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How the Middle East Should Can Coordinate A Sustainable Agenda

As a new political order struggles to assert itself in the autocratic states of the Middle East novel challenges – and possibilities – emerge. In looking toward the future, social Greens throughout the region would do well to coordinate an agenda geared toward a sustainable tomorrow.

Japanese Radiation Reaches Israel

Traces of radioactive material from Japan have been detected in Israel. The Soreq Nuclear Research Center announced that traces of radiation had reached Israel...

A Classic Case of Whodunit Arises Over Toxic Waste In Lebanon

Greenpeace is taking industry to task for releasing factory-generated effluent into the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon's coast. Environmental activists have stopped up a pipe that is gushing...

Israeli Black Globe Award Went to IEI for Oil Shale Agenda

The Elah Valley, which IEI hopes to use as testing grounds for oil shale extraction. The annual Israeli "Green Globe" award ceremony, hosted by the...

Natural Gas Line Bomb Averted

A bombing attempt of the natural gas line that runs between Egypt, Israel and Jordan was averted today, according to the Associated Press. In...

Poor Environmental Oversight Leads To Lebanon’s Mediterranean Kerosene Leak

This image is of a former oil spill in Lebanon Despite the best-laid laws, lack of enforcement is a leading cause of preventable environmental hazards...

Lebanon’s “Wasted” Opportunity in Landfill Management

Garbage dumps roll into the sea? Rola suggests ways for energy intensive Lebanon to help ease its waste and energy problems. As Lebanon enters...

Green Globe Awards to be Presented to Israel’s Environmental Heroes this Week

And the Green Globe goes to... Minister of the Environment, Gilad Arden. This Thursday will be a very environmentally conscious day in Israel, between the...

Palestine’s Green City Tackles Water and Wastewater Management

To coincide with World Water Day, we take a look at a wastewater project planned for Palestine’s green city The Arab region is believed...

Gaddafi Promises Long War, Oil Up To $103 Per Barrel

After four decades of power, Gaddafi continues to drool over Libya's oil. Unlike the former presidents of Egypt and Tunisia, Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has no...

Libyan Violence Dampens Great Man-Made River Project

This pipe was slated for use on Libya's ambitious Man Made River project. The Omar Mukhtar Reservoir in Libya's southern desert is the second largest...

Al Gore Talks Turkish Climate Policy

Turkey has a critical role to play in a clean energy future, says former vice president Al Gore. But when is it going to...

South Korean President Receives Zayed Prize For Global Environmental Leadership

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, VP for UAE & ruler of Dubai, presented South Korean President Lee Myung-bak with the Zayed Environmental Prize. Named after the...

Time to Pause: Risks of Nuclear in the Volatile Middle East and North Africa Region

The Arab region holds the densest concentration on earth of countries seeking to generate nuclear electricity for the first time. Rola points out...

Water Desalination in the Gulf is Necessary, But Not at Any Cost

IBM builds a solar power desalination pilot plant in Saudi Arabia. News that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest market for desalination plants, is planning...

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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

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