I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared in Renovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in […]
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If we Want to Limit Global Heating, the World Can’t go on Spending $10 Trillion a year on Energy
By Stephen Peake, The Open University | – The world’s energy bill for 2022 is set to be the highest ever, topping US$10 trillion (£8.3 […]
Unequal Mercy: The West’s Approach to Refugees
By Helen Benedict | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Almost anyone would agree that war is horrifying and peaceful countries should do their best to help its […]
52% of S. Dakota’s Electricity comes from Wind Power and other Green Energy Triumphs even in Red States
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – About 10% of the electricity generated in the US comes from wind installations. It isn’t nearly enough, either to fight […]
G20 still paying Billions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
By Catherine Early | – ( China Dialogue) – The Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union. These […]
Historical Reasons that Turkey is the pivot point between Russia and the US on Ukraine War
By Georgios Giannakopoulos, City, University of London | – (The Conversation) – The war in Ukraine has put Turkey into the geopolitical spotlight. One of […]
In Turkey, Social Media Platforms become Complicit in censoring Media and Freedom of Speech
By Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( Global Voices ) – Metin Cihan is a Turkish journalist who has long been engaged in exposing corruption among […]
Israel: Defying Biden, Netanyahu allows extremist Religious Zionists to rule over West Bank Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that that Binyamin Netanyahu’s far right Likud Party concluded a coalition agreement with the […]
We Can’t Afford NOT to Have a Wealth Tax
By Jack Metzgar | – ( Inequality.org) – Every time I hear that we as a nation cannot afford something — whether that might be […]
Tumultuous First Year for Germany’s Government may start Energy Transition Push
Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – One year after taking over Germany’s government, chancellor Olaf Scholz’s “traffic light” coalition [so called […]