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Satellite Points finger to Persian Gulf for Emissions Under-Reporting

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10 refugees heading to Rio as first-ever nation-less Olympic team

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last March defined a plan to create a team of refugee athletes to compete in the 2016 Rio de...

Deforestation quick facts for desert dwellers

This infographic comes via eCO2 Greetings

Israel innovators build the next smart city: meet them in France

In 2014, Israel was ranked first in the world in the field of innovation related to clean technology according to the "Global Cleantech Innovation...

Australia lays off leading climate change scientists

Over here in the Middle East we look to the "enlightened West" to show us the ropes –- to set the standards for studying...

Forests could suck up world’s greenhouse gases

The earth warming is not a recent invention. Scientists were already alarmed 20 years ago and more as they saw ozone layers ripping apart...

Plants give biofeedback to optimize their own light levels in hydroponics

Controlled environment agriculture is rapidly becoming an important part of the global food system. For example, there has been much interest in the potential...

Dubai trash can catches nearly 40,000 speed racers!

Dubai is synonymous with man-made folly. Their Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, stands over half a mile high. They have manufactured islands in...

Fiery May heatwave is setting Israel ablaze

Israel is smoking hot when it comes to tech start-ups, fashion, and vegetarian cuisine, but yesterday it showed signs of getting too hot for...

Jordanian architect Hanna Salameh to eco-fix Jordan’s faulty towers

For five years a set of unfinished twin towers have stood watch over Amman, Jordan, construction halted - allegedly crippled by lawsuits. The filthy...

Alberta Tar Sands wildfire and global warming

Alberta Canada's massive wildfire, which has now consumed an area larger than Hong Kong and threatens to reach the border with neighboring Saskatchewan, is...

NASA calls Middle East drought “worst in 900 years”!

A recent study released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) concludes that the current drought that began in 1998 in the eastern...

UAE to build a man-made mountain to increase rainfall

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) upped the wackiness factor of its portfolio of national mega-projects, announcing plans to build an artificial alp so the...

The Ocean Cleanup wins Katerva – the Nobel Prize of Sustainability

A new breed of companies are showing how innovation can be scaled for both business opportunities and global good. Led by resolute and independent...

Egypt to shine with a new $3.5 BIL solar plant!

A global consortium of engineering and renewables industry giants kicked off a project to build a suite of solar power generating plants in Egypt to produce...

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Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

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