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Three Employees Killed In Haifa Oil Refinery Gas Leak

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Is Israel’s Oil Shale Pie Big Enough To Shift Oil Politics?

Rupert Murdoch announced that Israel's oil shale could potentially shift the international oil dynamic. A 2005 USGS survey presents a less optimistic view. With the...

Gore Says Oil Shale is “Utter Insanity” (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sJm5CDXCc&feature=related As a quick follow-up to the new oil shale pilot about to be conducted in Israel, here is a video of Al Gore saying...

Tiny Nation With Expertize in Rising From the Ashes of War Gives Help to Palestine

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency is finalizing "a corridor for peace and prosperity"so the PA can bypass exports via  Jordan. Solar power is...

David de Rothschild Responds To Green Prophet’s Oil-Shale Plea

David de Rothschild responds to our open letter urging him to influence his family member to stop oil-shale exploration in Israel's Elah Valley. He...

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