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A Mixed Bag For Israel’s Cleantech

With inconsistent messages to investors and the public, Israel to create a national plan for renewable energy. Even as Israel's cabinet approved a national action...

Canada Cuts UNESCO Funds Based on US Law

Voluntary funding to support nature and ancient cities is thinned even more as Canada cuts its funding to UNESCO. If existing members don't cough...

Turkish Water Projects Stirring Resentment Around The Region

The Tigris River has sustained the inhabitants of modern-day Iraq for millennia. Are Turkey's hydraulic projects threatening this vital resource? Turkey's massive Southeastern Anatolia Project...

Could Israel Join With its Arab Neighbors in Medgrid?

Could sharing a transmision grid for renewable energy bring Arabs and Jews together? Invited to speak by the Israeli branch of CIGRE in Israel, Jean...

Landmark Wind Power Plant To Be Built In Pakistan

Amidst economical concerns and heavy reliance on fossil fuels, Pakistan's first private wind turbine gains $169 mil in international investment through Turkish company Zorlu Enerji.

Scales, Impingement and Entrainment: Know Desalination’s Negative Side

Desalination's negative environmental risks can outweigh the benefits, argues our environmental lawyer blogger Josh. Israel will quadruple its output of desalinated water by 2050, according...

Egypt Losing its Mighty Nile Drop by Drop

Ethiopia and other African countries upstream have plans to divert Nile River water. What does this mean for Egypt? Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a...

Could A ‘Green GDP’ Transform The Middle East?

Environmentalists have been telling us for years that we need to stop focusing on the economy and consider nature. Will a 'Green GDP' help...

BrightSource Energy Makes Gigantic Bet on 750 MW Solar Project

BrightSource Energy is making a big bet on CSP while others switch to PV The third huge US solar project from BrightSource Energy is its largest yet. At a whopping 750 MW it is the size of three or four US coal or gas plants. Its Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility in California will use the solar tower technology it inherited from Israel's Luz, its parent company (Luz Rises Again as BrightSource for California) in which a field of mirrors on poles reflects sunlight onto a tower to create steam to drive a turbine to make electricity. But it comes at a time when many utility-scale solar companies are switching to PV (photovoltaic) solar - those traditional rooftop solar panels that most people associate with solar - from Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) such as this. Why?

Navies Circle Cyprus As It Explores Natural Gas

Navies crowd into once placid waters as Turkey presses Cyprus on gas reserves Turkey has a corvette, frigate and helicopters escorting its exploration vessel, the...

Why I Am Fighting Air-Megeddon

A new international airport is slated to be built in Israel's pastoral Jezreel Valley. Concerned activist Hadas Marcus explains why plans should be scrapped...

Turks Alarmed Over Nickel Heap Leach Dumps

Heap leaching or dump leaching extracts nickel using a very toxic process. Turkish environmental groups are calling for increased awareness against toxic waste dumping like...

Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet)

Why women's right to vote is important not only for gender equality but for the planet It been a political roller-coaster of a year for...

Turkey Tells Egypt to Bypass Israel and Cyprus With Long Pipeline to Europe

Turkish PM Erdogan on recent visit to Egypt; more energy influence at Israel's expense. AP photo by Maggie Michael and Lee Keeth In a continuation...

Is Canada’s Tar Sand Oil More Ethical Than Saudi Oil? (POLL)

Susan just pointed out her criticism of Canadians taking the moral high ground when it comes to oil from tar sands. Extracted from a...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

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Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

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Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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