Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese firms dominate the manufacture of photovoltaic solar panels, accounting for 80% of the global market (along with most elements […]
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Endless Tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea: Europe’s Commitment to Rescue Would Save Lives
By Judith Sunderland, Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division |- ( Human Rights Watch ) – Last week, a four-year-old Syrian girl named Loujin […]
As Falls Russia, So Falls the World: Exceptionalism Goes Global
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Here’s a nightmare scenario: Unable to recruit enough soldiers from the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin takes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
Iran Security Fires on Crowd Protesting Death in Custody of Kurdish Woman for “Bad Veiling”, Wounds 13
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, 13 protesters were wounded when security forces opened fire on them outside the house of the governor in […]
When Politicians get involved in Science: The marble statue of Gregor Mendel
It is 2022, the bicentenary of the birth of the Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, and this is being celebrated in all […]
‘It’s getting close’: As the megadrought grinds on, Southwest Water in Doubt
By Sydnee Wilson | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – NASA satellite photos show how drastically the water levels in Lake Powell and Lake […]
After oil: what Malaysia and Iran may look like in a post-Fossil Fuel Future
By Rowena Abdul Razak, London School of Economics and Political Science and Asma Mehan, Texas Tech University | – As the devastation of climate change […]
Top 6 things wrong with DeSantis’s Stunt of Flying Asylum-Seekers to Martha’s Vineyard
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stunts like Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s program of rounding up and flying to Martha’s Vineyard Venezuelan and Colombian asylum-seekers, who […]
In Turkey’s plunging Economy, Conspiracy and Corruption allegations Abound
By Civic Media Observatory | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Whether on a date or at a family gathering, one topic of conversation is on […]
2022’s supercharged Summer of Climate Extremes from Pakistan to USA: How global warming and La Niña fueled Unprecedented Disasters
By Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland | – There’s an old joke about the fellow who has his left foot in a bucket of ice […]