Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams Nearly a week into President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran that is likely to increase climate-warming emissions, new research has found that the pace…
In this edition of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer sits down with journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin to unpack her blistering new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy—a film that argues, with devastating…
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor…
Posted by Joshua Scheer We did an amazing podcast with the incomparable journalist Abby Martin, but this clip started playing through my phone speakers and it was pretty brilliant and…
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Although President Trump calls solar and wind power a “scam,” falsely alleges that they drive up electricity costs (the opposite is true), and has…
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Turkiye has become an ordinary European country when it comes to electric car and hybrid sales. In fact, it is the fourth largest market…
Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University…
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Saudi-owned daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that during a visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Riyadh, a multi-billion dollar investment by Saudi…
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment It is admittedly summer in Australia, but this is ridiculous. SBS News reports, “Australia . . . claimed all of the top 15 hottest…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual report on the 22 countries of the Arab world, covering last…
By Vijay Prashad Republished from theTricontinental: Institute for Social Research During the closing plenaries of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost…
By Bob Berwyn for Inside Climate News Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming BELÉM, Brazil—After…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian landed himself in hot water on November 6 by broaching the possibility of having to…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an…
