Transportation

Abu Dhabi Calls On Its Residents to Stop Polluting the Environment… With Abandoned Cars

Abu Dhabi tells its residents not to pollute the environment by abandoning their cars. We've heard of personal cars causing all kinds of pollution...

Darreja Campaign Encourages Sustainable Transportation in Lebanon

Is the solution to Lebanon's reliance on carbon emitting personal vehicles as simple as a two-wheeler? One hundred and fifty cyclists demonstrated how easy...

Pumping $30 Million Into Cycling Tourist's Pedals

In 2008, the Israeli government announced a 20 million shekel (around $6 million US) plan to revamp cycling tourism. Upping the ante, the government...

Dubai Metro Expands to Three More Stations, Increasing Ridership

Dubai Metro works on expanding ridership and cutting down on personal vehicle usage, adding three more stations last week. The Dubai Metro system, which...

The Israel Defence Forces Looks to Hybridize Its Jeeps

An IDF jeep posted at the Jordan River, West Bank. Image credit Green Prophet The Israel Air Force is doing it (with solar panels), and...

"Look Ma, No Hands": Will GM's New Self-Guided Electric Car Catch on in Macho Middle East?

Will "no hands driving " work in the macho Middle East? It seems the race to create the most innovative electric powered vehicles has become...

Konnichiwa World! Better Place Launches Electric Taxis in Tokyo

Taxis can't wait all night to recharge: The Better Place battery switch is showing another way for electric cars, in Tokyo. A few days ago,...

Time to Hook Your Car Onto the Road Train?

Road train hauling works for truckers, mate. But will it work for cars in the Middle East? All aboard! A road transport concept known...

Middle East Airlines Wait for the Volcanic Ash to Settle

The Icelandic volcano has both environmental and economic effects. Some Middle East passengers are stranded in Europe and wonder if it's time to think...

Lebanese Prefer "Green With Envy" Maseratis Over Eco-Friendly Hybrids Cars

Inside view of Maserati MC Sport: worth 300 grand? Maybe for some wealthy Lebanese who are more interested in "green" of the envious variety....

Israel's Grid Will Never Handle Renewable Energy Goals

No green "juice" for your Better Place electric car? Energy expert says Israel's infrastructure will never be able to fulfil renewable energy goals....

Honda’s U3-X Electric Unicycle Could Outrace the Dying Segway, Sideways

Not a car, not a bike, not a buggy, not a lawn mower. Check out Honda's one-wheel unicycle. Middle East readers want to know:...

Maurice Test Drives The Better Place Electric Car: "Like a Dragster"

Maurice charges a Renault Fluence: He'll have a bit of a wait 'till he owns one. As a Green Prophet contributer, I decided that...

Tamar Natural Gas Needs Fuel to Power Better Place Cars

Natural gas for electric cars? The power has to come from somewhere. You might be wonderiing what the Tamar natural gas fields have to...

A New "Chery" On Top For Better Place's Electric Car Infrastructure?

Would you drive a Chery? The Chinese firm is partnering with Israel Corp. a major stakeholder in Better Place to develop its own electric...

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

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

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

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Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

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.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

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. 

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

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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