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Upbeat Mood at Carbon-Neutral Eilat Energy Event as AORA Solar Leaves Stealth Mode

Uzi Landau and Udi Gat launching the Arava Validation Center on Tuesday; Credit: Aran Dolev Despite some grumbling about zigzags in government policy and bureaucratic...

German Firm to Invest in "Green" Israeli Jet Fuel From Algae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJGct5H-PHw The renewable energy investment company Rosebud Energy Deutschland is ready to invest $500 million in research in Israel for the production of...

Want to Solar Power the Middle East? Attend the 2nd Annual MENASOL Solar Conference in Cairo

Want to accelerate your solar idea and move more developments into the Middle East? The MENASOL conference in Cairo's gathering a critical mass of...

Energy City Qatar on Target for 2012

In a press conference this week, the CEO of Energy City Qatar (ECQ), Hesham al-Emadi, expressed confidence that the $2.6 billion project will be...

Kawar and Italian Solar Energy Plan "Shams Ma'an" Solar Plant for South Jordan

A solar project established in Jordan. New financing and a partnership with Italian company aims to solar up southern Jordan. Image via Arabcrunch. With no...

Arava Power to "Electrify" the Negev Desert After Signing 15 Solar Energy Deals

Arava Power Team: "We Are The Power!" Israel's Arava Power Company (APC) one of the country's top solar energy producers, is now working towards supplying solar...

Masdar "Greens" Egyptian Sugar Co. With Fuel Switch from Mazut Oil to Natural Gas

If you enjoy sweet treats from Cairo, they are about to get sweeter: Cairo sugar co is now greening its emissions by switching to...

Are Golan Heights Wind Turbines Taking a "Back Seat" to Solar Power?

Wind versus sun on the Golan Heights: which will win? The Golan Heights, currently under dispute by both Israel and Syria, was thought to become a...

Canada Strikes Natural Gas Worth $6 Billion Off Israel's Coast

As a kid who grew up in Canada with natural gas heating, cooking and a natural gas clothes dryer, it's great news to see...

Abu Dhabi's "Masdar Clean Tech Fund" Closes First Fund At $265 Million

A new fund based in Abu Dhabi to accelerate clean tech has just closed its first round of financing. Masdar City is expected to...

Israel and Texas to Collaborate on Clean Tech at "Cleanovation Conference"

Solar energy companies from Israel are expected to be of great interest in Texas. A new meet in February hopes to make matches between...

Coriolis Scales Up for the Wind

When we think of wind turbines, we tend to picture the standard massive turbine fans the size of airplane wings created by companies like Vestas.

Saudi Arabia Seeks to Join International Renewable Energy Group IRENA

Will Saudi Arabia's IRENA Membership Help Influence  Environmental Change? Saudi Arabia, a country which still contains much of the world's remaining petroleum reserves, is now trying to...

Is Israel Coming out of The Nuclear Closet by Planning Nuclear Power Station?

Cleaner Than Coal? We Doubt it. But Israel mulls nuclear power. It's not just Abu Dhabi looking to build a nuclear power plant for generating...

Sunday Solar to Build Large Solar Array on "Damaged" Negev Land

Israeli solar energy innovator Sunday Energy has been chosen to construct a solar energy panel array in a section of the country's Negev desert...

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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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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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