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A Geophysicist’s Guide to Striking it Rich – With Natural Gas

Israeli researchers say they can provide a more integrated way for surveying for natural gas. As the race is on to find natural gas...

Big Brother? Masdar Monitors Student Energy & Water Consumption

A one-year investigation by  researchers will hopefully reveal what incentives are most likely to encourage energy and water conservation among Masdar's student body. There's nothing...

Helen Caldicott on the Nuclear Debate

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Suntech To Sell Home Solar Panels in Israel

Suntech, the world's leading solar panel maker, with 1,800MW of annual production last year in China, is now looking to Israel for its next launch...

Iberdrola Fires Up ISCC in Egypt, at Last

Politics has long slowed the adoption of more solar in Egypt. This week, a milestone. This week, Spain's Iberdrola pulled the switch on Egypt's first...

Dr. Helen Caldicott: Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Much Worse Than Chernobyl

There are good reasons not to eat apricots and hazelnuts from Turkey (after Chernobyl). Japan's reactor is much worse. Brace for future horrors says...

GP Exclusive Interview: Turkey Beginning to Lay Infrastructure for Hydrogen Economy

Hydrogen-fueled vehicles and power systems could be feasible in Turkey by 2020, says Mustafa HatipoÄŸlu, managing director of the UN's International Centre for Hydrogen...

Egypt’s 1st Private Wind Farm To Power More Boring Brown Buildings

Expect to see more of these as Suez Cement secures its long term viability in Egypt with private wind farm. The good news? Egypt is...

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...

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Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

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Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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