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WATEC and 9 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of November 8, 2009

Lisa Damast
By Lisa Damast
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Israel to sign a renewable energy R&D cooperation agreement with the Israeli government and the fifth annual WATEC international water exhibition kicked off in Tel Aviv. For these stories and the rest of the nine headlines from the past week, check below.

Water
Deep sea aquaculture startup prepares for harvest
WATEC comes to town
Brazil to learn water saving from Israel for Rio 2016
Mekorot officials: Not enough funding for water purification projects

Industry
Jewish Israelis and Jewish Americans Look to US-Israel Cooperation To Break Oil Dependence
Israel Going Green
Yissum Introduces a Novel, Environmentally-Friendly Method for Preventing and Affecting Biofilm of Bacteria and Fungi
UNEP Europe head ponders Israel’s ‘solar paradox’

Partnerships
California’s Governator In Israel To Sign Clean Tech Co-op Deal

Lisa Damast
Lisa Damasthttp://www.israelinnovation20.com/
Lisa Damast is an online marketing consultant by day and blogger of Israel technology by night. Her blog, Israel Innovation 2.0, provides news and analysis of Israeli technology companies in the enterprise software, Web 2.0 and cleantech sectors. Lisa is also a co-organizer of the Jerusalem Business Networking Forum (JBNF). JBNF helps facilitate online and offline networking among business professionals in Jerusalem, including in the cleantech industry. Lisa made aliyah in August 2007 after receiving a degree in Communication Studies from Boston University in May 2007. Lisa can be reached at lisa (at) greenprophet (dot) com.

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