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JohnJames /15 January, 2017

The John James Newsletter 114 16 April 2016 In the darkest hours of existence we grasp tight, no matter how illusory, to the starry gleams of hope Milton Washington’s game plan for Iraq was to shock and terrorise the entire country, deliberately ruin its infrastructure, do nothing while its culture and history were ransacked, and Continue Reading →

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JohnJames /15 January, 2017

The John James Newsletter 65 4 July 2015 – Souppes–sur-Loing Temperatures in France have pipped 40C over past two days. Records broken as heatwave hits US northwest: Both India and Pakistan have had heatwaves this year, Western Europe is developing one and North America is enduring one, in its northwest. The precise definition differs from Continue Reading →

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Islamic scholars reject Saudi extremism

Geoff Ebbs /2 January, 2017

The final week of 2016 is an apt time to reflect on the role of religion. Fundamentalists fan the flames of religious hate from Aleppo to Ipswich. Borders snap shut, refugees languish in ghettos and First Nations people from West Papua and Western Australia to just West of the Mississippi at Standing Rock are tortured Continue Reading →

The Desert Sunshine Solar Farm produces 550MW of power from 900 hectares of solar panels

LA shift to 100% renewables sparks community generation

Geoff Ebbs /22 December, 2016

News that the City government of LA is totally powered by renewables follows rapidly declining costs of solar electricity and advances in community owned generation models. A conference held earlier this month identified major opportunities for community based power generators using renewable energy. Reporting on the conference in South Wind, energy writer Peter Boyer wrote Continue Reading →

India backs Adani despite slowdown in demand for coal

Geoff Ebbs /22 December, 2016

Recent ABC reports that India is stepping away from coal fail to understand the nuanced report by the Central Electricity Agency (CEA) that predicts falling demand for new coal power. Their report indicates that the government has overestimated general economic growth and individual demand for electricity. Despite this, the government intends to proceed with its Continue Reading →