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Aquate Group’s Floating Cover Could Save Israel’s Water

Israel's desert climate makes water a rare treasure, but even as the country takes extreme measures to keep fresh water flowing to its citizens,...

Middle Easterners Join Movement to Occupy Rooftops

Instead of occupying Wall Street, solar power activists occupied rooftops yesterday. The Occupy Wall Street protest may be dwindling down, but it has inspired other...

Bedouin Solar Power Activate!

Arava Power in Israel is fighting so Bedouin get a fair share of feed-in tariffs in Israel. Backed by Siemens Arava stands to benefit...

Your Neighbor’s Keeper When It Comes To Nuclear

Israelis discuss the problem of getting nuclear neighbors. In a small region like the Middle East, a single country’s decision to build nuclear power can...

Greenwash Alert: Shell To Fund Environmental Education In Jordan

A Jordanian oil shale company owned by Shell is funding university courses on the environment As a global oil and gas company, Shell has a...

Green Prophet at UK-Israel High Tech Hub Launch

Hobnobbing: Green Prophet attends a new UK-Israeli tech hub hosted at the house of UK Ambassador Matthew Gould. With the UK's help, Israel can...

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...

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Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

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Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

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Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

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Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

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Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

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AI is finding cancer tumors faster, but this jury is out on whether outcomes are being impacted

Could AI see breast cancer before the human eye can? UCLA researchers find that artificial intelligence may help detect missed cancers and flag women at higher risk, but important limitations remain.

Barilla eats Goodles and the health food mac and cheese gets an Italian upgrade

Barilla has acquired Goodles, the protein- and fiber-packed mac and cheese brand backed early by Gal Gadot. Can nearly 150 years of Italian pasta expertise make Goodles taste as good as its nutrition label looks?
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