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CSR in the Middle East

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United Nations Call for a Nuclear Free Middle East to Stop Iran

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From leaps in the bronze age to massive droughts that wiped out cities, civilizations we learn from history, depend on water. We need to...

Black Globe for Israel's PM, While Green Goes To Worthy Organizations

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Israel Defense Ministry Stalls on Sewage Treatment

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Forbes Names Israel's Shari Arison As One of the World's Greenest Billionaires

We know that billionaires with their minds and hearts in right place, can do right by the planet. Taking notice, Forbes business magazine has looked...

Greenpeace Mediterranean Demands that Nestle-Osem Give the Orangutans and Rainforests a Break

Greenpeace activists won't give Nestle-Osem a break. They say that the Indonesian rainforests and orangutans are more important than Kit Kat bars. Greenpeace activists and...

Nets of Peace Attempts to Alleviate Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with Environmentally Sustainable Fishing

Five graduate students come up with a plan for conflict resolution and sustainable fishing in Gaza. A creative team of five graduate students currently studying...

Environmental Economics? Voice of the Nobelists

Yosef explores Paul Klugman's environmental economics essay in the NY Times. Klugman and Gore's words, Yosef finds, may influence decision-makers to slow the gallop...

SDE Makes Wave Power in China Where It's Completing 1 MW Power Plant Deal

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