Exeter (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the Israeli attacks against Gaza have continued to rage, now spilling into Lebanon, a year of unspeakable […]
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Arizona goes for Electric Cars, Big Time, despite being a Red State: “We get Clear Skies”
By Brooke Newman | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For a mostly red state, Arizona has a lot of blue-state company when […]
Extreme Rain and Snow Storms are being caused by Humans burning Coal, Oil: Global Evidence
By Gavin D. Madakumbura, Alex Hall, Chad Thackeray and Jesse Norris | – The big idea ( The Conversation ) – Human activities, such as […]
“Chaos” in Israeli Parliament over Apartheid-style Law against Family Unification for Palestinian-Israelis
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds Al-Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports “chaos” in the Israeli parliament as it debated into the wee hours of Tuesday morning […]
Thousands of Women protest Throughout Turkey as gov’t withdraws from Istanbul Convention on Women’s Rights
By Arzu Geybullayeva | ( Globalvoices.org) – Thousands of women marched across the largest cities in Turkey on July 1, to protest Turkey’s official withdrawal […]
How Florida’s Political “Survey” of Universities threatens Freedom of Speech
( Otherwords.org ) – Florida officials say they want to promote “intellectual freedom” — by using political surveys to target university funding. By Jill Richardson […]
Suburban living is the worst for carbon emissions – new research
By Sabrina Zwick | – ( The Conversation ) – Work, education, entertainment, or simply better connectivity all draw people to cities. By the end […]
Kuwait is the Hottest Place on Earth; Lytton, Canada was Right Behind it, and then it Burned Down; This is not Normal
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mohammed Haddad at Al Jazeera English reports that in June, at least 23 countries experienced at least 122° F. (50° […]
By phasing out coal-fired plants — Now! — we can save millions of lives
( Sustainability Times ) – Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are driving climate change, which imperils the health of life on the planet […]
We Can’t go Carbon Neutral without Reducing Plastics: 1 ton of plastic creates 5 tons of CO2 emissions
By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Avoiding and better managing plastic waste should receive much greater attention by the German […]