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World’s First Integrated Renewables Combined Cycle Power Plant To Be Built in Turkey

General Electric's design integrates a traditional combined cycle plant with wind and solar energy, allowing it to generate electricity with unprecedented efficiency. Less than...

Meet Morocco’s Renewable Energy Market at EneR in November

Meet billions of dollars in human capital and renewable energy finance at the EneR event in November. Morocco to invest 8 billion Euros in...

Bosphorus To Become Center of Hydrogen Energy Production If Second Canal Is Built

The proposed canal has been slammed by Turkish environmentalists. But authorities at Turkey's center for hydrogen energy technology see a silver lining: the canal...

Limited Power Shackles Armenia to Precarious Nuclear Plant

In bucolic but earthquake-prone Armenia, people both fear and rely on a nuclear power plant that has operated for three decades with no primary...

Hydropower Could Meet More Of Turkey’s Energy Demand — But At What Cost?

A planned dam in southeastern Turkey would submerge Hasankeyf's 10,000-year-old cultural relics and displace 50,000 people from the region. How many kilowatt hours is...

Europe’s Biggest Solar Farm To Be Built In Turkey

The 100-MW photovoltaic power station would be the first to harness Turkey's remarkable solar resource. Turkey has a lot of catching up to do when...

As Energy Demand Swells, Turkey Falls Dark for Earth Hour 2011

Istanbul's incandescent Bosphorus Bridge will join iconic structures around the world in turning off its lights for Earth Hour this year. For the past four...

Debunking the ‘Green’ Biofuel Myth

Is biofuel from the Jatropha tree- which Jordan is experimenting with- really as green and sustainable as we think? In a recent article, I debated...

Demand for “Anti Radiation” Pills and Vaccine Grows Despite Limited Protection

Checking radiation levels. Will potassium iodide work? When I wrote a Green Prophet article in the summer of 2009 dealing with research into a vaccine...

Despite Japan, Turkey Goes Ahead With Nuclear Reactors

Forty years in the making: Turkey still intent on building the country's first nuclear reactor on this serene spot on the Mediterranean Coast. Cyprus...

Despite Best Intentions, Gulf Countries Can’t Quit CO2

The Gulf countries badly need to cut fuel subsidies in order to drive renewable generation projects, but in the current political climate, that would...

Barefoot College Bedouin Women Bring Solar Power to Jordan

Green Prophet reporter Arwa speaks to Rafi'a Abdul Hamid, a woman from the deserts of Jordan who has been trained as a solar engineer...

Jordanian Villagers Trained to Bring Solar Energy to Rural Areas

  Three Jordanian villagers returned this week from training at the Barefoot College in India (Petra photo).  Here’s a heartwarming story published in the Jordan Times...

As Japan Nuclear Plants Approach “Meltdown” What Can the Mideast Learn?

Japanese soldiers prepare for the worst. The China Syndrome? Is the worst yet to come? Radiation from damaged reactor cores at Japan's Fukushima Diiachi nuclear...

Japan Nuclear Meltdown Will Seriously Affect World Environment

Checking for radiation in Japan. Wouldn't happen if a solar power plant is damaged. Japan's situation involving its damaged nuclear reactors is heading into "critical...

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Dinner Venues In Sydney With the Best Views of Opera House & Harbour Bridge

Sydney is best known for the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. If you’re looking to enjoy dinner with views of these landmarks, here are some great options.

Saving Gourmet Wild Plants For The Future

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Climate change traced in sea turtle shells

It's sea turtles which may in the end save islands in the Seychelles. They may also better help us understand climate change. Like rings on a tree, scientists have found a way to read sea turtle shells and how they are impacted by climate change tells a story. 

Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

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Dinner Venues In Sydney With the Best Views of Opera House & Harbour Bridge

Sydney is best known for the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. If you’re looking to enjoy dinner with views of these landmarks, here are some great options.

Saving Gourmet Wild Plants For The Future

Think of truffles, a gourmet wild food. The European...

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It's sea turtles which may in the end save islands in the Seychelles. They may also better help us understand climate change. Like rings on a tree, scientists have found a way to read sea turtle shells and how they are impacted by climate change tells a story. 

Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

For centuries, the Sámi shaman drum was one of the most powerful sacred objects in northern Europe, and one of the most feared by church and state. If ISIS looks bad to us today for its religious fundamentalism, Christians were just as fervent. 

Flying the friendly skies… but can we get out in 90 seconds?

In a real emergency, romance takes a back seat to physics, panic, and how fast 150 people can squeeze through a narrow tube. The Federal Aviation Administration says every aircraft must be evacuated within 90 seconds. That’s the gold standard. But new research suggests that in the real world,  especially as we age, that number might be more aspirational than achievable.

Most of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage

Research from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the University of Queensland, published in Ocean & Coastal Management, found that nearly three out of four marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide are exposed to sewage pollution.

Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.

How to safely remove astroturf and plastics from your backyard

For families with kids, pets, or anyone trying to build a cleaner outdoor space, removing old astroturf is one of the simplest ways to reduce unnecessary exposure to plastics and heat. Some past studies suggest that if kids have played on these surfaces you need to wash their hands. 
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