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Wastewater Treatment Plant from Israel Wins UN Recognition

The Dan Region Wastewater Treatment Plant, known in Israel as Shafdan, is among the thirty projects from around the world chosen by the UN as global role models for how local authorities can deal with environmental problems.

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President Morsi and the Tahrir Square Hangover

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Women, Rio+20 and the Green Future of the Middle East

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Coke and SodaStream Trash Each Other in Trademark War

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IRENA to Pitch Morocco as Africa’s Renewable Energy Pilot at Rio+20

Renewing Africa's Energy Future is the theme of an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) side-event scheduled to take place today at the Rio +20...

Lebanon’s Finally Looking at Racism and Human Rights Abuses in the Face

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Israel Takes Messianic Stance on the Rio+20 United Nations Conference

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Israel Introduces E-Waste Management Bill

The Israeli government continues to process a bill that will regulate, for the first time, management of the country’s electronic waste. If it gets...

Israel’s Mekorot Builds Global Connections Through Water

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The Gulf Co-op Council is a European Union Arab-style

Green Prophet's reports on happenings in the Gulf region have increasingly been using the acronym GCC, which stands for Gulf Cooperation Council.  Perhaps a...

Saudi Arabian Solar Chosen by South Africa

A Saudi solar project with gigantic storage could deliver solar at night in South Africa. Saudi Arabia might not spring to mind as a nation...

Details Emerge of Saudi’s $109 Billion Solar Plan

Saudi Arabia could be running one third of the planet's CSP plants by 2030. With the recent announcement of the most ambitious solar plan in...

Refugees to Jordan Flow More Freely Than Water

Jordan's hosting of forced migrants is overburdening already stressed water resources. Humanitarianism has an unanticipated knock-on to fresh water supplies, as Jordan is starting to...

Why Did the Saudis Just Go Big in Solar? Oil Prices.

Saudi Arabia will save an estimated 690,000 barrels of oil a day by investing in renewables. Wonder just why Saudi Arabia finally got serious about...

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