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Home Kits to Capture the Sun from Roofs of Private Homes

Complete kits are now available for installing home solar energy systems

Solar Plant In Hebron To Be Demolished

A solar plant, which is the sole source of electricity for a village in Hebron, has received demolition orders from the Israeli Civil...

Turkish Water Projects Stirring Resentment Around The Region

The Tigris River has sustained the inhabitants of modern-day Iraq for millennia. Are Turkey's hydraulic projects threatening this vital resource? Turkey's massive Southeastern Anatolia Project...

EneR Morocco is Window to Maghreb’s Shiny Energy Potential

The free EneR event is a networking and investment platform for those interested in Morocco's renewable energy markets happening later this month in Casablanca. Morocco...

Sunday’s Middle East Green News Snippets

Catch up on the green stories from Middle East you may have missed this week It's certainly been a busy week of green news and...

World Bank Supports Turkey-Built 56.4 MW Wind Project in Pakistan

With crippling floods every year and regular power outages, a new internationally financed wind project in Pakistan is breezy green news to us. Iran,...

Can Nuclear Power Ever Be Justified For Environmental Reasons?

Jordan looks into the advantages of nuclear and we debunk the ‘green’ arguments for going nuclear Whilst Turkey reassesses its own nuclear plans following a...

Turkey Expected To Cancel Nuclear Plans After Massive Earthquake

The earthquake struck approximately 20 kilometers north of the city of Van, pictured above. Turkey's seismology institute estimated the final death toll would reach...

Energy Experts Tell Arab World ‘Solar is the Future’

It's official: energy experts predict that solar power will be the most important source of energy in the Middle East within the next decade There's...

Iran Forgets India and Keeps Pitching Peace Pipeline to Pakistan

Iran, becoming more isolated appeals to Pakistan to move ahead with natural gas "peace pipeline." Saboteurs have already had their say in the idea....

Turkish Village Goes Off The Grid With A Wind Turbine

"They're blazing a new path in Turkey" reads the headline over this photo of Akbıyık villagers standing in front of their new wind turbine. The lights...

Local Wind Energy Industry Emerges In Turkey

Turkey has used wind energy for more than ten years now, but never from locally developed and produced wind turbines. That's about to change. In...

SolarEdge Does Dallas

Israel's SolarEdge is making solar energy most cost-effective SolarEdge Technologies Inc, whose patented Solar Power Harvesting and Optimization System is beginning to receive good reviews,...

Solar Bottle Lights a Bright Idea for the Developing World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWi3NtND68 This idea is so simple, yet so brilliant.  Maybe it could help light up the Middle East? Filipinos living in simple corrugated metal homes have...

Canada Muzzles Climate Science Cheney/Bush-Style

Bush era US climate science policy seems to have moved north to Canada, argues Susan. A student researcher at the University of Toronto has exposed a...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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