Energy

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...

Israelis Protest Early End of Summer Time

Dozens of protestors gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square last Saturday night as Daylight Saving Time (DST) was set to end.  They claimed Israel’s...

Electree’s Solar Bonsai Tree to Electrify Our Techno Toys

Where’s a charger when you need one? My device-addicted household is always running short on chargers for cell phones and laptops and iPods. I...

Frack Off Shell! Egyptians Launch Anti-Fracking Campaign

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights have condemned fracking by Shell, Apache and Dana Petroleum in Egypt as dangerous and called for an immediate...

The Middle East and the Unending Quest for Stability (Op-Ed)

'The Middle East must stay stable or else the world will face impending economic and ecological doom' - debunking the myth My day job requires...

King Abdullah: Israel is Disrupting Jordan’s Nuclear Plans

Does placing Israel in the same camp as the anti-nuclear movement in Jordan have negative implications for the success and popularity of the campaign? Since 2009,...

Turkey Ripe For Renewable Energy Boom – So Why The Delay?

Despite its vast solar and wind energy potential, Turkey's renewable resources have only been developed in small pockets of the country, such as the...

Saudi Oil Wells May Run Dry By 2030

According to a 150-page report by Citigroup, Saudi Arabian oil could dry up as early as 2030 which is a lot sooner than previously...

Turkey Starts Buying Kurdish Gas Over Baghdad’s Objections

Defying the Iraqi central government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has begun selling gas directly to Turkey. Crude oil sales will also begin soon. Five...

Bureaucracy Slows Israel’s Solar Energy Progress

Israel's research labs such as National Solar Energy Center,  Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) and companies such as Zenith Solar and Arava Power Systems...

Egypt’s Solar Decathlon Team Hits Madrid

The news that the American University of Cairo (AUC) would be the first from North Africa or the Middle East to participate in a US Department of Energy-sponsored Solar Decathlon competition was a source of great pride for all design and environment enthusiasts in our region.

Jordanian Activists Take To The Streets For A Sustainable Future

Activists gathered on the streets of Amman today to say 'No' to nuclear energy and 'Yes' to renewables Following years of anti-nuclear campaigning and (more...

Turkey’s Economic Growth Hampered By Oil Addiction, Analysts Say

Rising international petroleum prices are bad news for Turkey, which imports 90 percent of the oil it consumes. Turkey's dependence on imported oil has already...

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