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Eilat-Eilot Conference: The Ins & Outs Of Renewable Energy In Israel

Everybody who is anybody in Israel's renewable energy business ought to attend this event. There has never been a more critical time in human history....

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: National Water Plan and 6 More Headlines

Israel's new desalination plan, water cooperation in the Middle East, Solaris Synergy, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. Following reports that...

Working in Blocks, Spin-offs of Arizona Solar Energy Projects Could Fit Mideast

Arizona solar energy "modules" may work well in the Middle East The American state of Arizona has much in common with many parts of...

Uganda’s Smart New Feed-in Tariff Could Ease MENA Energy Issues

Under new sophisticated new renewable energy policy in Uganda and a recent World Bank grid expansion connecting to Africa, soon it could be Uganda...

500 Solar-Powered Recycling Units Promote Abu Dhabi’s Conservation Culture

The municipality in Abu Dhabi is sponsoring 500 solar-paneled recycling containers. A whole host of constructive ideas are being generated in the UAE's capital, Abu...

Sahara Forest Project Jordan

Jordan will be the location of the Sahara Forest Project which uses solar power to create clean water and electricity for agriculture Whilst deserts can...

Israel Cleantech Intelligence: BrightSource and 8 More Headlines

SolarEdge in England, fish farming, the pros and cons of desalination, and more headlines related to Israeli cleantech and the environment. This past week BrightSource...

First AeroFarms Unit Installed This Week in Jeddah

Jeddah, the "ancestor of women",  hosts breakthrough food production technology AeroFarms, a company whose vertical skyscraper farming idea we have covered before, is now beginning...

“Desert Cube” Greens Urinals by Eliminating Flushing

New technology breaks down minerals in urine to keep urinals dry and clean. Eliminating the use of clean water for flushing toilets is important everywhere,...

BrightSource Joins Last Minute Renewables Rush in Greece to Head Off EU Fines

Greece has been no Sweden, Germany, Finland, Denmark or Portugal, when it comes to the new cleantech economy. That is changing fast. Look...

Masdar’s Futuristic Eco-Pod-Car Has Arrived – Fasten Your Seatbelts!

Masdar - the Eco-city - is home to the hottest and most energy efficient transport system in the world: The Personal Rapid Transit (pod car). The PRT is fast, powered by lithium batteries, driverless, can carry up to 10 people safely and looks oh so beautiful in the gleaming sun... Check out more here.

Abu Dhabi to Compost its Oil Industry Wastes

Abu Dhabi is to green up desert oil fields using composting of waste products, including those from the oil industry itself. The French start-up company...

Clever Human-Powered Transport Proposed for Low Carbon Masdar City

Minneapolis Rollerblade Inventor Wants Masdar Biking Monorail Skyways Why can't getting around be as safe and comfortable as sitting in a car, and yet be...

Wind Giant Vestas Gives Half of its $1.5 Million Zayed Prize to Other Renewable Innovators

The Zayed Future Energy Prize is like the Nobel Prize for solutions to climate change. An extremely select jury of international experts in climate change...

Israel sends wrong message about desalination

Construction has begun in Israel on the world's largest reverse osmosis desalination plant. What about water conservation and recycling?

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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.

Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

A new study published in Science finds that psilocybin may prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy by protecting sensory nerves and keeping their mitochondrial energy supply functioning.

Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

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?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

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.

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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.

Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

A new study published in Science finds that psilocybin may prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy by protecting sensory nerves and keeping their mitochondrial energy supply functioning.

Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

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?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

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.

Plastic Beverage Bottles and Caps Most Prevalent Pollutants Worldwide

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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