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With an extra 15% added to electricity and water bills, Dubai's residents are bound to cut back their consumption. And that is a good...

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Enoc collects fuel vapors and incorporates other green elements into Dubai residential filling station. Last September, Dubai ran short on gas, while other Gulf countries...

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Passed in the summer of 2008, Israel's Clean Air Act went into effect this month. As with its neighboring Middle Eastern countries, things can be...

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With help from an international NGO, Lamu's Swahili and indigenous communities seek to redress potential harm to their natural resources. A small but important enclave...

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The gigantic $45 billion Leviathan gas find tosses out Israel's previous relationship with the world. The biggest deep-water gas find in a decade has...

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Jordan’s Disi Water Conveyance is On Track – but to Where?

Until the well runs dry? Jordan's Al-Disi Aquifer pipeline is only a temporary water solution Jordan's long planned water conveyance project to bring water from...

Israel To Fine Manufacturers $700 Per Ton Of Non-Recycled Packaging

A new law in Israel could mandate manufacturers to take ensure their packaging is recycled, or reused. Despite its posh upcycled art installation, a quick...

Local Israeli Authorities Take More Control Over Environmental Protection

Who's responsible for this Tel Aviv tree?  The local Tel Aviv environmental committee. Some of the red tape preventing local environmental issues from being resolved...

Joint Israeli-Palestinian Project To Tackle Sewage Problems

The issue of raw sewage may not be hitting the headlines in the Middle East like concerns over water scarcity, but in the Palestinian...

11th ECO Summit In Istanbul

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28 Days To World Future Energy Summit In Abu Dhabi

There are only 28 days before the World Future Energy Summit from January 17-20, 2011 Abu Dhabi is beset with a kind of sustainability...

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Art from Oman at the Venice Biennale

Oman is returning to the Venice Biennale with Zīnah, an immersive installation by artist and curator Haitham Al Busafi that transforms a traditional form of horse adornment into a large-scale sensory experience.

Korean researchers create battery from greenhouse gases

Professor Ji-Soo Jang, in collaboration with Professor Taekwang Yoon of Ajou University and Professor Hansel Kim of Chungbuk National University, has developed a novel energy device that generates electricity during the process of capturing greenhouse gases.

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The impact is already being felt. California has broken its wind generation record multiple times in recent weeks as SunZia begins feeding electricity into the grid. It’s a glimpse of what a renewable-powered future could look like when large-scale infrastructure finally comes online. Can we start saying goodbye to Saudi Aramco and Arabian Gulf oil? 

Married People Have Lower Cancer Risk, But the Reason is Complex

According to the research, cancer risk was 68% higher in never-married men and 85% higher in never-married women.

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The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), governments agreed to extend protection to 40 more migratory species, from cheetahs and striped hyenas to snowy owls, giant otters, and great hammerhead sharks. Too many of them are slipping toward extinction .

When peace returns, will we rediscover Saudi Arabia’s mud-brick soul?

When the region settles after the American war with Iran, and it will, American and European travelers will come back. Not just for spectacle or headline projects, but for places that feel real. Places that haven’t been engineered to impress and which get into your soul. We predict that visitors to Saudi Arabia will want to see places like Rijal Alma.When the region settles after the American war with Iran, and it will, American and European travelers will come back. Not just for spectacle or headline projects, but for places that feel real. Places that haven’t been engineered to impress and which get into your soul. We predict that visitors to Saudi Arabia will want to see places like Rijal Alma.

A baking soda trick could help clean “forever chemicals” from our water

“Forever chemicals” like the ones ejected by Lulelemon yoga pants into strategic areas don’t go away. They don’t break down in nature, and once they’re in water, soil, or our bodies, they tend to stick around. But scientists at Florida International University think they’ve found a smarter way to deal with them, and it uses something as simple as pH.

Koh Phangan’s angels for the dogs and the cats

Koh Phangan may be known for yoga, detox retreats, and full moon parties, but beyond the curated paradise lies a different reality—one of injured stray animals and the quiet work of rescue. This story explores PACS (Phangan Animal Care for Strays), a grassroots animal shelter tackling overpopulation, disease, and neglect on the island. Through firsthand experience with teens, it reveals how meaningful travel, volunteerism, and compassion offer a deeper kind of healing—far from the Instagram version of paradise.
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