Transportation

Is This Runner Electric Scooter A Poor Man’s Better Place?

Not a thing of beauty, but the Runner will zip you around town at 70 kph - Photo via Haaretz/ David Bachar It's not a...

Better Place Sets Electric Car Record – 1172 Miles in 24 Hours

The 2012 summer Olympics are over but electric car marathons are beginning to heat up.  Israel's Better Place smashed the 24 hour distance record...

Abandoned Jag, BMWs and Mercedes Gather Dust at Abu Dhabi Airport

A fleet of fancy cars are gathering dust in the short-term parking lots at Abu Dhabi airport. The car parks, walking distance from the terminals,...

Teaching Old Planes New Energy Efficiency Landing Tricks

A simple change in operations gives aviation an environmental win-win-win. Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) is an aircraft operating technique in which arriving planes descend in...

Rapid Electric Car Charger Comes to Masdar City

The Abu Dhabi government in cooperation with Mitsubishi industries has opened the region's first  rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The station is located in...

Rare Earth Metals Limits Clean Technology’s Future

If you think renewable energies will become an increasingly cheaper alternative to petrol - think again now that there's peak minerals. As the world moves...

BioThink: Iranian Hybrid Vehicle Powered by Magnets and Sun

A hybrid energy source comprised of solar energy and magnets fuel this futuristic car. Fuel-guzzling, monochromatic sedans will be a thing of the past if...

Qatar Foundation Site to Go Car-Free With Siemens Trams

Public transportation is not popular among the Gulf elite who can easily afford the expense of fueling their own cars. And for many, global...

Traffic Accidents Increase in the UAE During Ramadan

Police say Ramadan and Bad Driving Habits to Blame As the sun starts to go down after the blistering heat of the day, drivers in...

Gaza Taxi Driver Builds an Electric Vehicle in Three Days

Once Muzer Al-Kasas was able to collect all of the necessary materials, it only took him three days to build a small electric vehicle....

Denmark Gets Cycling Superhighway to Copenhagen

It's hard to ignore the lack of infrastructure and safety for cyclists in the Middle East. In Egypt you might get sexually harassed if...

Better Place Electric Car Sales Now Open to Public in Israel

After a test trial on about 250 cars Israel's Better Place electric car company has opened its doors to the general public this week....

Can Air Con Fumes In Hot Cars Cause Cancer?

Have you received an email saying your car's air con could kill you? The jury is still out until more scientific evidence comes in.  Car...

Solar Plane Proves Night Flights Possible – Returns to Spain

It's mission accomplished. The Solar Impulse, the world's longest solar powered flight has landed back home in Madrid, Spain. The flight took 17 hours...

Test Driving a Better Place Electric Car

Better Place driving guide Ronit hooks up ZE car after test drive In the six month period since Better Place put its first 100 Renault...

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The Sustainable Moving Checklist Every Household Should Follow

The most important step is the one nobody enjoys. Six weeks out, walk the house room by room and decide what has earned a place on the truck. Anything you wouldn’t pay to ship is moving out of habit.

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The Sustainable Moving Checklist Every Household Should Follow

The most important step is the one nobody enjoys. Six weeks out, walk the house room by room and decide what has earned a place on the truck. Anything you wouldn’t pay to ship is moving out of habit.

6 Best Eco-Friendly Web Hosting Providers That Don’t Sacrifice Speed

Not all green web hosting is created equal. Some companies buy renewable energy certificates, others use cleaner data centers, and some extend the life of existing servers. We compare six web hosts, including GreenGeeks, SiteGround and Hostinger, to see how their environmental claims stack up against performance, speed and transparency.

Prêt-à-porter made with algae

Danit Peleg is reinventing 3D-printed fashion with algae-based biomaterials, AI-powered design and made-to-order manufacturing. Can circular fashion become commercially viable?

Oil Spill Cleanup Crews Face Hidden Health Risks 

Oil spills grab headlines for black beaches and struggling wildlife. Fewer stories follow the people who scrub those shores. Workers and volunteers often spend days breathing fumes and touching tar. Their health matters as much as the coastline.

Walk of Water offers $9,000 for water stories that nobody sees

The 2026 Walk of Water Photostory Contest is offering $9,000 in prizes for photographers documenting the hidden side of water, from wastewater and pollution to sanitation workers, public health and clean-water solutions.

Kids plant mangroves in Ajman, adding 45 more trees to the UAE’s coastal forests

Twenty-six students planted 45 mangrove saplings at Al Zorah Beach in Ajman, joining a much larger Gulf-wide push to restore mangrove forests and protect vulnerable coastlines.

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The ancient factory that never sat idle: what Tel Shiqmona can teach modern architects

A 2,700-year-old industrial site on Israel’s Carmel coast shows how ancient craftsmen reused the same spaces for different seasonal jobs — a lesson in flexible architecture that still matters today.
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