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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What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
By Alun Hubbard, University of Tromsø | – I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural […]
Netherlands innovates with Floating Solar Panels in Sea, Locally-owned Wind Farm Cooperative
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Netherlands was long a laggard regarding the green energy revolution and combating the climate emergency, perhaps in part because […]
“Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia” – A Review
Bonn (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia (London: Pluto Press, 2022). “This book might make you uncomfortable, […]
Has the Ukraine War Kicked off the 4th Modern Exodus of Jews from Russia?
By Stephen Hall, University of Bath | – It’s not the first time that Jews have felt it necessary to flee Russia, but the invasion […]
The White House Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon: How Trump turned the American Dream into the American Scream
( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, if you had described this America to me more than half a century ago, I would have laughed in your face. […]
Residents of Misafer Yatta — Being Slowly Ethnically Cleansed by Israel — take Refuge in Caves
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli usurpation of nine Palestinian hamlets of Misafer Yatta near Hebron has driven some of the residents to shelter […]
Iranian Women’s Rights Activists face new online Threats
By Azin Mohajerin and Sussan Tahmasebi | – ( Globalvoices.org) – In May 2022, dozens of Instagram pages belonging to Iranian women’s rights activists received […]
Hunger is increasing worldwide but Women bear the Brunt of Food Insecurity
By Carol Richards, Queensland University of Technology; and Rudolf Messner, Queensland University of Technology | – Recent UN data on food insecurity paints a bleak […]
Climate Emergency Hits German Farms as Harvests Remain Meager
By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The ongoing drought in Germany is expected to have dire effects on this year’s […]