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Public Transportation Takes Flight In Dubai

Will more people in Dubai catch on to merits of metro-riding, ditch the car, and reduce their carbon footprint? We've already established that the Emiratis...

Lease Your Roof To A Fiddler, A Farmer, or An Independent Power Producer

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From City Sewage to Solar and Wind as Dexia Enters Israel’s Green Circus

A burst pipe soon thing of the past? News about new investment in Israeli cleanteach tends to be dominated by announcements of new and advanced...

Tap Into Auxiliary Water Supplies With Your AC

Gallons of water can be produced in hours.  The world water crisis is a definite fact, and the availability of fresh water for drinking, cooking,...

Architect From Fortune 500 Company Criticizes Middle East’s “Glass Monsters”

Glass may be beautiful, but in the Middle East, it's far from eco-friendly It's one thing for environmental bloggers to criticize architects or project managers...

Ashkelon’s Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant Still Not Environmentally Friendly

Ruptures in natural gas pipelines like this one could cause a gas-fired power plant to shut down. Ashkelon's planned gas-fired power plant is being hailed...

500 Tonne Food Waste Undermines Holy Month Of Ramadan

Officials in Abu Dhabi launched the "Think before you waste" campaign to help prevent food from piling up in landfills during Ramadan While Muslims are...

What is Causing Breast Growth in Chinese Toddlers?

When was the last time you checked the ingredients in your baby's formula? A mystery is unfolding in the central area of Wuhan and the...

BrightSource Energy One Step Closer to World’s Largest Solar Plant

If the California public approves, Brightsource Energy will proceed to construction in the Fall despite rare desert tortoise Although BrightSource Energy pulled out of the...

Haim Dotan’s Tao of Architecture

Israeli  Haim Dotan incorporates the soul of nature into his art and architecture Few things make our green hearts soar more than an architect with...

If Homo Sapiens Want A Home, They’re Gonna Need Some Biodiversity First

If our leaders don't get their hands dirty and effect real plans to protect biodiversity, we stand to lose the land we live on ...

Should Cities In The Middle East Be More Dense, Like Manhattan?

Though urban density is better for the environment, we don't have to give up all the benefits of country living (such as locally-grown food) Though...

Despite Everything, Shrinking Dead Sea is a Popular Tourist Destination

Tourists still love the Dead Sea's mineral rich waters. But for how long? Despite the fact that the Dead Sea is shrinking by as much...

We Are All Connected: Heat Wave In Russia Affects Egypt’s Wheat Supply

Egypt is the world's largest importer of wheat; could Russia's heat wave (and subsequent ban on grain exports) become Egypt's hunger? Bill McKibben...

Get Mad With Bill McKibben: 10-10-10

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The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

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The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.

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The Pentagon's decision to introduce annual testosterone testing for U.S. military personnel over 30 has sparked debate among doctors and public health experts. Researchers warn that social media influencers are turning normal signs of ageing into a "Low T" crisis, encouraging unnecessary hormone testing and supplementation while blurring the line between evidence-based medicine and marketing.
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