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Mediterranean’s Worst Eco-Debtor Not in the Middle East (Yet)

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that the Mediterranean's biggest eco-debtor is Italy, meaning that nation uses more resources than it generates.  Does that...

Shale Gas and The Ugly Truth: It is NOT Green(er)

Shale gas takes us down a dangerous path - Tunisians are battling shale gas proponents who say it is less carbon-intensive and 'green' With Tunisians...

Siemens Exits Israel’s Solel Solar Initiative

Even as some solar projects are just taking flight in Israel, underlining a new wave of optimism about the technology's ability to succeed in...

Jordan Terminates Uranium Mining License with French Firm AREVA

Following a dispute over the details of their joint contract, the Jordanian government has parted ways with the french company AREVA Back in 2010, the...

New And Improved AORA Solar Tulips Turns To Global Market

AORA Solar CEO Zev Rosenzweig says he is more ready than ever to take on the world. His company's hybrid solar thermal technology, which...

Saudi Arabia Announces Plans For 100% Switch To Renewables

A bright and renewable future for Saudi Arabia? A shock announcement from the world's largest oil producer Following plans to transform Mecca into a solar...

Single White Light luminAID Seeks Middle East Partner

Three years of sustainable lighting for fifteen bucks? United Nations Relief Agency, you hearing this? The LuminAID inflatable solar light was created by a pair...

Germany’s EnBW Partners With Turkish Firm To Build 50MW Wind Power Plant

Tekirdağ Province, in northwestern Turkey, will be the site of several new wind power plants over the next few years. This has been a big...

10 Ways Abu Dhabi Leads The Arab Gulf’s Green Revolution

Abu Dhabi’s stellar efforts to raise green performance across industry sectors position that Gulf state as regional leader in both conceiving sustainable solutions, and...

Morocco University Excited Over First Wind-hydrogen System Installation

Training, teaching and researching the wind: Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane gets Africa's first wind-hydrogen system. Morocco's renewable energy push received yet another boost last week with...

Jordan Mandates Domestic Solar Water Heating

Jordan passes new building codes requiring solar water heaters on all new commercial and residential buildings. It's about time: Regulations come into effect in April...

Bahrain Announces 5 MW Solar Power Entrance

Bahrain, a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf, has lagged behind other Gulf region countries in developing its clean...

Dubai Confirms Commitment to Sustainable Environment, Energy

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) economic capital, Dubai, has reaffirmed its committment to sustainable energy and the environment as it pushes forward on massive...

Kurdish Self-Rule Spreading in War-Torn Syria

Could a united Kurdistan mean a victory for the peoples' natural resources: energy, and mighty rivers? Against the backdrop of the civil war raging in...

First Solar Succah Goes Up In Kfar Saba, Israel

  "We're one of the most environmentally friendly cities in Israel," says Kfar Saba mayor Yehuda Ben Hamo. In Israel, each municipality raises a Jewish holiday...

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What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

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Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.

Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

“Beavers effectively write their history into the landscape with each shrub they cut and every pond they create by damming streams,” said lead author Dr Georgia Hole, who carried out the research at Anglia Ruskin University and is now based at Durham University.
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