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A new round of sanctions that further isolate Iran financially and politically is likely to bolster nuclear ambitions and keep pollution levels high. Iran has...

10,000 Turks Gather To Protest Coal-Fired Power Plant

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BrightSource Offers World’s Biggest Solar Storage Deal

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Aquate Group’s Floating Cover Could Save Israel’s Water

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Possible End of Kyoto at Durban Threatens MENA Renewable Energy

CDM funding for renewable energy in emerging nations is endangered in Durban, South Africa With the increasingly likely non-renewal of the Kyoto Accord after 2012...

A Quick Look at Egypt’s Environmental Agenda Ahead of Elections

Before now, the environment has been glaringly absent from Egypt's political agenda, but our friends over at Almasry Alyoum have compiled a fantastic list...

Huge MedGrid Joins Giant Solar Desertec Plan

In a marriage made in renewable energy heaven, the two most ambitious energy plans in the world have joined forces. Today, Desertec and Medgrid signed...

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Many people fear that the Egyptian military is using a lethal new brand of teargas to dispel protestors in downtown Cairo. During the last two...

Cairo’s Fixers: Repairers That Are Helping Heal The Planet

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A Funeral for the Dead Sea in Jerusalem Today

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Watts to Water Brothers in Rural Pakistan

Three brothers working in Pakistan's remote Chitral communities are helping provide green electricity for 45,000 homes. Their micro hydro-electricity projects, 70 up and running to...

Is This the Green Lebanon You’ve Dreamt About? (Video)

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Israel Corporation Subsidiary to Build 510 MW Hydro Project in Peru

Israel Corporation subsidiary Inkia Energy has signed an engineering procurement contract for the construction of a huge 510 MW hydro-electric project in Peru. Its Cerro del Águila Hydroelectric Power Plant will be located in the province of Tayacaja. Peru is a country that already gets 48% of its electricity from hydropower, which depends on water at elevation for its operation. Peru's Energy and Mines Ministry, Pedro Sanchez said in a press release that the project is one of three hydroelectric plants it was seeking tenders for building and operating, that will require a combined investment of $1.7 billion.

Your Neighbor’s Keeper When It Comes To Nuclear

Israelis discuss the problem of getting nuclear neighbors. In a small region like the Middle East, a single country’s decision to build nuclear power can...

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Top 5 Free Data Recovery Software of All Time

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