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Green up or ship out – Saudi clamps down on construction industry

Saudi Arabia has announced that the construction industry has five years to "green" up their business. Amid a massive construction boom, the Presidency of Meteorology...

Massive mystery explosion in Iran

According to local news reports, a massive fire has torn through the city of Qazvin, north Iran. The blast is suspected by some to be...

Masdar “eco-city” is getting its first 500 homes – finally!

Masdar is taking decisive steps to build Masdar City's first private homes. Adding to existing and planned educational, retail and business facilities just outside of Abu Dhabi, the 500 new...

Chinese investors to build a mini Dubai in Kenya

The Kenyan government is reportedly paving the way for China to build a new city just outside of the capital. Some 100 Chinese investors aim...

Jerusalem’s water contamination scare hits both Arabs and Jews

Residents of Jerusalem were told yesterday to boil their water for two minutes until further notice. High levels of treated sewage water had leaked...

Rooftop garden blooms for Bethlehem refugees

A new project in a Bethlehem-area refugee camp seeks to help reverse a history of forced urbanization and revitalize connections to agriculture, simultaneously increasing...

Reflective white paint on hot roofs could reduce cooling loads by 20%

It can get hot enough in the Middle Eastern sun to fry an egg outside. If you've spent even a small amount of time in...

Raw human sewage murders millions of fish in Iran

This is what millions of dead fish in Iran look like: Raw, human sewage has leaked into a dammed river in the Tehran region...

Pistachios could power an entire new “eco-city” in Turkey

Turkey is floating plans to build a new "eco-city" in the southeastern corner of the country, near the border of Syria, and green building experts...

The 200 fruitarians who find this country to be their Garden of Eden

Vegetarians criticise meat eaters for giving the world cow farts (greenhouse gases) and for making animals endure unspeakable suffering. Vegawarians criticize both for not...

Phenomenal time lapse video makes Doha look like magic

Want to see a city on "speed" grow? This time lapse video captures Doha as it expands rapidly for the 2022 World Cup  in...

Dubai unveils lamp-shaped ‘Aladdin City’ towers

Three lamp-shaped towers make up the new Aladdin City that is being constructed in Dubai as part of an effort to boost the...

Sand and Salt Siege film to highlight Tunisia’s eco struggles

A Siege of Salt and Sand (trailer), a new documentary film about Tunisia, promises to be an important motivator in redefining the current political agenda...

How Masdar joined forces in Solar CSP to energize the Middle East

Green Prophet offers an exclusive interview with Yago Mancebo, Investment Manager, Masdar, on how to put together partnerships to make solar CSP projects viable...

Mysterious mass fish die-off in Tunisia sparks world-ending debate (video)

Earlier this month several Tunisians in Hammamet, Sphax and Mahdia woke up to their beaches infested with dead fish and jelly fish, a beached...

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