Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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On One-Year Anniversary of Israeli Army Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable
. ( Committee to Protect Journalists ) – The May 11, 2022, killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh is part of a […]
For First Time, Wind provided more Power than Fossil Gas for Britain, enough to Power 300 mn. Teslas
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study commissioned by the UK private electric utility Drax and carried out by professors at Imperial College London […]
New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023
Clean Energy Wire / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 […]
President Erdogan has Wrecked Turkey’s Economy – So What Next?
By Gulcin Ozkan, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – Turkey’s 2023 election is one of the most significant in its hundred-year history. After […]
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party
( Human Rights Watch ) – (Tunis) – Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving to […]
Good Climate News: New EPA Rule would make Fossil Fuel Plants cut Emissions 90% by 2040
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced on Thursday the most ambitious limits on how much […]
The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians’ Struggle to get Recognition for their Catastrophe
By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th […]
Gaza and the Illegal Israeli use of Sanctions as a Tool for Collective Punishment
Dr Mustafa Fetouri MFetouri International humanitarian law derived from the Geneva Convention of 1949 and the 1977 Protocols, states clearly that no person […]
Who will Inherit the Earth? The Rise of AI and the Human Future (?)
( Tomdispatch.com ) – After almost 79 years on this beleaguered planet, let me say one thing: this can’t end well. Really, it can’t. And […]