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Haifa Chemicals and Citi To Sell Carbon Credits

Haifa Bay is lovely, but it's extremely polluted. Chemical giant there now producing carbon credits with Citi bank. What would induce a significantly environmentally...

The Middle Eastern View of Copenhagen

Today opens the two-week round of climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark. From this corner of the world the conference is a meeting of...

A Green Party Grows in Lebanon

The newly formed Green Party of Lebanon (GPL) is planning its debut with the May 2010 municipal elections. The Daily Star reports that the...

Private Equity Company Buys Up Solid Waste Management Firms in Egypt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkmDZpNKnms&feature=player_embeddedCairo is a city with 18 million people. Most do not have a way to remove their trash. Garbage Dreams, a new film (see...

Who's Testing Environment Impact as Israel Drills for Oil at Dead Sea?

How much more exploitation can the Dead Sea take? Next up: drilling for oil. It's hard to say what's worse from an environmental standpoint; Jordan and...

Abu Dhabi's Central Bank To Calm Dubai Real Estate Debt Crisis

Will The World be saved? UAE attempts to rescue collapsed real estate market in Dubai. The massive world-shaped islands off the coast of Dubai have...

Second Annual Arab Forum for Environment and Development Met in Beirut Last Week

The second annual meeting of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) took place this past Thursday and Friday, this time with a...

Poor Olive Crop In Israel and the West Bank Beset by Theft and Violence

This year's poor olive harvest isn't just an environmental issue: it's a metaphor for the Israeli-Arab conflict. Israeli Itzhak Moreno holds a sack of...

WATEC and 9 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of November 8, 2009

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to Israel to sign a renewable energy R&D cooperation agreement with the Israeli government and the fifth annual WATEC...

United Nations Experts Demand Stronger Laws For Protecting Environment During War

Listen up Middle East: The UN wants stronger laws for protecting land, water and wildlife during times of conflict. If the cost of human...

Registration is Now Open for the First Gulf Environment Forum in Saudi Arabia

Keen on doing business in the Gulf region? This might be your conference. The Gulf Environment Forum - the first comprehensive environmental conference and exhibition...

Should Al Gore Profit From Global Warming? Should Any of Us?

 Al Gore receives award for his anti global warming efforts Al Gore, who barely lost (or won) the US Presidential election in November 2000, and...

Environmental Impact of a Syrian Drought

Syria faces a severe drought. A shift in weather patterns, or just a dry season? A severe water shortage in Syria is forcing farmers...

Turkey Unsure to Look East or West for Renewable Energy Development

A wind farm in Turkey. Should Turkey look east to oil-rich countries, or west to renewables? Turkey seems to be becoming more interested in renewable...

The World's Poorest Protest Saudi Arabia's Obstructionist Role in Climate Change Negotiations

Non-profit groups from 18 developing countries called on Saudi Arabia to "stop playing an obstructionist role" in the current climate change negotiations in Barcelona,...

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Seven years after creating her first perfume in a small Sicilian shop, my daughter had just three drops left. A family-owned perfumer in Palermo helped us recover the scent of her childhood.

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