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Surviving on Trump’s Dangerous Planet

by Bill McKibben, published on Substack, February 28, 2026 Editor’s Note: I don’t entirely agree with Mr. McKibben’s politics but he has a lot to say of interest in the newsletter below, starting with China’s provision of solar panels to Cuba in their moment of need. For what seems like the fiftieth time in my long life, the U.S., with[…]

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China Changes Everything: A Book Review

by Steve Lalla, published on the Orinoco Tribune, December 22, 2025 A new book edited by Kyle Ferrana, China Changes Everything, bills itself as an anthology by “social justice activists, journalists, and commentators” and brings together chapters about the People’s Republic of China written by prominent left-wing analysts, including Arnold August, Roger Harris, Radhika Desai, Carlos Martinez, Gerald Horne, Lee[…]

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Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks

by Megan Russell, submitted September 25, 2024 Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing to discuss climate financing for the upcoming years. The US has long criticized China’s approach to confronting the climate threat, and continuously pushes Chinese leaders to do more. At the same time, US leaders label China’s[…]

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China Holds First-Ever Carbon-Neutral Olympics

by Lyn Neeley, published on Workers World, February 14, 2022 This year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is the first in history to be carbon-neutral. This includes renewable energy in all game venues, introducing new low-carbon technologies and using transportation fueled by hydrogen, natural gas and electricity. China completed the Zhangbei power grid station in time for the Olympics. That’s the world’s[…]

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