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Juan Cole | Renewable Energy Skyrocketing, From Solar Mosques to Wave-Powered Naval Bases

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Juan Cole | Renewable Energy Skyrocketing, From Solar Mosques to Wave-Powered Naval Bases
The village mosque in Buyukeceli, Turkey, is now powered by solar panels. (photo: Alper Tunga Catal/Greenpeace)

Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "China put in a massive 21 gigawatts of new wind power in 2014, half of all the wind power installed in the entire world that year and four times as much as the US."
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Slavoj Zizek | A Note on Syriza: Indebted Yes, but Not Guilty!
Slavoj Zizek, Potemkin Review
Zizek writes: "The idea one gets from our media is that the Syriza government in Greece is composed of a bunch of populist extremists who advocate 'irrational' and 'irresponsible' populist measures. Nothing can be further from the truth."
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The Disappeared: Chicago Police Detain Americans at Abuse-Laden 'Black Site'
Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian
Ackerman writes: "The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site."
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US Investigating Big Banks on Possible Precious Metal Price Rigging
Reuters
Excerpt: "The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating at least 10 major banks for possible rigging of precious-metals markets, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people close to the inquiries."
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Motherhood Pay Gap: Why US Labor Dept. Backs Patricia Arquette's Call
Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor
Haq writes: "The US Labor Department gained an unlikely ally Sunday night when Best Supporting Actress winner Patricia Arquette used her Oscar speech to champion pay equity in one of the night's most talked-about speeches."
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Israel Obtained Anti-Tank Missile Technology Stolen From South Africa
Will Jordan, Al Jazeera America
Jordan writes: "A Mossad secret service document leaked to Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit reveals that in 2010 Israel obtained stolen South African anti-tank missile technology."
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Science's Embarrassing Fossil Fuel Problems
Alice Bell, The Guardian
Bell writes: "An investigation by Greenpeace and the Climate Investigations Centre reported in the Guardian and New York Times this weekend showed that the work of Willie Soon - an apparently 'scientific' voice for climate skepticism - had accepted more than $1.2 million from the fossil-fuel industry over the 14 years."
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