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Jordan and Israel Find Risks in Dead Sea – Red Sea Canal

The dire situation of the Dead Sea has recently been dramatized by eco artists like Sigalit Landau The Dead Sea is again in environmental headlines...

Milken Institute: Israel’s Offshore Gas Bonanza Both An Opportunity And A Risk

Israel's natural gas wells could lead to an unsustainable shekel. Although the revolution in Egypt this past spring threatened Israel's gas supply from the south,...

GE Energy Shows MENA Region How to Reduce Gas Flaring

GE Energy demonstrates its Jenbacher gas engine at the Gas Arabia Summit 2011 in Oman today. The extent of the global problem of gas flaring can...

Better Place-Eldan Partnership To Offer Electric Car Rentals

Rent an electric car when you travel to Israel. Often thought of as too expensive or sophisticated for the average driver, plug-in electric vehicles will...

Goodall, Clinton and Cousteau at Eye Earth Summit Abu Dhabi

Dr. Jane Goodall, Bill Clinton and Philippe Cousteau are all speaking in Abu Dhabi this week as part of the "Eye on Earth" Summit. Environmental...

Cocaine, codeine, and methadone in your wastewater?

 Small amounts of cocaine found in treated water supplies in Cyprus Upon learning that scientists have discovered narcotics in already treated Cypriot waste water, one Cyprus...

How Will Saudi-Driven Carbon Capture Work Under the Durban Climate Agreement?

The Saudis got the CDM funding for carbon capture they have long demanded: how will it work? In the biggest turn-around since Kyoto was signed...

# COP17FAIL: Climate Change is a One-Size-Fits-All Problem

Post COP 17 FAIL, most experts believe that we are probably looking at a 4°C rise in average global temperatures within the next few...

Jordan Jumps Forward on Energy Development

Jordan hits a fork in the energy development road: each route inciting ardent support and dissidence. Environmental activists united in protest for a second time...

Iranians Can’t Bluff Nuclear Needs With New Natural Gas

Is this a sign from the heavens that Iran has no excuse now to pursue nuclear proliferation? A new reserve of natural gas in the...

3rd Desertec Deal Signed – Algerian Solar Will Ship to the EU

Desertec takes third step to reality in as many months with Sonelgaz agreement Algeria's state-owned Sonelgaz has just signed the third deal in the MENA...

Durban May Agree on Green Climate Fund, Overriding US Republicans

A way to bypass a minority of ignorant US voters on international climate policy? The climate talks at Durban look like they may finally yield...

Egypt’s Next Huge Wind Farm

Even as the country tries to sort out its new political identity following the first democratic elections in decades, Egypt is forging ahead with...

Going Green GreenGraffiti Hits the Streets of Cyprus

Cyprus may have a long way to go in terms of being eco-friendly, but GreenGraffiti has brought it a little closer. Graffiti may conjure up...

Alon Tal Paints a Picture of Israel’s Environment Wrongs and Rights (INTERVIEW)

Joshua interviews Israel's most influential and accomplished environmentalist, Dr. Alon Tal.  Where is Israel at in terms of environmental protection?  Get the scoop here. Israel...

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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