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Peace Cycle Takes Bikers Through West Bank

Daniella Cheslow - June 16, 2009

We've posted here before about a Walk About Love, a hike for Israel and a bike ride to benefit Israel's environment. This October, get...

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Go Hybrid and Pay Less Car Tax in Israel

Maurice Picow - June 13, 2009

The Israel finance ministry is planning new regulations on car purchasing, with special discount incentives for purchasing hybrid cars, according to Reuters. The new changes...

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Anywhere You Go FreeGo, Electric Scooters in Tel Aviv

Marcus Sopher - June 6, 2009

When it comes to transportation around Tel Aviv, there are a number of alternatives to driving a car. For longer commutes, riding public...

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Zero S Motorbike Gives "Electric" Thrills In Cities and Sand Dunes

Maurice Picow - March 24, 2015

(Zero S electric road bike goes from 0 to 50 km/hr in just 2 seconds, and can maintain speed for 2 hours on single...

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Israel's Ben Gurion Airport To Get Green Facelift

Maurice Picow - May 20, 2009

Not only are Middle Eastern airlines such as Qatar Airlines and airports getting involved in "greening up their act." Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, one...

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As Better Place Tests Battery Replacement Technology in Japan, Is Better Place the Best Electric Car Company?

Maurice Picow - April 16, 2014

Shai Agassi’s Better Place electric car company seemed to be on the right track with their conception of a totally electric family sized car. The...

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Lebanese Auto Dealer Signs On To Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint

Green Prophet - May 13, 2009

Knowing how much carbon dioxide your company is producing is the first step to reducing it. Good news from this sphere in Lebanon: the...

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Go On "Hajj" To Mecca and Medina On Saudi's New High Speed Train

Maurice Picow - June 17, 2010

Millions of Muslims go on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina every year. A new high speed train planned by Saudi Arabia...

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Will Israeli Hightech Workers Lose Their Leased Cars and Pay Taxes on Parking Spots As The Government Goes Green?

Maurice Picow - April 21, 2009

(View of parking lot below Azrielli Center in Tel Aviv) They giveth and then taketh away: The recently Annual Report issued by the Bank of...

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Etihad and Qatar Airways Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Maurice Picow - August 26, 2022

Etihad Airways from the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with Masdar (the same group developing the world's first carbon neutral city), to...

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Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Train To Cut Through Heart of Precious Nature Reserve

Green Prophet Guest - April 17, 2009

If all goes to plan, passengers will not get to see the beautiful Yitla Stream, or what is left of it, on the train...

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India's Tata Nano Could Change the Mobility of Millions

Green Prophet Guest - April 6, 2009

Green Prophet first met Gal Luft, an Israeli-American lobbyist and alternative energy educator in Washington for the Set America Free Coalition, when Karin covered...

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Innowattech's Coming To Sidewalks and Electric Avenues, Near You

Karin Kloosterman - April 1, 2009

Prof. Haim Abramovich, from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. We'd written about the energy harvesting company Innowattech earlier on...

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