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On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US is commemorating the victims of September 11 today at the same time it is mourning the serial devastation that struck Texas…![On top of everything, Will the Middle East run out of Water?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/on-top-of-everything-will-the-mi-187x137.jpg)
On top of everything, Will the Middle East run out of Water?
By George Joffe | (The Conversation) | - - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) already the most water stressed region in the world, faces a worsening crisis in terms of…![Weathering the Violence of Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/weathering-the-violence-of-clima-187x137.jpg)
Weathering the Violence of Climate Change
By Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | - - SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest…![Why no Eclipse Denialists? The Same Science predicts Global Heating](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/why-no-eclipse-denialists-the-sa-187x137.jpg)
Why no Eclipse Denialists? The Same Science predicts Global Heating
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Eminent physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson's tweet pointing out that there are no eclipse denialists the way there are dedicated climate change denialists went…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/heating-1-187x137.png)
Scientists Leak Study on Global Heating Impact b4 Trump can Suppress it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A draft report on the current impact of global heating on the United States, produced by 13 Federal agencies, has been leaked to…![GOP Jet-setters in Climate Denial: It is getting too Hot for your Plane to take Off](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/gop-jet-setters-in-climate-denia-187x137.jpg)
GOP Jet-setters in Climate Denial: It is getting too Hot for your Plane to take Off
By Ethan Coffel | (The Conversation) | - - Hot weather has forced dozens of commercial flights to be canceled at airports in the Southwest this summer. This flight-disrupting heat is a…![Of all things Trump did to us, Vast new toxic CO2 Emissions are the Worst](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/of-all-things-trump-did-to-us-va-187x137.jpg)
Of all things Trump did to us, Vast new toxic CO2 Emissions are the Worst
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Who says President Trump doesn’t have a coherent foreign policy? Pundits and critics across the political spectrum have chided him for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/file-20170718-10283-1ed7x1m-187x137.png)
If we don’t Dump Fossil Fuels *Now*, we’re Sticking our Kids with $530 Trillion in Debt
By James Dyke | (The Conversation) | - - By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of up to US$535…![It’s going to Get a lot Hotter; how Hot depends on You](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/its-going-to-get-a-lot-hotter-ho-187x137.jpg)
It’s going to Get a lot Hotter; how Hot depends on You
Richard B. Rood | (The Conversation) | - - Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. We know this from billions of observations, documented in thousands of journal papers and texts and summarized every…![The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-world-is-burning-stop-burnin-187x137.jpg)
The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more…![The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-climate-catastrophe-trump-pr-187x137.jpg)
The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought
World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…![How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-bad-could-trumps-paris-agree-187x137.jpg)
How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective
By Robert Kopp | (The Conversation) | - - Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures were starting to tilt the world toward a…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-02-at-12.28.53-AM-1-187x137.png)
Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush's…![The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/the-other-terrorism-toxic-co2-ga-187x137.jpg)
The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Terrorism is properly defined as non-state actors using violence against civilians to achieve a political purpose. Some argue that this definition lets states…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/ml1-en-750x470-187x137.png)
20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan…![Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/climate-march-how-many-more-atom-187x137.jpg)
Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The People's Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration's pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just…![Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/does-climate-change-increase-thr-187x137.jpg)
Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?
By Manon Flausch | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White | - - "Poverty and insecurity can be factors in radicalisation." [Manon Flausch] From South America to the Middle East, the effects…![Donald Trump: Global Ecocide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/donald-trump-global-ecocide-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump: Global Ecocide
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170913213102im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170404-5725-qfbx8d-187x137.jpg)