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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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Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Satire alert The Republican campaign of Sarah Palin admitted on Satuday that contrary to their previous assertions,she had not actually visited US troops inside Iraq, […]

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Iraq
Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Two big bombings targeted Shiites on Friday. A bomb killed over 30 persons and wounded over 40 in Dujail, a largely Shiite city northeast of […]

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Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Taliban in Afghanistan attacked the convoy of the US security firm, US Protection and Investigations, on Friday. 23 persons were killed in the clash,including 15 […]

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Palin on World Affairs: Just not Ready for Prime Time

Palin on World Affairs: Just not Ready for Prime Time

Sarah Palin revealed herself in the Charlie Gibson interview on ABC to be nervous,uninformed, green and generally not ready for prime time. The interview was […]

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Iraq
Bombings in Karbala; US Plot against Maliki? Japanese say Sayonara to Iraq

Bombings in Karbala; US Plot against Maliki? Japanese say Sayonara to Iraq

Two bombs in the Shiite holy city of Karbala were detonated near the shrine of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The explosions […]

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On the Seventh Anniversary of September 11: Time to Declare the original al-Qaeda Defeated

On the Seventh Anniversary of September 11: Time to Declare the original al-Qaeda Defeated

The original al-Qaeda is defeated. It is a dangerous thing for an analyst to say, because obviously radical Muslim extremists may at some point set […]

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Why is lying an acceptable tactic, asset, even, in campaigning for the most important job in the world?

Why is lying an acceptable tactic, asset, even, in campaigning for the most important job in the world?

E. J. Dionne: Does the Truth Matter any More? Subtitled at Reddit.com, “Why is lying an acceptable tactic, asset, even, in campaigning for the most […]

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Iraq
Iraq F-16 Purchase Roils Relations with Kurds; Bush’s Minimal Withdrawal Points to Minimal Gains; Al-Maliki’s Head of Security Injured

Iraq F-16 Purchase Roils Relations with Kurds; Bush’s Minimal Withdrawal Points to Minimal Gains; Al-Maliki’s Head of Security Injured

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that a big dispute has broken out between the three largest blocs in parliament. The government has so far been characterized […]

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Eyewitnesses: Palin Asked Repeatedly about Removing Books: Eyewitness: "No Way it was Rhetorical."

Eyewitnesses: Palin Asked Repeatedly about Removing Books: Eyewitness: "No Way it was Rhetorical."

Despite the whitewashing attempt being made by the Republican Party, it is obvious to me that the allegation stands, that Palin inquired pointedly and repeatedly […]

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