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The glaciers are melting - and seas are rising - is climate change to blame? It's over: the two week long COP 15 conference...

A guest post by Rhone Resch (right), president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): There is clear evidence that we need to...

Dan Bloom, an advocate of polar cities (a prototype for a building above), paints a bleak future for the Middle East. Action against climate...

The prospects of solar energy are heating up in Palestine. Rachel reports on a new solar thermal plant at Beit Jala school. The Talitha...

If you read any story this week make it this one: What could be the most important event of the next decade, world leaders...

Jennifer C. Daniels is a visionary and artist in Florida who poses a good question for the world today -- can farms and cities...

An art collective in Tel Aviv has built a new library in a park for migrant workers, making the city more sustainable. Green architects and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBejL7dgv0&feature=player_embedded As the world seeks a deal on global warming in Copenhagen, the Middle East and North Africa remain one of the most vulnerable regions...

Green Prophet had reported on Rawabi (for Hills), the first "planned" city for Palestinians back in 2007; We are not sure if the Israeli...

Smog in Cairo is a year-round issue, but it is particularly bad during the autumn and winter months when weather patterns trap pollutants, creating a period known as the "black cloud". The air quality is often poor, with a high concentration of fine particulate matter (\(PM_{2.5}\)), and varies daily and seasonally due to industrial and domestic emissions, waste burning, and dust. 

We reported earlier in the year that a Beirut-based property developer has designs to build a Dubai "World"-like set of islands in the Mediterranean...

Oil rich Saudi is not the only country getting slack for greenhouse gas emissions. This Canadian writer points the finger at Canada, where tar...

Making arks and art out of trash kids collect. This "Noah's Ark" sculpture above is part of an environmental community project run by Haggit...

Proposed vertical farms like this one in Dubai may be the only way for supplying food to Middle East countries. Dickson D. Despommier is a...

Most of us are familiar with the movie Fight Club, where the protagonist's house is blown up as a result of a gas leak....