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Palestinian Speed Sisters Make Arab Women Top-Ranked

Checkpoints set up by the Israeli military and social expectations don't stop members of the Middle East's first all-women racing team as they speed between the cities of the West Bank in high-octane car races.

Dubai to Overtake Heathrow as World’s Largest Airport

Dubai International Airport (DXB) will overtake Heathrow as the world’s biggest international airport by 2015. What's the environmental impact of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE)...

Would You Fly By Sun and a Solar Impulse?

They took their pilot run from Europe to Morocco, now the Swiss solar plane will fly across America. Sometime next summer, an airplane with...

Happy 2013! A Good Year for Electric Cars

Not a head turner but Mitsubishi's new "buggy" MIEV all electric car is one of the best EV car deals The year 2012 has been...

Egypt’s Natural Gas Push Does Little to Curtail Murderous Air Pollution

With air pollution 100x worse than NYC the news doesn't look good for 2013 even though Cairo taxis were offered free natural gas tanks. Two...

Will Radiation Danger Spoil Israel’s Electrified Train?

And make it electric? Electrifying Israel's railway system may cause too much electromagnetic radiation experts warn. Israel's local and national rail services have often been...

Qatar Airways Praised for its Natural Gas/Biofuel Push to the Skies

Cheaper flights for all? If Qatar's "Pearl project" can develop the natural gas industry for planes, it could translate into reducing overall costs for US carriers. Qatar...

New Environmental Strategy On The Table In Israeli Elections

  On Thursday, Dec. 20, Tzipi Livni’s new party, The Movement, stated that environmental reforms will be key components of their platform in the January...

Spiffy New Tramway Connects Casablanca’s Hot Spots

King Mohammed VI rode with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and head of Moroccan government Abdelilah Benkirane on Casablanca's spiffy new tramway during its...

Better Place EV Company Betters its Business Model?

Israel's electric car concept company Better Place has assured media that the company is able to secure investment to continue its mission of pushing...

Tiny Electric Vehicle Rental Program Could Reduce Tel Aviv Pollution

The Tel Aviv municipality is considering a plan to rent out small electric vehicles on a short term basis to cut down on air...

Israeli Fuel Company Tries Out Gasoline – Green Methanol Fuel Mixture

A woman fills up car in Haifa with methanol and gasoline fuel mixture.  More bang for her buck? Photo: Haaretz/David Bachar Alternative car fuel mixtures...

Baran Group Anxious Over $14 Million Better Place Debt

Inside a Better Place batter switching station: an idea born too soon? The fortunes of the Better Place electric car and service network company, which...

Eco-Hybrid Car From Qatar Unveiled During Climate Talks

Counteracting overwhelming criticism leveled at Gulf nations for their lack of environmental accountability, the Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) unveiled a low-emission, lower fuel...

It’s California or Bust for Better Place’s eTaxis

The Better Place electric transportation company was founded in California's silicon valley, not far from where the Tesla electric car company began. But while...

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

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A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

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From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

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