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Green Investment Bank and Masdar Ink Agreement to Link Mideast to Britain

The UK Green Investment Bank and the United Arab Emirates Masdar have inked a new agreement that will see the UAE-based company work toward...

Bahrain Radically Overhauls Energy Delivery and Billing Systems

Bahrain is looking to overhaul its energy management system and announced this week that it was to implement a new "radical" IT system that...

Enstorage Pioneers 50kW Hydrogen Bromine Storage in Israel

Energy storage company Enstorage Inc. connected a 50 kW Hydrogen Bromine flow battery to the grid at their test site in southern Israel. This...

SmarTap e-Shower Cleans You Green

Thinking about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit: This is how Asaf Shaltiel, the CEO of SmarTap, came up with the idea for an electronic “smart” eco-showerhead...

Dogs Detect Cancer Cells in Petri Dish

Could woman's best friend be the missing link in the diagnoses of aggressive breast cancer types? Researchers at Ben Gurion University in Israel have conducted...

First 3D Printing Shop in Arab World Opens in Lebanon

It was only a matter of time: the 3D printing revolution has officially arrived in Lebanon, where artists, architects, and designers are eager to...

Solar PV Demand Rises Sixfold in the Middle East and Africa

HH General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (left), HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan National Security Advisor...

Building Integrated Photovoltaics Slash Energy Costs in Abu Dhabi

Dieter Moor of ertex solar examines the installation of his company's solar project in Al Ain. Finally the Middle East is attuned to the numerous...

Army Junk Sunk as Artificial Reefs off Lebanese Coast – Fish Tanks?!?

The Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon has seen better days. Elders might recall a time when the water was clear and teeming...

Enormous Planet Solar Ship Pops into Morocco for a Fast Four Days

The world's largest solar-powered ship has been out of commission for a while, but she's back in business for her first 2013 Port of...

Largest African Photovoltaic Solar Plant Online Courtesy of Masdar

Situated even deeper in the desert than Morocco and prone to locust swarms, Mauritania's topography consists of the "mostly barren, flat plains of the...

Saudi Arabia Nanomaterials Inspired by the Lotus

Lotus flowers were once considered sacred in Egypt and parts of Asia. They hold a secret to a clean nanotechnology. Like the ancient blue pigment...

Turkey Joins the Solar Wagon With a Massive Rooftop Array

Much ado has been made of the great solarization of Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, but Turkey has made some...

Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment Leads to Nanotech Breakthrough

For ancient Egyptians blue was the color of rebirth. Today their chemical invention of artificial lapiz lazuli means new advances for lights, lasers and...

Green Deserts – The Saltwater Revolution (An Ode to Innovation)

We are not alone in our awe of the Sahara Forest Project (SFP), which has already built a pilot project in Qatar that...

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How skinny medicine is reshaping the fashion industry, an interview with Katie Jones

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.

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AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

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GLP-1 drugs are shrinking appetites and waistlines, but could they shrink our environmental footprint too? From fashion and food waste to lighter airplanes, packaging and transportation, Ozempic-era weight loss could have unexpected effects across the economy.

A billion dollar bet on Pacific Fusion’s New Mexico campus

Pacific Fusion is building a $1 billion fusion research facility in New Mexico, betting that enormous electrical pulses can help push fusion energy beyond the laboratory and toward practical clean power.

Europe’s circular fashion mandate in effect by 2030

Europe is forcing fashion to confront its waste problem. New EU rules ban large companies from destroying unsold clothing and are expanding producer responsibility for textile waste, pushing brands toward repair, resale, recycling and circular design.

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Plastic bottles remain one of the most stubborn forms of ocean pollution, according to new results from Ocean Conservancy’s 2025 International Coastal Cleanup, the massive volunteer effort that removes and records trash from beaches and waterways around the world.
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