Transportation

Lebanon To Waive Taxes on Hybrid Cars

Tesla's electric roadster (above) and Nissan's LEAF could evade import tax to Lebanon this year. Israel probably thought it was alone in the region...

Jordanian Airspace to Get Tourism Boost With Royal Jordanian Partnership Deal

Osta, Dabbas and Mousa at sigining ceremony: will Jordan's air industry become more environmentally friendly? Jordan's fragile environment is threatened by a number of problems,...

GreenRoad Saves Lives and Fuel (& Why Branson and Gore Invested in Them)

In terms of green investment, they've got the perfect track record: Richard Branson's Virgin Green Ventures has invested in the fuel-saving tech of GreenRoad....

Turning Another Nissan Leaf in the Middle East

The Leaf won't be sprouting its electric engines soon in the Middle East, says Nissan CEO. Nissan's new Leaf electric car model may be...

The Middle East Will Remain "LEAF" – Less as Nissan Puts Electric Car Efforts Elsewhere

Nissan's all-electric LEAF gives a run for Volt's and Better Place's money. Nissan has no plans, however, to target infrastructure-poor Middle East. The battle...

Get a Ride and Reduce Carbon Emissions with Egypt Carpoolers

If you've ever braved the streets of Cairo, you know that every time you cross the street there as a pedestrian an adventure is...

Abu Dhabi’s Solid Gold Biofuel Mercedes

Are the United Arab Emirate states being over-the-top extravagant when purchasing super luxury cars? Word has it that an Abu Dhabi billionaire is the proud owner of a Mercedes V10 Quad Turbo sports job that has a body made of white gold!

Israeli Start-up GreenRoad Technologies Gets Boost from Al Gore

Image of Al Gore via BusinessWeek Former US Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management cleantech fund led a $10 million...

Going On A Test Drive With the Better Place "Renault Fluence" Electric Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnoliGpUtNg&feature=player_embedded Green Prophet's Karin was at the Better Place public education facility opening in Israel a couple of Sunday's ago, where she met Sara from...

Better Place Launches Test Drive and Electric Car Education Facility in Israel

Karin attends Better Place press conference as company launches its electric car testing facility for the public, in Israel. The sun's in her eyes...

Better Place Electric Car Gets Investment Fuel of $350 Million Led by HBSC

Better Place's financial batteries get "supersharged" with a massive $350 million investment. If you've been following clean tech news, you'll know that Shai Agassi's Better Place...

GM's Volt Versus the Renault-Nissan Electric "Better Place" Edition

 Chevy's Volt Concept Car - Better than Better Place? In the past year or so, we've posted a number of articles dealing with electric cars...

Haifa University Study Generates a Profile of the Israeli Cyclist

A new study profiles the average Israeli cyclist. If you've read the title, looked at the picture, and are either excited or worried that...

Susita, and Cash For Clunkers, Israeli style

Copying the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program in the United States, the Israeli government has announced its own plan to get polluting gas...

From the Eyes of an Open-minded “Green” Tourist: Transportation in Jordan

Looking out the hotel window to the streets of Madaba, Jordan. As the average tourist I received my first impression of Jordan with glimpses...

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

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

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.

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.

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

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

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.

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. 

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

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

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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