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Masdar City’s More Transparent Zero Carbon Plan

Since the hype clearly failed, Masdar and Foster and Partners have turned to the nuts and bolts of building a sustainable city instead. Masdar and...

Arab World and Med Region More Vulnerable to Climate Change

If Egypt's Nile Delta is flooded by rising seas, half of its population will be at risk. We've written about the topics dealing with the...

Israeli Companies Winners in GE Green Innovation Marathon

Two of the five winners of the $200 million GE Ecomagination Challenge for powering the grid are companies from the Middle East -...

Will Iran Be Ready for the Next Tsunami?

Historical documents and a break down of a telegraph machine suggest tsunamis occurred in the recent past. Will Iran be ready for the next...

Biodiversity Is In Peril: Thought Leaders Appeal for Change at Desert Conference

Dr. Gotlieb reports from the the Drylands, Deserts and Desertification Conference in Israel - an event drawing hundreds from ten countries. With a species...

Masdar Mothership To Get New Pool And Gym

Masdar students will soon be able to take a break from their hot, clean energy studies for a workout and a swim. Despite widespread criticism...

Chicago’s Green Mosque

Winner of Chicago-based contest, could this be the world's greenest mosque? That nature and religion make good green fellows has recently been the source of...

Saudi Arabia Investing in Nanotech for Desalination

Saudi Arabia officials meet for nanotech desalination investment The development of nanotech membranes for use in desalination is one of the new ideas Saudi...

Black Cloud Season in Cairo

In the West, leaves are falling from the trees. In the Middle East, Fall means the return of the throat-burning smog which settles over...

Iran to Construct Middle East’s Largest Artificial Lake in Tehran

The greatest artificial lake in the Middle East, in Iran? Environmentalists in Tehran haven't decided how a giant artificial lake, Chitgar Lake, will impact...

Is Egypt The New Dubai?

Is marketing Egypt as the next hot spot for high-tech architecture the right way to deflect Dubai's failure? From an ecological perspective, Dubai is...

Going Green In Abu Dhabi Isn’t Easy Without Eva Ramos

Eva Ramos relies on 15 years of sustainability experience to lead Abu Dhabi down a greener path. With so much media criticism leveled at businesses...

Beirut Politicizes The City’s Dirty, Dangerous Green Inch

As the media and residents continue to unleash frustration at Beirut's lack of healthy public spaces, the Green Party deftly moves in with solutions. After...

Reclaiming Bahrain’s Coastal Architecture In Venice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-KLWyxSCc For the first time, the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain is participating at the La Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. But theirs is an...

Israel, Jordan and PA Water/Peace Group Get Onassis €250,000 Prize

Aristotle Onassis is alive and kicking in the environment through the new International Prize for the Protection of the Environment. This year it goes...

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The Myths Killing Your Fleet’s Carbon Numbers

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CATL is building thousands of battery-swap stations for electric trucks. Can China succeed where Israel's $850 million Better Place experiment failed?

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As winter rains approach the Middle East, scientists warn that PFAS forever chemicals contaminate rainwater worldwide, even in Antarctica.

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

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