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Saudi Arabia is investing huge sums to diversify its water supply, while at the same time fanning a booming construction industry. Will the latter...

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Not in my backyard: groups across Turkey unite against pollution from fossil fuel power plants. Over the past few decades, dozens of local environmental groups...

Negev Oil Shale Plant To Shut Down, Switch To Natural Gas

Israel Chemicals Ltd. has plans to replace its Mishor Rotem oil shale plant with more viable natural gas. Initially installed in 1978 as a pilot...

Grid Parity in the Arab World: Still Far Away

Petrol and electricity are considered birth-rights, even God-sent in the Arab world. How can this reality compete with the use of renewables? Grid parity, the...

How Genuine Is the Arab World About the Environment?

Arab world "green" announcements seem to fade in the sands. Can we believe new renewable energy goals? Over the past three years, we have read...

How Food Insecurity Fuels Anger in the Middle East

The Ahmad Family in Egypt shows us what they eat. As popular uprisings continue to spread in Middle East, rising food costs for stable...

If Bill McKibben’s A Communist, Call Me Alexandra Kollontai

Increasingly shameful to members of America's conservative wing, Glenn Beck evokes Code Red by dismissing 350.org as "Communistic." Sadly, he's no match for our witty friend...

All Eyes On Libya As Oil Prices Rise

Rising oil prices as a result of Middle East unrest could send Americans back to the drawing board. The last time the United States saw...

The Water Behind Middle Eastern Woes

How governments respond to water woes will determine the future stability of the Middle East. It's impossible to point to any one issue and claim...

A Roadmap To Blue (H2O) Peace In The Middle East

With input from over 100 Middle Eastern leaders, the Swiss government has produced a positive tool that could transform regional water policies. There are no...

WikiLeaks: Former Aramco Head Warns US About Saudi’s Strained Oil Production

WikiLeaks show the Saudis overestimated their oil reserves by about 40% -  the US is worried. As the largest exporter of crude oil, Saudi Arabia...

Palestine’s Green City Faces New Criticism- this time about JNF Trees

Palestine's green city attracts new criticism after developers admit they will be replacing 3,000 JNF trees with indigenous olive trees Rawabi, Palestine's first planned and...

Jordan’s Tribes Criticize Enviro Queen Rania

Queen Rania is the latest Middle Eastern elite to receive criticism from dissenting citizens. Like their Yemeni compatriots currently marching towards the presidential palace in...

Proposed Israeli Law to Reduce Organic Micro-Pollutants

The Israeli government wakes up to concerns about hormones and antibiotics in drinking water. Last week at Green Prophet, we wrote about how an increase...

Environmental Minister Chooses Greening Israel Over UN Post

Israel is fortunate to have an Environmental Protection Minister who is passionate about his job. So passionate, he gave up an opportunity to work...

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