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America can’t green Jordan’s future

America joins Jordan in a celebration of green, but we are not sold on the deal.  The USA and Jordan recently entered into environmental partnership,...

What Iran Could Learn from Abu Dhabi’s First Nuclear Plant

Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant has been under suspicion for decades, rightly or wrongly. So as not to arouse alarm, the United Arab Emirates' civil nuclear plan has been...

BP Commences Oil Extraction in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez

Oil from a previously unexploited field in Egypt's Gulf of Suez is now flowing, BP announced on Tuesday. BP has commenced oil extraction from a...

Arava’s 40 MW Solar to Power a Third of Touristy Eliat’s Peak Power

Arava Power Company's application was approved last night by Israel's Public Utility Authority for their 40 MW, $150 million photovoltaic solar farm at Kibbutz Ketura,...

Masdar Blows a Fresh Breeze to the Seychelle Islands

Not content with their ambitious achievements in Abu Dhabi, now Masdar is spreading clean energy worldwide. A small 6 MW wind farm in the Seychelles...

Now Masdar Brings Solar Power to Tonga

Masdar expands its solar ambitions to the South Pacific The tiny kingdom of Tonga in the south pacific has just signed a memorandum of understanding...

TektuÄŸ Elektrik Group Enters Turkey’s Expanding Wind Energy Sector

German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex will construct eleven 2.5 MW turbines for the TektuÄŸ Elektrik Group's first wind project. This autumn, on a mountain ridge...

Leafy Narcotic Khat Trade May be Funding Terror

Analysts believe that this benign-looking plant popular in the Middle East may be funding the Al Shabaab terrorist organization in southern Somalia. A very popular...

Are Renewables Just Freeing Up Oil For Export?

Does an expanding renewables market in the Middle East (such as that showcased in Masdar) just mean more oil can be exported and more...

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Institute Files U.S. Patent for Advanced Battery tech

Masdar Institute makes first foray into advanced lithium battery technology. Continuing its pioneering of renewable energy technologies that have great relevance for the Middle East...

IUCN to Make Nature’s Solutions Central to the World Water Forum in France

A leader in conservation, IUCN aims to demonstrate that nature has the solutions to our upcoming water crisis. Thousands of people will gather for the...

The Arab Feminist Who Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Green Activists

A "green" Arab renaissance cannot be accomplished without the rise of women in Arab countries. Recently in Jordan, the Google image was of Middle Eastern intellectual, feminist and writer,...

SlutWalk Israel in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem – a First for the Middle East

Karin draws a line between women's rights and green issues in light of upcoming SlutWalks in Israel. Last April Green Prophet asked: Should the...

Low Carbon Economics Aligns With the Sharia Law of Islam

The people promoting bond sales to fund climate change turn to Islamic investors. Gulf nations may prove to be a prime market for Climate...

First Middle East Carbon Market – Dubai!

Dubai is not the first Middle Eastern country you think of when you think climate-friendly. That's about to change. Dubai will develop a strategy to...

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