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Saudi Arabia Holds Out for Carbon Capture & Storage at Cancun

Saudi Arabia has called for the inclusion of CCS into the CDM mechanism at previous climate talks. This year, Norway made it happen. At...

Reporting On Poverty and Sustainability from the Rehovot Conference

The relationship between poverty and environmental degradation is a major impediment to sustainability. Specialists from throughout the world gathered for the Rehovot Conference in...

Comet-ME Continues to Bring Power to Villagers in the South Hebron Hills

Comet-ME co-founder Elad Orian gets a supportive handshake from Bill Clinton.   It is indeed exciting to report on mammoth solar projects, gigantic desalination plants and world-embracing...

Ohalo College of Katzrin Opens Department of Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy

Ohalo College of Katzrin brings sustainable development studies into the ivory tower. The world of academia and environmental activism do not always go hand in...

“The Story of Coal” a Wake-Up Call to Users (and Abusers) of Electricity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC1lrajJExo&feature=player_embedded Before leaving that (non-CFL) light on after you leave the room, you might want to take a look at the Story of Coal. In the...

Nidan’s Software Audits Energy Behavior In Cities and Factories (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKesUcZ3HE Are the lights on when no-one's at school or in the office? The heat burning when the staff's out to lunch? Let Nidan...

Israel-France Renewable Energy Conference Taking Place in Tel Aviv This Week

Thinking heads from two countries are better than from one.  French and Israeli scientists meet to discuss renewable energy. A two-day Energies Renouvelables Colloque franco-israelien...

Ten Potential Bidders Hear Israel’s Plan for Ashelim PV Solar Plant

If all goes as plans, this ibex will be sharing the Negev with three solar power plants at Ashelim. Israel's Ministry of Finance hosted ten...

Phoebus Energy Offers A Hybrid Heating System for Hotels and Hospitals

Using heat pumps and expert data analysis, Phoebus is installing their energy saving solution at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem. They promise to offer...

BrightSource Breaks Ground (Finally) in California (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34o8RU5g8XYCheesy patriotic music and all, BrightSource breaks ground last week in California. Click on the video above to see it. It's the moment the...

Vision Signs MoU with SolFocus for 8 CPV Solar Plants in Saudi Arabia

SolFocus CPV receivers will catch some rays in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has taken another step toward integrating solar power into its energy mix: Vision Electro...

It Must be Peak Oil Driving Saudis to Solar

Before Saudi Arabia became a global renewable energy investor, its electricity grid ran almost entirely on oil. As domestic demand surged and burning crude became increasingly expensive, officials began looking to the desert sun as a cheaper source of power. The country's early push for solar laid the foundation for one of the world's most ambitious renewable energy programs.

How Oily is That Dress? 10 Tips for Reducing Petroleum Use in the Middle East

Plastic bags, however you use them, is one reason for an increase in petroleum production in Middle Eastern countries. How greasy is that outfit...

Energy Conference in Israel Becomes Arena for Debating Natural Gas Deal with Egypt

Nimrod Novik of the Merhav Group  was not pleased by the frontal attack waged by Delek's Yoram Turbowitz at an energy conference in Israel...

94% of Americans Want Solar Energy. What About Israel?

Israeli innovated BrightSource gets US Presidential nod to electrify the California desert. More than 94% of all Americans, or more than 9 out of 10...

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Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

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Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.

Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

“Beavers effectively write their history into the landscape with each shrub they cut and every pond they create by damming streams,” said lead author Dr Georgia Hole, who carried out the research at Anglia Ruskin University and is now based at Durham University.
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