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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)

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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...

Egypt and Ethiopia Kiss and Make Up Over Nile Dam Dispute

After fighting over the Nile for the last several months, Egypt and Ethiopia have kissed and made up. After a decades-long monopoly over the Nile...

Siemens pulls out of nuclear energy for good

German industrial giant Siemens, already a leader in developing renewable energy projects and sustainable future residential communities has announced that it will phase out its participation in building equipment for nuclear power plants.

1000 Naked Israelis Strip to Save the Dead Sea

Spencer Tunick's naked shoot at the Dead Sea in Israel: yes, some women even got covered in Dead Sea mud. Cloaked in secrecy, they...

‘The Dome’ Mosque In Gaza Strip Is Under Repair

The Dome of Khan Younis: As Palestine puts a bid in for statehood later this month, local Palestinians volunteer to repairing mosque damage.

Natural Gas Creating New Axes of Alliance Across Mediterranean

Egypt and Turkey entered into several new energy-sharing arrangements on a recent diplomatic visit to Cairo by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan and...

Tent City Dismantled in Tel Aviv – Now What?

The protest at its height : nearly 400,000 people jam into Kikar Medinah in Tel Aviv Israel's seven week housing and economic protests against high...

Israel Readies Offshore Natural Gas Pipeline

Tamar undersea gas wells will soon supply Israel with needed natural gas - but at what costs? It has taken some time to reach this...

Agrexco Liquidation: An Obituary for a Company Relying on Cheap Water

Agrexco's image  of produce may now be gone forever Israel's agricultural feats have often hailed as a modern miracle in the water deprived Middle East....

Greek Cyprus Fearful Over Offshore Gas Well Drilling

Map showing disputed Cyprus underwater gas fields, as well as those being contested by Israel and Lebanon Undersea drilling for natural gas by the Greek...

Masdar’s Carbon Capture Program Could Lead to Mass Delirium and Comas

Oil and gas companies believe that CCS will allow fossil-burning to continue unabated, but health leaders expose the potential for widespread human fatalities in...

Libya’s Gaddafi is Finished: What Happens to His Green Projects?

Muamar Gaddafi's compound goes up in smoke. Are his environmental projects next? Events in the Libyan capital of Tripoli have been happening so fast that...

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