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King Abdullah Gives Saudi Women the Right to Vote – Just to Battle EthicalOil.org

Saudi King Abdullah announced on Sunday that he was giving women the right to vote and run in municipal elections. What a coincidence. One week after it seemed that Canadian oil was going to beat the Saudis to the gigantic American market by making an inane comparison between the relative ethicality of the two fossil fuel purveyors, since Saudi women can't vote, King Abdullah has given Saudi women the right to vote. Suddenly now, dirty energy lobbying group EthicalOil doesn't have a marketing leg to stand on.

Ormat Gets DOE “Solyndra” Loan Before Tea Party Shuts Down Program

Three geothermal projects totaling 113 MW from Israel's geothermal giant Ormat got approvals just in time to get US government support under the Recovery Act Section 1705 loan guarantee this week. Nevada has some of the best geothermal potential among the US states, but has barely begun to develop it: the 113 MW will increase Nevada's geothermal power production by nearly 25%. Under the same program as Solyndra if Ormat Nevada Inc could line up an investor with up private financing by September 30th, under Section 1705, the US Department of Energy would provide a US government guarantee to back the loan in the unlikely event that Ormat was not able to repay its investors. However the loan guarantee has been anathema to the party that now controls the US congress (Utility-Scale Renewable Projects Become a Casualty of Republican Hostage-Taking) and will end this week.

No, Canada – There is No Ethical Oil

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Naomi Campbell Receives Plans For a Self-Sufficient Eco-Home in Turkey

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Masdar City Faces New Setbacks

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Another Effect of Climate Change: Cholera Bacteria in our Oceans

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Subsides Jeopardize Renewable Energy Projects In The Middle East

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Could Intense Solar Flares Meltdown Nuclear Reactors Everywhere?

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What do LED lights do to our biological clocks?

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Saudis Again Refute BBCs Claims of Arsenic-Contaminated Zamzam Water

More questions than answers in new Saudi refutation of BBCs slam on its holy waters In May, we covered the BBC claim that imported Zamzam...

CO2 Emissions In Middle East to Double In 30 Years

Over the last thirty years, carbon emissions in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) have doubled with citizens in the Gulf states producing...

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Farms like these must be cut off from fossil water under the desert, now "as precious as gold" With just 4 inches of rain a...

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