:  Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

The Future of Cool: Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

(By Juan Cole) I dropped by the Detroit Auto Show this weekend (its last this year) at Cobo Center as it was wrapping up. Regular […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is caught in a firestorm of controversy because his son Yair, 23, is dating a Norwegian woman […]

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Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan has described Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gülen as a ‘false prophet’ without naming him, which comes as the latest move in the dispute […]

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The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

BBC: “What does Income Inequality mean for Americans?”

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Human Rights
Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani's Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani’s Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Beirut) – Iranians are facing serious rights abuses, despite President Hassan Rouhani’s numerous promises to respect people’s rights following his June […]

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censorship
Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

(By Michael Masnick) FISA Court Waited Until After Snowden Leaks To Actually Explore If Bulk Phone Record Collection Was Legal (via Techdirt) One of the […]

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