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Post-Revolution Egypt Wants New Wind Farms

Make wind power? Egypt wants to talk to you about its electricity needs. In a summary of the policy environment for wind power in Egypt...

Gulf Interconnection Electrical Grid Could Save Billions in Energy-Hungry Gulf

Six Gulf states hook up for profit A few years late, phase two of the long-planned GCC Grid was inaugurated this week. When all four...

Empower to Cool Dubai With Recycled Sewage

District cooling is already super green. Now Ahmad Bin Shafir plans to take the mission one step further Wild and crazy Dubai is hardly known...

Next BrightSource US Solar Projects Make More Energy than Fossil-Fuel Plants

BrightSource Energy has two new mega solar thermal projects in "advanced development" in California, according to its recent filing with the...

BrightSource Energy Has Potential to Supply 13% of California’s Electricity

According to its recent filing with the SEC, BrightSource Energy has control of approximately 110,000 acres suitable for solar development in California ...

Obvious Rainwater-Harvester Idea Wins Phillips Livable Cities Award

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OPEC Countries Seek “Developing Nation” Funds to Capture CO2

Oil giants are looking into CCS to cut greenhouse gases. good for them! But who should pay for it? Well, now we know why Saudi...

Now 39 Tortoises Halt Phase 2 and 3 of the BrightSource Ivanpah Solar Project

Is the vast benefit of clean energy given accurate weight against the costs to one species of tortoise? BrightSource Energy's 392 MW Ivanpah solar project,...

Look Out Germany! Saudi Arabia to Overtake You as Solar World Leader

Installation of a planned 20 GW of solar over the next 20 years will catapult Saudi Arabia to world leadership in solar Saudi Arabia has...

BrightSource Energy Files IPO for $250 Million

California loves BrightSource Energy. Now, with a $250 million IPO we all have a chance to show how much. A sign of just how capital...

BrightSource Energy’s Earth Day Public Debut

BrightSource vs. the desert tortoise. Is BSE too big to fail? Shortly after Google announced its largest investment to date in BrightSource Energy's gargantuan solar...

Solaris Synergy Eyes California’s Aqueduct for its Floating Solar Farms

California's gigantic aqueduct that snakes through the entire state to irrigate farms is probably the world's best site for developing solar on bodies of...

2011 Global Water Awards Go to MENA Nations

Unsurprisingly, since water scarcity is at the forefront of the cause of most of the troubles in the Middle East, MENA nations dominated...

Israeli Designer Creates a Green Toilet for India’s Slum Dwellers

This green toilet by Noa Lerner will be a boon for third world countries that lack sanitary public waste facilities. While other industrial designers merely...

Al Gore’s Fund Invests $10 Million in Tigo’s Maximizer Solar Tech

$10 million is the lucky number for two Israeli cleantech companies and Al Gore. Tigo's Maximizer can add hundreds of hours worth of sun...

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The Science Behind How Elite Marathon Runners Train

Discover the science behind elite marathon training. Explore techniques, nutrition, and mental strategies that propel top runners to success.

Earth building with Dead Sea salt bricks

Researchers develop a brick made largely from recycled Dead Sea salt—offering a potential alternative to carbon-intensive cement.

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Astro uses AI to help procure land for renewable energy

For oil-rich, environmentally vigilant Gulf states, Astro isn’t just another startup story. It is a blueprint for accelerating an energy transition that is now existential, not optional.

The Science Behind How Elite Marathon Runners Train

Discover the science behind elite marathon training. Explore techniques, nutrition, and mental strategies that propel top runners to success.

Earth building with Dead Sea salt bricks

Researchers develop a brick made largely from recycled Dead Sea salt—offering a potential alternative to carbon-intensive cement.

The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

Farm To Table Israel Connects People To The Land

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, explained

Knowing about the concept of the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary helps explain a core idea in Islam.

The Air Tea Kettle creates a new way to meet plants and herbalism

Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

Why Health Systems Are Reaching a Turning Point

Health emerges from a continuous energy and material flow from water through food to human physiology. Technical energy systems support this cycle through water treatment, agriculture, and infrastructure.
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