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Israeli Renewable Energy – Why Israel, Why Now?

By Danny Lev, Analyst in IDC Research IL (www.idc.com) An old Israeli joke describes how God led Moses through the desert to the Holy...

Palestine’s First Solar Thermal Plant at Talitha Kumi School in Beit Jala

The prospects of solar energy are heating up in Palestine. Rachel reports on a new solar thermal plant at Beit Jala school. The Talitha...

Could America's SEIA Solar Energy Bill Catch the Sun in the Middle East?

The SEIA: Will their Solar Bill of Rights become reality? Could it work in the Middle East? Solar energy as one of the world's best...

Arrow Ecology Sorts Through Garbage for Gold

(The Arrow Ecology solid waste treatment facility near Tel Aviv processes up to 150 tons of garbage a day. Photo courtesy Chen Leopold/ Flash90) Like...

Curapipe's Little Pigs Tackle Leaky Pipes and Faulty Oil Pipelines

Curapipe's solution is designed to seal leaks fast, with little inconvenience to the customer. Most kids know that some little pigs ate roast beef, some...

The UN Tells Israel to Produce More Solar Power

Aora fires up its "sun" flower in the desert. But Israel is not doing enough for itself, says UN. Despite successful companies like Solel...

Algae Into Biofuel a "Greener" Story In $10 Million Joint Israeli and Chinese Project

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A Solar Panel That Washes Itself

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Meet Doron Aurbach, Israel's Energizer

Care about alternative energy and an oil-free future? Then you might want to meet Prof. Doron Aurbach who is working to "green" the battery...

Leading TransBioDiesel as a Catalyst for Change in the Middle East

Israeli-Arab Dr. Sobhi Basheer of TransBioDiesel: using his experience with enzymes to replace conventional polluting practices. Many people today know that science can make biofuel...

Capstone and Israel's HelioFocus Get Grants To Fire Up Solar Powered Micro-Turbines

Captsone's microturbine could be fired up by solar power in new project with Heliofocus. California based Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) and Israel based HelioFocus...

Masdar and Partners To Undergo Solar PV Feasibility Study in Abu Dhabi's Masdar City

Masdar starts testing feasibility of solar energy at eco city. Will Abu Dhabi's dust let the sunshine in? Abu Dhabi's Future Energy  Company, Masdar,  and Spain's...

California's PG&E Looks to Invest up to $1.5 Billion in BrightSource and Alt Energy Plants

PG&E says it will more than a billion in alternative energy projects. California's mega utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is keen on using...

Toronto's Stock Exchange Courts Israeli Clean Tech

The Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference reports that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the TSX) is looking to develop relationships with Israeli clean tech companies....

Water and 9 Israel-related Cleantech Headlines, Week of November 15, 2009

During the week of November 15, 2009, the 2009 WATEC water conference took place in Tel Aviv. Israel plans to desalinate Cypriot water and...

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Recipe: Nettles Malfatti

Springtime foraging yields a harvest of wild greens to cook at home, like nettles. Make delicious nettles malfatti dumplings with this recipe.

Yalla Parkour – A Gaza documentary of the movement before the war

Yalla Parkour, directed by Areeb Zuaiter, captures this culture from within. The film follows Zuaiter’s long relationship with Ahmed Matar, a parkour athlete in Gaza, as she reflects on loss, memory, and belonging after the death of her mother. What begins as a personal search gradually opens into a portrait of how movement shapes young lives under constraint.

The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

Al-Rumaydh describes the Sidr less as a single organism and more as a working ecological unit. Its deep roots reach down toward groundwater, while lateral roots spread wide to catch surface moisture. Its dense canopy slows wind instead of blocking it abruptly, reducing erosion.

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An analysis of hair samples conducted by University of Utah scientists shows precipitous reductions in lead levels since 1916.

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